The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-28
8 DEATHS
FOLLOWED
HIS CRIME
Young Girl Died In Santarlum.
Then Hal. killed wife and
Self In Bed.

Washington, Nov S.-Fearfng ex-
posture OF his relations with Miss Mar
garet Hale, who died in a sanitarium
Monday. Robert f. Hale. 50 years old, a
compositor IN the government printing
Office. shot and killed HE wife and then
committed suicide at his home early
Thursday,
Hale had posed as the cousin OF Miss
Hale. She was employed In the bindery
OF the government printing office, but
several months ago her health failed and
she went to her homo in Marietta. o.,
returning here Nov. s.
Hale was a frequent caller on her until
ten days ago. when she went to the
Brentnar Sanitarium at Brentwood. Md.
only a short distance from here. After
her death there DR. Joseph c. Ohlendorf
gave. certificate OF death from hea rt
failure.
Miss Haies body was shipped to Wash
ington, and at the request OF the Mary
land police the Coroner began an invest
igation OF the young woman's death As
. result DE- Ohlendorf was placed under
arrest yesterday by the Maryland au-
thorities and was held without bail by
justice Carr OF Hyattville. on a charge
OF murder
Hale knew nothing of the police inves-
tigation until morning. He was up
shortly before O'Clock. After getting n
morning paper he took II into the dining
room and read OF the arrest OF DR..
ohIendorf. He was identified in the
newspaper account as Miss Hales only
visitor.
LEFT TWO NOTES.
Evidently fearful that the investigation
would result In his arrest. he wrote two
t...It
he had no thought OF killing has Wife
who was upstairs In her room asleep
In a note addressed TO his wife Hale
wrote:
To Fannie the best woman in the
world. unfortunately married to a de-
generate: Think kindly OF me some
times. as there were few virtues that
Have my remains cremated, that
there Will be neither name nor remem-
brance, Find all our papers in tin
box.
Collect insurance from National Union
and Equitable Life. Fund Building as
ISOLATION book In vest pocket. Collect
money from typographical Union--s3lo.
r. j. HALE"
The other note. which is not addressed,
reads:
n have disgraced myself. I have dis
kIdcc0 my WIe,t tne QedreSt. pest apn
most noble woman In the world. j write
this that all may know she was not to
blame In any way, shape OF manner for
my perndy. She was too grand. too noble
and too honorable. and IL had done
as she always wanted me to the end
would not be as IL is-death and dis
grace to me-
ROBERT ]. HALE"
BROTHER WAS SHOT DEAD. .
Hale crumbled the paper with the story
Of the investigation OF Miss Hales death
and threw IL into a. corner OF the room.
After going upstairs Hale evidently de-
cided to murder his wife.
James Ray. also compositor In the
Government Printing Office, who occu-
pied q room on the top floor of the Hale
home. heard two reports, which ne be-
lieved To be the slamming of "a door. He
left the house shortly before o'clock,
had his breakfast. and on returning was
met BY Mrs Haie's dog "Buou," which
appeared TO be in great distress
Ray saw no signs OF Mr.. and Mrs
Hale. and receiving no response to re-
peated calls for them he opened the
door Of their sleeping room He saw
Mrs. Hale lying with n bullet wound in
her right temple and her husband on
the other side OF the bed. Both were
dead. Mrs. Hale apparently was shot
while asleep. Halo fell partially out OF
bed after shooting himself