Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
he TOOK STRYCHN|NE.
:. PERRY DUDLEY STEVENS DEAD.
lei Paso News. May 90.

yesterday afternoon Dudley stevens,
a miner from Jarilla. N. NJ. was found
dying In a room at the Silver City
lodging house and soon expired
Strychnine and laudanum had been
used from bottles found In the room
Letters lying upon a bureau told the
cause Of the mans self destruction.
One was addressed to the chief of
police OF FL Paso. one to Stevens wife
at Organ. n. NJ. one to A. u. Cowan
and one to the Evening News.
Justice OF the Peace Spencer was
called and took possession OF the sui.
cides effects. The letter to Chief OF
Police Wooten stated:
This no mystery IL is plain
case d suicide. My wife's address is
Organ, n NJ
PERRY DUDLEY STEVENS"
On the back of a piece of paper
was written. II have shaved myself
and guess that look well enough for
burial"
The letter addressed to the Even.
ing News told the whole story from
GAfNthn ibllN VI WV tAHl tEcti lbNt
for his hoy ard his wife. formerly
Miss Lillian Cowan, of Las Cruces. and
blamed certain relatives of his wife
for his domestic unhappiness in the
past eight months.
Excluding the narrative of family
troubles. the letter was as follows;
ITO The Evening News-What a
man will do when he loves n woman
better than he does his own life
| will FIRST explain what has happen.
ed. have taken laudunum and
strychnine, which bought to kill my.
self with. ! have taken this plan so
when am dead there will be nothing
to do but to place me in the earth and
cover me and ! take my own life be-
cause ! love my dear wife and baby
better than | do my own life. Ny
baby is the world to me and my pray.
ers are for God to guard over him
and protect him. My wife before I
married her was Miss Lillian Cowan
of Organ. n. NJ ! have tried to make
my wife happy and have done every
Ahihh va my pp"ti W
pleasant for her. and when | would
talk to her and tell her, she would
tell me | was jealous, when | did not
have anything to he jealous of
1 hope my wife will now he happy
and the one who has ruined me will go
to my darling baby boy and may God
bless and love him when am dead
and gone. and his pathway may he
strewn with all the beauties of ma.
ture.
Now. friends. one and all, do not
misjudge me as most everyone does,
claim that | am insane, for am not.
this Is all there Is to II. ! never can
by happy man and he parted from
those whom ! love and I am not
afraid to die. and the reason take
this way TO kill myself is that will
he clean when | am dead. | could
blow my brains out in less time. but
look what a shape | would be In.
will not mention my own people. for
| don't want them to known where |
have gone to.
PERRY DUDLEY STEVENS"
''Of Organ and Jarilla. New Mexico"
In Stevens room was found a let.
ter from his wife, written from Organ
declaring that as they were unhappy
togethe: they should live apart and
he should seek another wife. The
letter was friendly In tone, though de
claring agreement between them i'm.
possible The wife asked to have
furniture and provisions OF their home
sent to her as she had the care OF
their boy She declared her inability
to provide for him and said she would
keep house for her father
Stevens was well dressed man
about 35 years of age. He was known
to many people here and is a relative
OF William Skidmore. Western
Union telegraph operator. He is also
brother in law OF Billy Hayden, q
Las Cruces mining man. Stevens
came TO FL Paso few days ago "a
look for Hayden. Deceased came from
Iowa to New Mexico.
The body Is at Nagley & Corr's es
adjustment and will probably be ship
ped TO Las Cruces