The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-22
Found Lying on Her Sisters Graye..Drank Pint and
Half Of Whiskey Before Going to Cemetery
HAD 3 CALIBRE IVERS- JOHNSON.
Is Sister of Dora Jones' -McVicker, Who Committed
Suicide Here Some Time Ago.
TWO VERY SENSATIONAL LETTERS ARE FOUND.

Miss Maude Jones, young woman
who has resided in this city for
number of years attempted suicide
last evening, under the most dramat-
sic circumstances -fsT
While in a semi-delirious condition
at the lookup she accused George
Rager Of numbering her sister, Dora
Jones, whose sudden demise by the
revolver route of few months: ago
is well remembered. Miss Jones al
so stated that she. had letters to prove
her assertions, and we give them be-
low in full:
George, I ought not to write to you
after the way you have treated me
but will if I die tonight, which
hope 1 will You will know why l
did it, and if after I am dead you
have nerve enough to get married
you do so, but my spirit will haunt
you Just the same.
1 will close with love to you,
Dora.
written with lead pencil.
The other letter was addressed to
Miss Maude Jones at a local hotel and
was also written with lead pencli
and evidently the same one which was
used in the former one, and, like IT,
bears no date:
Dear sister Maude, am writing
this to let you know that II [ ever
die I die by my own hand and you
will know that it was my love TOT
George Rager that done it. Maude
you see that my little boy, Gerald IS
taken care of, and Maude if you get
married for Gods sake be true to
your husband.
Ever your loving sister.
Maude you see that Georges name
is published in the paper with my
name scandlelize him all you can for
he deserves it, for I caught him with
a girl.
If these are the letters that Miss
Jones has reference to, it will be read
ily seen that young Rager is entirely
innocent of murder, unless these let
ters are forgeries, which does not
seem to be the case, judging from ap'
pearances.
Last night about seven O'Clock a
telephone message was received at
Police Headquarters that woman
was acting strange in Maple Grove
cemetry. Officers Gould and Fortney
went out there Immediately and found
Maude Jones lying across her sisters
grave, unconscious. They at once
started for the county jail with her
and finding no keys for that institu
ton when they arrived, they took her
to the city lookup. DR.. Selby. was
summoned, and found that the woman
was suffering from the effects of Co
caine and whisl>ey. He Immediately
washed the stomach with pump
and injected strong stimulants, from
which treatment she soon rallied lnto
a semi-conscious state, and 1t was
while in this condition that she re
ferred to the letters in her possess
sion and implicated George RaSe1
in connection with the mysterious
death OF her sister.
II is the pitiful old story in bott
cases, that they loved not wisely, but
100 we'll. as the following facts will
show:
Yesterday morning, just after
breakfast Maude Jones went TO hel
lovers room and asked him to marry
her, but he refused: after dinner she
again appealed to him and again ne
refused. She put on her street clothes
and went to the restaurant where she
took her meals, asked for her Dill
paid it and walked out, seemlnsly II
good spirits. This was about3 CLOCK
She had told soem people alta loca.