Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-18
In Farewell Letters Woman Blames
Madeline Cave and Her HuS-
bands Relatives.
THEY TRIED TO SEPARATE THEM
Pathetic Pleas for Forgiveness for Her
Rash Act--lnquest This
ANrnoon'
(speclal to the "News.")


Ogden, April lS.-Addltlonal light on
the causes leading up to the suicide of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Stone, Is contained
IN the following letter written by Mrs.
Stone and discovered this morning by
the officers:
MY dear darling ones at home, Be-
fore your eyes shall see this short but
sad note, you shall know the awful
crime have committed.
Grief has driven Inc to this. Fa-
ther, mother, brothers and sisters, for
give your little Patience, An, alas. did
you know what am compelled TO un-
dergo, you would forgive ME, | know.
WOMAN BLAMED FOR IT,
Madeline Cave and Clarence's rela.
tl0ns are the cause OF all this, Made
line has tried to separate us ever
since we were married l cannot and
| will not live without the man love.
May heaven bless you all In this great
sorrow and may God pity me are my
last words on earth. All, II almost
breaks my heart 10 think of my dear,
cid grayheaded mother and father, for
know this will almost kill them.
Goodbye forever TO all, your loving
and devoted little PATIENCE"
This letter was enclosed In an en-
velope addressed to Mr.. and Mrs, LII!
ther Shobe, Billings oklahoma Terri
tory, Another letter reads as follows:
THEIR LAST REQUEST.
clarence wishes to make a request
that you bury us together In the same
grave. IT'S my request also.
PATIENCE"
ooh gracious, heavenly Father look
down upon the parents OF this unfor-
tunate couple and give them each and
every one strength and courage to over
come this great grief HEAVIER bless my
dear father, mother, brothers and SIS
ter. You had best embalm our bodies
for It VIII be some time before my
folks can reach this city"
THE woMAN's RELATIVES.
A third letter, addressed ITO whom
II may concern" was as follows;
kindly notify the following persons
by wire, c, O. D., MIR and Mrs, Lu-
Their shobe Billings, o. r., Mrs. d. b,
wyatt, Wellington, Kan; Mr.. w, l.,
Shobe, Fort Worth, Tex; Mr.. Luther
Shobe, Los Angeles, CAL, MIR, j, A.
Shobe, Wichita, Kan. Mr,LeonardShobe,
Billings, q. r.; all OF whom are my
brothers and sisters and parents. They
Will come and make arrangements,
Madeline Cave and the Stones have
ruined my life. They have tried to
separate us. We cannot and VIII not
live separate and apart 30 It's best We
take this step. May God bless the
dear babies which we leave behind.
Heaven pity us, are my last words on
earth. Goodbye forever"
MIR, AND MRS. c, j. STONE"
Stone had two children by his first
wife. Miss Edith Cave. who died March
Is, 1901. in this city. These are the chill
dren referred TO In the above letter.
TESTIMONY AT INQUEST.
The inquest over the remains OF Mr..
and Mrs, Stone was begun this morn
Ing at 10 O'Clock before Judge Howell
and jury. County Atty. Hulaniski
and Judge MagInnls were present TO
conduct II, DIR. Dickson testified that
he was summoned TO the Beitman
rooming house about O'Clock last
night where he found Mr., and Mrs,
Stone lying In each others arms, Mr.,
stone WAS rigid and cold IN death,
while Mrs, Stone was yet breathing
very heavily, He, with DR.. Powers,
had her removed TO another room
where they worked OH her for 30 min
utes but without avail, He gave IA his
opinion that death was caused from
morphine poisoning.
Mrs Jennie Myers, proprletreas Of the
roomlng house, testified to similar
facts.
Officer O. u Layne testified 10 dis.