Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16

hurry home and do the work at my own
home.
1T was at my mothers house that I
met Ernest G. Stackpole. He was
boarder there, and in that way we met
every day. He said he was just in from
Arizona, and he always had plenty of
money.
AT first he would tease me when 1
went to his room to make up hte bed
and sweep. Then he wanted me to
drink, and he showed me what nice
drinks he could make. l paid little at
tention to him until he became so per-
sistent that in moment of weakness L
accepted a small glass of wine from
him.
THAT was the beginning of the end.
After that he was always importuning
me to drink When my husband was
around we all three drank, and so 1
didn't think it was so bad after that.
Visit Cafes
''Then we gradually became more in
innate. We went to downtown cafes at
all hours of the night, my husband be-
ing always along. We went to theaters
and entertainments, to beaches and
parks, and Stackpole was always put
ting up the money.
MY husband drank the liquor and
accepted the hospitality and never paid
d CeIlt' was only a Slrl ana knew
nothing of the ways of a girls ruina-
ton. At the cafes 1 saw other young
girls drinking. Many of them became
drunk and had to be carried away.
''I saw that and became afraid, but
my husband was there and Stackpole
was always good humored. 1t was a
sorry day for me that I accepted his
invitation to go to an afternoon matinee,
for we later went to a cafe. There he
ms a a nd u,I,a Il
swallowed the stuff didn't know what
had happened to me. My mind was a
blank When / came to my senses 1
was in a room with him.
Begins Murder Talk
"Then he had me, and he knew it.
When he went away he wrote five times
to me before / answered, and then be
began to talk of the killing. 1 did not
appreciate what it meant until he had
written many times. l dared not tell
my husband, for L feared Stackpole.
He told me that if 1 told he would kill
us ALL
ITO protect my husband dared say
nothing. When he returned he told me
to come to him or the killing would
begin at once.
What could I do? l went to him
and was his slave again. / did as he
Sdlu. l drank LnS drugs ne gave Ile
and did not know what was doing. I
threatened to tell the police. and he
said that If did it would only precipi-
tate the murder. for he would kill us
all. On the night of the killing he told
me that he would kill us all If we dared
TO say anything against him.
THE events of that night seem to be
more like a hideous dream, dream
which has been with me constantly un-
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see it all over again until my eyes start
from my head.
Warns Other Girls
"And oh, that some other girls might
take warning from my condition. 1
never had a chance, never an educa-
tion, never chance to get up in the
world I was only child and had al
ways lived with my mother.
Il had never had the fun that other
girls have of going to theaters, and
entertainments. so that what wonder
was 1t that / should be lonesome when
my husband left me in the evening?
He rarely ever spent an evening with
me.
He went out early and came i'm late.
and ! was there all by myself, fearfully
lonesome. while he was out enjoying
himself
"Then came the voice of the tempter.
the offers of Stackpole for all the things
l had never enjoyed. He spent money
laVishly, while my husband enjoyed his
hospitality, never Offering to make a
return He took us places. and for the
first time in my life had chance to-
see pretty plays and enjoy the beaches.
The EVENING" were awfully lonesome
until he came, and then 1t was my
downfall
II thought my husband was unkind
10 me, and the easy polished ways of
Stackpole appealed to me. A woman
sometimes forgets the right for the
easy downward path.
Would / care if they had hanged
Stackpole? | would not have anyone
hanged, but l have ceased to think Of
HIM | never want TO see him again.
II ann homeslck, so homesick until /
feel that will go crazy"
rs II your mother you want to see or
IS II the lonely surroundings" l asked