The San Francisco call., 1907-01-20
swEErHEARTs QUARREL

Miss Mcneil resented the preference
given her rival and a little quarrel
followed. Then came the letter from
Gerald. This was the beginning OF
the end Miss Mcneil bore up under
the blow and went to the skating rink
Yesterday afternoon There she met
Miss Knowles and young Kennedy. Re-
ferring to the false tales that had
been told about her, Miss Mcneil said
to her rival This thing must end. If
il doesn't I'll kill myself"
Warren Mcneil was with his sister
at the time, but paid no special heed
TO her remark. He walked home with
his sister. He went to the kitchen,
while she entered her room across the
hall. After time she went into the
kitchen and said:
81 never thought / was a coward;
/ must do it." She had written the
notes and evidently had faltered at the
last moment. She returned to her den.
moment later the significance of her
words We're borne in upon her brother
and he rushed to her room. AS he
grasped the doorknob a shot rang out
and told him he was too late.
He forced TIE door and found the
body. with barred breast, lifeless on
the couch. The pistol. one Of .3S cali
Der. which belonged to the girls father,
lay on the floor in the center of the
room-
The boy was prostrated and 1t was
necessary to call a physician to attend
him.
At 12 o'clock DR.. Mcneil and HIS wife
returned to their home from Oakland
and were told the terrible news of the
daughters suicide. The mother did
not cry aloud. but moaned her sorrow
inarticulately.
IT knew there was some trouble be-
tween my daughter and young Ken
nedy" she said, "but did not think 1t
was a love affair. / attached no i'm
portance to IL, did not think anything
serious would come of the matter. To
me IL appeared simply as a boy and
girl affair. But 1 can not understand
my girls act
I'VE knew Kennedy. He frequently
came to the house, but 1 prefer not to
discuss the matter further"
DR.. Mcneil would express no opinion
regarding the character Of Kennedy.
Gerald Kennedy, the 15-year- old lad
whom Miss Mcneil loved, is a frank,
manly appearing chap. At his home,
% Seventh avenue, last evening he
showed deep grief at the tragic end
which had come to what he had consid-
cred a school days friendship.
Kennedy's father is T. J. Kennedy, a
notary public At the home of the lad
were his parents, who expressed deep
sympathy for the fate of the girl and
the plight of their son.
'I had not been out with Miss Nc
Neil often" said the lad, 'and we were
not engaged. nor was there love af-
fair between us. had met her at
school and we had gone together a
little I saw her at the skating rink
this afternoon and we spoke, but were
not together. We did not skate to-
gether.
"The first time Miss Mcneil and
were out In company was at a rowing
party of young people 1 took her to a
skating party once, and one evening
we went out automobiling with young
Abner Doble, son of the foundry man.
That time we returned to her home at
s o'clock. called at the house several
times, but we were just friends, just
ordinary friends, you know. like class
mates are"
The statement of the boy was made
in frank, open manner. and indicated
plainly that he had nothing to con-
ceal.
The boys father and mother stated
that he was a lad of fine, honorable
instincts. and that his attitude toward
the girls of his acquaintance was boy
ish and normal He was not lad to