The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24

Chicago, III. April 22.-Mrs- Jessie
Lewellyn Can. daughter of Il former
governor of Kansas. VINO committed
suicide at the Newbcrry hotel Easter
afternoon, left an unfinished novel
which her friends believe would have
made her well known had she lived to
finish II.
The manuscript. which is said to be
in the keeping of Miss Louise LIewellyn.
Mrs. Calls sister, now in O~skaloosa,
Ia. deals with the political life that
centered around her father. 1t was
partly because of the existence of this
manuscript that Mrs. Calls intimate
friends base their belief that she made
up her mind to take her own life sud-
denly after a sleepless night. or because
she had been made especially despond-
ent by an acute attack of "A nervous
malady. They believe that the period
of generalization was not longer than
a day or wo.
In addition to the unfinished novel.
Mrs. Call left a set of tales called the
Papa. dear series. as yet unpublished.
iowan Chief Witness.
At the inquest James Dewitt, husband
of one of Mrs. Calls sisters. who lives
at OskalOosa, Ia, was the chief wit
ness. A verdict of suicide was re-
turned in accordance with letters left
by Mrs. Call.
Mrs. Call appeared at the hotel short
ly after noon when the Easter crush
was on It's way from church and regis
tered her full name, giving her address
simply as ~. 8. A." She paid for a
week in advance and went to her room.
About s o'clock Margaret Hale, a
maid, thinking Mrs. Call might require
something. knocked at her door. There
was no response. The maid turned the
handle and entered the room.
She found Mrs. Call lying dead on the
Nnpr paSiHa har wac a email arpnfu
vial which was unlabeled. but is sup
posed to have contained prussic acid.
The body was full dressed and appar-
emily death had occurred several hours
previous to the coming of the maid.
Three letters n a telegram were
addressed to Mr.. Dewitt, at Oskaloosa,
and read:
Jessie Llewellyn Call died here to.
iay-Hotel Newberry.''
Letter Coolly Explains.
A letter addressed to Miss Pearl A.
Billings, proprietor Of the Newberry
hotel, gave Mrs. Calls explanation for
she ending of her own life. 1t was as
follows:
causing you this temporary inconvenience.
Enclosed, however, is the receipt for one
weeks payment, $3.50. and: as l. only ar
rived today at noon you will be repaid for
small services, such as summoning the
necessary functionaries and sending my
telegrams: 1 inclose or leave other money
in my purse which you can make use of if
necessary, or turn over to my brotherin-
law when he arrives.
please see that the letters I leave are
sent. You will see that the letters / cave
are stamped SO that any interference with
the seal is criminal. This is not for you,
but for the servants or others who might
be curious. There will be no scandal fol-
lowing. my resignation. as it is only a
case of HOPELESS illness. This only patho-
logical experts and my near relatives will
understand; so 1t is useless to explain
further.
Say to the coroner that I. Jessie
Llewellyn Call. died of premediated sui
eide planned for. several days and exc
cuted IN dispassionate reason; cause, a
nervous malady OF long duration. To the
newspapers say the same. though in JUS
tice to my family you might add that
wards my recover and that the reason
! am alone Is because ] refused further
sacrifices from them. I believe this COW
ers everything. Allow me to thank you
in advance for the unpleasant task j am
thrusttng upon you.-J. l.. c.
One Of the sealed letters was adj
dressed to her sister. Mrs. James A.
Dewitt and Miss Louise Llewellyn at
Oskaloosa. The other sealed letter was
addressed to James A. Dewitt. In Mrs.
Campbell's purse was 1901.
Witty and Brilliant.
MIS-. Sdli WAS dUOul ~ years OIQ anu
a widow. When her father was gov
ernor Of Kansas she lived in Topeka.
She received her education at the uni
versity at Lawrence. Kan. She was a
brilliant woman Intellectually and at
tractive. She nae a varieds experience
in newspaper writing.
She succeeded the late Harold Vynne
In 1903 as the writer of the society col
umn on the Inter Ocean, under the
pseudonym of willie Dearborn" She
handled her pen with a peculiar deli
cacy and displayed a wit peculiar to
herself.
os ANGELES HAS GALA