The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-10-16
Want RATES ON
SUICIDE ADS"
Does Strange woman in In
quirer Office.
She Hurrieily Departs but Leaves
Strange Letter From Al
legged Suicide.

Last Tuesdays Greensboro Inquirer
saws. A mysterious woman dressed in
a brown tailormade suit, and wearing
n dark. hat with dark veil, came in
to the Inquirer office this afternoon
about O'Clock and handed the Inquir
er reporter a letter telling of the sui
eide of Mrs. Desmond Medcaf by TAX
ing a dose of laudanum. the woman
who brought the letter into the Of
flee seemed as if she did not want
10 be questioned, and as soon as
the letter had passed into tine re-
porter's nand sne hurriedly left me
office not 10 be seen any more. TIE
woman, VINO is supposed 20 nave COM
mitted suicide is the wife of Desmond
Medcalf and lives at 1929 Triplett street
The ie.ter was in sealed envelope,
and accompanied by note which is
supposed 10 have been written by an
otner party, but tie question is a
puzzhng one as 10 whether it was or
was not; as the note and
letter seem To- nave been written by
the same hand. The note reads as
follows.
"A bride of one year passes away
and Mrs Verda Medcalf, the wife of
Desmond Medcalf endede her life by
suicide. TIE remains were sent 10
Rockport, Ind, for burial. Sne was
20 years Old" 1t was signed "A de-
vout frield"
IL seems from the letter that the
womans husband mad left her and mad
also left the city, but that if the letter
was printed in the Inquirer that ne
would see IL and by tnat means would
learn Of the death of his wife. the
letter was as follows
Greensboro, KY, Oct. 11.-Dearest
husband: AS I'm tired of living
without you I'm going TO end my life
by taking dose of laudanum and want
you, dear 10 not forget me, as you
have caused it all. l didn't want TO
uO IL Dut Coulun 1--we NihiOuAyNu'
forgive you, sweetheart, everything
you ever did to me, and want you To
forgive me TOO, but not forget me, and
| hope your father is satisfied now |
am out of the way, but dear there will
come a time some day, tnat you will
be sorry. Hope you will get the one
you love now | am gone, and can't
come back 10 beg you not 20 go and
leave me, like | have done. Wont
bother you any more but dear, please
for my sake be good and maybe we
will meet by and by in a place where
we can. stay together. I'm gone now,
so bye bye, dear, and sometimes let
your thought steal kindly over the
past and think of me, dear, as your
best friend and neartbroken, loving
wife. Bye bye.
VERDA TO DES.
Desmond Medealf the husband of
the woman WHO is supposed TO nave
committed suicide left this city about
year ago, and the report came back
that he had ended hislife by commit
ting suicide at Louisville, a letter TO
that effect having been received by
the Inquirer. 1t was found 10 be
false, and that Medcalf was still living
Some mystery surrounds the case
because Mrs. Medcalf had not commit
ted suicide at the hour tie letter was
delivered to the Inquirer. The opin-
ion prevails among those acquainted
with the family that Mrs Nedcalf mas
not committed suicide at all, but is
evening up with ner husband because
of the suicide story he sent from Lou
isville to the Greensboro papers. 1t
is regarded as another act in a family
quarrel Mrs. Medcaf's home WAS
at Rockport,~ Ind, before her mar
riage.
The woman who brought the letter
to the Inquirer office asked The rates
on suicide advertisements" when she.
entered. She was referred TO rel
porter, to whom she handed a letter
and said it cantained everything size
could say, and she hurried away.
Gabriel LikenS Blows His Horn.
= Gabriel Likens blowed his trumpet at