Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-25
Mrs. H. |. Cress OF Portland
Found Cold in Death in
Broom Hotel.
JOHN LAWSON is ACQUITTED
District Court Hearings--s'N Weddings
Funeral of Miss ELLA Mole
News Briefs.

o.den June 25.--Cold in death the
,t,oi,zs body of Mrs. H l.. Cress OF
portland. Or. was found lying in bed
d. room at the Broom hotel at 10
o'clock last night with the deadly
fumes of carbollc acid and chloroform
permeating the room, Her mouth was
friyhtfully burned with the deadly acid,
which had unquestionably been taken
with suicidal intent. A cold -bloode0t
letter from her husband stating that
he had deserted her, was found crum-
pied into a ball near by. TINS was
undoubtedly the cause of the horriple
deed.
That the woman was deliberate, calm
and determined Just before ending her
existence was evidenced by the fact
that a bundle of rope was found lying
on the floor which she bought for the
purpose of hanging herself and finding
no convenient place from which to at
tach the rope, she later decided to end
her life with poison
One of the chambermaids at the no.
tel noticed that the light was burning
in the room about noon yesterday.
Later she returned and the door was
locked. Still later in the evening as
no response could be gotten from the
chamber of death. Policeman Erickson
was summoned and the door opened
on the table near the bed two empty
bottles which contained chloroform and
carbolic acid were found drained to the
bottom. and the story of the manner
in which the woman ended her exist
ence was told.
on the dresser a sealed letter was
found directed TO Mr.. James Buck, 267
East Thirty Seventh street, Portland
Oregon. Near by. written on piece
of paper, apparently with a firm hand
aa,,la In, Do. mr..
egon, Me- James Buck, 26I East Thir-
ty-seventh street,
When the body of the woman was
found, life had been extinct several
hours Her husband registered with
her Tuesday and they were assigned
to room 3. Tuesday night he deserted
her, leaving the following letter be-
hind:
"Mollie-You wire home. and get
yourself a ticket and go home and stay
there. for ! am too unhappy to live
with you. When you get to Portland
you VIII find letter which explains
everything plainly. I am gone, but
don't know where. but do that much
for me.
(Slgned) "KIAH."
The body was taken to the Richey
undertaking parlors. where an inquest
will be held today The relatives of the
dead woman have been advised and the
body will be held pending instructions
from them.
Sheriff Wilson received telegram
this morning from j. f. Finley & Son.
undertakers, Portland, Or, directing
him to ship the body and express her
effects to that firm. AS yet no reply
has been received from James Buck,
the father of the unfortunate woman.
As it was a case of suicide 1t is not
believed that an inquest will be neces-
sary.
HELD UP AND ROBBED.
Ogden, June 25-Three stick up men
attacked Lewis Fence, a singer at Syl-
van Park, near the corner of Twenty
seventh street and Washington avenue,
at about midnight last night, and after
choking him severely, got away with IL
watch and chain, SO in money and two
bottles of beer.
When Fence recovered from the bru-
tai attack, he notified the police sta
tion, and officers Chambers and Bob
Burke were> dispatched to the scene.
but the robbers had made their get
away without leaving any clue. As
the assault was made In the dark, the
victim was unable TO get a description
of his assailants.
FLOODS THREATEN SANITARIUM.
For awhile yesterday 1t looked as
though the Ogden Canyon sanitarium
at the mouth of the canyon would be
cut off from the road of main tray n
between the city and the canyon. Since
the flood of year ago when the river
washed out the dam at the rear of the