The Washington herald., 1909-02-05
SIMPSON WILL SOON
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teacher. had said concerning the letter
he received from Horton Simpson De-
teotive Evans read the letter. which is as
follows:
Dear Mr. Coulty: It Is NJ painfuI duty to EEL
sog that your dzgShtsr AID ny beloved vie : FsrJ
III a. Dr. A L. IsETences home. uG street
nOzthwest, under the name Of Mrs A. NJ ClSrk.
The matter q or maTTisge. which took plsco last
fsli when re quietly left The city. We decided %
Keep a secret. So Abbse referred tezchnS until
s7-ng. Ehea she intended 70 resign. the rules Of ne
boaTd q educztioo net permitting married woman
to 7en1asn Il the scbools- This secrecy nrst
usat nizzke. fG We should have at least taken
y0u into O1T cos-AdsnSs and thus had the beneat
q your 59dgnent but neither q Is saw II az that
tine.
About a month sso Abhie conplained of pain.
aud ve finally dscded Il WoGld Be best 70 co1S-t
physicsn- Some uns recommended DT. lEETezos,
On L street. Shs vent 70 see HIN on number
Of oozSccs. He finally tod her that she had
tum0rcus e10Wth This condi1ion naturally worried
her Te-y much and she was determined 70 have az
operation peIiunsd
I endeaYo-ed TO persuade her not to have II dooe,
fearing The consequences, but she insisted nat Z
nust Be doGe. she had every sSsuT4Ilce that i
could be done successfully and without serious rlSE
was under the impression Monday nlgai, before
she went home, that she had decided 10 l&ks NJ
advice snd haTs nothing done. ana Vas Ersally 5T-
prised when she called ne Up By phone az ne
srhool Tuesday morning about O'Clock and salc
,fs lad cilaured her mind and that she would 1ot
Be satissed Until she had carried out her previous
plans.
I tod her a. thar tine TO wait Until could Sc
her again srd vas not aware that she vas thsn on
he- way 10 the doctors, a. / afterEaro lesrled-
Immediately sfter school inquired AFTER he-, and
was Informed that in the operation vsry serious
condition vas found that she vas very II ard not
IN condition 10 any o1e; taaf eFerytl1ng lnAt
could be done would be done; that he tae o2e'oIl
had called IN co1sststcn several other pnysicans
a1s that nothing would be spared n giving her TIE
best care and treatment
realized il was then too late 10 cone 20 yol-
peifhsr YOU nor could do anything She vas
a~n fa beSt medical attention that cold Be had
1 vas simply Wild the World grsw dsrk before
re: the woman ] loved ds2rsr than anything else
IN this world I was liable 70 lose. was &raid
would lose ny mind The strain was more than
I could bear I wanted % cone and tel you, DIT
knew you could then Do rothinE anS tas ez-
citsmeut Of seeing you might simply caFTy her S"2s
II cree AID without that excitement she might have
better chance 20 rfc1ser.
Dri7cn % despair took TIE tain snd len. nEFeI
wishing again 70 see unless she reooEs1s. anything
| that VII bring 20 ny mind the HAPPINESS oncs
knew IN tie love ard ccuD1nicIship of your dear
5zuEhtsr.
TIolated one Of the st-Ictest rules Of the board
Of education IN keeping secret our marriage. and
know NJ position th-e. IN consequence. : Tor
feited. an5 there VIII b nothing z Washington
bzt csnsurs FOR ne from those who Go not know
uor understand the actual conditions that cor
frouted as
Besides. l nov 1salizs. when It Is 10 late. ths
wrong % you IN having secret uaTTisse- Forgive
ne. I ueT5I meant . cause you u7o1nerts soTs's
ard I vOoid gs.dly give ny Ne Z could save hers
the dearest and best woman On earn.
II my vie passes away 7 want ths priTllcss Of
pzyiag an TIE funeral eIpe1sss.
Possibly Il i best nov. FOR dear Aboles saEe
Si1rs re have kept ths secret thus far 70 lst =
7rmain 50 and avoid further publicity, bst that IS
for you 70 decide.
Beliere ne. We did vhat We Thought vss for ths
best never dreaming Ct 50 serious an ortc11as-
Afsctioaatsly. HORTON SIMPSON
Handwriting of simpson.
Detective Evans said the handwriting
was that OF Horton Simpson and pro-
duced other letters written by the school
principal. one OF which was written 70
Miss COuItry under date Of ? q n, jan
uary g. The letter reads:
Dear Miss coultry. Ezpec. 70 Be 5rEz tow %
MORROW morning sbout % O'Clock. and Il yC1 are
going down tORn VIII Be glad 70 meet y0-- WITH
HORTON SIMPSON
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/ effort. but had been unable 70 find q
/ record OF Simpsons marriage 10 Miss
/ Coultry- Witness said he asked Dr.
Lawrence IL he conducted a sanatonun
and the physician had replied: IN q
way" Asked If he had a license 70 con-
duct a hospital Dr.. Lawrence, Evans
said. had replied In the negative.
/ Mr. COultTy. father Of the deceased
/ teacher. was almost overcome with grief
| and testified with difficulty He said he
had known Horton Simpson four or FIVE
/ years as principal OF Hubbard School.
1 where Miss C0ultry taught. The father
/ testified the relations between his daugh-
1 ter and Simpson had been friendly, and
/ that in the last year Simpson had called
more al The Coultry home than ever be-
/ fore
! Dr. Harrison Crook, OF Fifteenth and
/ / streets northwest. testified that when ne
saw Miss CoUltry IN the Office OF Dr.
Lawrence she was almost dead He said
the woman was conscious at tines, and
once, when she looked toward him, had
said.
rs that my fatheTT'
/ Answered in the negative, the young
woman said:
Let me die in peace"
DR.. s Wren Howard, Of 2725 Thir-
teenth street northwest, testified he has
assisted DIT. Lawrence in a number OF
/ cases. ard had administered the anes-
tEetic 20 Miss CoUltry. DR.. Howard said
he did not know for what purpose the
/ operation was 70 be performed and had
asked no questions He had seen the
surgical instruments at hand, ready for
use.
Other witnesses were Joseph Washing
ton. negro butler employed at the home OF
/ Dr.. Lawrence. and Maggie ellison. negro
domestic. Their testimony was Of little
importance
/ Interest was manifested in a number
| Of photographs of Horton Simpson, which
/ we're shown witnesses for Identification
I Dr.. Lawrence said one OF the photo
] graphs was a likeness Of the man who
accompanied Miss Coultry 70 his Office
as her husband, but that the other pic
/ ture did not resemble the man.
BARNES CRITICISES HUGHES.