Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-27
IS FOUND
SELF SLAIN
IN SHED
MYSTERY SHROUDS
SUICIDE IN INDIANA
Jessie Lee 0yerton Dead by
Her Own Hand Wrote Let
terS 10 Convince Authorities
She Was Murdered,


Nincennes. Ind. March 96.-Mrs.
Jessie Lee oNerton Culbertson, a young
woman of mystery. sad hearted
though a bride OF three months, was
not murdered She was self slain.
or his there is no doubt and her
husband and relatives Acknowledged
today that their suspicious that She
was Killed at the in%stigation of an
other woman for lealons revenge were
unfounded, Tit SbNh}NS uY'HY"Tntqsfatayt-
skeleton. which had been attached to
the skull found bN Mrs. Culbertson
when she was discovered gagged IN
the shed near her home last Wednes-
day after swallowing carbolic acid
WAS picked up late today near the
scene OF the tragedy 1t lay conceal
ed beneath a pile of debris where the
disheartencd girl had placed 1t after
she removed the head aud attached
ii to the threatening letter which she
thought would Leaf the authorities to
believe she Mas murdered for revenge.
Positive proof that Mrs. Culbertson
wrote the anonymous threatening let
ters To herself has been established.
A letter she wrote to her husband at
bridgeport. III, is written on station
cry similar to that upon which was
penned an anonymous note. The wat
er mark on the paper Is the same
on all the anonymous notes as that
IN the stationery found in her trunk.
Culbertsun. while accepting the SUI
eide theory said
Il wish Mrs, Longwcll, in Chicago,
would establish an alibi so hat |
would be satisfied that she has been
cleared OF suspicion
ii was Mrs. eta Lonewell, former
~ OF N~incenncs, whom the tulpeit-
sons and Joshua Brazelton, stepfather
of the young husband, had been led
to suspect sought 70 iniurc Mrs. Cul-
- HA g..t .t,.f 44n1nrlfa mi NfhN
bessie should kin herself" said cul-
| hortson. 'She never would tell me
about her past except in IA general
way She said her mother and rather
/ wore dead | have heard that she
saru rrlN iAcd in Naru, Texas, and
IN Dublin, FeNas. where SHE rs stid %
have a brother I hay tried 20 COM
municatc with relatives but can not
get any WORD from them
Mrs Culbertson often spoke OF a
brother. Doctor Overton. who, she
said. resided IN Texas. He has not
Yet been located Chift OF i'ollee
Evans declared today he no longer
was seeking evidence that the wom-
an was murdered. Before her mar
ringe To CnlbertsOn she cut an artery
in her left arm. Dr. H.. w. Held at
tended her. what did you do that
FORE" the doctor asked.
"Oh, it was an accident she re-
piled. II did it with the scissors.
After Or. Held had dressed the
wound. Mrs. Culbertson pulled or
the %bandages. Several times he was
called to redress the wound.
"She was a peculiar woman, said
Or. Held today. when l heard she
was dead was convinced she had
Killed herself and the way She did IT
was lust Ike Jessie OYcrton. She
said her father and brother lived In
Texas but never told me where. both'
she asid. were physicians she was
often Respondent.
Mrs. Culbertson, it was learned to-
day. has been in possession OF the
with her when she was discovered IN
the shed for many monhs.
Dublin. Tex. March 26.-Mrs. Rus
sell Culbcrtson was before hci mar
ringo Jessie Lee OvcrtOn of Hlco. Il
small village near Dublin, where she
resided with her relatives until nine
wears ago. At the time Of the CAL
weston disaster Miss Oterton went to
| that city as a volunteer nurse. latcf
| going to Indiana. Her family was
promincnt and she was well known
here.
Ell paso. Toxas March &c Jessie
Overton Culbertson whose mysterious
| death occurred in Ninccnncs was the
daughter of Colonel oVcrton OF the
Confederate army. She was q grad
uatc nf Peabody Normal institute OF
Tennessee and taught school mere
fourteen years ago.
A brother was killed in the Philip
pines several years ago Her living