The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-03
SENT WARNING LETTER
TO INTENDED VICTIM
Suicide Had Made Two Previous
Efforts to Destroy
Herself


Special 10 the Daily Leader
wichita, Kan, May 3-The body Of
Helen Yarbrnugh. the woman thar
committed suicide here Friday, follow.
Ing her arrest for alleged connection
with the assassination OF John Bull
etse az claremore. Okla.l recently
was shipped yesterday to Springfield
Mo In the care OF her sister, Mrs
J. A stelnert, who viii take charge
OF the remains and bury them.
DR.. Purdue al nrst refused 10 sign
\ the death certificate. because he did
not know how the woman met her end
but finally consented to do 30 after
securing tho Information Of the peo'
pie who found the bottle In which
had contained the poison,
She Was Attractive
Helen Yarhrough was woman
about u years of age. hye feet three
or four inches tail, and was good
looking woman. She had many Quall-
lies which caused one after meeting
her 10 wish 10 meet her again. AS
Il result, sho had no trouble In MAX
Ing friend after once making their
acquaintance. She was brunette,
Even though she had been living d
life OF shame more than sis years
one would not believe her 10 be a
woman 0l that character While con.
sldered 70 be short woman. she was
well bulll. had a nice figure ard q
pleasing carriage. Il has developed
! that the man who came to The Man
haitian h0iel with her on last Tues.
day was u man whom she hal met on
the train He signed his name as j.
l Jerome, bus nothing Ia known OF him
or who he was. II Is thought that he
assumed che name Of Jerome.
Wanted booming House.
Il Is thought that she came here
expecting to start r0omlng house,
/ but this Is not definitely known. a
woman who It Is alleged came here
to start IN business With her, was az
her room yesterday but has dlsap
peared since It was learned that Miss
Yarbrough had committed suicide.
The womans identity bias not been
learned
Miss KarEroueh was moi accused Oi
killing John Rullette. but Is accused
Di having employed some man to 40
e. because Bulletie refused 70 live
With her longer The estfangement
Is supposed 10 have been caused be.
cause the woman had been keeping
company with another man ana who
is thought 10 probably have dcne the
shooting IN the rooming house at
: Claremore. Okla, on April i5. Bull
( elie Vas shot In his room about i
O'Clock on the night of April Us.
The Bulletto Case
He had returned 10 hla u0m about
!. 10 o'clock He had Been oui al lunch
and was sitting at g table and had
started to write letter when tho
deed was committed. -Four bullets
had been fred az him. Two struck
|. him N The body IN the rear Of the
! shoulders. but The other Two we're I'M
bedded IN the walls and did no dam
aee Ills assassin shot him through
. a window Of his roam while he wal
standing on the roof OF an adjoIninl
building. The man fred through the
window glass and two nf the hul
lets went through q curtain thar wa.
hanging over The lower part Of the
window.
He vas expecting 70 be shot A
communication was found among hls
effects which he had received from
the Yerbrough woman. lt waR writ
ten IN Joplin Mo, A typewriter hao
been used III writing L. In the letter
the woman warned him 10 return /,
her and reminded him or the Senator
Bfown afIalr This was lhe affair II
which the common law wife Of Sen
aiur Brown of Utah shot him In Waal
lugton because he had fitted her.
After receiving the letter Bulletts
madq notation on the back, which
Instructed the officers 10 ana the
woman IN caae he was found killed.
Sent Warning Notice
Other notices Of warning from hei
we're found among his belongings
Among these was letter from her
which warned him 70 stay IN his room
on That night and told him that II hs
vhntured out he would Be killed II
f Thought bs this that she had en-,
ploy@i some ono 20 do the killlne a.
this tlate hut that she had LOST hel
nerve and warned him to stay m hi,
rnom 10 order that the shootinl
might not take place.
Helen Yarhrough had been lnafrle,
tuice Her first hushand's nsine VA
williams. She mafded MIN NUN
Der Of years ago Her second Aus
bands name was Ruffcoru She sel
arteed from him some years aeo hn
they were net divorced until abou
year ago
bnlle1te was 2 prominent real 81
tate man and was also Interested /
sha oil business His wealth VA