The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-16
WEARY Of LIFE,
SHOOTS HERSELF

rrfifo in live. and ffcitInp herseif into
81 condition whore mlIuenaiious nf.
fccied her mental balance. Miss Bertha
! Rumble fred bullet INFO her brain
! yesterday forenoon about clock in
q room in the Elite building The
wound did not prove instantly fatal.
but the woman died q few minutes
after being hurriedly conveyed in the
patrol wagon 20 The Queen Z. Hospital.
The woman had made several pre-.
vious attempts 20 end her life, tho
most recent one being on Saturday
night. wher her weapon failed TO ex.
plode the cartridge. About four months
ago she shot herself In the back Of
the head with .22.caliber revolver,
but the small bullet was detected on
the skull and glanced of without do.
ing her any harm.
Yesterday morning Miss Rumble
called Mrs Curry, the landlady. into
her room. She seemed to be nervous,
and made some rather incoherent
statements about her troubles. refer.
ring frequently TO Attorney Magoon as
the author Of many of them She said
she was tired of life and would kill
herself. She even stated that she had
tried to end il all the night before.
but her revolver would not work. As
Miss Rumble is in the habit of be.
moaning her nisfortunes, Mrs. Curry
listened and commiserated with her,
but attached no Significance to the
talk, leaving the woman, who gave her
hand a final pressure.
Ten minutes afterward Mrs. Curry
and some roomers heard two shots
fred, close TO each other. Mrs. Curry
OWNED the meaning, but did not like
TO 60 to the room of Miss Rumble.
Jack McFadden, who was asleep in his
room at the time, awoke, and he went
to Miss Rumble's room, finding the
door locked. He at once notified the
police. The officers had to force the
transom. They found Miss Rumble
lying on the floor with a revolver in
her hand and a bullet wound in the
center of her forehead. They took her
at once to the Queen s Hospital
Deputy Sheriff Rose found bundle
of letters in the room, directed to
many persons here and abroad. There
was note Of direction on piece of
paper that some of the letters be de.
livered Immediately to the addressed
"
this request, that to Judge De Bolt
This brief note. the letters. and their
contents as learned nv the deputy, all
indicated determined effort to take
her !;fe. This was due to her financial
troubles, her Authorizations, her inabil
ity to continue in friendship with any.
one, and. finally to her unfortunate
drug-taking habit.
Deputy Sheriff Rose delivered sew
= eral of the letters, and these were pre-
/ scented to the coroner's jury, which
held the inquest last evening, at which
time the jury found that the deceased
had come to her death through bul
, let wound selfadministered with sui
cidal intent.
In letter to Mrs. Curry, Miss Rum
hle said that if anything happened tt
her, not to be surprised, as she hat
had more to contend with than anyone
else. She then went on to berate som,
woman whom she believed had done
her a wrong. Miss Rumble stated tha
she was in such n state of mind tina
her effects would be found strewI
about. "My last few years have bee'
such terrible years. she wrote. "Yol
may not see me again. / am out o.
money!
: Then she went on to tell about he
property on Adams lane, over whicl
she had a disagreement with j. A. Ma
COON. She stated that news she ha'
; received from him had upset her, add
ing that he had robbed her. 81 woul'
0 not employ him, and it made hin
/ angry, and told him he was dis
honest. The cruel injustice of it al
is more than ] can tell But for som
y people to say that ! was a morphin
:. wreck-well, | do not deny nor hid
A anything"
y. The letter to Judge De Bolt wen
= into detail about her affairs with MI
Magoon. She says he did not give he
one dollar, and that he played upon he
ignorance in every way possible, Will
she also claimed that Mr.. Magoon az
sisted a tenant to deprive her of tn
l. rents from the Adams lane property.
1t Miss Rumble's property, it is unde
stood, has long been under mortgage
and this fact and her financial affair
have caused her to become almost
It mental wreck.
Other letters were directed to Mr.
L. Bolton, Hotel and Punchbov
streets; DR.. c. Z. Camp, Mr.. Schnacl
captain II. 4. Drew, Oh the baIh n.
Rithet; Sister Albertina, Christ. Krel
ger, corner Hotel and Punchbowl; Mr.
w. Sainner, same place; Mrs. Engu
Hotel street; Mrs. II. b. Hagan, Ia
Angeles, Cal; Mrs. VIM. Brown, Al
kea street; Hollister Drug Co, Mr.
r Gramberg, care Mrs. Berndt; MI
Martha Bolster Winter, Piikoi stree
Mr.. Grifiis, and Mr.. Peter, Messeng
Service.
DIR. Camp stated yesterday that
N, knew of the attempt made on her Ii
few months ago, and few nigh
NC since, when he was called in by Mi
at Rumble She was in a bad state
Mt mind and had revolver, saving s.
. was going to kill herself with it. j
"a tried to persuade her to give up i
~ gun, but she made scene, and
~ made no further effort to secure
a The first gun she had, "A -, he to-
~ away.
It's The deceased had been in bad heal
for many years and used morphine
ne excess. Among her effects was foul
We n hVnOdarmic syringe and sol