The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
"AFTER | DIE
I'LL SOON GET
Even WITH YOU''
Strange Threat Made by j. ii.
Nixon TO Girl Who
JiIts Him
Kills Himself After Writing Re-
prOachiag Letter to Miss
Jeanette LOuden


ersl. Some. it IS thought, were to an
aged father in New orleans; another to
Miss Sophie. B. Wright. cousin for
whom he seemed TO have the most sin
cere admiration and respect; one TO
Mrs. Louden's mother and another to
the girl who had rejected his suit
= have been to the St Francis, said
he TO some Of his acouaintances on his
return TO the Hotel Larsen, TO write
some letters. when a man has some
important correspondence he ought to
40 20 some place where he can feel at
home"
He laughed and held up The bundle
OF letters which he had just completed.
Seeks Death at Last
Rising early yesterday morning he
began 10 write again. He finished at
about II o'clock. Among the last batch
Of letters was another TO Miss Louden,
which IS now in The possession Of the
coroner, and one TO Z local newspaper
Then he collected the correspondence
which had passed between him and Miss
Louden addressed and sealed II in a
package, put some little trinkets IN
another package-and then laid down
10 die.
Miss Louden. who in the meantime
was quite unconscious Of the wild
thoughts dominating the young fellow,
was not quite sure whether he intended
calling on her yesterday evening, as
had been his wont. there having been
no specific arrangement 10 that effect
when they last separated. In order to
make sure she called up his hotel from
Vallejo and asked the landlady, Mrs
keyes. il he was in.
The latter went 10 his room 10 call
him. bat not receiving any response 10
her knockingg, returned 10 the tele-
phone to say that he was asleep.
Please wake him up said Miss Lou
den- as want 10 speak 10 him rather
urgently
The landlady tried TO awaken Nixon
once again. and as her insistent efforts
in this regard were without aVan she
became suspicious and had the porter
break open the door. To her horror she
found Nixon lying at the point of
death and the room fairly reeking with
the fumes of csrbolic acid. Her first
thought was 10 notify the police sta
tion. next door. the hotel being To-
Gated al 56 EDDY street. and after the
arrival OF Detectives Raymond and
Lord she returned to the telephone.
Il think Mr.. Nixon has taken some
thing" she telephoned Miss Louden. I
think he has attempted 10 Kill himself
This was the first news Miss Louden
had OF the affair. a few hours later
she and her mother received the let
ters which he mailed 10 them the
night before
Learns She Is Cause
The girl. almost driven 10 point OF
hysteria by the startling news she had
received over the telephone. then
learned 10 her intense horror that she
had been the innocent cause Of the
Young fellows death and that in his
anger he had declared his intention OF
revenging himself upon her, after he
had died. The letter TO the mother
was in similar vein. In il Nixon
said that Miss LOu6en's refusal OF him
had driven him 20 suicide and that he
would endeavor TO get even" if there
was 2 possible way Of SO doing, after
death.
Il never gave him the slightest en-
coura cement" said Miss BoUden, when
seen last night IN Vallejo. we were
very good friends. and when I re-
fused TO marry him in July 1 thought
he would see the situation IN its proper
light and do nothing further regarding
IT. IN the letter to me he wrote tina;
] was the cause Of, his death and
threatened to get even with me after
he died. The whole affair is too hor-
ribie for me to talk about ! don't
know what he had Ia mind when he
made the threat at the end Of his letter
and can not bear to think about it,
An effort was made 10 save NixOn's
life while he was al the hotel, tempo
rarv treatment being administered by
Hospital Steward O'Dsy who pumped
out the mans stomach and poured a
before rushing him away 70 the cen
1ral emergency hospital Tho attempt
was IN vain. however. Tor Nixon died
sn the ambulance while on his way
10 the hospital
Nixon was the son OF W r. Nixon
who is interested in lake and river
steamboats, in New Orleans and A for
mer officer in the confederate army
and who lives at 1435 ST Roch street
New Orleans. He has another rela-
tive. H. II. Nixon. who lives at s32i
Laurel street. New Orleans. and a half
brother, r. y Nixon. employed By the
Southern Pacific company in san Fran
cisco, whose residence is at 1895 Ellclfd
avenue. Berkeley
Brother Denies Relationship
The latter at first denied any relation
10 the man who had committed suicide
Il know nothing OF him. said he. when
told the news. he Is no relation OF
mine" Later. when told that there
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