The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-07
Young Woman Hangs Herself
in Pleasant Valley, ToOele
County, Because no Word
Comes From Her Husband.
SEARCHES IN SALT LAKE,
BUT UNCOVERS NO TRACE
Husband Is Finally Found, but
Declares That He Cannot
Endure His Wife and That
He viii Not Return to Her.
LlFELESS BODY IS FOUND

Especial IL The d-RepubIIcan.)
TLY, New, Aug. 6.-After waiting
tn vain for "A message from the
man whom she loved and who had
deserted her after petty quRrrels, Mrs.
Il. G. Austin Of Dolly Warden ended
her life by hanging herself at the home
of her sister, 8iFs. Alex. Mobiles of
Pleasant Valley, TOOele county Utah.
For some time the young woman had
brOOded over the mysterious disaB-
pearanee of her husband from their
home In Dolly Warden last January.
Recently she succeeded in finding
the missing man. to whom she wrote
"A letter asking him 40 return 80 her
and forget the past.
When he refused 10 acknowledge the
receipt OF the letter, she became dis
traeted and hanged herself.
Z. c. Austin, the husband of the
woman was a successful mining man
of Dolly Warden. Early last January
home, and for some months was
mourned as dead. Repeated efforts
were made by his young wife 10 find
him. At one time she learned that ne
was in Jarbidge. She went to that
camp, only to find that her husband
had left some days before. This was
the first indication that the woman
had that her husband Was not dead,
hut that he had deserted her and was
making every effort TO keep away
from her.
Later she learned that the missing
man had been seen in salt Lake. Co
ing to that city she solicited the aid
OF the police. a thorough search or
the city was made, but no trace could
be found. Returning TO her home, she
led a secluded life, hoping against hope
that her husband would some day Tor
give and forget and return 10 her 10
start life anew.
Money as a Lure.
Durfner the latter mart of June some
Colorado capitalists offered TO buy his
interests in the mining property al
Dolly Warden. The little woman now
had hope that her husband could be
enticed from a mercenary standpoint
to return TO mis- home, where she could
see him and perhaps effect recon
citation. To this end she placed an
advertisement in an Ely paper: No
reply was received by Mrs. Austin
Several weeks ago, Deputy Sheriff J.
H. Fulmer visited Reno and met Austin
on the street. The sheriff had heard
of the mysterious disappearance OF the
man and as he had known him slightly,
entered into a converse ton with him.
He told Fulmer that he had secured a
good position in the government for
estry service and that his headquarters
were in Hazen. He also told Fulmer
that his life with his wife had been
unbearable and that he had left her for
good and hoped never to see her
again When Fulmer returned to this
CITY. knowing that Mrs. Austin was
looking for her husband. he wrote her
letter telling her where her husband
could be found
A short time afterward Mrs. Austin
wrote to her husband at HaZen, beg
ging him in endearing terms TO return
to her, forget the misunderstandings Of
the past and start life anew. After
waiting some time and receiving
neither the return of the letter which
she had written or an answer from
the man for whose company she was
longing. she finally realized that she
had been deserted.
Kills Herself in Utah.
Deciding 10 end what she termed. a
miserable existence, she went TO the
home of her sister In Pleasant Valley.
Going TO the barn, which was a short
distance from the house, she tied rope
to the rafters. She then stood on
box, tied the rope around her neck and
kicked the box from under her and
strangled to death.
After the woman had been absent
from the house for a half hour, fearing
that she had met with some accident,
Mrs. Noble searched the premises and
found the lifeless body of her sister
dangling from the end of a three-toot
rope. Mrs Noble said that for some
days she had noticed that her sister
had acted peculiarly. but the thought
that she contemplated suicide never en-
tered her mind.