The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-21
DID HARRY ROSE
SUICIDE?
Wife of Man and Sheriff
Ferguson Investigating
Peculiar Case.

ter has been received written yester-
day at Rock Island, signed by a
bridge inspector, Frank Rodgers,
saying that in his opinion suicide
has been committed. When shown
the letter by the Daily World repor-
ter Mrs. Harry Rose, who was found
at 211 Palouse street, stated that she
recognized her husbands hand
writing and that he was making an
effort to get away. Circumstances
indicate that her opinion may be
true, for only yesterday and again
this morning she called on Sheriff
Ferguson desiring to swear out
warrant for the arrest of her hus-
band on the charge of wife deser-
ton. She claims that four times
within their brief marriage of two
years she has been deserted by him.
One week ago Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Rose arrived in Wenatchee from
Bellingham and registered at the
Great Northern hotel. Their actions
were peculiar and Manager Harry
Taylor was suspicious but he said
nothing until yesterday when the
bill of $50 for the weeks board was
placed in their box. Upon their re-
fusal to pay he took possession OF
their baggage and requested them
to seek cheaper quarters. The hus-
band disappeared altogether, but
Mrs. Rose had quite dispute about
her personal effects. She was Of
fered work but refused. Not de-
string to leave the woman without
shelter for the night she was allow
ed to stay over another day and left
the hotel this morning. A want ad.
has been running in the Daily World
for the past week in which the cou-
pie have advertised for work as cook
and waitress or chambermald in no.
tel or camp. They had received no
replies up until today.
Mrs. Rose is without funds and
earnestly wishes to secure employ
ment at once. She has been unable
to get located in any restaurant or
hotel of the city up to this time.
The following is the copy of let
ter which was received on this noon
,oo;l by tho Dai1v World.
Rock Island, Wash, July 2O.-I
feel it my duty to write to you so
as the world will know what become
of some poor fellow. l am bridge
inspector for the Great Northern
Railway company and was looking
over the bridge east of Wenatchee
today when a man came along. He
was we'll dressed and l would say
about 48 years old, feet and or
Inches tall and would weigh about
$50 pounds. He talked with the
Waterman of the bridge some few
minutes and then came out on the
bridge where l was. He also talked
with me. He said he had been in
Wenatchee one week with his wife
and stopping at the Great Northern
hotel gave him his bill for one week,
a cook, wanting somewhere to work
so as his wife could work with him
and had put an ad in the World for
job, and today the landlord of the
hotel gave hi mhis bill for one week,
which was $50, and ne did not have
that amount of money but had two
large trunks of good clothes and
some fine silverware and good deal
of pride, and so walked off and left
everything. He gave me a package
wrapped up in Great Northern hotel
envelope asking me to hand it to Mrs.
Harry Rose at the hotel, and he
started to cross the bridge. 1 saw
him on the bridge and he did not
have time to cross, and l and the
Waterman walked fast and found he
had left his glasses, pipe and some
smoking tobacco and "a cents in his
hat, but he was nowhere to be seen.
We did not see him jump of the
bridge, nor did he have time to walk
half way over the bridge. There
was no where he could go but in the
river. l sent the package to Mrs.
Harry Rose by man. He was very
much worked up and nervous, so l
think he ended his trouble in the
river. The Waterman at the bridge
has his hat. He was smart look
ing man and a good talker, but in
hard luck He did not look like a
drinking man.
am not sending you this wishing
any notoriety, but as man to man,
and If you wish to publish this in
your paper please correct mistakes.
Yours,
FRANK RODGERS,
With the G. N. R. Co.
Efforts have been made by the
Daily World to get the man Rodgers