The Washington times., 1911-05-13
JENESS, AIDE Of
DR.. LATSON, TRIES
TO KILL HERSELF
Attempts Asphyxiation, Is
Prisoner, and Likely
to Recover.

NEW YORK, May 1s-Desiring to
Join DR.. H. w. r. Latson. her God
man." in the spirit world. Miss Alta
Marhevka, the beautiful Russian Jew
ess, aide of the physician who was
found self-slain Thursday night, today
attempted TO end her life by gas. She is
now in the Washington Heights Hos
pitaL prisoner. 1t is believed she will
recover.
MY Goldman is floating through the
cerulean blue. wearing beautiful wings,
and 1 want to join him." Miss Marhevka
cried In anger when she found that her
attempt at self-destruction had prob
ably been baked.
Attempts Asphyxiation.
DR.. Latson, as the mystic psycholo-
gtst, taught Miss Marhevka and others
who had some under the influence of his
occultism, that there was no such thing
as death: When she found the doctor
kneeling and unconscious in his Office
and was later told he killed himself,
she insisted that he had merely changed
his form of life. and she decalred at
once she would join him.
early today Mrs. John Washington,
Srna Srtm %nom Miss Marhevka lived at S67l
Traced to the bathroom. Miss Marhevka
Idy unconscious on the floor The let
OF the gas pipe had been broken off.
MISS Marhevka had been In a highly
OF DR. Latson's body. Several times
ouTihg last night she asked whether the
ponce were coming to arrest her In
0oHhecpion with her teachers suicide.
Dead Man Not Suicide.
When she recovered consciousness at
the hospital. Miss Marhevka bemoaned
the interference in her plan to go to
my Gourah, my Goldman" But we
shall meet again." she continued. "All
that is necessary is for my soul to keep
In harmony with HIS
The authorities admit there are sew
eral strange phases in the ease. Coro-
ner's Physician Philip O'hanlon is sure
the fatal bullet was not fired by the
dead man. pointing out that no student
Of anatomy. such as Latson vas, would
have attempted suicide by firing bullet
into his jaw. and that the face showed
no marks of powder burns.
II did not kill Dr. Latson," Miss
Marhevka said. when questioned by the
physical courage necessary when II
came time to free his soul from its
bondage of earthly clay. I would gladly
have helped him attain eternity. l glory
IN the courage my Gourah showed when
he fired the bullet into his brain. He
died as he lived-a matchless man."
Verses on Remorse.
In Miss Marhevkas s room were found
many written evidences OF the girls
love for Latson and of the strange in
fuence that exerted over her. On
various scraps of paper was written
the following: Even If 1 have not
succeeded, l have at least known life
to it's utmost"
The following verse also appeared
several times:
REMORSE.
Darling, love is so sweet thing,
We took 1t lightly,
Gazed oh it too brightly,
Sensed it too deep.
Twas then the great Gods flew;
Dear, the fault was not in you,
But /, who, Wayward. urged you on
A number of epigrams were found
among the girls writing. including the
following:
"A woman should be like a flame
dainty, exquisite. and fine, high ano
strong-StronE, strong"
The sinful painter drapes his god
dess, because she still is naked, being
dust. The Godlike painter will not so
deform."