Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-24
SAYS HUSBAND
 MAS HE CAUSE
iaouest Over Body of Myrtle Reed M'Cullodgh, the Au- thor Reveals Why She
 Committed Suicide
MN MERE IlG0LD BRlCKSn

MEN Nthk "Gl1LD bhlGkS' CHICAGO, Aug. 2s.-An inquest into the death of Myrtle Reed Mccul. loagh. the Chicago Author who died from an overdose Of a drug believed to have been taken with sui .dal in- tent was bsgum
 Relatives cf tho dead author hare been summoned to testify and the coroner and the police are atlemnt- Ing to reach James sydney McCul- lough, the husband. who left home and was away when the woman was found dead.
 Tn a statement made to the coroner Arlse Larsen, the maid. said Mr Mccullough left home. saving he was going to Michigan and expected 0 be gone several days She said she had never heard Mrs NeCuliorgh quarrel with her husband during the four years she had been at their home
 That death was iRte1uouai was in 6ic7ted by the following note which the writer left on her maids dresser.
 Dear Annie: I am leaving you a cheek for SI,0Q0 for yonr true and faitnful service during four years. IT ny husband had heen as good and kind to me and as eonsijerale as yau, ] would not be going where an
 Mrs MAC
 Tnclosed in tbe note was Q cheek for S1.QGe Annie Larsen, tha maid, Ind zone ont and found the uosa in her room when she returned az st8a. She rushed to Mrs LcCullough's .r q. .H
 The reference to her husband r. inc note was a surprise to trianfls Of Hrs. AlcCuilougl- Paradise Flat as her home is known, long had been a iavorite gathering place fer select circle of tho writer's acqlaintaaces She gave many unique en1srtai2i- ments. Among these vas a 'naaaci husband contest, which took place last year. Each woman guest aomi- hated her husband for the honor 01 being 3esignated the finest husbaad in the world z
 The men paraGe. sewed bu1t9ns and-depored Themselves at their best. and tfeir wives eztolied the-T virtues ip written esSays. On that oc c8sion. largely through Ire el91usei praises of his Eriee, Hr Ee6 llouga received first prie IS the model AEs
 Mrs &4cu uaasa uparassea and re tired ia her usual manner before tak- lnr tha fafal d0sa E-hn raaid slraiis.li the neiehbors and called two obys ciaBs, but the police were not in- formed Of the 'deafA until t5Eee hoBr5 after 1t occurred
 The famHy physician. pr. Newton D. Lee. said:
 Mrs. MaCallouaa had been tr3ahied with insomnia for some ime. and ] understand that she he'd been lsing sleeplns powders. She died from an overdose Of soce drug, and most probably t was tha 0ae she had been uslDE ii to induce sleep
 IAere wss a romance coa1lzcfe with her marriage to dE- Mccullough that. some said. was cieverly de scribed in. her story 4 Spinner of tile Sun, rlibHshea ahout the time Of her marriage, ia ta05
 Hiss Reed-as she then vas-in her girlhood days vas one of the editog or The Voice, published by the pupils at the West Division Hieh SSkoel James Sydney Mccullough nas editor Of Q college paper in Toronto, Canada.
 The Voice was on fhe eXchaEga list He admired he writings oI Miss Reed, and correspondence began. ID 1906 Hiss Feed and 1lr Mccullough. who had by that time made fhfecg0 hie home. s-sd away guietIy t1 Grand Haven, AicA, and were mar fied.
 5irs, Mccullough was 9 severe crir ic of the sterner se1. Sbe is credited with these Qllis
 Es the aTerase man only Htus Better than the mushro 7ul---t h.' hest 2 delicacys aC his worst 6 pol soag
 Most wives are eXpe sed t9 Tn pcrte5Eo use-ateak estabils hinent ou 2 Iauttoastew alloWance
 Aens the married kind. are fhs greatest goid-hrieG artists in O, woFld-their wives are the eas marks
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