The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-11-02


round out literary career TO make
| name TO" herself in the annals Of
| letters. Only last week she discussed
| with one OF the editorial staff an ar
ticle which she was planning to offer
to an eastern magazine. OF late she
| had been troubled with insomnia, say
members of her family and there is
corroborative evidence of this fact.
Last Tuesday Miss Paine was mott
| fled by Mr.. Brown that her services
would be no longer required. But she
was told that the order would not be-
come effective for month, during
which time she would no doubt find
another position. And assistance in
the search for other work was lent.
On Thursday, two days later, she
was in good spirits, and that evening
she attended a theater, returned to
the office, failed to write the usual
criticism, and went home. The next
morning her lifeless body was found
|
The family of Miss Paine has no
hesitancy in attributing her rash acts
to a mental arrangement brought on
presumably by overwork and by the
knowledge that she was soon to lose
her position. Members of the family
stated to The Neutrality-suspicious. yes
terday in unequivocal terms, that
Miss Paine was undoubtedly insane
when she wrote the accusing letter,
and when she committed suicide.
They had noticed indications of de.
rangement for some days prior to that
time. They believe in her chastity,
and they have no reason to believe
otherwise. Yesterday the family at.
torney went over all the facts in the
case, and his verdict, given to mem
bers of the Paine family. was that
there was no question that the wom'
an had written the letter in a fit of
temporary insanity.
The horrible effect of the published
letter upon the family has added a
bereavement quite as poignant as the
death itself. but the bereaved ones
are as certain in their confidence in
the moral integrity of the dead WON.
an as The Herald-Repubican is Sc
cure in its belief of the moral clean.
Illness of Miss Paine and the inno-
cence of Mr.. Brown.
Brown Makes Statement.
signed statement was also issued
by Mr.. Brown, editor of the Herald
Republican who was accused in Miss
Paine's letter to Il. McGurrin of caus-
ing her ruin The statement is as
follows:
The charges are unequivocally false
OF course. In my relations with Miss
Paine at The Herald-Republican Of
fice--and they never extended beyond
i always knew her to be woman
of high moral character, woman
whose very life was the personifica-
earnest with her work and when ear
ly this week | gave her notice that
| would have to dispense with her
services, also told her that she
would be employed for month lon.
ger, during which time she could look
for other work | tried to find a new
position for her.
The letter she left has been and Is
ineXplicable. 1t is no doubt the crea-
ton of deranged mind, which may
have been caused to certain extent
by the impending loss of her position.
! am absolutely guiltless of any
charge of immortality lodged against
me, and my sympathies in this mat
ter are with the bereayed family of
Miss Paine
Ggned) ARTHUR j. BROWN.
h. II. Callister, director of the pa.
per- gave out the following statement
The Herald Republican directors
have not taken any conclusive action
in the matter am not conyicting any.
one on what | consider to be the state
ments of a mentally deranged person.
! have never seen anything in the
conduct of either Mr.. Brown or Miss
Paine that would warrant even a sus.
picion of the charge made.
Miss Paine's statement in her post.
script that Mr.. Brown was 'responsi.
BILE for all those indecenceis in the
paper that shut it out of so many
homes" no doubt means the stockade
question. The fact is that Mr.. Brown
was in Pittsburg, Pa, during the ma.
jon portion of the discussion referred
to, being absent from this state for
a whole month at that time. Further,
Mr., Brown is not and has not been
responsible for the policy of the Her
ald-Republican-a fact well known to