Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-08
WOMAN NOVELIST
IN |NAL LET TER
SCORED HUSBAND
Mrs. Myrtle Mccullough Wrote
Her Friend, DR.. sugg. Tell
ing Of UahappIness
OF Life.
PHYSICIAN MAKING CL-A'M
Offers Epistle Written By Dead
Woman In Support of His
De,nand; Against the
Estate For $1,000.
PHYSICIAN MAKING CLAIM

chicago. i>cD. s. Most Of the tragic
circumstances which darkened tac last
lays OF Myrtle Reed Mccullough. tie
ssuttor. and finslly drcve her To open
the little door" Cor herself. have become
Brown The last letter, alleged TO
nave been written by the woman be-
tore she took her own life last sum
,ner, and addressed to her physician,
l,r Edmund G; sugg, was produced in
-he probate court at 81 hearing on the
lain OF DIR. Sugs for $500 against the
Mccullough estate.
The letter contains 4 Dittec arralgii-
Jnent OF her husbands conduct his
neglect, and his habits. Whether real
ar fancied, domestic unhappiness. so
the letter implies. caused her 10 emo
her life and to express regret at the
last moment that she had not succeed
I'D In doing so a yea. earlier.
Despite the letter and its writer's
acknowledgment OF services rendered
Ter by DR.. Sugg, Judge Charles $. Cut
ling dismissed the claim when Attof-
neg D. w. Parker counsel for the phy-
sician. asked for one more continuance.
On the ground that he wanted to cait
Witnesses VINO We're not present. Judge
ssutting asserted that the suit was dis
missed without prejudice and that l1r-
s;ugg might file his claim anew later
The letter to DR. Sngg is tsnewlit-
len, and its Authenticity is disputed by
,llc husband OF the author and his at
,orneys. Even the signature, Myrtle.
is typewriter. Only the date. August
II. is written, in what is said to have
been the hand or Mrs Mccullough.
II Myrtle Reed wrote the letter, it is
evident. from, its contents aud general
appearance, that it was typed several
days before her death, II is believed
that she only wrote in the date the
night she killed herself in her Para
disc fiat 512O Kenmore avenue.
Letter Tells Of Troubles.
The letter follows:
.,Teddy Dear: i have at last opened
the little door for myself and gone te
he Never Never land. i have broken
he promise I made you over a yeai
,.go set myself free.
Forgive me, please. 1t may not be
fhe brave way, but IL Is my way. and
!,aye to go. am sorry you saved me
last summer when tried II. ! shall
make it sure this time. 1t has been q
year OF torture and torment, with my
husband drunk most of the time. I've
anne everything and tried to be brave
.litsFVe come to the end.
'Iaast night was the 18th anniversary
nf our first meeting. He was to come
home early and bring me some flowers
lustead of that, he came home after
o'clock, so drunk hescould not stand up
This morning he w.nt out of towl
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Doctor Helped Her.
TEDDY. dear, all that :. man could d,
Tor tortured, broken hearted woman
you have done for inc since the da.
you opened my door at Winnetka owe
Two years ago. You haven't failed inc
When I've needed YOU you have bee,
within reach. You have mad