The Washington times., 1912-03-28
DEEPEST PATHOS IN
FAREWELL NOTE Of
SUICIDE H|CHBORN
Stricken Lawyer Wrote He
/ Hoped Little Son Would
Be Happy.
Continued from First Page1

day the story that Hichborn killed HIM
SELF, because he had learned that a
child had been born to his wife.
fThe rumor g false" said Mr. Pear
sall. and cannot possibly be true. Mr.
Htchbcrn did not know where his wife
vas when he. died and no one else
knows"
Mr.. Hichborn left farewell note, the
contents or which have been more or
stated this afternoon by his brother-in-
Jaw, r. 3. Pearsall. were as follows:
So nope l am doing no wrong. I
nave stood 1t as long as I can, and I
have been Respondent ever since I was
deserted l hope that my son will not
nnerit as unhappy a life as his
= Leaves Property to Son.
"A little farther down on the blank en-
velope on which Mr.. Hichborn wrote
HIS last message ran a short will as
Follows:
II hereby give, devise, AMI bequeath
70 my son, Phi lip Hichborn, jr, all my
This will was signed Philip S. Hch-
ed Phil" ''s
Below the will was a third div sion
of this whole document. This read, II
his rug"
Sub" referred to Mr.. Pearsall, Hich-
born s brother-in-law. whose house
the tragedy was enacted
Mrs. HrhborI's brother, Henry Hoyt
said this morning that he and his
fnother did not knew where Mrs I(ich-
born and Wylie are.
,heA AZ ars least Id do9t NJ know in What town
case me from saying anythinf further.
Yea can understood that Nothing s'tl at
al ought to be said nv me-"
Mrs. Pearsall has been gravely i'll all
, Ay, and receiving constant attention
Irom q trained nurse. Doubt was ex-
reo Pressed whether she would be able to
EMrs. Hichborn. sr, was in better com
dition physically this afternoon than
Aer daughter.
The suicide was the fourth chapter in
Nr: Hichborns marital tragedy.
Asreled september IL 1906. Mrs. Hch-
lern fed with WyIfe, December Is, 1910.
!. Surprise for Capital.
The next May Washington was aston
ifhed to learn that she was back in the
ehy. at the home of her mother. and
mat Wylie had sought his deserted wife,
yainly asking reconciliation. The
Snird chapter was the renewal of the
elopement. September TO- last year,
Wylie and Mrs. Hichborn again disap-
Heared. Yesterday Hichborn killed
himself
When Wylie, and Mrs. Hichborn fed
last September they made their way to
Europe and are supposed to be some
where in the Riviera. Members of
the Hichborn family and intimate
friends say that their whereabout is
uncertain. Mrs. Henry NJ. Hoyt, widow
OF the former solicitor of the State De-
partment and mother of the woman who
teft her husband and child for Wylie
probably knows where her daughter is
put has refused to make this known
The man and woman who have shocked
AVaH 1kax ,lrz II.
made every effort to escape public no.
Hce since they fled for the second time
Ahd. for the time being seem to have
been successful.
Hichborn will" read in the course of
1ours, that the man they wronged shot
himself in desperation, that just before
he put the revolver to his head he wrote
two lines on the back of an envelope
saying:
'I am not to blame for this.
think have lost my mind. l want
AL my property to go to my son
Philip
Decides on Suicide.
Mr.. Hichborn had returned to Wash
ington only last Monday from California
and then heard, it is said, that a child
had been born to his former wife and
wylie. The fact preyed upon his MIND
wrecked his reason, and finally made
him determine to kill himself. He called
on his mother Yesterday afternoon about
: o'clock at her home, 1907 n street
Then he walked back to his sisters
home.
No one was in but the servants
Hichborn mounted the stairs, entered
q sitting room on the second floor, and
standing before glass put the revol-
yer to his temple. The bullet crashed
through his head. Hichborn fell dead.
His end had been merCifuly swift.
BY coincidence one Of Mr.. Hichborns
at the time. This was Murray Cobb,
Of 1872 Eighteenth street. with whom at
the time was Burr Hough The two
Inen heard the shot and thought it had
come from the Hichborn residence, and
the fear that their friend had slain him
self seized them simultaneously. Rush
thg to the door. which they found
locked, they rang the bell vehemently
and were admitted by the servants.
Making their way to the back of the
house, the two men paused a second
before going upstairs.
Mrs. Pearsall Stunned.
Just at this instant Mrs Pearsall
walked In. She had returned from a
walk. Mr.. Cobb told her of the shot
having been heard in the house, and the
three made their way to the room in
which Hichborns lifeless body lay. The
door was locked.
Mrs. Pearsall. whose. first frantic sus-
picons had now become an agonized
IuSncu OUT Ol tue mousse anu
over to Dupont circle, where she found
Policeman Saunders. of the Third pre-
cinct, and Park Policeman Daniel Red
mond. The two officers burst down the
door.
Mrs. Pearsan. after a brief survey
Of her brothers body, went to her own
foom, unable for the time to control
Der feelings. But a little later she mas
tered herself and went to the home of
her mother to tell her the tragic tale.
Mrs Phillip Hichborn, ST., was stricken
PROSTATE by the news and spent most
distressed night. Today she is in a
desperate condition from sorrow and
shock. Mrs. Pearsall has borne up
bravely since she first learned of her
brothers. death.
Mrs. Wylie Stricken.
Mrs. Wylie. the deserted wife, was
stricken nearly senseless when she
learned at her dinner table last night
OF the self-infiicted death of the man
who had suffered like herself.
No elopement that Washington ever
Only One "ERoMo oURuNE. /" that Is