Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18
MURDERS HIS WIFE;
THEN SHOOTS SELF
Jealousy Said to Have Led
A. J. Sackett to Use Gun.
Two Children Orphaned.

Arthur j. Sackett, twenty-five years
old, former resident of Fond du Lac,
Wis, last night murdered his pretty
young wife, Mrs. Flora Sackett, twenty
years old, and then committed suicide.
using a revolver. The double tragedy
was enacted in front Of 100 street
northwest, about 1850 o'clock. Sackett
died instantly and Mrs. Sackett died
at Emergency Hospital before sur
geons had time to perform an opera
ton.
BY the double tragedy two children,
Ruth, aged three and q half years,
and John, one and a half years old,
are orphaned. The children are with
their grandmother. Mrs. J. NJ Harring-
ton, at the Royalton, 91S M street
northwest, and will remain there, Mrs.
Harrington having declared her in
tention of adopting the motherless and
fatherless babies. The children were
taken to their grandmother today by
Mrs. Harry Sanger, an aunt of Mrs.
Sackett.
Il have decided to end everything"
Sackett wrote in letter on the station
cry on an F street hotel. in which he in
had played part in the tragedy. Friends
of the murdered woman, however. de-
clare the husband had no cause for
jealousy. He named a resident of the
northwest section in his letter. Her
friends say that husband and wife
separated because he utterly failed to
provide for her and their two children.
Max Tass Witnesses Tragedy.
Max Tass, a tailor. nineteen years old,
in front Of whose house the tragedy &C.
Cured, witnessed the shooting, and Po-
liceman Harbaugh Of the sixth precinct
was not more than 100 feet distant when
the shots were fired. So quickly did one
shot follow another, however, that the
tailor and policeman were unable to in
terfere.
A passing taxicab was stopped and the
wounded man and woman were placed in
it and rushed to the Emergency Hospi-
tai.
Sackett had shot himself in the head
the bullet penetrated the brain and life
was extinct, 1t was found. Two bullets
had struck Mrs. Sackett; one entered the
face passing through the left jaw and
shattering the shoulder. This wound had
stunned the woman and caused her to
fall to the pavement. While she was ly-
ing there helpless bullet was sent into
her chest.
The letter found on the dead man ex-
planned to the police why the double
tragedy had been enacted and was the
means of identifying the victims. Sack
EFT had evidently written the letter last
night, having dated it yesterday, and it
was addressed to Mrs. Harry Sanger,
Mrs. Sacketts aunt, 1923 New Jersey
avenue onrthwest 1t reads:
Decided to End Everything.
Dear Mrs. Sanger:
II have decided to end everything, as l
think it will be the best for Flora She
is not doing the right thing and l can't
let the children suffer for her faults.
81 am sure that Ruth is we'll taken care
of and l hope you will adopt her, and l
am sure that in later years she will be
comfort to you and Mr.. Sanger. AS to
little John. | don't know what will be-
come of him, but l wish you could try
and have a good family adopt him. Please
notify my mother, at 157 Sheboygan
street, Fond du Lac, Wis She is the
beneficiary of an insurance policy for
5000, and l think you can see her about
money for Ruth's and Johns education.
81 regret this very much. but / have
endured this as long as 1 can, and can
not stand the separation from the chill
dren.
Il hope the young man Flora thought
so much of will in the future not go be-
tween any more married couples, as he
has certainly broken up ours.
Il must close now. as / am to see Flora
soon With love to Ruth, and hoping
you and Mr.. Sanger will always remain
devoted to each other, as II is the only
way, sincerely yours,