St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-03-28
Found Dead On the Motor
Line Track and Identified As
". J. Stubbefied, Of nlinoi.

AossCA AAOM ulS WIG, O8teO
bloomfield. May IL, 1913. appeals t.
MIN for separation. She speaks o
giving up the life policy in the Equit
able Assurance Society, which mus
nave been for q goodly usm. Sh
says: II will send you the Equit
able policy and 5000 in money II yo,
Will give me q divorce, because yol
can get 1t easier than l can. Yo,
can say l deserted you or something
1t is SO hard to get one here"
A letter from her attorneys to Mr.
Stubblefeld sets forth that Mrs. Stub.
blefield has good and sufficient
grounds for a divorce, but would be
willing for him to get divorce on
any grounds, as long as her morality
was not called into question.
The letter from his sister Lottie is
full of the solicitation that comes
from the affectionate ties of blood re-
lationship. 1t speaks of her recent
illness and Of her anxiety less he too
should be i'll and unable to take care
Of himself. Following is part Of the
letter which speaks of his circulation
OF the report that he was dead at
Port Arthur. 1t is the latest of ali
the communications among his pa
pers. being dated at Bloomfield, ILL.,,
February %. 1914:
Dear your
letter yesterday and was glad to hear
from you, and to know that you are
alive and well. You do not know
how much worry and trouble you
have caused us. received a tele-
gram on the 10Th Of December say
ing you had ended your life at Port
Arthur, Texas, and that your suit
case would be sent here; and SO it
came within two weeks or more with
some of your clothes, your bank book
and your pictures and few other
things. We went to work to find
out what we could about you, and
found out you had left Port Arthur
ten days before the telegram reached
us. We then heard you had been in
Houston, Texas, and that George
Halane had seon you there and had
talked to You. Then received L |
note from some one signed Z. Moore.
saying you were at Franklin, La. on |
your way to Morgan City, La. / sat |
down and wrote to Helen and told !
her to write you, then, and she did !
SO, and her letter came back unclaim-
ed and she was almost crazy. We
then heard you were back In New
Orleans. Now Jap, I don't under
stand all this-why you are roaming
around all over the country like that
tor-and want you to write and tell
me the truth about it all. Were you
at Port Arthur, Texas, and did you
send word back to New Orleans that
you were going to end your life, and
what did you do it for? What was
your object? Didn't you think we
would hear about it, and how did
vou think We would feel about It? Il
What about. your 125 acres of
and which you told me you had
when you were here last fall? Have
1ou still got 1t, and what did you do
With the $4,000 you took down there
With you last fall. Now I want you
o tell me II you have lost all your
and and money and have to work for
vour living. You don't know how
much I worry about you since this .
We do not know wheth er ,
'ou have to work for your living or :
OF. and we know you are not able to .
10 it If you have to, and that Is :
What makes us feel SO bad about =
t."
The letter is quite lengthy and all
written in the same strain of solici-
ude. These letters show that Stub :
lefeld came from good, wholesome .
and lived among people =
# education and good character. :
lis own letters are remarkable, in :.
for their illiteracy. He (,
ppears to have been 9 man Of no I
and very little schooling Of I
ny kind. 1t was at first thought !
hat he might have met with foul !;
lay, as he was shown to have been
cad when the motor ear struck him.
lis leg was badly mutilated. The
ane he had carried In his walks =
bout was found not far from the :
rack. His death was due to heart =
rouble. =
As for his life in New Orleans, =
othing is known here, but It is be- =
eved he was the victim Of women .
Tho got all his money. !.
His folks at home sent $3.50 here Z
} have the body prepared and ship -
ed back to Bloomington, ILL.,, Badon :
Stroble, embalmers and funeral di- =
ectors, took charge Of the remains. :, -