American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-04-04
Tired Of Life She
Follows Her Husband
Widow Of George Groesser Grows De.
spOndeni and Decides TO
End II All.

Mrs. Pearl Kruse Groesser died In
Salt Lake City last Sunday. She was
formerly resident of this city The
following account Is taken frCin a Salt
Lake paper;
Mrs. Pearl Groesser, % years of
age, widow OF George Groesser, who
committed suicide at Fort Douglas
parade grounds September 4, swal-
lowed the contents of small bottle
Of strychnine at the clubhouse of the
Lincoln dairy. Twelfth South and
Sixth West, shortly before o'clock
last night and died of commissions n
few minutes later. In a last message
TO bor mother. Mrs. II. j. kruse, 900
East Fifth South. she said she desired
TO go the way her husband had gone,
being tired of life.
Keeping an appointment with her
daughter, Mrs. kruse went to Mrs
Groosser's boarding place, 325 Sec
ond East, late yesterday. On a table
In her room Mrs. Kruse found a seal
ed envelope The envelope being ad
dressed to her she tore II open. The
note impressed Mrs. Kruse that her
daughter intended going TO the par
ade grounds TO commit suicide, and
she ran TO police headquarters Ee-
tectiye G.. G. Christensen dispatched
Patrolmen Henry Betz and Reed III
ling to Fort Douglas With the az
slstance of Mai. Willis Uline, cor-
mandant Of the post. they made a
frutile search.
Second Report Received
Almost simultaneous with the ur-
gent appeal OF Mrs Kruse. Detective
Christensen received a telephone mes
sage from the Lincoln dairy that a
unknown young woman had swallow
ed poison. Christensen turned the
case over to Sheriff Andrew Smith.
Jr. Accompanied by DR.. c. l.. Shields
assistant county physician, and De-
putty sheriff Jack Taylor, the sheriff
drove TO the bunkhouse Of the dairy
The girl had died
A. III. Stone, one of the proprietors
of the dairy informed the sheriff
that Pearl Groesser hailed him at
Twelfth South ana West Temple at
noon yesterday. He was driving TO
the dairy. Stone says the girl plead
ed with him for ride TO the dairy,
where she wanted to talk to Robert
Dean, mixer. Stone says he knew
Dean was attempting to shake off the
attention Of the Groesser woman on
grounds that Dean was recently en-
gagged 70 be married. and he persuad-
cd her not TO go to the dairy.
During the late afternoon, how
ever, Mrs. Groesser walked into the
cook house Of the dairy, appearing
tired OF her long walk. She asked for
Dean, Harry Stone. brother OF the
proprietor of the dairy. told her Dean
was busy milking. lie suggested that
she GO into the clubhouse to wait for
him, but she fingered about the cook
house In an effort TO engage someone
In Il conversation, Stone says.
How are you feeling?' she asked
me-" says Harry Stone.
81 replied that | had headache
when she produced n little bottle ex-
planning, This will cure all the head
aches ,hat yOu ever had or ever will
have Then she Went into the bunk
house"
Finds Woman In Commissions
Finishing his milking Dean went
into the clubhouse TO see what Mrs
Groesscr wanted, he says. He found
her In commissions Other dairy
hands We're attracted by his alarm
aud ran to see what had happened
Learning from Detective Christensen
of the last message which Mrs Kruse
mother of the girl had the sherin
ordered Dean IN enter his automobile
AZ the county iail Dean was held
until Mrs Krnsa could be found
When iho letter she had received
from her daughter had been read tho
sheriff released Dean
Or Shields ascorlaincd upon eX.
animation that tho bottle contained
stDchuine II had no liable and il
may prove difficult 10 determine
where tho young woman purchased
the poison, The tragic death OF her
husband made Mrs Grocsser dcspon-
dent rs the explanation offered b,
Mrs kruse, IN n last message Geo
6roesser indicated that he would
commit suicide on the parade grounds
al Fort Douglas because he suspected
"a soldier Wag alfruattnU the ,Nfo,