The sun., 1915-05-16
KILLS BRIDE OF
20 And HIMSELF
INTHEST.REGlS
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Ault
Found Dead in Room as
Result Of Compact.
TRAGEDY DISCLOSED
BY PHONE MESSAGE


ager of the Hotel st. Regis yes
terday afternoon to force his way into
the room of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold w.
Ault OF Newark, n. j.. who were reg
istered there. Repeated rings had
failed to elicit any answer from the
occupants Of the room. who had called
for a lunch and wine at 1880 yester-
day morning. The hotel carpenter
pried the lock open and at the order
OF o. c. Bevin, manager Of the hotel
forced away a chiffonier that blocked
entrance to the room.
Mr.. Bevin. standing in the hall.
glanced into the room. First OF all he
saw a serving table on which stoo!
two wine glasses-one drained to the
dregs, the other half empty. A partly
smoked cigarette lay at the edge Of
the table. A quart bottle OF cham
pagne fioated in the water Of the con-
tainer. Beyond was the bed. on the
other side of which was a woman.
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ing on her arms. which rested on tn.
bed.
| But on the floor at the foot OF the
bed lay the man with a bullet wound
in his right temple and n revolver be-
side his body. Stra!ghtway Mr.. Bevin
stepped closer and observed that the
\ loo haI httllat nj 10,
! right temple. II was clear at glanc.
! that the woman had knelt submis-
sively while her husband had aimed
the revolver that ended her life.
Deaths Carefully Planned,
Both were fully dressed. The maa
wore a tuxedo. His clothes were almost
new, of the latest cut. The woman had
donned an attractive afternoon costume,
cream colored mesh waist and a skirt
: to match.
| 1t was clear that II was death pact
| that the woman had agreed TO die by her
husbands hand--ii was learned that on
, the previous day she had written "T
married my husband. ! love him. and
/ | will die for him''--and that the man
had killed himself. The two had plainly
carried out carefully devised plan of
ending their lives amidst luxury. For
before they ordered the wine and the
, man had smoked his last cigarette. both
/ mad put on their newest and gayest
clothes. The husband had visited 4
barber; the wife had called u hair
/ dresser 10 arrange her hair.
| The wine may have been needed to
steady the hand OF the man who was
To pull the trigger and to give the neces-
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agreed to die first. What the cause was
I remains "A mystery, hut IL was learned
that the woman suffered nervous
/ breakdown last Monday and the MAJ
bad only 81 cents in his pockets.
J But Ault belonged to "A wealthy family.
| His father. Charles H. Ault. is vice.
president and general manager OF the
Jaenecke Printing Ink Company Of
Frankfort Germany. Harold Ault was
a travelling salesman for the company
lie is said to have been only Is years
old and his wife 20. She was Ethel
Marie Tichnor OF Syracuse. The couple
| first met in Syracuse last August and
were married four days after the first
meeting.
Since then the two had been devoted
to each other, the wife accompanying
fer husband on all his trips except one
recently to Cuba. lie returned from
there last Thursday and when the two
started from Newark that afternoon II
was the first time they had been out
together since his return. From the In
formation gathered yesterday IL seems
that they planned their deaths almost
Immediately on Ault's return from Cuba
and that they went to the hotel after
having evolved the plan to the last
detail.
Appeared Excited.
Mr. AuH registered shortly after 4
o'clock Friday afternoon. His wife had
bag and he had n suitcase. The two
went Immediately to their room. At
4 40 p. NJ. Ault appeared In the hotel
barber shop. lie was excited and after
directing that "A halrdresser be sent to
his wife he announced he wanted
shave, a haircut and n massage.
~ must get out of here in twenty
minutes" he said crsply. As the bar
ber hastened to his work Ault kept urg-
ing the man to hurry. The work was
done quickly.
Meantime a maid had hurried to Mrs
Ault, She found the woman nervous
aud at times giving way to weeping
spells.
II am not feeling WELL" she explained
to the maid. 81 want my hair curled
and I want You to make 1t as neat and
pretty as you can"
As the maid worked Mrs. AuIt read
letter she had written to her
friend in Syracuse. in which 1t is as
sumed she wrote, 81 married my hus-
band ] love him and I will die for
him." The letter sealed. Mrs Ault
called another maid and gave her
money to post II, saying: II want you
to see that this letter goes Off right
away. 1t Is very important"
The letter was mailed about @ o'clock |
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