The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-14

San Francisco, Cal, Jan, Ia. Mrs.
Maude Hendricks. affinity Of the
former temijHrance worker and
minister, the Rev, r. A. NJ. Browne,
ended her life in an orchard on the
Castro liill road out Of Hayward.
The woman sat down under a
cherry tree and shot herself once in
the right temple with small nicsle-
llaiel .SS-caliDer revolver.
Pinned to her clothes was a note
to Dearest supposed to be Browne,
asking him to forgive her for breae-
ling her promise" Close to her heart
was a newspaper picture OF Browne
and lock Of hair supposed 10 be the
minister's. The note read:
Dearest: 1t is best so this way
You never could do as you said. /
loved YOU to the end, dear and, oh,
it Is hard to do this, but ] would only
pull you down, sweetheart. Forgive
me for breaking my promise. II is
hard to do it, Nut after a night OF
thinking, and l see we are again In
the papers, feel it is best. Now,
goodby. alas, goodby. Write my sis,
Alice, all about things; please do
love you, is the last thing will write.
Goodby, forgive my broken promise,
darling. goodby. Your unhappy
TOPSY."
To her husband she left the fol-
lowing note:
Roy. Somewhere near Hayward
you win find my body. | am going
out. May you forgive everything. !
was not all to blame. You helped
things along. ! am alone to blame
for this, Mr.. Browne does not know
OF this. Sen da note to Alan or Sis
"ftll is over. Don't take me home.
Bury me any old place but there.
am sorry for all this, but have been
happy In a way. was treated
hinder than you ever did. Now !
am praying.
Alone and by my hands 1 did t.
Goodby--forgive and forget is all !
ask. MAUDE.'
At the morgue, wringing his hands
and with blanched face and lips
aquiver, Browne burst into a con-
fession of his own guilty love and
told of his relations with the woman
which, in few swift weeks had
taken her to a suicides grave.
Driven from place to place 'oy the
fear OF their guilty love for each
ether the couple agreed to separate.
They went to Hayward, where they
registered as "Mr. and Mrs. French
at the villa hotel. This was the last
time Browne saw his affinity
Browne denied that he had tired OF
the woman, and declared their agree
ment to separate was the triumph Of
right over love.
1--WE agreed that she was TO go 10
some quiet place and find work, ana
| should try to re-establish myself
in my ministry
His wife and three children he sent
Fast three wears ago from Hamilton
city. where he was then stationed as
pastor He has not seen them since
and, while he admits that he mas
heard but very infrequently from
them and has not sent them any
thing for their support he denies
that they are in want.
BY the space of half an hour the
husband of the dead woman, Roy
Hendricks locomotive engineer OF
Stockton, missed the man for wnose
love Mrs. Hendricks killed herseif
Hendricks came to the morgue i'm
mediately after Rev. Mr.. Browne hau
left the place. He was suiien anu
silent, but the threats which ne later
voiced we're plainly marked in nus
face Immediately after Hendricks
had looked upon his dead wife ne
left to see District Attorney w. H.
L. Hynes and said he would prefer
charges against Browne if he could.