Evening journal., 1915-02-22
Stays WOMAN Then
ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
Miss May Laeger and Foster
E. Emery Are Found
Dead in Dover Park
SAY JEALOUSY
PROMPTED CRIME

DOVER. Del, Feb. 2.-The outcome
OF what is believed to have been sui
eide pact was discovered on Saturday
afternoon in a pavilion at the Richard
son Park, north OF Dover, bordering onl
Silver Lake. when the bodies of Foster
T. Emery and May Jaeger were foundl
by some boys who were passing through
the park That the pair died togctherl
late Friday night is the belief of thel
keeper of the park, who lives some lit
tie distance away He heard screams,
but paid no particular attention toI
them.
When Emery's body was picked mp the
revolver with which he had committed
the decd still was in his right hand,
with his forefnger ON the trigger. lie
evidently had shot the Leager girl first
and then turned the weapon against his
own head. Both bodies were besmeared
with blood as they lay touching each
other.
Investigation developed that nothing
had been seen of the two since Friday
night when Miss Leager left her board
ing house here with Emery, whose home
was in Little Creek Ills father came to
Dover and said hc was not surprised,
as his son had been shooting the rcvol-
Yer at his home, when the girl was
there Emery is alleged to have been
Jealous of the girl and it is supposed
they had "A quarrel
In Icmery's pocket was found Il
blank envelope and sheet Of paper on
which he may have intended to write
a note, but had not done So I'm the
girls pocket was found an envelope,
bearing the word "Strychnine," poi
son. which had been purchased on
Friday at the drug store of Clarke &
Mcdaniel in this town. by Emery, he
stating at the time that he desired
the strychnine for killing rats. The
envelope had been opened and part
of the contents gone which indicated
that the girl either took the strych-
nine or that part OF il had been emp
tied into the bottle of whiskcy. On
the seat in the pavilion, lay the hat
and pipe OF Emery besides a quart
bottle of whiskey, over half of which
had been drunk.
Prompted by curiosity, fully 1000
persons viewed the bodies of the cou-
/ pie from Saturday afternoon until
yesterday afternoon. when the inquest
was held. The father of Emery claim
/ ed his sons body and turned it over
90 Undertaken r. j. Ferguson, while
/ Undertaken w. l.. Pritchett, tool
charge of the girls body, "A subscrip-
ton being taken up among the GROVE
AT the morgue to pay the funeral eX-
penscs.
r,r,,,o, W u nouoVon eun.r,ou az
a Jury TO investigate into the dealt
OF the two persons, the same jury sit
ting in each case. The jurors We're
r. O. p. Wilson. foreman; Herman c
Taylor, secretary, and John w
Caulk, !. n. BucksOn, Joseph McDan
iel. W. r. Peters and Joseph Rash.
After viewing the bodies the jur,
retired to the private office of Under
J taker Pritchett. where the inquest wa
held Because Of no eye witnessei
10 the tragedy. there was no evi
dence other than that OF the thro
: boys who discovered the bodies
5 Frank Rust, Paul McNatt and Ralpl
J Kichline.
Merely for the purpose Of account
E ing for the four empty shells in tn
] | revolver. when there was supposed q
. have been but three bullets fired ID,
!. f. Richmond Steele was called L
p make an examination of the bOdie.
y and reported that the girl was she
u three times, the first, glance she
n IN the bresat, which failed 10 TAX
{ effect. The second shot entered tn
neck just under the chin, and TN
e third shot entered the right templr
a The fourth bullet was fired int
d llmery's brain.
u After hearing the evidence, III
IS jury returned this verdict
n "That May Leager came TO he
death from a gunshot wound fire
e from a revolver i'm the hands OF Fo
= ter +. Emery. on February 19. 1915
Ie "That Foster +. Emery came to n
% death from gunshot wound from
a revolver in his own hands on Febri
\ AIRY 10. 1915"
n 10 was learned late yesterday afte
as noon that the tenants on the Richar
,e son farm adjoining the park heal
rs pistol shots on Friday evening, b
: paid no attention to them.