Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-17
GAYS YOUNG WIFE
AFTER THRILLING FUSS
w.. ss.ts County Farmer Reads s
sn', aas 'esrs crazy Suicide Note Be- Before
~ ending Her Life and His

..d,, Edward Applesate' Of, Of Penn nm
,..o,s county, shot and Killed MS
plnO' - v,fe at the home Of her par
tIs and Mrs. Edward Debow, on
y farm near Jacobstown' yesterday
"a .soo,Ing the young woman he
S'''' ~ 10 listen while he read a note
ires' -, God had told him to commit
s fnang ln' ond intended to convey the
8 ile cliins mat the couple had entered
s .lrpresson1. pact. He then calmly re-
hlo = .'s revolyer and killed himself
taasu uro,nding his father-in-law.
4 lig et,as Anplegate read to his wife
s 1hs n,lna her was unsigned and ad-
s t,ioEe nI Ne mother. Mrs. Thomas APP
Sfsseu W y, New Egypt, N. j. 1t was as
4 bloNs ,,,,ber-This is hard luck. Got
7pen ~ INV home, rather die than
4 pFeaN MONT worry, mother, better
~ 1s. a tbe money in my clothes to
a,d what Is left is yours. The
VIZ n,onev ali of my things is yours.
. ~ thing is, don't forget three
~ l,~aas L., one for me and one for my
,.ita and one for my little boy.
& hov has been dead for some time)
an., these things right away, bury us
~. ,ogsther. Don't forget, we are to
l's1 sr,isd from my old home. Bury us
- iacobstown. Mother. l hope we all
VA VA N heaven. Mother, l had a prayer
y. osher night, and God said IL was
NJ hest. Mother, hope to see my little
Z. and my dear father and sister In
,,svsn. | hope we will all meet some
s,s God bless you, Frank. God bless
,sn all. bid you all goodby, and my
IN wife, die to love her.
.tlod told me to do this; we were bet
4, IN Be sure to bury us close to-
.,ihsr. This is the word we both said.
Desr one, goodby; love to you all. CThen
clowed lot of cross marks indicating
thses) Awful sad. Don't forget the
tones Write this with ink"
since his marriage to Bessie Debow two
,,ars ago. young Applegate had been in
~ employ of Captain Omas c. Mershon.
retired army officer. whose Philadel-
IA home is at 1895 Morris street, Ger
nnntown. He was foreman of Captain
uarshon's farm at Penn Manor. He had
ID bad habits and was religiously in
dnsd, but possessed of bad temper.
The double shooting Is said to have
Directly resulted from a misunderstand-
hx the young couple had on Friday eve
mig Mrs Applegate accompanied
party OF girl friends to Roebling, across
he river from the Mershon farm. When
ihs reached homo at s o'clock in the eve-
hlnr her husband upbraided her and be-
,anis so threatening that she went to the
home Of her parents. where the crime was
1ubsequently committed.
Applegate made several attempts to ef-
tsct reconciliation over the telephone.
ie was unsuccessful and arrived at the
home OF his wife's parents about o'clock
Yesterday afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. De-
bow and daughter left Applegate and
hk wife talking in the dining room, and
vent to another part of the house. A
cream from their daughter made them
hurry back to the couple. Applegate had
hst finished reading note he clasped In
Is hand and was threatening his wife
with the revolver. AS his father-in-law
rushed in he fired and his young wife fell
Without groan.
The next shot in the revolver he used
10 render his father-in-law helpless and
then turned the weapon on himself. Mrs.
kpplagate's sister and her mother mar
fosg escaped being victim of the crazed
seung husbands murderous assault, but
Iaved themselves by leaping across the
bodies Of his victims and running into the
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