Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-20
ENDS LIFE THREE DAYS
AFTER HUSBAND DIES
Mrs Winona Glasgow, Widow Of
Gen. Glasgow. Shoots Herself
While in Her Apartment.
Writes Letters to Her Brother and
Sister Asking Forgiveness Be
fore Committing Deed.

Returning from the funeral of her
husband Gen Samuel Lyle Glasgow
Mrs. Winona Glasgow yesterday after
noon wrote joint letter to her brother
and sister. Charles Schlicter. Chicago,
and Mrs. Charles Diets, Burlington,
Iowa. asking forgiveness for what she
was about to do and directing the distri-
button of her personal effects, and ended
her life by sending bullet through
her heart The deed was committed in
her apartment at Falkstone Courts
shortly before o'clock, and Mrs.
Diets discovered the body when she
went TO the room to summon her sister
to dinner.
Gen Glasgow died sunday. He had
expressed wish that his body be Gre
mated and that his ashes be inferred
at Arlington, and his wife acceded to
his request. although her body Will not
be reduced to ashes at the District
crcmatorium as was that of her hus-
bands. II has been arranged TO inter
ner body at Arlington with the ashes
of her husband.
Since the death of the general. II is
stated .drS. Glasgow slept and ate but
little. and her nervous condition was
such. it is stated. that her brother and
SISTER saw that she received every
tention. After the return of the family
from the funeral. il is stated. Mrs.
Glasgow suggested that Mrs. Diets go
10 nearby store and make certain
purchases preparatory TO having din
ner prepared. saying she would go TO
her room and rest.
Ends Life in Her Room.
just when the shot was fired is not
h,,, l.
happened after Mrs. Diets returned
from the store, and while she and her
brother were in a room a short distance
from the one in which the tragedy was
enacted. When dinner was ready Mrs.
Diets went to her sisters room and
made q call, and receiving no response,
she opened the door to see if she were
asleep.
Lying on the bed was the body Of
the suicide. A 3S-caliber revolver was
on the bed nearby, and the discolored
left hand of the deceased suggested
that hand had been used to steady the
weapon when the shot was fired.
Funeral services for Gen. Glasgow
yesterday morning were conducted in
the family apartment under the aus
pieces of the Military Order Of the
Loyal Legion. Rev. William Tayloe
Snyder. pastor of the Church of the
Incarnation, officiating, and the body
was taken to the crematorium.
Native of Ohio.
Gen Glasgow, who was more than
seventy-seven years old, was a native
of Ohio. His father was a native of
Scotland. and his mother was born in
Kentucky. For number of years he
resided in Chicago. and about four
years ago he came 90 this city and
made his home here.
The marriage of Gen. Glasgow to his
wife. who yesterday committed suicide.
was solemnized at Burlington. Iowa,
her home. ten years ago.
Gen. Glasgow served in the Union
army throughout the civil war. and
was brevetted by Gen. Grant for BRAY
ery at Vicksburg. After the war he
was appointed consul at Havre, France,
by Cen Grant, and later was trans
ferred to the consulate at Glasgow.
Scotland. the birthplace of his father,
where he remained about twelve years.
When he returned to this country he
made his home in Chicago. and four
years ago he came to this city to labor
in the work of getting increased pen
sions for certain classes of war vet
Grams. The couple had no children.
This afternoon at o'clock the body
OF Mrs. Glasgow and the ashes of her
husband were lowered into a grave at
Arlington. In the note written by the
respondent widow. il is stated. was a
request that the ashes of her husband
be placed in the coffin with her body,
and he- wish was complied with Mrs
Glasgow : body was taken from the
FalEstone TO Wrights chapel. and the
funeral took place from the chapel