The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
YOUTH KILLS SELF

tContinmed from Page OneI
O'clock, this being Saturday and there
is no school today. l ushtHo1singtop
had gone and about 10 O'Clock opened
the door of his room to make the beu,
mother being away. saw MN
stretched on the floor and The blood
on the floor. l went right downstairs
and called the police"
For a time after the arrival OF Coro-
ner Narcotic it was Impossible TO
ascertain whether death had been ac-
cidental or not Letters and papers in
the young mans pockets revealed
nothing that would cause him to com
init suicide There were letters from
a girl in Newton revealing pretty
love affair-one indicating that the
girl loved and had every confidence
in the world in young Hoisington.
Finally, the coroner discovered
letter addressed to Miss Mabel Kolb
at Newton. The contents scattered all
doubt. The letter, beautiful IN
its diction, heart-rending in the
youths display of love for the girl.
bitter at what he believed had been
his failure in life and written in
clear, beautiful hand, had been pen
ned in the writing room of the Ma
tfonal hotel Friday evening He had
folded. the letter, placed II in an
envelope and wolked home to take his
own life. The letter was written on
the stationery of the National hotel
ct is reproduced, in full, at the end
of this story.)
Ill Health Returned.
Judge Henry F. Mason stated today
; that Hoisington was an excellent sec
rotary, faithful and hard working
Following his discharge from the Of
ficers' training camp on account of
nervous trouble and flat feet, he went
to Battle Creek, Mich, returning in
the middle of September, apparently
feeling in the best of health and
spirits.
"a few days ago he told me that the
old nervous trouble had come back
and that he intended to quit and work
in the open air at the direction of his
physicians" said Judge Mason Il
could see that he was greatly worried
over his condition"
Coroner Narcotic released the let
ter for publication. The letter, in it
self will explain better than anything
else to the public, why the bright,
we'll bred and well educated young
man took his own life. the coroner
believes.
The Farewell Tragedy.
The letter follows:
Friday evening.
My Own Little Old Woman:
| If ever any man had any truer, more
! considerate and devoted sweetheart than
l have l do not know who he is or was.
/ Each morning when come to work find
| a love message from you, either in the mail
/ ing before me, has laid it. And these let
tiers are by far the brightest spots in
these otherwise gloomy and lonesome days
END of the Road"
| This letter is my last farewell TO you,
tbat longest of jouTneysto eternity This
deed l am about to commit know is the
! most horrible within the conception of
man. 1 am about to take the life that God
1 gave me, but which have made too little
! OF. 1 have made a miserable failure of it.
But, 1 have now reached the end Of the
have had more than my share of this
mother and the best brother and sisters
! that ever lived, and a host of the finest
friends a man ever had. My life has been
nothing but a succession of rare advan
tages and opportunities, which I have
squandered. Truly, 1 have been weighed
in the balance and found wanting.
I am doing this awful deed as deliber-
atey as anything that l have ever done
in my life, after careful and thoro con-
Sntoid bearaehes to those most dear to
me, but after all, 1 am continued that it
is the wisest and safest course to pursue
For You Grieve."
It is for you that I grieve for in these
last hours-you who have pledged your
self to go thru life's journey with me as
forgive me for the dreams of our happy
future together that 1 am blighting and
destroying God cannot
Before l CO. 1 wish to assure you that
you are in no way to blame. You have
been the most devoted, the most loyal,
most faithful as well as the truest OF
sweethearts-no man that. ever lived was
more fortunate in this regard than l, my
self.
more than any other woman 1 have ever
known-too well If such a thing is pos
sible. !. assume full blame and respon-
, sibility for my act
I'm MY Arms Once More"
: l have been debating whether or not 1t
would be best for me to close thfz life
abruptly-without any word of explana-
tion-Or to write you one last message, and
/ have decided on the latter course. only
wish that I might see you and take you
in my arms once more.
= 1t is only my firm conviction that /
: am utterly and absolutely unworthy of
= you-unworthy to be your companion for
iife-that can induce me to give you up.
/ had written Helen that l would be
home within two or three days, but that
I can never be. l have wanted to visit you
and all of my people before l go. l am
entrusting you with my farewells to father
? garet and to your own people God bless
: them all. I can never repay any of them
for the blessings they have showered on
me- Kiss them all for me.
God Grant victory"
Another great regret have is that
cannot join the army of countless millions
I oppression and establish freedom, liberty
peace and democracy tRruout the world
God grant them victory,
t Here the letter ends abruptly with
= out signature, as tho Hoisington coulC
r stand his grief and misery no longer.
i Gregg HoisinEton, a brother o.
= Stanley, is\in the army. He is &
graduate of West Point.
I. The adjutant generals office today
y wired General c. I. Martin, com
mander of Kansas troops at Fort Sill
of the tragedy. General Martin viii
tell Colonel Hoisington, the boy
father.