The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-23
STATE news ITEMS
Geographic Glance of Events
Through Wisconsin.
GRACE LUSKS CODE OF LOVE
Her Explanation of the Tragic 70
nance. Which Ended i'm the Kill
ing or Mrs. Roberts-OWn
Burial Was Planned.

Waukesha, May 22.-Grace Lusk's
last word to the world-penned as an
explanation of her mad romance be-
fore she made human sacrifice to her
passien-piled another sensation in
the spectacular trial of human emo
tons run riot. In these final literary
efforts, Grace Lusk made a despairing
effort to dissect her fevered heart for
a world that she had found cold and
unsympathetic. By them she sought
TO make clear her own weird moral
code-her excuse for all she had done
and was about to do. The documents
were found Immediately after the
tragedy in her desk at the home of
Miss Blanca Mills, where Grace Lusk
lived. BY them the state hopes to
show that the Staying of Mrs. Roberts
was deliberately planned. By them
the defense hopes to prove that only
an insane woman could have written
such epistles. The first note to be in
troduced into evidence was written by
Miss Lusk as, bleeding from a self
inflicted wound under her heart, she
bent over her desk and waited to die.
1t read: '"This is the work of the man
who said he loved me. God forgive
me. Pay Blanca for he house have
spoiled" Within the desk was found
carefully written document which
was headed explanation" 1t was in
this that she revealed the code of nor
ais which last week was reported
would br one of the main turning
points of the remarkable trial-the
one that may be the deciding factor in
arriving at verdict.
TITS hard to write this. For the ma
jority of the folk who don't care for
me and who have been so active in
criticizing me, I have no explanation.
I should have known better than to
play with fire. / should have known
that men have one code of honor for
the women they love and another for
the women to whom they are married.
| have had the theory that love be-
tween men and women was stronger
than all the legal ceremonies in the
World-when that was lacking there
was no sanctity in marriage. I still
believe so-but the man in the case
has been too much of coward to face
his wife and ten her the truth-he has
never been true to her. Now that I
have had to suffer am going to insist
that he tell her how matters stand,
that he be honest with her. If he viii
not, he is still afraid and he win have
to be afraid of me this time. I am
not the type Of woman to be He'd to.
am sorry, sorry, sorry that this has
happened, and yet had rather have
had this experience as it has been
than to have gone through life with
out knowing what love can mean. I
can't honestly feel that have been
sinful We have cared as much for
one another as a man or woman can.
The only treason has been in not tell
ing Mrs. r. I have always wanted to,
but he was afraid. All, we'll, 1t will
soon be over. am not afraid. I
have loved my friends very, very dear
ly. have made nay work my religion.
have tried very hard to put the best
there was in me into it. 'Laborare est
orare,' sank the monks in the olden
times. God my brothers, takes our
toll for homage sweet. hope dear
father doesn't take this too hard. I
have never caused him so very much
worry. I want him to forgive me. I
just can't live as have been living
these last few weeks-I have been al
most crazed with heartaches and hui
initiation. Please give inclosed letter
unopened as addressed"