Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-01
DIARY REVEALS
YEAR OLD PLAN
TO MURDER MAN
Typist Kills Employer and
Stays Self, After Wait
ing Year.

terday untangling Chicago's lat
est triangle tragedy, the murder of
Charles w. Richards. So years old,
wealthy vice-president OF the D.
W. Bosley company. by Marie My
ers, 35 years old. his empIoye, and
her suicide Saturday afternoon at
1920 West Adams street.
Diary Tells Secrets.
The factors used in solving the
mystery were varied. There was
the tiny diary, on the pages of
which for more than a year Marie
poured out her heart secrets.
There were two kilograms, one
denying the contents of the other,
which Marie had sent Saturday
morning.
There was the murder scene.
with the telltale position of the
bodies and the revolver.
There was the revolver itself.
And, last, there was a rusty and
broken water pipe in the basement
of the death house
Planned for Over Year.
Each Of these threads of evi-
dence brought the police to the
conclusion Miss Myers, who con-
fessed friendship with and jeal-
ousy of Richards in her diary, had
planned the murder for more than
a year, up to the minute of the
crime that left Richards wife
heartbroken and i'll in their pre-
tentious home at 1898 Washington
boulevard last night.
First the diary itself told a story
Of uIreQuited love, of deep-seated
jealousy for other women in its
earliest entry. made apparently in
July, 1918. In this passage the
girl intimated she had been wrong
ed. that other girls employed by
the Bosley firm bad taken the
same path and that Richards was
trysting with them.
Hints at Own Death.
The last page bore a hint Of
death II was a carefully written
antidote for bichloride OF mercury
poisoning.
Other passages directed that
should she be found dead her body
be returned to the woman with
whom she had been living for
years-Mrs. James Fahey at the
Adams street address.
Man Shot From Back
The murder scene indicated that
Richards was struck in the back
of the head by bullet fired from
behind him. One Of his feet was
still I'D Oh a cedar chest when the
death missile struck. He might
have been seated, looking out of
the window in the fiat where Miss
Myers lived Or he might have
placed his foot on the chest with
the intention of jumping out of
the window when she fred.
Almost within reach OF his body
lay the woman with a bullet
through her head. Near her body
was the revolver.
Text of Death Book.
Here is the girls diary. Each
entry signed Marie Meyers:
&c. W. Richards had phone call
at the factory at 2:45 p. No. from
a lady; her first initial was e
She was to meet him at p. m. that
same day, Friday, Jan. ). 1917, at
Madison and Robey streets, ! saw
him there waiting.
''Mr. Richards had another en-
gagement at his home when his
family was away in Evanston. 1t
was with lady July q, 1918. He
told me he was going to have din
ner at DR.. BOhr's With his wife
that night. He lied to me. / call
ed his wife by phone at Evanston
and when she answered the phone
recognized her voice. Thai was
July q, 1918.
He had another engagement
Saturday, Aug, 8, 1918, at $3.50. He
stopped al the candy store west
of the Kejzie theatre and bought
a box of candy for her.
Names Alleged Rival.
Il am not the only girl he down
ed. There was - He went
to Delayan lake to be with her
He said he was going to fire her,
but she has him buffaloed.
II Just could not stand any more
OF his abuse. Richards is very un-
grateful to hts faithful employees.
just got tired OF being misused.
l am paying the penalty. I hope
this will teach him a lesson.
when Mr. Richards had -
- come TO his house July 81,
1918. he told me he was waiting
for his wife.
Mrs. told me she was go
ing to Milwaukee and stay over
night. Instead she went TO Mrs.
house for I saw her.
Accuses ClHb Members.
There are a lot of club mem
bers at the - club that meet
women just like E. W. Richards.
For he told ME so. Mr.. b is
one of them.
IF Mrs. Richards remembers
one Saturday night she was at
the lighthouse. 1 came over TO her
house when she came back. r
asked for a battery for our bell.
That vas a bIuR, however. Rich
ards took advantage of me that
day. If did not do just what he
wanted me TO he would have
abused me-