Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-14
SIDNEY HEATH VICTIM
OF STRANGE TRAGEDY

4 tipping from The Fcst-Intel'i-
-eGcer of seattle. Washington. II Fri
da'. Apr! An. vii ne Of interest %
Na1vrVi!ls renp'c. - I contains fur
Ter details ~ -esaTd 10 the deat1 "r
SidncN Moor Hal. TIE article.
winch was i 'front.' o-Ee story. was as
follows ''Thren shots fred from a
pistol ny ALVIN i. Sedgwick Is years
p'd. S1ufs-u out iarC- lives N three
seconds here shorty before : o'c!ocsl
this, evening. AMI stopped tne divorce
proceedings planned nv Hrs. LOUIS.
Sedgw3cs. his wife. because Seicxick
vas affected with t.lnercIlpsis. siu-
Ne" Moor Heath. b" years yId. me ~
The best SHOWN AIRS u Southwest
"r1 Washington II whose office tn'
triple tragedy was enacted WAS IN.
second v.c,.m "f. SedgwicbS .rat1.
tn" -aw'er sprang 10 =sappi. with
Sedg~tcA when the lalt r tire.i an ms
wife. wounding her fatally. Sedgwtck
turned The revolve- m Attorney Heath
the buile, lodging n hts head. Seds-
wick then turned the weapon on MIN
self. II" d!ed instantly Mrs SedE-
wick lived .haut TWENTY-FIVE minute,
ana Mr.. HeaIh died al O'Clock There
we're ~ witnesses 20 the irSgesi
HEATH : son called IT me Office a shcr.
lime after the shooting and disccverrd
The three bodies shortly before the Do
Ire. notified hr i boosaseper on the
floor above. arrived - take charge OF
the iva rnortslly wounded persons
aud SsdrvicS's bodr. Sedgwick aim
:, .f.Y.<
he did ,.:Ideave- "a iissIade MS wife
from carving gu, her plan to obtain
a divorce. Sed=w,ck had been an in
mate OF ih-. Alderc-eSt sanitorium N
Everett. fnr treatment f,r tubercuio-
sis and had earned IT mis- vife's in
tenilonS. He came home last Sztur-
dsy ana went Wit. his wife 10 Lawyer
Heath officr today ~ discuss th.
case. He carried a S--ca.ibe- pisto
N his pocket. The SedywicSs had
been IN Heath Office for som. time
they conferred at length and that
Sedxwick pressed his arguments
against the divorce proceedings. There
was no loud talk fighting befor-
the shooting. according 70 occupant
OF other Offices III ,lie building. In
Sedgvick pocket the police found a
letter written by hin to mis- brother
George W. SedSwics. 1909 Fulton
street. Everett some time ThurSday.
n which Sedgw,ck told his brothe. re
iIad planned 20 kill his wife. Sedg-
wick wrote; / have tried 20 persuAd.
Louise 20 abandon her application for
divorce hut she refuses 10 do 80. So
nave decided 10 settle !, nv taking
her along with me The Sedgwick's
are survived by TWO small children
Sidney Moor Heath was born IN Wat
ervilie. Me August 60. 1859, she son
OF William Soiyman and Maria Eliza
beth Moor Heath. He was ,.e second
grandson OF Capt. Daniel Moor. who
served with Col. John Stark's reg;-
ment April -, ITS Revolutionary
war; and subsequently as a coicne, Of
New Hampshire militia. He Is sur
vived BY a wife and two sons, one Of
who is IN the navy. and two daugh,.
ers''
A few days ago there appeared IN
death OF NJ. Heath. Tho details Wore
taken from a telegram received In the
city by his cousin. Edward Hea1h of
Front street. but at that time moth
ing definite was learned about the
death The above article VIII - in.
teresting 10 waterville people and g.
pecialiy the older residents- who arr
well acquainted with tho late Mr..
Heath a. he resided In WsfsFvtile- un-
til about IS years ago, when ho 1oft
for Hoquiam. where he has stnco -
this city.