The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-03-12


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taken a gun from her a. least twice
he told me 10 stry away from her
and " ever saw her 10 get out Of.
her way o. she lad threatened e
peatedly 10 KIN Inc.
"whon DR.. DSslor FIRST asked me
20 marry him IN Manhattan, Kan
sno. even then he was mixed up
with Maudo CanVeld.
~nIoude CannNs.S went 20 Man
haitian. Kansas % liso with Dr.
Dostef. 1hcn be enlisted and
wrnt 70 Fort nllry. she nIso
went posing AZ His wllc, and
from hcrc they went 10 Camp
kearny end last duly 70 CoIum-
bus
"Maude frequently threatened
Capt Doster with prosecution un-
der The white slave laws and he
was afraid 70 do anything for fear
Of di7honOrablc discharge until he
left the army. II was this fact that
kept him with her. They often
q~uarrcled bitterly.
Most Of the time DR.. Dosler was
IN The army I was IN Colorado. Den
yer aud Pueblo. I loft Pueblo Feb
ruary 10 or 40 10 come TO III paso
20 learn what the conditions we're
surrounding DR.. Doster. ] was IN
Columbus two days since that time
Talked Over Telepohne.
sunday night apparently before
Maudc arrived IN Columbus. ! talk.
cd with Capt. Doster by Ions dis
lance telephone. lie seemed happ,
and certain Maudc had left him foI
good Today | was sitting In The
park. reading a newspaper when
suddenly saw he had been killed.
Capt Dosier would have beer
discharged this month. he wa
planning 10 engage In private prac.
lice IN New Mexico. I was 10 80 4
him aud we were 10 be married
Now u can never be.
~ rannol understand why Maud
killed him. I could understand heI
killing herself. but not him.
"ehe was Jealous Of me, whercaI
In reality ] was engaged 10 hin
and should have been the one q
hold The most bitterness. l am IN
greater loser.
n wonder n the world will under.
stand my suffering and humilia
ton
Mrs. Beckley last night mad
public some Of The letters she hal
received from Capt. Doster recent
". Ore written September 40 SAT-
II Capt. Dosler could get awny 70
ten days they could be married
The letter was written on y. n. {
A. stationery 10 Mrs. Becklcy, VIII
then was IN Manhattan. Kansas.
said:
Dear Pedro: Mother Of God hon
clad / am 10 hear from you agail
The days and nights have been hc|
for a month. There u 80 much
want % say and no way ~ "a,
Things have been 10 a terrible mes
hut are slowly strengthening them
selves out. Write as you did Ad
dress me- as you did IN the tele
eram
II am due 10 get out ~seplcmDe
20. hut have heard nothing as -
from my application for dlachurgI
Neither have the other medical Of
neors here who are In my san
class am stuck TN I AN got on
OF The service. You undoraton
without my telIiug you that mu'
hapc my honorable diachargo and
cannot kick Jvcr the traces uni
/ gof my discharge through. The
I can and will be M q hurry.
eEortuFes Of the Dnmacds"
"A feel better since hearing fro
YOU. / was suffering the torture
of HE damned with the unccriainl
~ everylhing.
want what you want lu1t
"a hadIy ns you do. but Ho VIII
have 10 leave Kansas ior snine
ether place 20 live IN. n Nort
10 IA remaln shere. 1 am tell
no yon that other party y =
hen nni on wheels, know, eeer'
You must write me often. II
me oil the news. didn't get
read that last letter sou wrol
Mnnde got II. But ! made her nuI
n ana had 10 iorego reading II NJ
self
n love you, dear, more than ~
" such Is possible, ana ! ions y