The Washington times., 1920-07-19
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LOVE. DREAM
Girl Resents '.l'm Through With
You"-Shoots Married Man,
Then Kills Self.
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woman do under such circumstances,
"But IL wasn't long before we had
drifted too far. There could be no
turning back. / came to know that.
although 1 tried to make my way
back to my wife and family. Once
she had me. Pauline did not want to
let me 60"
II was stated by his physicians to-
day that, although he will recover, he
never can see again.
KEEPS LOVE DIARY.
Like Ruth Randall. Miss Meglitch
kept q diary. In which she chronicled
the details OF her secret love affair
with Jonas. A farewell letter writ
ten by her Just before the tragedy
was enacted was addressed ito the
public" and reads, in part, as follows:
~ wish I could make II plain ts
ali how tkis terrible situation was
brought about, hut ! feel I have not
the strength mentally OF physically.
~ believed In this man, who pre-
sented himself as the soul Of hsnr,-.
He said he needed my help snd SYM
pathy. He wept and wrfthed an
agony before my eyes, because ! was
accepting the attention of other mes
friends. So I gave them up
az did not let my family know of
his proposal of marriage to nae. ms
he had q wife living. But he said
that she would divorce him within
six months. knew my family
would object until he was free.
.swhen the time came for him to
make COED his promises to me he
WINS eyusiye. knew then i knd
made q nnistake. I had given him all
my strength and love. ! was left
daxed, heartbroken. I am sure that
to end II all is better than becomins
insane. MY heart In broken. 1 can
continue NO longer.
SAID HE "wAs THROUGH"
81 tried to get julie to kiss me to-
night, but he refused He said he
loved his wife and family more than
with nae. He said he was going back
to his wife and family, and he seemed
10 mean what he said"
In the Montrose Hospital, Jonas
told the police that he had spent the
night in the guest room of the Meg
iitsch home and was asleep when
Pauline entered and fired without
warning.
A few hours later his wife. Mrs.
Sarah Jonas. was at his side. The
bullet had just been pnobed and he
was being carried upstairs, when he
recognized her voice. f."
"Do you forgive me? he asked.
"Yes, Jule," she replied.
Only last March Mrs. Jonas had
filed suit for separate maintenance
against her husband. Miss Meglitsch
was named. A conference, which was
held in the office of Mrs. Jonas at
torney, resulted in the husbands
promise to throw over his affinity
and return to his wife and four chill
dren.
On Saturday night. as he was about
TO depart on a business trip, Jonas
received a phone call from Pauline:
She was very sick. she said, and asked
him to come to her. Jonas did, and
the early morning tragedy was the
result.
was 6:35 o'clock when Mrs. Helen
Sanders, sister of the dead girl, was
wakened by the sound of firing. Then
she heard Jonas voice calling for
help. Mrs. Sanders hurried to the
room, where she found Jonas wound
ed and her dead sister lying on. the
floor in her night gown. one hand
clutching the revolver. a small 20
caliber Colt automatic.
Jonas relations with Raulne eN-
tended back through several years.
It was a decade ago. when he was
corset salesman and she a bookkeeper
for the Wolff Clothing Company in
st. Louis that they met SUBSEQUENT
Iy he was not seen for several years,
when, returning to st. Louis. he came
to the Meglitsch home to become
roomer.
GIRLS FAMILY LIKED HIM
The Meglitsch family liked him. He
used to tell them about his wife and
family, and show them presents which
he had bought to sendIto them. Again
he dropped out of their lives, this
time for two years. Once more estab-
Iished in their household as roomer.
he told the family OF his passion for
the young lady. and said he would get
a divorce from his wife and marry
Pauline.
Then Mrs. Meglitsch objected to
having her daughter go with mar
ried man. She ordered him from the
house, but Pauline and Jonas met
elsewhere.
Last October the family moved to
Chicago and took an apartment on
North Lawndale avenue. Jonas FUR
nished the fiat. Then for weeks at
time he was not seen in his Addison
street home. His wife Investigated
She discovered the other woman and
the divorce proceedings started, to be
discontinued upon his promise to have
pothiue further to do with Miss Meg