Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-10
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FEAR OF JAIL CAUSES SUICIDE PACT
TAKE CARE OF CHILDREN.
Van NESS PLEADED IN
HIS FAREWELL NOTE

II begged you from time to time
for my papers which you took from
the safe and the uhereabouts there
of which you always refused to re-
veal. and your actions toward me
lately have not been as wife
should be toward her husband. -
therefore. / decided that I would
end il all and be out of misery and
not give you a chance to put me h
you did before.
mo woman with a sane mind
would take these children out Of the
institution such as ours were IA.
where they received the best Of caro
and education and then deprivfnx
their father of seeing them or evou
receiving a postal card You are
poisoning their young minds against
me so i have decided that would
provide for my mother first and
whatever Is left you can have. and
you always want to remember that
you are the ruination of q man
which always made good no matter
what professional line I decided 70
follow. / request that you give my
mother the washing machine, the
kitchen cabinet. kitchen table. her
bed which she now uses. her clothog
and some furniture which you may
decide upon. The rest which you
can do as you please.
Il would like that Mr.. Fahir and
Father Csaktoongai would conduct
the funeral services. The rest you
can decide upon yourself am sat
isf1ed that you won't have TO so to
work and provide and educate tho
children for 1 think / left enoueb
for both you and my mother to ge<
along with without working and b.
in need or depend upon strangers
for support. So you see what you
have done by your selfish and sneak-l
ish actions.
You have been a good wife to
me but l made one mistake. gave
1 you too much liberty and that IL the
cause of our troubles; and poverty
you don't know what that means
and 1 hope that you never will.
| please take good care of the chIi-
dren. Give them the education thG1
| always wished for and zzxy Gel
bless them. and that when theyEr8S
older and will know more aboof
their father and that they viii noe
think that he was as bad as you ar6
trying TO teach them. You co,ik
have sued me for any amount Of
support and could have left the
| children where they were. bur when
/ you are trying to send me to Jail
would rather take the law in my own
I hand at any time. so therefore. l
hands at any time, SO therefore,
| feel confident that God will forglv.
me for what / am about to do.
May God bless you and the chill
dren. Goodbye and good luck tc
you all,
Your husband.
IS. VAN NESS"
II has been claimed in the bor-
ough that Van Ness had been drink
ing heavily on Tuesday. but this was
denied yesterday in Newark follow
ing the performing OF an autopsy
on the body. Not only was il proven
| by the autopsy that Van Ness had
not been drinking, but the condi-
I ton of the stomach showed that the
man had not eaten for the past two
or three days.
! Mrs. Van Ness arrived in the bor-'
ough this morning and at once
went into conference with her
mother-in-law. as TO where the fun
eral would be held. whether inter.
meut be made in Newark or Wood
/ bridge. The body is now in the
Holly morgue in Newark.
Employed Local Attorney
Jacob s. karkus. of this city. had
been the attorney for Mr. Van NeEH