Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-05
Romance of War
Ends in Tragedy
at Kansas City
Nurse of Dayton, O., Kills
Lover and Attempts to
End Own Life-Couple
Met in Hospital.

Kansas City. Mo, June "a ro'
nance. which sprang from the war
and . mutual interest in Esperanto.
an artificial language, ended irasieal-
ly today ior Frank w. Anderson and
Peggy Marie l.. Beal. a nurse OF
Dayton. o.
pa,rolmen responding TO call
from the Midwest hotel were di-
rec,ed to room 81. Guests had
heard two shots, The patrolmen
tried the door. II was locked. They
climbed through the ,ransom. In
the room they found Anderson dead
on the bed, shot while he slept
On the floor. a bullet through her
lett breast, lay Miss Beal. Beside
her was a IS caliber revolver.
The room was not in disorder. An
alarm clock. set for o o'clock, ,icked
within reach under the bed.
On the dresser was novel by
Edgar Rice Burroughs, "Thuvia,
] Maid OF Mars II was open and
corner OF page was turned down at
an illustration por,raying a woman
dancer standing over the PROSTATE
form OF a man. The woman held
dagger in her hand.
Miss Beal. unconscious, was sent
to the General hospital. She may not
live.
Met in Hospital.
Anderson had met Miss Beal while
he was a lieutenant in the signal
corps and she was a nurse in the
east. A courtship began in an east
crn hospital. Their letters contained
frequent passages written in Esper-
anto. Anderson, after the war,
worked in St. Louis drygoods
house. He came to Kansas City
three months ago. j.
Miss Beal for five months had
been a nurse in the Open Air colony
at Springfield, III. Letters to her
from Anderson plainly showed that
they contemplated marriage. and the
date for her coming to Kansas City
to become his wife was set two
weeks ago. ,,
Anderson was shot in the back OF
the head as he lay on his side. He
was 50 years old. according to an ap-
plication for work filed with the dry
goods store where he was employed.
He also stated in the application that
he was married. His home originally
was in Philadelphia, where he OBJ
tanned his education. His wife is be-
lieved to be in St. Louis.
Expresses No Regret.
Miss Beal is % years old. She is
a slight figure with refined and at
tractive features. She expressed no
regret at having shot Anderson. who,
she says in a statement to the po..
lice, acknowledged he was married
after bringing her here from SPRING
field to get married.
During the war Anderson was
stationed at Speedway, Ill.,, at an
aviation field. From papers it is in
ferred that Anderson had not been
overseas. He had travelled ex..
tensively in promoting liberty bond
campaigns and as he viewed his
activities III retrospect, had written
an article for a magazine, coming
the phrase, Liberty bombing" to
describe the service of the aviators
who engaged in the drives.
"Oh, wanted to be fair-l did.
did-"the girl. her strength fast
ebbing. whispered to the Rev. J. D.
Small, who sat at her bedside by
her request. But I couldn't. He
told ME of his other loves. He show
cd me a list. There were half a
hundred names and mine was the
last, the very last one. That enraged
me and l demanded an explanation.
For hours he talked Oh and on
OF his conquests-told me of each
girl, her eyes, her hair, her person.
ality. 1t was then l decided. l
placed my own life on the altar of
womanhood, that others hearts
might not die, as mine is now dead.
That is why l shot my perfect
lover"