Evening journal., 1922-09-28
KILLS HIMSELF
K. K. Threatened
Md. Authorities Believe
Blaul Took Poison Due
TO Love Affair
KHAN LETTER
FIGURES IN CASE

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CUMB BRLAND. Md. Sent 29.-
The grim hand OF the Ku Klux Khan
crushed Frederick IL. Blaul. Threat
ened by the clansmen in this vlcin-
! ity because of his affair with Miss
Laura Oliver. harassed by his cred
itors, and ground between his love
for his wife and his infatuation for
the other woman. he secreted him
self in the top floor of his packing
house and drank poison.
This is believed here to be the
true solution to the mysterious
death of the one-time wealthy beef
packer, whose passing has stunned
this community. He took poison, 1t is
declared, but he took 1t in the, belief
the woman would die in a suicide
pact with him. She had spurned the
suggestion when he made Il to her
lie read the newspaper accounts
of the death of the Rev. Or. Ed
ward Hall and Mrs. James Mills, at
New Brunswick. n. j., and he sent
letter to Miss Oliver containing a
clipping. suggesting that they. too.
end their lives together, but she re-
fused.
lie suggested clipping to Chicago.
or to Connecticut. and she spurned
him again. Then he hid himself
away In a lonely room and ate rat
poison in a sandwich. The autopsy
is confidently expected to show ar
senic in his stomach, but any
thought OF connecting any one else
with his death is about given up.
Blaul wanted to elope to Chicago
and establish. himself there as a
butcher under an assumed name. !
He also considered going to Con- !
necticut. telling Miss Oliver she |
could follow and Join him. She /
pointed out the impracticabllity of /
the mad scheme, showing him his (
detection would be certain. She re- /
fused to follow him, and he gave 1
up the idea.
BY this time the entire town was
In a ferment over the domestic
troubles of the Blauls. His bust
ness affairs were in a muddle. and
mis- love affair with Miss oliver was
common gossip and knowledge.
Then came the Ku Klux Khan let
err.
This misslve was received by Miss
Oliver at her home. In this letter
lire things were threatened unless
he AFFAIR between her and one OF
he towns prominent citizens was
erminated and at once.
The letter arrived September II.
hat evening Miss Oliver made fran
ic efforts to get into touch with
'laul. but failed to do so. The next {
ay she got him on the phone.
Fred" she besought him, I'VE !
ave got to quit this: we cannot
eep it up any longer here in Cum ]
'erland. Please forget about me. =
ell you 1t is all off" {
Blauls pleadlngs with her we're in !
ain. She hung up the receiver. on
eptember 10. Blaul called her up at :
er home. and pleaded with her not
} cast him off. He was in desperate !
l0od She told him again and again
was all off She could not tell 4
i'm why. but II was all off. on Sep
'mber IA she received from him a
tier containing slipping of the /
all-Mills affair and suggesting that 4
icy take poison and die together. !
he wrote him and refused to join
i'm in death.
Then Mss Oliver called him up T
nd asked him to come downtown /
I'd meet her, as she had something I
he wanted to show him. That +
that she feared to dis =
Iss over the telephone was the +
tier from the Ku Klux Khan.
An arrangement was made for L
ISIS Oliver to go to the vicinity of /,
nstotz Garage at Harrison and Z
square away. and she would send &
e letter to him by messenger. She 81
mt to the appointed place. but
aul could not keep away. He ii
med her. She showed him the
ter. and he blanched with fear II
the white-robed clansmen. M
Affairs with him were galloping to II
climax. There was another meet H
:. more pleadings with her to fly II
tn him. and another refusal He II
d the woman he had poison, II
ID in killing rats In his meat III
cking establishment. and once IA
ain begged her to eat some with II
n, only to be again 'efused. I'll
Then. on September 16. the pair Fl
lie in a taxicab to Hanover. where Fl
" spent the day. 1t was their n
t day together, and they talked n
sr their affairs at length. This n
4 was driven by o'Tara, a fire. y
n OF the town. who operates a n
icab on his day off. On Sept n
was the final meeting and the II
II refusal to have anything more II
do with him. on the part of the 81
man. on the day following he n
5 taken sick, to die last Tuesday II
agony at his home on Green i
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