The Washington times., 1922-05-28
GIRL : THREAT
To KILL LANDS
HER IN PRISON
Failing to Hold Love Of Man
She Resorts to BIackmaiI
Letter.
NEEDED FUNDS TO GO AWAY
By MARY MAMIE.

BY MARY MAMIE.
BOSTON, May 27.-A slim and
pretty blond girl, scarcely twenty,
today carries the double weight
on her heart of attempted suicide,
and the even greater burden OF
blackmail. Looking ahead there
is only a dim-lit, foreboding fu-
ture that may carry a jail SEN
tence.
She Was Unlucky.
~ threatened to kill the man
love to get money to go away ana
begin life anew" she crtes-and IN
this way explains her attempt AT
blackmail
Il wanted to die to free him
from loves chains. | tried to XIII
myself, to make him free OF me
forever. There was only one way
to put myself out OF his life. !
wanted to die for him. And l
was unlucky. for l failed"
The story OF pretty June Ma
tiIda Reynolds begins four years
ago, when as trustful young
orphan she first was employed by
Daniel Grimes. a rich restaurateur
of Manchester. N. Fl. She was
springlike In beauty and confid-
ing, and her employer, strongly
attracted to her, told her that he
loved her-or so she says.
They had been sweethearts four
years. she said. when George
Grimes, a brother. influenced Dan.
iel. the girl claims. to break OF
the affair. She was sent away
West on trip. and as the train
81 lal
June, don't ever come back. We
are not meant for each other"
Love Calls Her Back.
But she did return, loneliness
and love tugging her back to him.
Back in the same city with him,
her unhappiness became unbear'
able and she attempted suicide
And this falling to end the last
chapter of their romance. she
wrote the fatal blackmail letter:
"1f you give me $500 won
trouble YOU any more. II you
don't give it to me, I'll kill myself
and your brother Dan. II you tell
the police about 1t, I'll do the same
to you"
She now sits in a dark cell in
. Boston Jail. beautiful, bewil:
dered. caught young thing, and
this is her own story:
Yes, I wrote the letter demand
ing money and threatening to Kill
Dan II didn't get II. And | did 1t
for Dams sake. l could think or no
other way Of removing myself for
ever from his life. He said that
was hurting him and injuring his
business. I needed money to go far
away. where l would never hurt
him again. That Is why l took my
last desperate chance and wrote his
brother the threatening note.
He was the first man l ever
loved. and I was the first woman
that he cared for" she said, simply
And he was so good to me. ] was
friendless and alone. had never
met anyone who was so kind to me.
OF course, I loved him; love him
now. and IL he still cared, I would
go back to him and suffer all over
again the pain | have already borne.
"I had three years Of perfect hap.
piness, and then the crash came.
The day that he first tried to put
me out Of his life was the saddest
day have ever spent"
The girl described her desperate
unhappiness during the summer and
her futile battle to recover her
health. Upon her return she again
sought Grimes. and tried to have an
understanding with him.
"I saw that he didn't love me any
more" she said. II was afraid that
our relationship would ruin him and
I determined to end my life.
Not Lucky Enough"
II don't blame Dan for this
breach Of faith. blame his
brother George. 1t was he who
tried TO bring about the separa-
ton"
After vainly struggling to earn
a living and fight the increasing
loneliness of life without the
man she loved, the girl made up
her mind death alone would free
him from her forever
Il tried very hard to die" she
said. Il bought veronal tablets
and swallowed what was certain
would prove to be a death dose.
But was not lucky enough to die.
They brought me back to life; back
to everything that had tried so
hard to free myself from"
Miss Reynolds described the
strange terror which seized her as
she stood in a Boston hotel writing
the fatal "blackmail' note to
George Grimes.
IT knew that might just as
well be open about II. and sign my
own name" she said. II had made
up my mind to take this last des-
perate chance, and I did II in a
desperate way. was in despair.
So l borrowed some hotel station
cry and wrote the letter. threaten.
Ing to kill Dan. the man 7 loved.
II George Grimes didn't help me
out"
And so the problem Of the un.
fortunate waif OF love remains
unsolved For her, it seems, there
was no way out.