The New York herald., 1922-03-20
SUICIDE is SEQUEL
TO MODEL s DEATH
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| had told her friend about the poison
and also that she contemplated to break
hef promise. | took the pi ial, but Miss
Clark saw it and tried to regain IT.
gave 1t willingly back to her after hav-
ing made her affirm her promise not to
use 1t until her mother came back. A
lew minutes later. while l was in the
! nall. | heard Mr. cry out for me.
| Rushing into the parlor / found Miss
! Clark dying in a chair
tried to make her throw UP the
poison, but neither mine nor Mr.. -------'s
efforts succeeded. 1t was then T. know
ing the effects of the poison. notified by
telephone physicians and then left the
apartment. unnecessary to say in order
t. avoid questioning hY non-unde-stand-
ing policemen. ! preferred to wait until
! my testimony would be OF value. then
give it and take the rest of the poison.
| as intended to do already before had
the privilege of meeting Miss Clark.
whom | truly estimated to be one OF
the worlds finest women"
The letter closed with these words
II have never quarreled with my
friend. Mr.. --. I know him able
and myself unable to marry Miss Clark.
and therefore never knowingly appeared
to be his rival.
Sir wish It would be possible to
stop the scandalmongery of the news
papers"
Tn the letter to the editor of Boston
newspaper Larsen said:
Your Unsuitable desire for scandals
will cause You incessant grief whenever
you meet discreet people. Let me adj
viSc YOU 10 use poison when your In
feriority becomes too conscious in your
mind or you have one). Take my adj
y;ce. Mr. Editor. discharge the man or
men that wrote about the latest Back
Bay scandal Neither to you nor to
the public can they give anything but
an after dinner digesting agent. And
for that purpose this poison Is better
and sweeter than the venom of your
columns"
1t was Larsen'e first love affair
friends said tonight He came to
America in 1918 as one of ten students
sent to America by the Norwegian Gov
ernment to study American engineering
methods Until last January he knew
no girls and applied himself diligently
to his studies.
Then he met Miss Clark and their at
tachment grew steadily. Quarrels be-
tween the young woman and rich friends
over Larsens popularity resulted. Lar
SENS friends declared, and when she was
driven to choose between Larsen and
love and rich friends and luxury. she
chose Larsen
Larsen was taking a chemical course
at the institute. He had been frequent
visitor at the extensively furnished
Newbury street apartment Of Miss
Clark.
Fled After the Tragedy.
Early Thursday morning Miss Clark.
who had been laughing and drinking at
party. suddenly collapsed and fell
dead. 1t was found she had taken
poison. Larsen. highly excited. seized
the bottle in which some Of the poison
remained. ran from the apartment and
notified a physician. then disappeared.
No trace Of him was discovered until his
body was found to-day.
Bayard Wharton OF Philadelphia 4
Harvard student who. also was at the
party. said Larsen was of n morbid dis
position. lie said also the young woman
had been melancholy much OF the time
recently. although she appeared gay
Wednesday night Wharton's father.
Henry Wharton, came to this city yes-
terday and engaged an attorney to look
after his sons interests.
Miss Clark. formerly an artists model
was divorced in September last from
Lieutenant Commander William d.
Thomas. Acquaintances said she had
many admirers and was In the habit
OF entertaining lavishly
A few days before her death she
showed to a young woman friend bot
tie which she said contained poison. re-
marking that she would use It when she
was through with life Wharton said
she had shown him two bottles. one CON
tanning perfume. but had said nothing
about the contents OF the other.
Medical Examiner Magrath who pro-
nouHced Miss Clark's death suicide he
gan an investigation into tho death of
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