South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-17
BURY ME WITH
YOUR PICTURE,'
SUICIDES NOTE
Bullet Ends Romance of First
Sight Love for Girl of
His Dreams.

CHICAGO AUG ie-JiIted by the
grl Of his Iose dreams. the girl for
whom he developed a mad infatua-
zion at FIRST siziSt T Ross KeDler. 10.
worlds champion te q gr 2 r
scrawIed a tragic message OF his
bIFhted romance and fred a bullet
into his head In the front vestibule
OF an apartment house today. Ply
k!cIans said lie had little hope OF
recover
The dream girl is Miss Olga
etobbe. is. OK Canton. Ohio. night
CHIEF operator there for the tele-
graph company. who came here last
Friday on vacation and who was
visiting a friend 40 the address
where KepIer fired the shot.
Only yesterday Kepler broke the
worlds record receiving the Morse
code. taking 31s words in 2 minutes
and SO seconds Re had followed
Miss stobbe here from Canton. his
nome town and had secured work
as a telcgrapher a. Waukegan.
Either kiss me just once before }
am buried. out of respect 70 the love
that is still yours. or have enclosed
with my body the picture Of your
sslf you PROMISED me" MS last note
read In ~
He was madly In love with me.
Miss stobbe said after the police had
taken her TO the station for question
ing. d.
4 met him in Canton. o.. two
years ago while ne vas working as a
teIegrapher he called 20 see me
many times tie wrote me many
Servent letters;
But / never encouraged him.
did not love him.
Miss Stobble said Kepler followed
her here last Friday and called her
time after time on the telephone.
II told him I wanted nothing more
20 do with him and hung up the re-
,ceiver," she said
Neighbors said Kepler paced the
sidewalk in front Of the house much
OF the night. This morning he was
found unconscious In the lobby. the
revolver beside him. He was rushed
20 a hospital but remained uncon-
scious.
Kepler's last letter 20 his sweet
heart left in the mailbox in the
vestibule said IN part
my dearest friend
Let's not waste words over what
has happened Only babies cry over
spilled milk We're not that. This
Is not therefore 10 be taken in that
vein.
As to spelling your vacation.
this had 10 happen sometime and
It's best that II happen away from
Canton and your friends.
Day after day. time after time,
when you were unapproachable /
have appealed 20 YOU, knowing that
10 try 10 go on under the circum-
stances was impossible and thai
this as an outcome was inevitable.
Think OF me a. one who loved
you - and lost for reasons which
shall be made known 90 you in
Heaven and which reasons shall
prompt our marriage there. God
bless you dearest.
You know that since I lost you,
regard for everything else has
waned have become liar, thief
and fOrger, yes everything
In Kepler's clothing was a let
Ter signed "Olga" which read:
III I could only make myself
believe that in five years from today
we would love each other as we do
today 7 would come TO you now.
Well. sweetheart Of mine, here's
hoping that by the 18th OF next May
there will be no ghost OF a doubt"
Lovingly yours.
OLGA"
Kepler also had a letter on his
person addressed 10 whom II may
concern"
In this he gave his address and
referred TO the letter signed Olga"
she and i were secretly married
a year ago the letter said.
There has been a great deal Of
dissension between she and I be-
cause or third party interference. ."
tho letter continued.
Things have reached the stage
where IL is just a matter Of time be
tween this step and hopeless mental
Catalepsy."