Arizona republican., 1922-03-20

uary he knew no girls and applied
himself diligently to his studies.
Then he met Miss Clark aud their
attachment grew steadily. Quarrels
between the young woman and rich
friends resulted Larsen's friends de-
clared. and when she was driven to
choose between Larsen and love and
rich friends and luxury, she chose
Larsen.
Medical Examiner McGrath who
pronounced Miss Clark's death a case
OF suicide, began an investigation into
the death of Larsen shortly after the
body was found.
At the start Of his letter to the
medical examiner. Larsen said:
I'm order that the disgraceful COM
ment Of certain Boston newspapers
upon the death Of Miss Clark may be
given a chance to come to completion,
take the liberty in this way to tell
what ! know about the tragedy"
A portion Of the letter follows:
Miss Clark was not a society
belle of the pleasure seeking type.
Her charming parties were given to
kill the moroseness her life had
precipitated on her. Defiant of So
Eciety. too strong to ask for help or
sympathy, she long ago decided on
1Rhw the end should be when her
INV devoted friends no longer could
korce her from the misery Of her
thoughts.
sknowing me to be a chemist. she
ked me to get her some poison. /
reed, extracting from her the prom
that she would not use it until
- mother came back. She gave her
omise and ! prepared for her a
Mblution, although I did not antici-
te to what end. Neither Mr.. c.
I'm any of the other gentlemen in
e party had any part in Miss
Marks suicide. Neither had the
young lady from Worcester.
- "What happened Wednesday after
ncon and night. will shortly de-
scribe:
Called to Apartments
Il called Miss Clark on the phone
about o'clock, she asking me to Join
her and her friends as soon as
could. I arrived at her aparement
at about o'clock where ] met two
gentlemen, Mr.. and Mr..
--------, neither of whom I had met
before. Present also was Miss Clark S
lady friend from Worcester. The
two gentlemen left shortly after my
arrival to procure a pint Of whisky
with which they soon reappeared, At
10 o'clocki Mr. ------- went to the
auto show and came back about
1880. Shortly before that Miss Clark
had telephoned Mr.. who
came to the apartment shortly after.
"All this time music had been
played. We had danced and con-
versed gaiIy. was not feeling very
well. not having had dinner and
therefore asked the ladies' permis-
sion to go for dinner
Miss Clark, however, personally
made up some sandwiches and par
took herself in the meal.
Around 1880 Mr.. reclined
on q couch. Mr.. was con-
versing with Miss Clark and with
the lady from Worcester. / had a
suspicion that Miss Clark had told
her friend about the poison and also
that she contemplated to break her
promise. / took the phial, but Miss
Clark saw 1t and tried to regain It..
l gave II willingly back to her after
having made her affirm her promise
not to use it until afer mother came
back. A minutes later, while was
in the hall, / 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..
efforts succeeded. 1t was
then, / knowing the effects of the
poison, notified by telephone physi-
clans and then left the apartment
in order to avoid questioning by nom
understanding policemen. / preferred
to wait until my testimony would be
of value. then give it and take the
rest Of the poison. as intended al
ready before / had the privilege of
meeting Miss Clark, whom | truly
estimate to be one of the worlds fin
est women"
No Rival For Her Love
The letter closed with these words:
Il have never quarreled with my
friend, Mr.. --. knew him able
and myself unable to marry Miss
Clark and therefore never knowingly
appeared to be his rival.
''Sir--I wish it would be possible to
stop the scandal mongering OF the
papers"
In the letter to the editor OF Bos-
ton newspaper, Larsen said:
your Unsuitable desire for scan
dals will cause YOU incessant grief
whenever you meet discreet people.
Let me advise YOU to use -----
naming a we'll known person. when
your inferiority becames too con-
s0ious in your mind. Qf you have
! one), Take my advice, 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 din
her cigesting agent. And for that
WHrpose (the aforementioned
Nalson) is better and sweeter than
IlA venom Of your columns"
Fhe letter to the newspaper was
nressed in the body Of the letter
the Boston Travellers editor"
statement making it public Ex-
siner McGrath said:
The original of this letter was en-