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KILLS ; CHILDREN
Then HERSELF
Woman, Apparently Oemented,
Leaves Rambling Notes.
SEPARATED FROM HUSBAND
Maid Finds Four Bodies in Bedroom
in Cottage at SeaShore--Mother
Turned on Gas

Atlantic City. May IA woman
. led herself ana her three young
lighters ia her cottage 1T NentnOi
... turning "n The gas il her bedroom
Size LEFT notes indicating She was
..t,ft.nted t0nnly Physician Louis
,~'idtr gave i verdict Of suicide and
Il SHE had been .elnrnled for some
.:ir.
Tie dead are:
Mrs Edith Miller Huxhf. 3s wife
1; Warren +. Buzhy. vice president
-. treasurer uf The Keystone iAlbri-
:'ng company. Philadelphia Con.
Jnre l;uzby. IL: Edwina BuZhy, 8:
"rs EnHhy. 6.
Mrs EuZhy was sep tratpd from her
i.-ittnd. though they both l'ved in
ienlnnr he coinlaut:ng tu his office
She occupied u cottage l02 $ Troy
,cnue. W here siIe kilied herself and
sc children.
The bodies were discovered by Mrs.
i.lrloite Bennett Mrs. Huztv's color.
Il maid.
The maid found the dead woman
al the children il Mrs. Hu2bNs room
With The door closed but not locked.
Mrs. Buzhy.> dressed in kimona=
'>:y Oh Il bed. her body hung over thai
+ Mary. The youngeSI child. /.
Edwina. The neNl ungesl laugh,
'tr. lay in the bed beside IEent as II
he had died in her sleep.
Constance, the eldest daughter. III
ar underwear, as were the olher chill
':e'en, was stretched face downward
Il the floor half way to the door s.
ilnugh she had t.ied To crawl oul aud
al expired Oh Tie way
When Mrs Eennett detected "a
he dressed and Went downstairs frola
irr room on the second story of th&
'W0-Story cottage. 10 that of the chii,
iren on rhe f1rsl floor She found IL
'lnpty. Then she Went 10 Mrs Ru3.
i'y'S door. got Nc answer. tried II
found it unlocked. and flung il open.
in be confronted with the scene OF
death
The gas in d lighting jet on the wttil
was turned on. as was the gas in ~
heating apparatus on the floor. Ms
Eennelr called The Venrnor police. All
Naylor and Magee. policemen, tosl
charge.
Onlhe bureau they found Two flUIssS
one addressed 10 Mrs Bennett and ON;
10 her husband. whom she addressed
simply as Mr. BuZby." though she
signed it Edith
Both notes were craZily scrawied on
small sheets of paper, and both were
written crosswise, upside down. and
all over the sheet. with much OF the
message under the signature
That TO Mr.. Buzby bore at the top
TWO telephone numbers, his at Allan
tic City and that of the ,lubricatine
works in Philadelphia
That to the husband follows:
Please do not let people look a;
me. Please put me away in what ]
have on. | beg OF you. am always
he same.
"Regret that my last thought should
nave to be a material one. for I am
a"t really material person, am I!
"tonstance's umbrella is al Blatt's.
lau may as we'll get it. for some one
VIII. You give Betty Miller her watch,
which is on my wrist
We will be better off. and | can
always say:
What if the soul could cast The
earth aside.
And naked on the air Of heaven ride ::
Were't not shame. were't not a
shame, indeed,
In this clay carcass longer TO abide .
THIS verse. from the Rubaiyat of
Omar khayyam, was written in prose
FORM. all in one sentence.
That TO the maid was:
Dear Charlotte: Please mail and
'eturn my books TO the library. You
may have my membership. You have
'een better 10 me than any person OF
earth. You will be happy. l am sure
t"n Enow l am not afraid, don't you:
Love from Edith Buzby."
Police have theory that the lai-
ter part of borh nOreS was written by
[he woman after the gas had begun 10
fake effect and make her light headed