The Washington times., 1922-03-20

how the end should be when her
many devoted friends no longer
could divorce her from the misery Of
her own thoughts.
knowing me to be a chemist, she
asked me to get her some poison. !
agreed. extracting from her the
promise that she would not use II
until her mother came back. She
gave her promise and I prepared for
her a solution. although I did not an.
ticipate to what end. Neither Mr..
- nor any Of the other gentlemen
in the party had any part in Miss
Clark's suicide nor had the young
lady from Worcester.
Describes Fatal Party.
What happened Wednesday after.
noon and night shortly describe:
"I called Miss Clark on the phone
about o'clock, she asking me to Join
her and her friends as soon as l
could. I arrived at her apartment at
about z o'clock, where l met two
gentlemen, Mr.. - and Mr.. -.
neither OF whom 1 had met before.
Present also was Miss Clsrk's lady
gentlemen left shortly after my ar
with which they reappeared about I
o'clock. At 10 o'clock Mr.. - went
to the auto show and came back
about 11:30. 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-
versel gayly. / was not feeling very
well. not having had dinner. and,
therefore, asked the ladies permits.
sion to go for dinner. Miss Clark,
however, personally made up some
sandwiches and partook herself Of
the meal.
Around 1870 Mr. reclined on
couch. Mr.. - was conversing
with Miss Clark and I with the lady
from Worcester.
Suspected Suicide Attempt.
IT had a suspicion that Miss Clark
had told her friend about the poison,
and also that she contemplated to
break her promise. I took the phial.
but Miss Clark saw II and tried to
regain it. / gave II willingly back
to her after having made her affirm
her promise not to use 1t until her
mother came back. A few minutes
later. while I was in the hall, I
heard Mr.. - cry out for me. Rush
ing into the parlor I found Miss
Clark dying in a chair.
II tried to make her throw up the
poison, but neither mine nor Mr..
IS efforts succeeded. II was
then 1, knowing the effects Of the
poison, notified by telephone physi.
clans and then left the apartment,
unnecessary to say in order to avoid
questioning by Misunderstanding
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 l had the privilege OF meet.
ing Miss Clark, whom / truly esti-
mated to be one of the worlds finest
women.
II have never quarreled with my
friend, Mr.. -. I know him able
and myself unable to marry Miss
Clark, and therefore never know
ingly appeared to be his rival.
Sir, wish II would be possible
to stop scandal mongery Of the
newspapers"
Writing to a local newspaper, the
student said:
Your Unsuitable desire for scan
dals will cause you incessant grief
whenever you meet discreet people.
Let me advise you to use a we'll
known poison when your inferiority
becomes too conscious in your mind
Qf you have one). Take my advice,
Mr.. Editor, discharge the man or
men that wrote about the latest
Back Bay Scandals Neither to
you nor to the public can they give
anything but an after-dinner digest
ing agent. And for that purpose
poison Is better and sweeter than
the venom of your columns"
According to Wharton, Larsen.
who was studying chemistry. was
Of a moody disposition, inclined to
quote Poe at length, and he seemed
to assert a weird influence over the
Clark girl, who, Wharton says, was
depressed by Ill health and finan-
cial difficulties.