The New York herald., 1922-04-15
MOTHERS POISON DOSE
NOW LAID TO SPIRITISM

me, but you KNOW 1 never nave hau
good health since had baby. oh. how
happy we could be together IL my health
would have stayed right. but l never
would be no better. 1 have the worst
form of kidney trouble and you know
what that means. Don't forget about
baby's picture now. Put us right down
In the cheapest way you can. That's
my request. for l want you TO nave
money left so you won't always have
to be worked to death.
"Sell the stock for what you can. II
you want to go home. go ahead: we
Will follow you. Don't stay here just
because our ashes lay here. Hope you
get plenty for your stock to pay all
expenses and have plenty left, for you
are too good a boy to be always abused
that God knows-and you have
worked so hard. Now. don't have this
investigated, or nothing, because I am
q doing this awful deed myself. and
nobody on earth Is to blame but me. It's
an awful sin to take dear baby. but !
fear he might have hard life always.
and he's so young he Is better off.
have marked every page. SO good-by
forever here--will talk to you any time.
love you, sweetheart.
From MAupE."
Again Plans Her Funeral.
"P. S.-Say. listen, dear. whatever you
do don't tell Eveline till after she is all
over with hers, because l wouldn't be
the cause OF anything happening TO her
for nothing on earth. / suffered too
much in that way ] know what II
means. Mr.. Borders and Mr.. Trains
and Mrs. Owens-tell them all that /
send them my regards, and that 1t is
my request that they shall help you
through with this. You know where our
money is-and there is no papers in my
name. SO you won't have no trouble
whatever. Just bury as cheap as pos
sible. and please dress US. by my re-
quest, and lay Cecil on my right arm in
tho casket. And he Will rest IN his
mothers arms and be done with all the
hardships here. Oh. how hate TO leave
you, darling. and take baby. too. !
don't know IL l can ever do it or not.
but have written you this big letter
and am agoing to try to do the rest.
Bye-bye. MAUDE FANCHER."
The second letter follows:
II have taken poison and have given
the baby poison.
DEAR HARMON: I want you to have
every word have written published In
the paper here and get a cooy to LET
every one home see why done It, Pub
lish it in some paper there. and / want
you to consider every word of this as
law. for ] know just es nucn now as
! ever knew.
II have always lived good. true
life and don't see why me and my baby
suffered so. OF course they will all
want to know why ! wasn't brough;
home. Tell them It was my request l
shouldn't be, because dont believe In
such. l don't want no fuss made at all.
Bury us In one casket, as l told you
before.
Bury Cecil in his white suit. Get
some one to finish it UP. I layed the
suit all in one piece. SO you won't have
no trouble in finding 1t. buttons and
all. Don't think this is any disgrace
on your part, for / have told you In the
letter that you are as good husband
as God ever made. and you have never
yet given me one cross word. And may
God bless you, darling. and make you
SO happy. and / will guide you and
help you to success. You are agoing to
have great success from this day one,
and you go ahead as IL nothing had
happened.
please do, dear, for IL Is my wish
that you 20 right ahead and don't LET
this bother you bit, for you have
good health and nothing to worry over.
We are both at perfect rest.
"MAUDE.'
Her last note. written after she took
poison, reads:
DEAR HARMON: have done an awful
sin, but cannot endure my poor health
any longer. Please do forgive me. every
body do"
Harmon Fancher left the hospital yes
tcrday long enough to go home. wrap ur
the baby's white suit and take 1t to
friend of his wife to be finished.