New-York tribune., 1922-03-20

rk swallowed the poison.
IN letter to the edior of the news
paper he advises him to take cvanidc
OF potassium when YOUR infcrioritv
becomes too conscious IN your mind ="
Two persons were in the room with
MISS Clark when she drank the poison.
o'her 1rlenoS were in an adjoining
ROOM The authorities believe that
when Miss Clark invited her quests
Tor the evening she was planning to
commit suicide as tho climax of the
party. She was said to have been dis
p,rlted tor several weeks previouslv
ai'hough cheerful at the party.
Tried to Prevent Death
Several weeks ago, Larsen said in his
lo''cr TO the medical examiner. Miss
Clark told him stories of her life that
made him wonder how She resisted tho
temptation to end it, At that time. he
Ssald' she asked him to procure poison
tor her, and that he had agreed on
CONDITION that she refrain from using
II until she had seen her mother She
agreed, and he gave her the poison.
after adding some acid to it.
ne letter says that something IN
Miss Clark attitude at the party made
MN fear that she intended to take her
life that night, and he sought to take
the deadly drug from her. In this he
was aided by one of the other guests
ME they were talking she Suddenly
stood up and drank the fatal dose
At first, Larsen said, he made an
effort to save the girl. using all his
knowledge of chemistry, but that she
appeared to be getting worse, so he
FASTENED out TO get a physician. When
ne learned that he was being sought he
determined to end his own life.
Iarscn's friends say That he was in
love with Miss Clark, and that il was
the first time he had shown any inter
est Ill woman since his arrival in this
country in 1918. He was one Of a
party OF ten students sent by the Nor
Weglan government to the United States
to study American metho DDS OF cngi-
neering.
The letter to the medical examiner
Note to Medical Examiner
"Hotel ESSEX Boston, March IS.
"For G.. B. Magrath, Boston, Mas.
Dear Sir;
"ln order that the disgracefu 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 you what
know about the tragedy:
81 met Miss Clark about six weeks
ago at her apartment on Ncwbuly
Street She WAS already at that time
excessively depressed and told me in
cidents nom her life of such char-
acter that | at times wondered how
she had resisted the temptation dealh
in ltA'ity is
"Mss Ciain is not a society oelis'
of the pleasure seeking type. Her
charming parties were given to XII
the Moroeoness her life had prec.pi-
tated in her. Defiant Of society. TOO
strong &c as). for help or sympathy,
she mad ivN2 ago decided upon hsw
.hc enc should ne when her many d.
voted trends &C longer could di,;Jnee
her rom III" misery Of her oWn
thoughts.
Confesscs Preparing Poison
Knowing me to be a chemist. she
asked me TO get her some poison.
agreed, eXactng from her the promise
that she would not use it until her
mother came back She gave her
promise and | prepared for her solu-
tion of pota assium cyanide partly neu-
u dIHcb VIII dClu, tt'tOuSu uiu Hct
anticipate 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.
"What happened Wednesday after
noon and night will shortly describe:
81 called Miss Clark On the phone
about O'Clock, she asking me to join
her and her friends as soon as could.
| arrived at her apartment al about
r o'clock, where met two gentlemen,
Mr. and Mr.. the names
are omittcd), neither of whom had
met before Present was also Miss
Clark's lady friend from Worcester.
The two gentlemen left shortly after
my arrival to procure pint of whisky,
with which they rcappeared about
O'clock At 10 o'clock MIR. went
to the auto show and came back about
l1:30. Shortly before that Miss Clark
had telcphoned MI. VINO came
to the apartment shortly after. All
this time music had been played. We
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