Evening star., 1926-11-20

examined it. Another package con-
graphs, supposed to be Anderson's $
wife and small children, each tender
'ly bound with lock of hair.
One bore the caption Henry L. An.
derson and his wife. St. Paul, Va"
Another was labeled "Virginia and
Eva" showing two little girls dressed
in party Clothes" Still another
showed 1t to be a picture Of Mary,
aged 4, taken July IS, 1926" To each
little picture-they were all snapshots
was bound the lock of hair sup
posedly belonging to those who ap-
peared in the photographs.
Records at the Soldiers Home show
that Anderson spent much of his
younger life in the Army. He first
enlisted with Company B, End Eir
ginia Volunteers, for service during
the Spanish American War. He enter
ed the service in July, 1898, and was
honorably discharged the following
December. In 1902 he enlisted in the
regular service, served out his full
time, was honorably discharged, and
re.enlisted in 1895, to be discha rged
In 1907 for a physical disability.
He first applied for admission to
the Soldiers Home in January, 1921,
and asked to be released the following
March. He entered the home again
in 1924 and in 1925 was sent to st.
Ehzabeth's Hospital for mental treat
ment He was ordered returned to
the home by the hospital authorities
last year, having been reported much
improved In health. He had been
confined to the hospital of the
Soldiers Home much of the time
since. but it was expected that he
would soon be able to return to his
barracks as virtually cured. He was
permitted to go and come as he
pleased.
Missing Shortly After.
Anderson was last seen at the hos
pital at o'clock this morning when
he went to the Office of Sister Mary
Rosario, superintendent of the floor,
and complained he was not feeling
well. The sister advised him to re
turn to his ward, while She prepared
something for him. He left her office
supposedly to go to his ward. When
Sister Rosario went in search OF him
she found his quarters unoccupied.
Among his effects was found a par
eel of papers and letters which had
been received by Anderson, addressed
to his wife, Mrs. Arthula Anderson.
Box It's, st. Paul. Va. Included also
in his property were several memo
ra ndum books and his service dis
charge papers.
His comrades said this morning
that on his last visit homo he took
with him photographs Of himself,
wife and children. explaining that
they were unappreciated here The
parcels of letters were prepared by
him last night.
Two Others Have Leaped.
Two other persons have committed
suicide from the Monument and
another two died in accidental falls
there. In each Of the two previous
suicides, the victims leaped to death
from the unprotected heights of the
shaft The first was Mrs. Mae v.
Cockrell, 2S Years old, of Covington,
KY, on February %. 1915. Standing
on a stairway landing near the top,
she dived down the elevator shaft and
was crushed. She had been suffering
from a nervous collapse. -'
The second was A. Birney Seip.
whose leap, on March 9, 1928. was
almost identical to that of Anderson
today Pulling himself to one of the
window lodges. unprotected by any
iron bars and without guard nearby
to deter him, he Swished through
space before the eyes of Mortified
spectators. He, too. was a sufferer
from nervous disorders and had been
an inmate of a sanitarium. In Oc-
tober of the same year Mrs. Dora
Raum fell down the elevator shaft
and was killed.
Another fata: accident occurred in
1905. when Joseph G. Owings, a paint
er. fell from a scaffoid