New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-01-03

thought of his young wife and that
/ it was she who had stolen him from
me. l was insane--mad from the
shock of the thing I had just wit
/ nessed--and it was in this condition
Of mind tia. I decided to go back
to the hotel and acquaint her with
| the manner of his death.
when l reached the parlor !
found the door open and also the
/ door leading into the bedroom. ]
entered the latter. expecting to find
Edna Marvin. But she was not
there. On the dresser l caught sight
, Of an unsealed letter addressed 10
Jack. l picked it up and read it.
| am now giving this letter, which
] have kept all these years, to G..
W. Markham. attorney for John
II. Clayton of Indianapolis.
(There followed a copy OF the let
ter. which ranD
ITO the husband l never again
shall see
Il was In this room when that
woman visited you a few minutes
ago. I opened the door a few inches
TO see who she was and recognized
her as Carlotta Ortez, the notorious
actress. l heard all that was said
between you. Oh, Jack, when ]
learned from hers and your own
words what this woman had been to
you my heart broke. I never can
live with you again, knowing what
I know now. Tho man ] loved and
married is not the man to whom this
woman had meant so much. Such a
man can never be my husband
again
You shall never see me again II
I eau prevent it, nor shall you ever
see our unborn child that is expect
ed so soon now. I am going back 10
my brother in indianapolis, While
he has not written me since | mar
ried you. I know he will forgive me
when 10 knows I have left you, My
baby shall be born under his roof
not under one paid for by q father
go from his wife's apartment with
another woman to hers. I am leav-
ing here at once. My brother will
send for my effects. I have money
enough, fortunately. to get me TO
lndianapols. It will be useless for
you to follow ME. I never shall will
irsly see you again. Goodby.
Your heart broken wife.
EDNA"
Conclusion of Carlotta Ortezs
statementD
Edna, Clayton Marvin is dead.
She died in Childbirth on the second
night after leaving New York when
she was taken from a train at Cam
denville, Ind, by nurse on the
train who CHANGED to notice her con-
dtion. This I learned from print
ed inquiry I happened by accident
to see in an Indianapolis newspaper.
u copy of which l found in dresser
drawer of my room in a hotel in
this city when I was playing here Il
year later. This inquiry stated that
a woman taken from the Indianapo-
lis flyer the night before had given
birth to twin girls and then died
without disclosing her identity or :
residence. \ description of the wo-
man followed. The notice was sign !
ed by an Edwin G. Elwell Of Cam !
denville. Ind.
The thought struck me at once |
that 1t might have been Edna Mar |
vim, and SO I made a. secret invcs-
igation which convinced me I was |
-orrect in my suspicion. ! learned /,
hat the Elwells. Edwin and his
wife Molle, with one child of their
,wn, n boy Of six. were rearing the
win. and had given them their own
,ame.
"Why l didn't make the truth
cnown to John Clayton then and
here is something for which | can
ind no excuse for myself now. Nor
an I forgive myself now for my
allure to tell the truth when,
trangely enough, I CHANGED to meet
he bow, jim Flwcll, and the two
iris tn the palm garden OF a chi
ago hotel. where l recognized them
rom the ring one of the girls was
earring, a ring that / once wore my
elf,
But I still feared. suppose, the
nsavory publicity that would at
ach to my name if I disclosed the
ontents of this letter. That is my i
My EXCUSE. ] have been bitterly
however. That day mark