The Washington times., 1930-09-19
SECRET BRIDE.
Of NAVAL
PILOT
Ruth Alexander Had Strong
PrenaOnltlon She Was to
Die, Three Notes Reveal
(consinued From PGes y

enfbarkirg on dangerous
journey.
1sAmong intimate friends of
Miss Alexander whom we have
: questioned. there was no hint
of any depressed mental cOndiA
tion. On the contrary the girl
was cheerful and ever gay,
here every contact emphasiz-
ing her joy of life, Ger adven-
tur ous spirit and her happiness,
which her friends believe was
dine to her recent marriage to
Lieutenant Elliott, whom she
loved"
Husband to Take Charge
Robert A. Elliott. Navy reserve
pilot of Brooklyn. N. Y. notified
of the airplane crash which took
. the life of his aviatrix-bride, to-
day was expected to take charge
of the girl flier's body.
Details of the death crash were
given Elliott last night when the
aircraft carrier Saratoga, on
which he is stationed, anchored
off Long Beach, Calf. Miss
Alexanders death revealed her
secret marriage to Elliott four
months ago.
Attempting a, tranScontinental
flight from San Diego to New
York, the young woman took off
at dawn here yesterday. Shortly
afterward her low-winged mono
plane went into a spin and
crashed while she was attempt
ing to climb through thick fog.
Married June FL
Searching the hotel rooms OF
the, dead girl. police found that
she had been married on June Fl
to Elliott in Yuma, Ariz. With
the wedding certificate was a note
: to Elliott addressed ITO my nus
band Bob" which indicated that
the girl had not overlooked the
possibility of death. 1t WAS
weighted down by her wedding
ring.
were surprised to hear of her
second marriage inasmuch as she
was not known to have received
a divorce from her first husband,
Mac Alexander, an Irving, Kan,
farmer.
Reports here that she was the
defendant IN a divorce action
filed in Kansas by Alexander
were under investigation today.
Three notes were found in Miss
Alexander's hotel room which
4LN
strong premonition Of death.
Friends denied that she was
contemplating suicide for the
notes were marked ito be opened
in case of death" The message
ito Elliott read:
Life is strange, honey. If /
have preceded you, do not grieye
for me. Be content as am
content. Finish your work down
here and make me proud Of
you so ever win be at your
side. And when you come 1 will
welcome you. Always will love
you and wait for you. And,
sweetheart. keep my wedding
ring with you"
Now Happier
Complete directions for her
funeral were in another note
and third to her parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. w. T. .Blaney, of Irving,
Kan. read:
please don't grieve for me
because I am in a happier
world. Don't wish me back.
shall wait for you in my
happier life. am not un-
happy and please don't you
be.0 ~
Miss Alexander, holder of the
border-to-border Pacific Coast rec
ord and the women's altitude rec
ord, was the daughter Of a
Kansas hardware store clerk.
Her first aviation lessons were
obtained through a beauty con-
test and to complete her flying
lessons she worked as a beauty
parlor attendant.
Provides For Funeral
The note containing funeral
instructions said:
II want to be dressed in
comfortable, pretty night cloth
ing. / want to be placed on my
side in a comfortable sleeping
pOsitiOn-my body will have to
lie there a long time and
want it to be comfortable while
i am going on.
81 want to be placed where
there are trees and sunshine
and grass. wish no long
funeral sermon. In my scrap
book is a poem marked with
ink and if my wish is observed
i. viii be put away only by my
closest friends. a song shall be
sung, this poem read, and that
Is ALL"
The coroner said the body
probably will be sent to Kansas
for burial, although no definite
plans have been announced.
Until her death, even Miss
Alexander'S closest friends had no
intimation of her marriage to
Elliott. The girl met the Naval
flier at North Island Airport,
where he helped her learn flying.
The San Diego City Board of
Air Control, after an inquiry. con-
cluded that Miss Alexander had
met death when her plane went
into a spin while she was at
tempting to gain altitude to clear