ON Mrs. Howard Green, Principal in LOVES; Traged, and...

Editorial SectionLOS ANGELES HERALDPart ll—Pages 9 to 16

CALLS ON WOMANHE LOVES; SLAIN

Mrs. Howard Green, Principal inTraged, and Daughter Mattie

Husband of Wife with Whom Col-

lege Professor Was Infatu-

ated Shoots Her Visitor

VICTIM EXONERATES SLAYER

for Woman Found in Pock-

et of Educator

Utter Breathing Ardent Affection

sweetest and most enchanted of thedaughters of God.

Do you see I am writing my soulInto this matter? ItIs the love songof a dying soul. When It Is finishedI shall go back to another lovewho Is very earthly but although

' very secure. Do you wonder that Inave crossed the continent, bentonly on seeing you? Ifso, remem-ber this: Mine is the elementalcry of a man to his heart and soulmate. Each September as the yearsmay roll, when the leaves haveturned into a golden tint, I shallcome back to you, and when Ifallto come you will know that Tomis dead. No more while HH liveswill I ever darken the door of yourhome. I have the pleasure of yourlove this long to be rememberedSeptember, dearie, but there must .be no more letters, no tidings be-tween us until another Septembercomes. I am now leaving you,dearie, and, oh, God, it Is killingme. How I love you, darling, onlyGod and the angels who wed ourhearts and souls, and that longago, can know.

\u25b2VOWB HIS liOVHI love you better than I love the

memory of my mother, though Iwould give her half my remainingdays. Mattle, It is hard and bitteras gall, and I know the hideoussuffering that awaits me out there.I know it means madness for meand maybe for both. And in doingIt I have the one regret, the manwho is blessed with your presence,he Is so common and so small. ForGod's sake, take him in hand andmake something out of him other *than a drone. Tell him that mylast word on parting is the chal-lenge to meet me and pass me inthe affairs of men.

Don't forget, Mattle, I shall Itveactive and dream of your beautifulhopes. That is all that j left foryou and me until the jmt comeswhen you will be my wife. Indeed,as we each know you are in fact—hut until that hope is fulfilled wecan know each other no more.

(Signed) TOM.Skldmore had been living at the Lyn-

hurst rooming house at 818 WestEighth street. He had planned to start

for Texas today. His home was inRio Grande City and he was a mem-ber of the faculty of a college there.Green has law offices in the Storybuilding.

ASSERT PASTOR WITHHELDVALUABLES FROM CHURCH

Accuse Minister of Converting aBequest to Own Use

SENTENCED FOR URGINGVIOLATION OF SPEED LAW

BURGLARS TAKE RUGS FROM

FRIDAY MORNING CLUB

Thieves Secure Loot by Crawling

Through Side WindowCourt Declares Reckless Driving

Has Got to Stop

BAN JOSE Sept. 80.—Suit was filedIn the snperior court here yesterdayagainst the Rev. John D. Sproles, pas-tor of Emmanuel Baptist church ofthis city and former pastor of the LosGatos church, to recover $1650 and alarge amount of Jewelry which theminister is said to have reeclved In1905 from a now deceased me/nber ofthe Los Gatos church, to be given tothe church, but which he is alleged tohave oonverted to his own use.

Mrs. M. J. Slsson, a member of theLos Gatos church, is the complainant.Sproles denies the charge.

VALUE ESTATE OF BARBWIRE KING AT $10,000,000

Intimate relations with Mrs. Green,but denied there were any grounds forsuch an accusation.

Leslie E. Clauaon, with whom Greenwas In business, and his attorney, M.M. Myers, called at central policeheadquarters and conferred with theprisoner several times after the shoot-Ing but refused to make any state-ment concerning Green's motive inshooting Skldmore. Green, when seenin the jail, was reticent regarding thecircumstances of the tragedy and re-ferred his Interviewers to his attorneys.

MRS. OKEEN NKAR COLX.AFBBAfter leaving the city police station

Mrs. Green and her daughter returnedto their home. Mrs. Green was neara nervous collapse and retired. Shewas persuaded to make a statement,but Is was very brief. She said:

"All I have to cay Is that I agree inevery way with the statement madeby my husband. His statement lamy statement.

"I feel, and my attorney assures me,that Mr. Bkldmore's statement thatmy husband was Justified In his act,will make everything come out allright In the end. For further infor-mation you will have to see my at-torney, L. SI Claufion. In the Storybuilding."

The farewell letter found when Skid-more's ejects were collected/Is a re-markable one In many respcta. It fol-lows:

Los Angeles, CaL, Sept. 29.Wife of My Love and Love of My

Life: Do you see that I have calledyou my only wife in that? If not,look again. Well, as I expect atnoon when he repeated, "Iwill waitfor you at the office," he did haveIt all staged up nicely for us. Anddid you note the suggestion to hispartner? "You are about ready togo home, aren't you?" and hownicely just we three were left alone.I would have laughed only I waswondering how soon the Starrwould funk, and it was Just tooridiculous when he eald: "Justwait here for Mr. >; he will beback directly and talk with you,"right on top of his sending himhome. And he did look so weazenedafter he had walked with you tothe lift. And harried hack to sayfrom the door: ''Mr. has Justcome. I expect he will not be back,so shut the door when you comeout," and hastened off.

Oh, yes, Howard, you are onegreat actor. Only cold feet andkeeping the conventions do makeyou too impossible, and there youare so disgustingly impolite In leav-ing a friend to find his way un-aided from his office. To be a goodproduct of the smug, sleek civiliza-tion you have grown old in and thebrutality of spying on your wifeand the surveillance you put herunder Is so unmanly withal.

VLIXXVTEB HUSBANDTes, shallow, bad mannered, cold

footed poltroon, for he has nothingof property he earns, and whereare those honors he said last nighthe expected to derive from life. Itmeans when your and my eyessought each other, and Iwonderedfor an Instant what does he mean.When I looked from your face tofind htm cringing before Mattle'sgaze over the dirty inuendo It castupon the mother of his girls. AndI Just wondered what Is It he callshonor when he slurs his children'smother to her face with the drivel- •Ing notion in his head that it wouldnot be understood.Ibut add him up as I find him,

and I guesa you will hate me for, throwing him under the microscope,

but also please remember thatlenses only enlarge what Is there.Iwould cut my tongue out beforeIwould slur my Mamsy under anycircumstances.I wanted that hall to open this

evening, for Iwas aching to chokehim black In the face for what hesaid last night. Do you wonderthat I tramped the sweaty streetslast night till the blood-red hazeof madness seemed to sweep mybrain and murder crept into myheart? I tramped to Hnd fro untilI worked the whole thing out andsaw that I had no rights In thematter that you are not willing togive.

DKCTDEB TO LEAVE! CITYI have decided to leave the city

and go my way till death or destinyfinishes me or him,.and I had goneonly to your home to tell you allgoodby, but found that Fate hadturned a leaf and that while stillyou love me you are anxious tobe rid of me, and I have said solet It be. When he turns this othertrick, and now the question is shallI make him apologize or fight orswallow his dirty slurs and quit.This is the bridge I will cross Inthe morning at nine.

Now, what brought mo hare? Justthis. Thirty-three years ago I sawthe beauteous face of a lovingmaiden first at the room of anaunt and then at Oran Moons, andloved for time and eternity theIridescent dream of paradise thatheaven revealed In you, the fairest.

NEW YORK, Sept. SO.—lt Is an-nounced that John D. Spreckels of SanFrancisco has bought the steam yacht

Venetla from George W. Elklns of El-

The Venetia is 226 feet long and wasbuilt In Scotland. Her speed is 14

The yacht Is now fitting out In Brook-

lyn and will leave on Monday for NewOrleans, where she will remain for sixweeks. Mr. Spreckels contemplates

boarding the ship for a sail through

the West Indies and around the Horn,reaching San Francisco next spring.

Burglars who appear to be connois-seurs on valuable rugs effected an en-trance to the Friday Morning club

house at 940 South Flower streetThursday night and stole six rugsvalued at $1000. The robbery was re-ported to the detectives yesterdayby Miss H. Mercer, secretary of theclub who discovered the losa when shearrived at the club house yesterdaymorning. Detectives McNamara andDixon were detailed to Investigate the

From an examination of the buildingthe burglars pried open a side windowwith a screw driver and crawled in-side There were fresh wagon tracksin front of the club house. Descrip-

tions of the rugs have been sentbroadcast.

JOHN D. SPRECKELS WILLROUND THE HORN IN YACHT

Holding that anyone who causes orpermits another person to violate the

speed ordinance Is equally guilty, Po-lice Judge Chambers sentenced H. A.Lane and Lyle Rlpley to serve ten daysIn the city jail yesterday. They Imme-diately filed appeal bonds and securedtheir release under a 3200 cash ball.

Rlpley pleaded guilty several daysago and yesterday was the date set forhim to be sentenced, while Lane wasgiven until yesterday to plead. Hepleaded not guilty and demanded atrial, which was given him.

According to the testimony of thearresting officers—Motorcycle OfficersCoe and Gardner— Rlpley, who waschauffeur, and Lane were making for-ty-four miles an hour in West Picostreet It appears from the testimony

of witnesses that Rlpley urged Lane to"throw her open." as he wanted to seehow the machine vibrated when It wasgoing fast.

"Any person who urges another toviolate the ordinance is as guilty as theother person," said Judge Chambers."This reckless driving on the part ofautomobllists has got to stop," he con-cluded, as he Imposed sentence.

B A. Hodges, another speeder, wasfined $25. while Victor C. Henry wasfound gtillty and will be sentenced thismorning at 8:80 o'clock.

DH KALB, 111., Sett. 80.—The in-heritance tax which De Kalb county

will receive from the heirs of the lateColonel Isaac L. Elwood, known as thebarb wire king, will almost pay for thenew Jail and sheriff's home, which thesupervisors of this county voted tobuild at their session last week.

It la claimed the county will not haveto Issue bonds.

The Elwood estate Is valued at$10,000,000 and will be divided betweenfive heirs and charity organizations.

CLAIM FATHER SOLD FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON FOR $25

DETROIT, Sept 80.—Twenty-fivedollars la the price said to have beenpaid for Joseph Kaninakl, J*., aged 4years, his father making the sale tohis employer.

The transaction was revealed whenKaninakl was sentenced yesterday tothirty days In the house of correctionfor Selling his little boy's go-cart,which he had purchased on contractand failed to pay for.

BIIOW BANK BAFE—TAKE $2000

LURTON, Neb., Sept. 30.—The safeIn the Bank of Lurton was blownopen with three charges of dynamiteearly today and J2OOO taken. Blood-

hound* aro. on tfw tgail ot tha rphbers.

WIDOW FILES WILLThe will of George C." Brace, who

died September . 19, - leaving ; propertyvalued at $10,59*. was filed for probateIn the superior court yesterday by hiswidow, Mrs. Katie Brace, who la namedexecutor. The estate consists of notesand > mortgage* ..worth $8600 and' 12000In banks* / ' '

"God bless you!" the dying manmurmured, and the two ended a sceneas dramatlo as was ever witnessed Inthe receiving; hospital by shakinghands.

Few stranger tragedies have beenchronicled than the one ending InBkldmore's death. Ills brief statementto the police, made up of short sen-tences, spoken weakly, Indicated thathe had loved Mrs. Green for years.Until a few days ago he believed thatshe returned his love. Then, judgingfrom a farewell letter found in apocket of his coat, she bade him topass out of her life. He had knownher thirty-three years, he said.

Skldmore's last letter hints broadlyat a scene In Green's office. NeitherGreen nor his wife, nor any personacquainted with the facts would talklast evening, but It was evident thatGreen suspeoted Skldmore of Invadinghis home.

THREE) SHOTS FIRED

What happened In the Green homebefore the shooting is known only toGreen and his wife. Three shots werefired. Two of the bulelts entered Skld-more's body. Green left his victimlying on the dining room floor andsummoned officers from the Universitypolice station.

"I shot him. Here Is my gun," hesaid when officers entered, accordingto their report.

Green was taken to the receivinghospital as quickly as possible. Therewere two wounds, one In the left thigh,the bullet having fractured the thighbone, and the other lodging above theninth rib on the left side. The man'scondition was so desperate tha» a saltsolution and other heart at' lulantswere administered.

Detectives and a stenograp r werecalled to the hospital to oj lin anante-mortem statement fro; Bkid-more. It was then that hi Void ofgoing to the Green renldenc In re-sponse to a telephone call for . le pur-pose of bidding the Greens goodby, ashe expected to leave the city.

"Who shot you?" asked a detective."Howard Green," replied Bkidmore

In a weak and almost inaudible voice."Do you know why he shot you?""He accused me of being intimate

with his wtfeT""Were there any grounds for him

suspecting anything like that?""I have known Mrs. Green for thirty-

three years. I knew her before shewas married."

SKXDMOBB BBCOMK3 KXHAXHTKDAt this point Skldmore bncame so

weak that the Questioning ceased. Itwas continued In a fwr minutes andthen Skldmore said he had come toLos Angeles September 26 and thathe had called on Mrs. Green severaltimes since then. Also that he hada wife and eight children living InRio Grande City, Texas, which he leftSeptember 8. When asked concerningthe conversation which preceded theshooting Skldmore would not answerand repeatedly whispered:"Iam dying."When Green entered the hospital to

be Identified by Skldmore he was ac-companied by his wife and 16-year-olddaughter, Mattle.

"Is that the man who shot your*asked a detective, pointing towardGreen.

"That is the man, Howard Green,"came the reply. "Listen, men," saidSkldmore, "he shot me under everyJustification." and with that he weaklylifted his hand and the two menclasped hands.

"God bless you and pity me," sobbedGreen as his eyes filled with tears andthose about the room turned theirheads.

"God bless you," was Skidmore's re-ply as his head fell to one side and helapsed Into semi-consciousness.

With that Green was led from thehospital to the desk of the bookingsergeant Here another pathetio scenewas enacted when Green kissed hiswife and daughter good-by as thedoors of the Jail yawned to receivehim. A few hours later Skldmoredied.

INVITED BT SIRS. GREENStripped of a mass of seemingly un-

important circumstances, the details oftl~ > shooting as told the police are:

Skldmore went to the Green resi-dence In response to a telephone mes-sage from Mrs. Green. She asked himto come out to her house and say good-by before he left the city, as he ex-pected to depart yesterday, accordingto an unmailed letter, addressed toMrs. Green, which was found amonghis effects In the receiving hospital.

Skldmore, It seems, had visited Greenand his wife several nights before, andalso had met them In Green's office Inthe Story building. What transpiredat that meeting Is not explained In theletter, but the office visit Is referredto.

Skldmore, It appears had been madlyInfatuated with Mrs. Green and fol-lowed her to Los Angeles from BattleCreek, Ilch., last Jaunary. He hadcorresponded with her from time totime. Some of the letters. It is said,will be introduced In evidence at•Green's hearing.

When Skjdmore arrived at the Greenresidence yesterday, Mrs. Green is pur-ported to have said:

"I have confessed everything to myhusband."

What transpired between that timeand the arrival of the officers is notknown as neither of the principals tothe shooting or Mrs. Green, who wasa witness, will talk regarding it. Skld-more, after his arrival In the hospital,stated that Green bad accused him of

"God bless you and pity met" sobbedGreen.

"Listen, menl" said Bkidmore, whenOreen faced him In the receiving hos-pital. "Ho shot me tinder every Jus-tification."

Answering the summons of a mar-ried woman whom he loved madly,

Thomas D. Bkldmore, a college pro-feasor, hurried to the home of HowardQreon, an attorney, at 2687 Daltonavenue, yesterday afternoon. Oreen•hot him and Skldmore died In the re-ceiving hospital at 9:55 last night.

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