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THE SUNDAY OREGONI AX, PORTLAND, JULY 25, 1909. PHYSIC! IS SL1 Bf JEALOUS WIFE Great Special 4 Dr. R. A. M. Collins Shot Down Because Woman Thought He Loved His Divorcee. Men's and Boys' Clothing CALLS HELP AFTER CRIME Principals in Collins' Murder and Scene of Tragedy ll -'. ' Lr7V jf.t-- : II Sale ltl-:r.- JWV Of" m-d. Jill , Incotirrnt Story of Tragedy Is Told to Police Sobbing Slayer At tempt Own Life and Is Taken to Sanitarium. 4fmtlnud from Pig. 1-) v her while h was making the first attempt. A close watch la being kept on her now to preclude the possibility of successful consummation of her suicidal Intentions. Wife Madly In Love. Two hours after the shooting; Chief Assistant District Attorney Fltpzerald went to police headquarters and took a statement from Mrs. Collins. This statement was very incoherent and lit tle was gained from it. It was plain. however, that she was madly in love with rr. Collins, and that this love was not returned. She also believed that some other woman was responsible for his coldness, and laid this to his first wife, from whom he was divorced last September in the Circuit Court at Portland. She is now Countess Vlpuo von Holsteln Rathlou. wife of Count V. v. H. Rothlou. of Copenhagen, Den mark, but now living at 22 Tenth street. Portland. The Rothlous re turned from Denmark three weeks ago. and since that time the strained rela tions between Dr. Collins and his wife have become more strained. Mrs. Collins, according to Dr. Fria ble, had accused her husband of being in love with his former wife, and was under the belief that they wanted to marry again. According to her story she wrote a letter to Countess Rathlou Friday In which she asked her to take Dr. Collins back and make him hani'V. Inquiry, however, at the Rothlou apartments last night, de veloped that no such letter had been re ceived and further inquiry by the Count and Countess, in the company of an Ore Ionian representative, at the Postoffice fail-d to find the letter. It is believed that this part of her story was fictitious. Tells of Married Life. Following the lead of Mr. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Collins In disconnected sentences re lated chapters of their married life. She spoke in low tragic tones, wringing her hands hysterically, at times almost reel ing out of ttie chair, pulling with both iiands at her mass of black hair, streaked with a sparse grayness and occasionally tlirom-ing back her head and gazing with a wild, tragic stare at ber questioner. "Mu&t all of these remain here," she asked, glaring at the detectives. "All 1 can see Is eyes, eyes." Then she became more composed and muttered: "I am guilty. All I want is to get through with this. Hurry. I am going mad. I say mad." Then she laughed softly and continued: "The poor, dear boy. He was good to me, but 1 loved him to distraction. He was my life. I thought he was a god. He loved me. I know It' .All efforts to wring from her the actual circumstances of the shooting were fruit less. "Did you fire one or two shots," asked Mr. Fitzgerald. "What does all that matter7" she re sponded. "I say I did It. He has got the gun (pointing to Detective Snow) nd you can see how many allots were fired." as He IX-ad?" She Ask. "He was shot once. I think," said Snow, and before he could say more Mrs. Collins was on her feet and eagerly asked if he was dead. On be ing told that he was, she asked Snow to let her see the revolver. This was denied her. as It was believed she In tended to kill herself with the weapon u sne secured it. "Have I no friends In the world?" she asked. "Oh send for my daughter at Fisher's Landing. Have all of my rricmis deserted me in this hour? "They think they know me. but they don't. I have done many things. I am a dangerous woman. My life Is known to no one. Send an automobile for my naugmer. i win pay for It with my own money, jt is my own. too. further questioning developed that j'r. Collins and his wife had been hav ing trouble for some weeks. lie told me he didn't love me." the wife said. "I have been planning to kill him all along. He took a revolver from me once, but I got another. No. he kept his own revolver under the pillow. I am guilty anyway. What Is all of this for? I did it. v -j. -"V twins i f t ; :: .jgzj- W Wjr: 7!Jw riVV o-v "fV ". .t. ill ' .one . j' ; f . : - i2Ss-2--sft-AfiK3sk . & . :.. n lp FIRST WIFE TALKS L ;-"b::; M Countess Rathlou Calls Mrs. . t - ' fr f ; "itf ' Collins' Jealousy Baseless. IS - cV; J - " 1" NOW HAPPY WITH HUSBAND - . , W X. CsJJ Woman who FlRurcd in I.lopcment a i8S Says 'Physician Was Only 1 - ' ' - ' Friend Since Her Return J rf-r.f'J'-i. : . ' j "f Three Weeks Ago. ' I ' " iHArTED BY H:R SUSPICIONS. t I I? . -J - ' r" ESBBBSSIBSSSSSS GENUINE BARGAINS IN MEN'S AND BOYS' SPRING SUITS Men's Suits College Suits REGULAR $40.00 REGULAR $35.00 REGULAR $30.00 REGULAR $25.00 REGULAR $20.00 SUITS $30.00 SUITS $26.50 SUITS $22.50 SUITS $19.50 SUITS $14.85 REGULAR $35.00 SUITS $26.50 REGULAR $30.00 SUITS $22.50 REGULAR $25.00 SUITS $19.50 REGULAR $20.00 SUITS $14.85 REGULAR $15.00 SUITS $11.85 Boys'1 Knickerbocker Suits REGULAR $20.00 SUITS $15.00 REGULAR $15.00 SUITS $12.50 REGULAR $10.00 SUITS $ 7.50 REGULARS 6.50 SUITS $ 5.00 SELLING EN LEADING CLOTHIER MILWAUKEE CUTS RATES MAKES BID FOR WHEAT TRAF FIC TO Pl'GET SOUND. me. The thought of my busband belonging 'to some one else. For weeks I thought of it and my love Increased. I tried to hate him, but my heart would, not let me. I saw It in my dreams another woman with my husband in her armsL "I couldn't stand it. During the day while he was at the office I couldn't help brooding over it. I could almost see him with other women. I con sulted spiritualists and they told me ray sunrtlees were correct. It drove me Insane. I only half slept. I would awake and my heart would be hurting as if a knife had been driven Into tt. My brain became hot and my head would almost burst. I didn't know what I was doing. I had it all planned. They should not take him from me." statement by Mrs. Collin. Friend Warned Collins. This latter part of her story was born out by Dr. Frisbla. who had previously aavised Jjr. (Junius to remain away rrora ins wire, as tie reared there might oe a tragedy. "I suRsested to rr. Collins that be a-et a revolver and take the shells out of it and place It In the house. This he did. but his wife had a revolver of her own. about whii-h I am sure Dr. Collins knew nothlnar. TVe hoped that she might attempt to Kill mm. If she should, with the unloaded pun. When she first drew the revolver on him he wrung; It from her hand. It was a .32-caliber. The one with which the shot was fired was . 3S-caliber, so I presume she purchased norner. Soon after the examination Judg-e P. I. Willis arrived and refused to permit any further interrogation of the woman, rr. Jefferson also came and ad ministered opiates at regular intervals of half an hour for the remainder of the day. After she became quieter, she whs placed in a cell in the women's ward at Porlce Headquarters. It was then she attempted auicide. Fear of this and her critical condition led to s.ndtiiK her to the County Jail. Both her mental and physical condition be came such that she was later sent to the Mountain View Sanitarium, al though she continued hysterical late int. the richt. finally falling: asleep irom sneer exhaustion. A formal complaint, charg-lna- first desree murder, was sworn to by Ie tertive Snow and Issued from the Dis trict Attorney's office early yesterday afternoon. Sunbonnets Save Lives. SOUTH WKffALK. Conn.. July 24. linr: their sunbonnets as bailers when tlie boat In wnlcn tney were being; driven bv a strons wind was filling; with water. Sl'sa Marian Weeks and Miss Henrietta l-hman. of Yorkers, JC. Y.. managed to koep trie craft an oat until rescued yesterday. "I am happy with my own husband and there Is absolutely no foundation for Mrs. Collins' Jealousy of me." Such was the comment of Countess VIkco von Holsteln Rathlou. former wife of Dr. Roy A. Miles Collins, from whom she was divorced by Judge Mor row in the Circuit Court last September. She was married to Count Rathlou on October 22. 1908, less than a month from the date of the divorce decree. hlch was secured by Dr. Collins, and which was granted by the court through the failure of the defendant to appear. Her own statement was Dorne out by her husband and both appeared to he slncerelv grieved at uie tragedy. 'We were both very xona oi ur. coi- Uns Just as a friend," they said, ana he has been here since we. returned io Portland three weeks aso and told us all about his troubles and of Ws Intended separation from his wife. Dr. Collins was In hard financial circumstances and had borrowed poo from his wife. . Of tills he had paid back JS0 and would have left her several days ago had the re mainder been returned, we offered to let him have the money, but he re fused it." Conntess Tells Her Story. The story of the elopement of Countess Rathlou. then Mrs. ColIinB, from Portland with the Danish noble man In July or los. created a sensa tion at the time. They went East and wherever Uiey visited the story fol lowed them. Soon afterward the young Count, accompanied by Mrs. Collins. went to his home In Denmark. His father. Baron C. F. E. Holsteln. sire of one of Denmark's oldest and most noble families, received them cordially and supplied his son with sufficient funds to return to' America. This they did, arriving In New York last October, and were married in St. Louis by Rev. w. Davles Pittman, pastor of the First Christian Cuurch of that city. My husband's father wanted us to marry there, but I had not then received notice of my divorce." said Countess Rathlou. "Here Is our marriage certifi cate. UmJer what circumstances did wo meet? Doctor and I were still living to gether at the time Vlggo came to Portland. He was short of funds and fell in with Dr. Collins, who brought him out to our house until he couid hear from home. Soon after Dr. Collins and I part ed. At that time he wanted to pay me (1000 he owed me, but I refused to take it. I then went away with Vlggo. From Xew York we went home and then came back and were married in St. tauis. "We returned home and remained sev eral months, afterward visiting in various CJTDT tsQZJ, . WOJVsfM CACSGfZ' SCATS' foreign countries, where my husband was received in the best society, finally re turning to grand old America one month ago. coming direct to Portland from New York. "No one could be more sorry than wa of the tragedy. Dr. Collins talked to us of It and we sympathized with him. We are trying to lead a quiet life and ex pected to remain in Portland a few months, when we will return to Denmark. My husband Is good to me. but we have had so much trouble. Everyone seems to think we have done something awful."' Count Rathlou is 27 years of age. His wife is 24 and was married to Dr. Collins at the age of 17 years. That was in Dtn Moines, Iowa, and he was a young medt cal student and she a chorus girl. "He was always good fo me and I don't believe there was ever a truer man," she said, "but I was young and to me when we were married he was the only man. My parents died wheit I was young. I was born in Kentucky and come from blue-blooded family, but had to shift for my own livelihood." Countess Rathlou was gowned In a dark tailor-made suit of a rich fabric anj when seen was ore pared for the street. She wore a dark silk muffler about her throat and a simple black hat. decorated with a small dark band and a single black feather. Count Has Dropped Title. Count Rathlou Is a healthy, athletic looking man and corresponds to the popular conception of a foreign noble man or that type, nis Drown hair is very thick, long and curly. His com plexion Is perfect and a Roman nose, perfect mouth and teeth make of him what might be called a handsome man. 'Don't call me count. I do not claim any title.. I want to be a plain Ameri can." he said. Countess Rathlou was surprised when told that Mrs. Collins had written her letter. "I am sure I have never re ceived one," she said. "I can conceive of no reason why she should be jealous of me. I only met her once since we returned and did not know that they were even married until then. 1 telephoned to Dr. Collins" mother at Salem this afternoon. She has our little boy, Billy, and says that we must take hhn now." Count Rathlou and wife arrived In Portland three weeks ago and were guests at the Perkins Hotel until a fev days ago. when they rented a flat at 226 Tenth street. The room Is fitted with elegant mahogany furniture. which) has not yet been arranged. COIXIXS WEDDED IX HAWAII Wife Who Shot Him Was Mrs. Kate Van Winkle Dr. Collins was married to his second wife in Honolulu last May. Soon after his separation from his first wife he went to the home of Mrs. Collins, then Mrs. Kate Van Winkle, on Couch street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, to board. Mrs. Van Winkle was a seamstress and had lived In Portland several years. She was married at the age of 15 years to Mark Va Winkle from whom she was divorced several years ago. He is now In Idaho. They have one daughter. who Is living. Mrs. Collins has consider able money. Dr. Collins Is a native of Iowa. His father disd when he was 1 year old and his mother later married B. J. Miles, superintendent of the Iowa State Reformatory. He attended Iowa State University and later studied medicine at the Iowa State Medical College In Des Moines. It was there he met hia first wife, then Nora Land, a chorus girl. and they were married before he finished his course. That was in 1902. He gradu ated? in 1904, and practiced in Iowa over a year, coming to Portland in 1906. He was successful here until his wife and he separated and she went away with Count Riggo von Holstein Rathlou. This was In July, 1S08. In September of the same year he secured a divorce and his first wife was remarried. Collins' stepfather first came to Oregon in 1K93 and organized the pioneer state reformatory school of this state.- After two years he returned .to Iowa and re sumed the head of the Iowa school, later returning nere ana locating near Salem on a fruit ranch, where lie has lived since. Dr. Collins' mother is still living ana is neartDroken over her son s death. but was unable to come to Portland yes terday. M.r. Miles was unable to leave his wife and neither will be here probably oeiore j&onaay. A post mortem examination of Collins body disclosed tlie fact that only one snot was fired, entering the left breast, passing through and coming out on the right side. , severing an artery near the neart. Dr. Collins was a man well liked by his associates and is spoken of highly by medical men in Portland, who deeply deplore the tragedy. The opinion Is uni versal that he could not have been guilty of anything which would have justified the suspicions of his wife. WILL TAKE ALL EVIDENCE Court Will Examine Report o Thaw's Sanity at Trial. NEW YORK, July 24. The report of the commission that inquired Into the mental condition of Harry K. Thaw during his first trial for the murder of Stanford White, and all letters and ex hibits bearing on the case will pe pro duced In court when the hearing to settle the question of Thaw's present sanity Is resumed in White Plains next Monday. An order to this effect was signed by Justice Mills today. Announces Absorption of All Switch ing Charges Heretofore Made by Other Roads. m 4 vi a Tttiv- 94 One nf the most J. KJ dlA . 1 .T : nnnvat nng in iNnrtnwest ran OWCCiub - . j . Vio ti nbsnrntion here ruuu u&iin. " " - after of all switching charges on graii at Tacoma ana oeaine leiuum. ta. fnrtflv bv the Mil 11 Wi j - - , o.tiMaj that It will deliver grain waun.ee j . "... i v. at any dock or mill on any railroad In either city, free or swiicmns i" collected by other roads. The ruling will . i f onnmTlmiLtAlv nil P-hn 1 f cent per bushel in the price paid growers by Tacoma ana oeaiue t. i u.nraii that the Knrthern Pacific ..i. rimat Tnrtriern ana jsonnern tra. cific will take like action. rr.i,. .(tomnl nn thA nsirt of the un...!..!. nallrnnH Vn reduce the rate tn Tacoma or Seattle will be met by the roads Coming ihlo rurimim wtLo uia opinion expressed by a' local traffic man when the above dispatch was read to him. nt.ncAa (hat th "Mil wnu Ire marl makes in the present charges will neces sarily be a reduction in tne rate. Any or Tacoma will be met by the roads com ing into Portland, eitner m tne torm or reduced switching charges or in a lower rate, 'or in a reduction from present Tt nnnln ha follv trt net-mlt a railroad like the Milwaukee, which has to haul over a mountain, 10 oxier lower n thnn narla whir-h havn a down grade haul, as those coming into Fort land have." Week Wasted In Calhoun Case. SAN FRANCISCO. July 24. 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I followed directions for making carefully, allow ing it to boil twenty minutes after It came to the boiling point, and added cream, which turned it to the loveliest rich-looking and tasting drink I ever saw served at any table, and we have used Postum ever since. I gained five pounds In weight In as many weeks, and now feel well and strong .n every respect. My headaches have gone, and I am a new woman. My husband's Indigestion has left him, and he can now eat anything. "There's a Reason." Read "The Road to WellviUe," in pkgs. Ever read the above letterr A new one appear from time to time. They re genuine, true, and full of human. Interest, week devoted to formation of the jury that will try Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Railroads, on a second in dictment charging the offer of a bribe ended today without qualification of a single talesman. The general result of four days' effort is regarded as discour aging. 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