THE DAILY COOS1 BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1907.
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WHITLOW CONFESSION
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else, and that she could not go out of
her own house, could not go down
town, could not and would not go to
church If she could get out of It.
Said she was simply going crazy,
wild, and she would not live If I did
not go with her.
"I prayed night and day that she
would change and go Into society
and go with young men and be hap
py. And I begged her to do that.
But she mado her visits more fre
quent and became more daring and
more persistent. She began threat
ening to kill herself on my porch and
all such horrible things. Threatened
to kill my wife. Threatened to kill
hersplf In my house tluio and time
again.
"I was at my wits' end to know
what to do. I was afraid when I was
late getting home, lest I should find
her or my wife dead there. I suf
fered untold misery, and it kept me
busy deceiving my wife about the
noises about the house.
"My wife slept in ono bedroom and
I in another, and Miss Sapp would
scratch on my screen until I'd go to
the window and usually I would have
to go out and sit there till midnight
before she would go or allow me to
go in, all this time telling me what
dreadful things she would do if I did
not leave my family and go with her.
I tried every way I could think of to
prevent anything that would cast
sorrow on her folks and mine, and re
peated the awfulness of it to her until
I despaired.
"I sometimes thought I'd go to her
parents and tell them, but dreaded
the task and put It off, hoping sho
would chango and let me alone. She
would leave her house after her pa
rents were asleep and climb down the
front porch post and return by climb
ing upon the well curb and onto the
south porch and enter at a window.
"My wife often asked me about
certain sounds and if I were out of
the house, and I could not tell her the
truth for fear that she would watch
for her and see who it was and tell
her folks. When sho heard I was
about to sell the dray she came down
and said if I undertook to leave she
would kill herself, for unless sho saw
me every day on that wagon she
would not live. She said that if for a
single day I left that wagon she
would come and rub her blood on ev
erything wo had.
"Oh, these awful things made my
heart sick and for eight months I
have lived In a horrible fear. I tried
to act at home and at work as If
nothing was wrong, but when alone
I prayed for deliverance.
"Ono rainy night she kept mo
standing out by the house until after
midnight, and I took that severe
rheumatism the next morning. If I
would try to go In she would say sho
would go In and kill herself and I
could not persuade her to leave. She
would say that she could not stay at
home and sleep a wink and that she
was going to stay .right there till
morning. No pleading would avail
anything.
Son Saw Her One Night.
"The evening that she heard I was
going to sell out she stayed a long
time and in vain I tried to get her to
go.
"I finally wont into bed and pre
tended to sleep. She kept knocking
and scratching at my window until
sho awakened my boy and I was beg
ging her to go away when he woke up
I spoke to him and told him to be
good and he cried and asked me
what lady I was talking to.
"I tried to quiet him by telling him
that he was dreaming, but he still
cried and said that I was telling her
to go away and he wanted me to
make her go.
"Ho got up and looked at her, he
could see her cape, but did not see
her face. I told him not to tell his
mamma, because she was so nervous
and she would be afraid. He looked
so sad next day and cried some.
"After he had seen her there she
went away from the window and I
fell asleep but Hollidge did not, and
after awhile she returned and pound
ed against the screen and he was so
scared that he sprang up and hal
lowed "go away," and I woke up and
wont out and told her to please go.
"I said Hollidge has seen you and
ho is afraid and she said she did not
care and that she did it on purpose,
but said she would go now, but if she
did not see mo the next day sho
would bo back. She always said that
sho would be back every night and
every nigWt.
"So on the Tuessday evening that I
had given up the dray, I was tremb
ling with fear, and got my wife and
children off to bed and I was afraid
to go to bed.
"I stepped out on the kitchen
porch and out on the steps to see If I
really heard anyone and as I stepped
off the porch there was Miss Sapp
flourishing a razor desperately.
"Sho declared that she had come
to do what she had said she would do
and she waived It frantically and ut
tered awful .threats and as I tried to
speak sho slashed mo across the
hand. I went to Dr. De Long the
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order to shield the real cause I told
that I cut It on a scythe. '
"She went through a lot of tan
trums as sho had many times before,
only more desperately this time.
She would pound the ground with the
razor and flash It dreadfully close to
my face and once she hacked her
tunt till 1. bled a little. Sho
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would pull her hair and pound her
self on the head.
"All my begging and pleading was
in vain. I went off to the woodpile
by the alley and sat down and prayed
and watched, for she would walk
back and forth about the yard by the
house, sometimes pretending to start
"About midnight she came out
where I was and sat down. I did not
speak and there we sat for a long
time. I flnaly started out into the
alley and she came after me and be
gan telling her Intentions of killing
herself.
"I pleaded wlh her as I had a
hundred times, I presume, to give it
all up, that sho could have anything
she wanted at home and that she
could get plenty of good, nice men
that would be glad to get her. But,
alas, she would scoff the idea and
said, as always before, that she nev
er would care for anyone el3e and
that sho wished that she was dead.
This kind of talk continued, I
trying io persuade her to go, and sho
would not. It was bright moon
light, and her animated talk at
tracted the attention of Mr. and Mrs.
Rees, who listened, and Mr. Ree3
came out to his alley, and finally I
saw him, and said: "There is Mr..
l?ees now, watching." I said, "Come
I'll go part way with you."
"We went north to the railroad,
and I returned home. Mr. Rees call
ed me to the door, and told me of
seeing a man and woman. I tried to
deceive everyone in regard to this.
I went to her fence every evening
after and begged her not to como
buck; that my wife and all the
neighbors were in a ferment about
the alley affair.
"Sho accused me of trying to
scare her 'to keep her away, and de-'
clared she would not live any longer.
She said she would come to me the
next night, and if 3he did not see mo
she would end it all.
Has Vision of the Tragedy.
"I was afraid she would, so I hur
ried up there Friday night and sig
naled her that I was there. Sho
came out to the alley, and I told her
that I had told my wife the whole
business, and now we must stop;
that I could not see her any moro.
"Sho wanted me to come Into the
garden to talk, where we would not
bo seen. She then said sho would
die thoro, and drew the razor, and
with a shriek slashed her throat. At
the same time I sprang forward and
seized the razor to prevent her, but
It only made the attempt worse. As
I seized It from her I think she cut
her hands. As I seized thei razor
from her she tured and foil. I In
terror ran out, and with agony of
spirit I ran homo.
"When there at the yard I real
ized that I still held her razor, and
not thinking what to do, washed It
off and dropped It in my pocket and
went In the hpuse, told tho family I
heard screams and would go. So I
ran back and threw her razor down
where it was found.
"This Incident with all my former
trouble, Is more than I caro to re
member, and I must leave this life.
No ono over lived who loved his wife
pnd family better than I do mlno,
and I have a host of relatives that
will be brokenhearted. Rut I did
everything In my power that I could
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think of to prevent the unhappy girl
doing the way she did. I was so
sorry for her people. I often told
her how it would kill them for her
to do that, but she said she would be
dead; it would not matter to her.
This is the awfulest thing that
oer could ue connected with nn In
nocent man, and one upon whom all
this trouble has been forced against
his will. May God be merciful to
the unfortunate. I have not told
half, but it is all about tho Dame, So
good -by.
S. P. WHITLOW.
Postscript to Statement.
P. S. There are so many things
I have forgotten to say that I wish
mention a few in addition to the fore
going statement.
Beforo Miss May Sapp found out
in which part of the (house I slept In
and that my wife slept in another
room, she did not make any noise to
attract attention, but would move
half a dozen articles about tho yard
so that I would know that she had
been there.
Sometimes she would set a Jug on
the front porch, sometimes put It In
the rain barrel and several times
twisted bunches of her hair on tho
screen knobs. These I did not find
rnd my wife found them and won
dered what It could mean and It wor
ried her so much.
Every morning I would put things
In order.
I deceived my wlfo by every means
I could devise In order to keep tho
awful thing from becoming known
by my folks and by Miss Sapp'a folks.
I did not want her people to know
how sho was doing, for I knew It
would nearly kill them and I thought
If I could keep It quiet awhllo maybo
I could get away.
I planned many times to leave, but
could not get ready In tlmo. Sho al
ways Bald If I undertook to leave sho
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would dash her blood In our faces be
fore wo could get away. Sho would
say. If I slipped off sho would como
and kill, herself and my wife, too.
Sho told mo Tuesday night that sho
had come to show mo that sho would
do what she said sho would and that
she had left a note In her room toll
ing her folks not to bring any preach
er Into the house.
All these facts I never would have
told if It was not to protect my dear,
Innocent ones from what may bo im
posed on me. S. F. WHITLOW.
Frcbh Crabs Daily.
Wo also havo two fishermen to
supply us with Fresh Fish ovory day,
Including deep sea fish, mussels and
clams, when they aro to bo had. Tho
Ellorby market, No. Front St.
Four dollars for tho first hour
and reduced rates for a longer tlmo.
j See Mr. Androws at tho Coos Bay
I Transportation office. A streot dock.
,111s automobile Is for hlro.
The Dull Scholar
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Miiny n so-called dull scholar is so
hoc. use of bonie defect of tho oyes.
Don't neglect tho eyes of your
children. Itrlng them In and if
there is no error mo will tell you
so.
f. J. HAYES, Optometrist.
Nearly Hearty for Ii.isuicsa.
Cnvanaugh and unapmnn are
nearly ready to open their machine
shop at the south end of tho Smith
Co. retail yard, just off Broadway,
they havo their machinery on hand
and aro arranging It. A. B, Daly,
of tho Willamette Iron and Steel
works, delivered tho machinery
three days after ho resolved tho
older.