FLYER’S SUICIDE

Hokitika Guardian, 23 April 1932, Page 5

FLYER’S SUICIDE

MRS MILLER FREED

EVIDENCE IN CLARKE’S LETTERS

(United Press Association.—By Electrn 1 elegraph.—Copyright. ) (Received this clay at 9.2 ft a.in) NEW YORK, April 22. A message from Miami (Florida), states that Mrs Miller has been exonerated in the fatal shooting of her flame, Hadeu Clarke, aged thirty-one. The .state Attorney, Dir Vernon Hawthorne, said that he was convinced that Mrs Miller was in no way connected with the shooting, and she was released from gaol Clarke was fatally wounded in bed a few hours after he and Mrs Miller had told Captain Lancaster of thoic plans to be married. Mrs Miller’s acquaintance with Clarke turned into love, and he wrote the story <>) her life. At the funeral service, Mi's Miller met Mrs Ida. Clarke, mother of the dead mail. The women embraced, and wept. In ".stigatoi i said that- notes_ left by Clarke pointed conclusively to suicide. Mrs Clarke agreed, and said that her son Hart financial worries. Mrs Miller and Captain Lancaster are emphatic ill their assertions that Clarke took his own life. Letters found by investigators from Mrs Miller and Clarke to Captain Lancaster, told of their intentions to marry, and an answering telegram from Captain Lancaster on Sunday told the two, that lie did not want to he the dog in the manger, and wished them every happiness. He urged that they defer their marriage till his return. One of Clarke’s notes, addressed to Lancaster, read: “Bill, 1 can’t make the grade. Tell Chubb,ie of our talk, and my advice is ‘Never.' leave her again.’ ” A note to Mrs Miller said: “The economic situation is such that T can’t go through with it. You have Bill. He is the whitest man I know.”