Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-08-08 | Page 12 | Wife's Greeting Chills Soldier

WIFE'S GREETING CHILLS SOLDIER Ernest Lee Who ho Ends Life I Got Handshake Ins Instead ead of Embrace at Station Because Mrs tIrs Nellie Lee extended her hand Instead or of embT embracing her husband hus- hus hus hus- band Ernest at lt tho the station Sunday when he returned from serving sering In the arm army arms In France is believed cd by Leos Lees I family Camily to have caused him to commit suicide Wednesday This declares Lees Lee's brother Joseph wa was tho the first intimation Ernest had had that his wife ceased to love lovo him hini lm lI Ho had been beon In a soldiers' soldiers m mental hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital In Virginia Wife's Letters nd I Copies Cople of lett letters rs furnished the police last Jast night purported to have been Leen writ writ- ten by Mrs lr Lee while 11 he was In the tho army and addre addressed sod to Ernest are art couched In th time the most niost endearing terms and signed Lovingly your oUr wife and bab baby S. S 1 It was learned by the poll police co last night that Mrs Lee had told her hu husband husband hus hus- band and that sho she ceased to love him and had agreed ed to allow him to get a divorce which was wasted to tv have havu been granted s In Judge Browns Brown's court Wednesday lIay at ut 2 p p. p m n. n Mrs Lee and her hor attorney were there say the police but L Lee e killed himself four hours en earlier r I I e r He Report port portA A letter from Col W W. H H. Richardson Richardson Rich filch ardson to Mrs I W. W H II Lee mother moLher of oC Ern Ernest st Lee says In In reply to your yur recent l letter to Colonel Taylor laylor which has been forwarded forward forward- ed here wh ru y your ur son I is a patient I wish to say that Jie he has suffered from mental symptoms as as you OU realize which require hospital treatment but he Jle Isnow isnow Is Is' now liow Improving rapidly and ha has applied In the thc proper vay 1 t for tor dl discharge charge This application has been foi warded forwarded and It Is la hoped that It will be approved and und that your tour son will be bo discharged In the courso of or a short time It IB la t to be tie hoped that he ho continues to improve eJ at homo home as as' you 1 0 sug r suggest Since Im h he has has' done so in the past it IL would seem pr probable bablo that he would again improve e