Show WHY HE CHOSE TO DEAn DE-An Unpublished Letter From W R Foster DefunctA Good Moral The following letter addressed to the coroner cor-oner of Salt Lake count in connection with the suicide of W H Foster at the St Elmo hotol ia this city on the 31st of December last has just been dug up and will prove interesting reading A the writer kindly got off the earth soon after penning the epistle we let it go just as it was written spelling capitalization punctuation and all punctuaton al SALT LAKE CITY Utah December 5 18 To all whom It may concern I the party who you will find here Is by name w R Foster married man whose wife is at Old Jordan mine Bingham that I have debliberty taken my ow life with suicidal Intenstion be leaving It Is for the best gambling Is the cause of the whole thing I have no more desire to live and learn with the word with sorry For my frend but beleaving I Is for the best for every one connected with me that I should do so I have no money to bury myself nor has my wife and the city will have to bury me and pull a rambling house and line them enough to pay the nil as they were the cause of my death and the cause should be made to foot the bill If the law would be enforced in regards to gambling as it is towards drunkness there would be thousands of happy homes i the west that are not now on account of gambling any thing that you would want to know about me my wife will tell you I you will telephone to Mr Hazelgrove Old Jordan mine sho can give you any information that may be necessary RespectfulW W R FOSTER |