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Show wmm Hire mmm i m : JHliEI;: Police Running Down Mystery Regarding Regard-ing Colorado Woman- Think She Sent Message for Purpose of Coyeririg Disappearance; Dis-appearance; Had Strenuous Career.; What is believed by. the police to; be a .plot to escapetv a criminal proceeding by a pretended -suicide, and the proposed pro-posed shipping of a body to carry out the pretense, is being be-ing unearthed by the police of Salt Lake City, Denver and Montrose, Colo. V . . . -. The principal actor in this drama of human affairs is Topsy Wood of Montrose, whose real name is said to be Mrs. Annie Endrick. Her life for- years! has been one of y tumultuous love affaii-s. She was spurned by one man, -with-whom she fell in love, and jilted by another, with whom she expected to elope. . With a criminal trial facing her, and numerous other difficulties, Mrs. Endrick is be- lieved to have planned a pretended suicide. The pretended suicide was to take place in Salt Lakd v City on October 3, but Mrs. Endrick is believed to" Eave become frightened, and on last Monday evening took -a , train for Glenwood Springs, Colo.- - - . . Last Saturday Marshal Gillery of Montrose, Colo., received, a letter .from .a woman who. aigned.her name as Mrs;. Lola Jordan,. po.prietof -of a'roonting; house at 103 Seegad East street. Salt Lake City, in wbiclr-it ws jtared that Topsy Wood had committed suicide by drinking chloroform. . The; ; message failed to go into detail of the-suicide, . Miss Wood 's, or Mrs.: Endrick ', attorney, at-torney, and others interested -in the case at Montrose, hurriedly dispatched ' messages to the police of Salt Lake Cfty, to look into the matter. Detective Detec-tive Burt was detailed on the. cas and went to the place designated in the letter, only to learn that Mrs. Endrick En-drick had departed, stating that Glenr wood Springs . would be her destination. destina-tion. ... ' ' Conflicting Messages. Monday afternoon Mrs. John Wood of Montrose, who is the mother of Mrs. Endrick. received a message from Salt Lake Citv, signed Annie Endrick. and which- simply' said: "I am all right." Later in 'the day the Marshal at Montrose received a message from Salt Lake signed Harry Leigh, which said: "Awaiting instructions what to do with body." . Intended to Disappear. ' From indications, in Salt Lake Citv it is believed ' that Mrs. Endrick intended in-tended to disappear entirely and intended in-tended to do this by a pretended suicide. sui-cide. The letter ana telegrams are believed be-lieved to have all been sent, bv her. With Mrs. Endrick during fier stay in Salt Lake City was Mrs. Hattie M. Roscoe of Montrose, who is also believed be-lieved to have bad some part in the affair. af-fair. Under' Indictment. At the time of the supposed tragic death of Mrs. Eudrick.'she was nnder indictment in Montrose countr, Colo., caartrinjr her with the attempted murder mur-der of Edward Keller, a well-known and wealthy stock owner, and his brid. Mrs.' Endrick was at the Romoua made to murder Mr. and Mrs. Kellec by pitting a large "quantity, of stryeh nine in their food at their cow ranch, which, is near Montrose. .The Kellers wsr absent, from the ranch at th time when - the poison was placed in-the'fuod. in-the'fuod. . A number -of eowboy wh .visited. the place partook of the-food and had narrow escapes from death. Had-Spnrned Her Lor. "-.r : An investigation developed the fart that Topsy Wood, or Mrs. Endrick, secretly se-cretly visited the ranch. She was arrested ar-rested and accusedvof the crime. Keller Kel-ler before marrying his wife had paid more or less attention to Mrs. Endrick, who fell violently in love with him. Th stock grower grew tired of the woman and finallv cast her off. Thin angered Mts. Endrick and she threatened-to- kill Keller and his bride. Mrs. Endrick always insisted that if Keller had.doDj the right thing by her he would baVe married hr. While in Salt Lake Citv Miss Wood, or Mrs. Endrick, declared that she had secured '.several thfwand dollars from. Keller as the result of a breach of promise suit that she commence! against him. Affair With "Jack" Full When Mrs. Endrick's hcarine came I up she was bound over to Ditrit . court in the sum of $500. She furnished bond and was released, when she m"t "Jack" Full, a man-about-town. in .whose company she spent most of her-time. her-time. The couple acted like lovers and. Miss Wood told an intimate that she and Full intended to elope tp Salt Lake. 'and from this place to go to-Goldjield, to-Goldjield, where they were to bo married. mar-ried. The elopement, however, never took place,- for a few days, later Full suddenly sud-denly disappeared and with him went a woman known as Hazel. - Mrs. Endrick is said to have been hurt by this affair aud traveled tt Salt Lake in the hope of findin? Full. When she left Montrose she carried a revolver with her. Besides a mother. Mrs. Endrick ha two brothers and a sister, who live about fifty miles from Montrose. roonnng-Douse in second .bast street until Monday evening, when she left, saying that all her mail should bo addressed ad-dressed to Glenwood Springs. . At the rooming-house she gave two panics. That of Topsy Wood she gave Verbal-lv. Verbal-lv. while that of Annie Endrick was , signed on the register. Trembled and Turned Pale. . When she learned that a detective was looking for her Monday she is said to have trembled and turned pale. She attempted to insinuate that the detective detec-tive was in a plot and that people were trying to make things warm for her. It was here that she received a message mes-sage from her mother asking wh" detectives de-tectives were looking for her ami-asking that she inform her folks what her trouble was. With a trembling hand she wrote the return message which stated that she was all right. Ordered From House. Mrs. Roscoo and Mrs. Endrick went to the Romona rooming-house about a week ago-. They asked for rooms snd secured them, near the rooms of two me. There was some trouble, as bottled bot-tled beer aad midnight lunches were taken to the rooms. Several days ago the landladv discovered that eighteen bottles of Wer had been used in one evening -and she asked the women to leave. Since coming here Mrs. Roscoe has filed suit against her, husband.. Frank A. Roscoe, in which she asked for a divorce di-vorce and the restoration of her maider same. Mrs. Roscoe is believed to be , in the city, but has not been found. Handwriting Compared. A comparison of the. handwriting of Mfs. Endrick at the rooming-house and the letter telling of the suicide are identical. It is believed that Mrs. Endrick became be-came frightened and that the proposed plans fell through. Several months ago an attempt was . |
