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Show Published Every Saturday WEEKLY PUBLISHING COh INC. i A. W. RAYBOULD, BUSINESS MANAGER 8UB8CRIPTION PRICE: Including postage in the United 8tates, Canada and Mexico; $2.50 per year, $1.50 for six months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal Union, $4.50 per year. BY GOODWIN'8 Payments should be made by Check, Money Order or Registered Letter, payable to The Citizen. Address all communications to The Citizen. Entered as second-clas- s matter, June 21, 1919, at the postoffice at 8alt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 8alt Lake City, Utah Ness Bldg.. Phone Wasatch 5409 311-12-- . 13 OH GOD, WHERE IS THY SUNLIGHT Rosemary Carnarvon Sparkman had much to live for in this life, but she could not see it that way. To have seen her two beautiful and bright children develop into manhood and womanhood would be the natural ambition of most Women. She, however, murdered them while the little dears were sleeping by administering chloroform and then turned on the gas to make sure of the inhuman job. None can have pity for such a woman, and yet, what is the other side of her life storv? It is reported that her doctor said she was suffering from neurasthenia. This is a condition of nervous debility brought on by a depression of the vital forces and is usually caused by a prolonged mental strain which finally develops into nervous prostration. It is further reported that under such spells of morbid brooding, Mr. Sparkman was advised to temporarily leave his wife. If she was at all unbalanced she should never have been left alone because that would only make her worse. She was left alone once too often, and then she killed her two children and then committed suicide. Why would any woman kill herself and her children? What was there behind the scenes which drove this woman to distraction and finally to murder? Upon investigation THE CITIZEN finds that Mr. Colley F. Sparkman and his wife quarreled last Friday and during this quarrel he struck her. She then went to the police department and swore to a warrant for his arrest, charging battery. She was struck in the face and had other marks on her body. That was the last time that Mr. Sparkman ever saw his wife alive, or his children; that was probably the time that Mrs. Sparkman made up her mind to end it all. Some of the neighbors say that the two people frequently quarreled and at such times the. man would leave the house and remain away for a few days. The opinion appeared to be that they could not live harmoniously together, nor could they live apart. It was just 03 ne of those sad and unhappy marriages which bring grief to all concerned in spite of all anyone can do or say. Both parties had a higher education. She was a brilliant and intellectual: woman and was a writer of ability. During the last few weeks of her life on this earth she wrote her feelings into verse, probably the most pathetic being The Seeker, which was a plea to God for a little sunlight, and was first published in THE CITIZEN, November 29: Thy child is weary Father, Who in thine arms hath lain; The years were full of sorrow, Tears dripping like. the rain. And days have dragged so slowly, Through all the weary years, q My soul has felt the prickings, Of myriad pointed spears. ; . And in the deepening shadows, My comfort is my pain, And louder than the night winds, Comes whispers of the rain. Oh, God, where is thy sunlight? Which scattereth all tears? Where is that mighty Presence? Where perish mortal fears? . And thus was closed lifes chapter of a sad and distracted wife who sacrificed herself and two babes upon the altar of death to escape the hardships she had encountered in this life. Had she been once she became discouraged, the rest was probably easy. Mrs. Sparkman was a descendant of the Carnarvons of Scotland, one of the most prominent families and Scottish clans of that she country. She was given an excellent education, but evidently, was not born to happiness. This murder and suicide case is the most peculiar that has ever taken place in this city. To read the daily papers it was simply a crazy woman who wiped out her family and the least said about it the better. She was unbalanced in her mind, if the reports of her husband and doctor can be taken for anything her supposed melancholy spells came on naturally. No reason was given what brought these spells on or the cause of them. She was just crazy, that was all. But the sensational part of the whole thing is that the day previous to her death she was beaten by her poor bereaved husband and she swears out a warrant for his arrest. He then disappears from the house, reported to have gone away on some business, and before he shows up again, his wife and babies are found dead in the house. According to all appearances the crime was commitled Saturday night and was not discovered until late Sunday afternoon. The question with the public now is whether she was driven to commit this crime because of the beating she had received I riday and because of the fear that there was more in store for her because she dared to go to the police for protection. FANATICS When it comes to freak laws, New York state takes the lead. Any one who wants to vote in that state must have a certificate showing, graduation from the eighth grade or hold a certificate of literacy. one Every good citizen ought to vote hut according to this ruling any who has not been fortunate enough to go through the first eight grades of school is not a good citizen in New York. This ruling is in direct violation of the Constitution of the United States which does not rate its citizens according to their educational abilities. For mans or womans own good it is absolutely necessary to have an education in our common schools especially, and prelei-ablin our universities and. colleges, but there may be circumstances which prevents any education. If it has been impossible for the hoy JNewr or girl to secure the necessary education to measure up to the y -- |