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Show PIPER PLANNED SUE FOR MANY DAYS MUSKEGON, Mich.. Dec. 22. That MIlo IT. Piper, who last night ended his life by hanging himself by his waist belt and collar in a coll at the county jail here, where he was held on a charge of killing Miss Frieda Woichraan, had for some time contemplated con-templated suicide, Is tho belief of tho authorities here. This assumption is based by police on finding a brief note pinned to the dead man's underwear seemingly written writ-ten while Piper was in Hamilton, Ont. It reads: "Dear mother, father and brothor: Thanks for all you have done for me. Take good care of Hilda and Choppy (Piper's wife and 3-year-old son). As you or 1 must go, let it be me. Goodbye Good-bye Ml. I am not guilty. Milo." What Piper meant by the words "you or I must go" has not been determined. de-termined. At the Uottom of the note, written on a piece of paper such as is used in tobacco cans, were the words: "This dope comes from Hamilton." Ham-ilton." It is this notation that leads tho authorities to believe Piper wrote the words before being brought here from Hamilton. They also point out that no lead pencil or means of pinning pin-ning the note to his underwear had been left in the prisoner's cell. At the coroner's Inquest, which will be held tomorrow, Coroner Balbirnle stated lo- day an efort will bo made to determine deter-mine why Piper was left unguarded long enough to permit hiih to hang himself. The cell, H was learned today, to-day, was left unwatched for two hours before Piper's body was found. oo |