Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-12-04 | Page 4 | Letters Clear Death Mystery

LETTERS CLEAR DEATH MYSTERY' Tacoma Man Shoots Wife, 1 Spares Lover and Leaves Note of Explanation TAfii.M V. Was)).. Dec. 4 Following discovery of two letters In the trunk of E, W Cunningham, who has been missing sine,- his formel w ife was Shot lo. death In her apartment Wednesday Wednes-day night. Prosecuting Attorney W. D, Askren announced a murder charge would be filed .'urainst Cunningham. One letter addressed by Cunningham Cunning-ham to his employers said: "I have no regrets at all In this action I am laklne. My wife wrecked three homes." The letter indicated that Ray E. Moon, the man who was with Mrs. Cunningham before her death, and who Is still held in the city Jail, came near being a victim "I would have settled Moon's career ca-reer some time ago. but i understand hlS wife Is not well and Strong, and j needs him," Cunningham wrote. In a letter to his mother, as reyegli i by tli" police. Cunningham made known his Intention to commit suicide. sui-cide. He adked that his bod be cremated cre-mated and the ashes scattered In a public park hers In the light of the letters it was de-l elded by Prosecutor Askren that no Inquest is necessary over the body of I Mrs. Cunningham. No trace of Cunningham has been found, and the police directed the! search on the theory that Cunningham had gon in hlr. automobile over the I Canadian border or had driven to some out-of-the-way spot and taken his life. oo