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Show WIFE LEAVES EXPLANATION ! OF HER CRIME! Husband Blames Seance for Murder and Attempted Suicide WRITES MANY PAGES Believed She Could Guide Mate Better From Place in Heaven NEWARK, N J. April 14. Mrs.) Maud Pancher, who swallowed poison1 yesterday after slaying her ba'ov son,' Cecil Raymond, hoped to guide hot husband to happiness as an emancipated emanci-pated spirit She is at death's door n the city hospital The story of her belief In spirltual-( spirltual-( ism was told In the three lettors one of 20 pages written before sho I 100k the poison, one after the baby's j death and the third as sho was half ! conscious. Mr Fahcher said that soon after they were married three years ago he I and his wife attended a seance and j both talked to their dead parents. I Since that time he said. Mrs. Fancner had taken a great Interest in splrit-I splrit-I ualism. BI AMI S SEANCE "That seance," he said, "put the ' whole Idea Into her hi nd. She thought I she could do better for me If bit were dead, and would guide in from heaven." Mrs. Pancher'S health had oeen VI ry poor since the birth of their son and she felt, the letters Indicated, thai hT death would relieve h- 1 hus'i.in l of .1 severe handicap. She took th-; baby's life because she could not be., r to think of some one else caring for the baby, she said "Dear, my heart is breaking at leaving you and vou love the baby so, too." she wrote, "but remember you are to get yourse'f another on and a sweet one. too. for I am going to guide you until yo j d . ' KNOWS HEB MIND "Darling belovy-1 husband.'' anorher letter started I nm writing ou a line mi this Queer ulcldo and I know wh.it 'everyone will nay "Oh, she has lost her mind" but I haven't by a long ways 1 know Just -hat 1 am doing ! 1 want you to get ma Tin SI again If you 1 wish. You know about spiritualism j and I want you to vo where yo 1 can talk With me." While physicians mv there Is little chance for the woman's 1 oyory, n I slated today if she 'lid y.ct ni l. .!). i would try suicide .,.in and "next time." she said. "I'll malts 1 g70tl job I of It, you may be BUV !." |