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Show SWEETHEARTS COMMIT SUICIDE ON RIVER BANK Alexandria, Mo., April- 9. Their arms entwined, tho bodies of Herman Partlett and Belva Pugh, sweethearts, were found lying on the bank of the Mississippi, three miles below hens, last night, after a search of many hours, following the finding of a noto telling of their Intention to suicide together. " Through -the forehead of each was a powder-burned wound. A revolver lay. beneath them. The young couple left their homes at l o'clock Monday morning. They wrote a noto saying they would drown themselves together at a stated place In the river. Nothing has been learned lndlcat ing any reason for their decision to die |