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NZ Truth, Issue 65, 15 September 1906, Page 7

Although Americans hold 'a high opinloii of nearly everything AmericanV 'the follow, ing from the pen ;6f '■'-'Th;§«lrresp6nailjic One," m the "Sports of thef Times'? (N«ft York), suggests that many followers of t&6 ing are) not exactly enraptured witbi" ; ihe jockeys now ridfng m that country:— "We have practically no 'riders' to-day; We have a few monkeys who. can silt a hustling finish, who can; handle, a free-running horse, but who among them can time a horse, can place a horse, and 'draw their whip' without letting the head down, without tensing one rein and loosing the other so' that the horses 'swerve under the whip,' as some of- the critics, say, not knowing that the animal is swerving to the tense rein, and from the loofee one. Let any practical man go to the start and note the seat of the modepn boys, who expect the word 'Go' at any breath! Note how many are! sitting m easy chairs, how many have their horses m hand and ready for a start. Then note when the webbing rises. There is no getting a horse into his stride. It is a mad working of the hands back an4 forth, with no object, but a mad hustle on the part of the rider, as though he— and not (he horse— were doing everything. How many times have -we seen a jockey down the stretch, riding for deai life with his hands m a head finish, , the hands' moving spasmodically, but tlbe reins so loose that the work is absolutely without effect on the horse's mouth, although the sides of the neck are being pleasantlj tickled. If the present method had made world-boating jockeys, where are they ? No! m &is country, England, or Fraae»l"

Seldom has a greater sensation been created m any district than by the suicide of. young Frederick Walter CardweU, a grocer's assistant, who was well known m Leichhardt... This young fellow was good-look-ing, aiid' fond of singing favorite songs. The girls* - " ■ ; * FOUND HIM "JOLLY," . <

and me, consequence was that he was not, by any ( ineansj' neglected by them. Indeed, it is a?serted ; by one who knew him well," thaf'ttie girls ran after him. Whether this were so or not, it is certain, that "between two Women"-— if not among three^th'e unfortunate young man -came to great grief/ and was m such dire distress of mind that he made away with himself, and, on Saturday, the 25th ultimo, the police found his corpse m the -Parramatta River. His decided popularity was shown by the phenomenal attendance at his funeral, for it is said that a larger number of people attended his funeral than were present at any other funeral that, has taken place m the district for some years.

MANY AND MYSTIFYINGthat' is, mystifying until carefully investigated by the representatives of "Truth"' —are the rumors that are afloat m Leichhardt, Annandale, and Petersham as to the ■cause of ,the young man's suicide. Some of these rumors are based upon truth; some of .them have no foundation m fact whatvever. tet us at once state that there ia no i truth Whatever m, the rumor as to his accounts having been found m disorder. The . young man was m the employ of Harrison ,and Co., who carry on business as grocers at' the corner of Parramatta-road and Catherine-street, Leichhardt. Mr. Harrison, the principal of the firm, informed us on Thursday 1 that"' "[' '

1 NOTING WRONG had been discovered with Cardwell's accounts, and that, as far as could be known at that date, all the moneys collected' by him had been duly paid ;ih to the firm. Cardwell, it appears, had been entrusted by his employers with the somewhat responsible duties of taking orders and 'collecting accounts. With regard to other matters, those of Cardwell's relations with members of the female sex, things a.re decidedly complicated. He ■ had affectonate relations with at least two young women* and it is also alleged that he had admitted to one of these young women, who - j : ■ •

DECLARED HERSELF ENCEINTE , by him, that he had told her that he was "mixed up m a divorce suit." This was about two months before his death; and, says Miss Winifred Kelly, the young woman who is alleged to be enceinte by him, he seemed to be m considerable distress of mind at the prospect of bis being "mixed up m the divorce suit.? However, she says, things appeared to blow pver, for Cardwell's name was not mentioned m connection with any divorce suit. Now, young Cardwell not only left a young woman, Winfred Kelly, to mourn his dreadful self-inflected death; but he also left a young, and but very

RECENTLY MARRIED, WIFE. What is,, however, most extraordinary about this marriage is .that, , although the marriage ceremony was duly performed (by the Rev. D'r; Zillman) ; on Friday, August 17, and although Cardwell saw her at her place subsequently— the marriage was never consummated!' Thai is to say that the marital act that aqebrdifog- to most authorities is the essence of marriagej and for the usual consequences of which* marriage is said to hare been ordained among men, never took place! T?ruly the' history -6f the amours of Frej __:«u. ■surnlfaT- P.nrrlwpil is a ■

TANTALISING TANGLE. There is not the slightest doubt that" Cardwell did, on the 17th . ultimo, go througli the .ceremony of marriage with. a young woman of 21 years of age, named Elsie Fuller. This marriage the couple mainly concerned kept secret. A representative of "Truth" interviewed 'this young woman; at. her home m Catherine-street, Leichhardt. She does not .look any older than the age mentioned, and is' but slightly built. She was obviously distressed at the death of her husband, and evidently believed that the miserable young man had been

DRIVEN TO DEATH. She said that she knew that another woman, Winifred Kelly, had a desire to secure Cardwell as her husband; but she says that she "is at a loss to; understand how any sort of intimacy could have arisen between Frederick Cardwell and Miss Kelly. "He had been keeping company with me for sii years," said the young woman whom Cardwell married^ "He saw me almost every night, and he always kept his appointments with me ; be never disappointed me. I can?t understand when he saw Miss Kelly privately, unless it was when he called at her place with, the orders. He must have seen her then. I have seen her m Mr. Harrison's shop every Saturday night She would then talk to Cardwell, and laugh at me— laugh mmy face. There is no truth m what she said at the inquest about her having kept company with him for a year." ■ # ... "Will you tell me' the facts as to your, marriage ?" said our representative. "Yes," replied the young woman. "He ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM,

'm order to make sure of me/ as he put it. We sometimes had little quarrels, and I worked m town— as a maker of ordered coats. My working m town' and our little quarrels were .given by him as his reason why we should marry 'm order to make sure, of me.' " .

"But why was the marriage kept secret?" said our' representative. "That was his wish," said the young woman. "We never lived together, and nothing, at any time, ever took place between us." "Do you mean nothing of the intimate nature, that usually takes place between husband and wife?"- said our representative. "Yes," said the young woman. ''During all the tinfe I knew him no such thing ever took placo." , "But why was the marriage kept secret?" our representative again, asked. "Well, I»believe he had made up his mind to go away somewhere, and then to send for me," she replied. . In answer to questions as to why y'ofcng Cardwell committed suicide; the young wow»a. mid that sha though* titfet & Was

owing tb something done or said by Miss Kelly. Just before

HE COMMITTED SUICIDE,

said his widow, Mia? Kelly left a Tetter at the shop. 'CardweU read thisy "turned as whit© as a sheet," said 'Tin settled,'* and went away and killed himself. Ho did not wait even to change his clothes, and was m his working clothes 'when his body was found by 'the police. ■■■. Mrs. CardweU further, said that ,one of the deceased's relatives had informed her that CardweU had been threatened with ten years' imprisonment for having given Miss Itelly a j drug for the alleged purpose of .bringing i about' an abortion. •-. . " *

Our representative , had interviews with other friends and relatives of ihe deceased; and then a theory as to the cause, of the suicide began to take, shape. This,, hypO-' thesis, for. it was potting more,, w*B this: Miss Kelly may have been very anxious to '■ marry Cardwell, and may have told hiih t - that she was enceinte, and urged, hhn,. to. > malrry her, ' He, preferring the other girl; declined to do: this; but, having, perhaps, ■ heard that come cbiemical substance wouia ' BRING ABOUT ABORTION/ obtained it, and gave it to Winifred Kelly. This she handed over to the police, thinking that by so doing she would frighten Cardwell into marrying her; but she did not actually, formally, and properly lay a charge against him. Then she wrote and ib ■"•■ him what she had done, with the result that Cardwell committed suicide. It will bd observed that this was all hypothesis, that is to say, it was something not proved, but temporarily assumed as ' possible. It was purely a speculation m the mind of bur representative, and bef ctro it could be decided .whether there was anything m the theory, ' it would be necessary to make numerous additional inquiries. Miss Kelly was, therefore, tho next person interviewed. She is a weil-cleveloped young woman; and she looks older than either Cardwell (whose photograph cur representative saw)

OR HIS WIDOW. Miss Kelly says that her age is •tweitlvtwo. Perhaps it is; but i? sJio had said that she was five years .older, no one would be inclined to accuse, hey of being; untruthful with regard to the ni.io ter of her age. She, .at .oncej, absolutely denied that she had interviewed ivnyot' tjha ■ police about CardweU.fchat/shVbadi^ 1^ 0^ over to them any drug alleged to have b'-jtw given to her by him, or. 1 fhat sue had written or delivered any" letter that had brought about his suicide. There, must, sfl*e said, have been something moro' on his mind' than. • his intimacy with tier. He lia^d told her, ' die said, two monjfcjjs ago, that, he was "mixed up m A*'divorx:e ;suit," and 1 he was greatly perturbed about ihe matter. ' -Not faing had come of'at; bowe.veiv . She v suspucted >; him with regard -to other women. She regarded him as a scoundrel now;. but thought he would have married --"her instead. ..of th.o other woman, but for hef religion being ditferent from his. .^His/mother, she thought, objected to the marriage, on religious

grounds.. He had * ' PROMISED HER MARRIAGE, both before and aftel- his marriage to .-Miss-"' Fuller; He met her (Miss Kelly) the night . before' bis marriage, and he saw her on tho.^ Saturday following. He also met; her on, the nights of the Monday and Tuesday \ preceding tie suicide, and agreed to meek . her on Thursday. On Wednesday he drovn-' y ed.hiiqsejjf. £he regarded him, she said/ as i her betrayer, and said that he was the/firs*. boy, or man, that had ever been 'intimate with her: . ■ ; Miss Kelly 'js worthy of much commiseration; but, unhappily — many of the most ihiportant of her statements to -our representa- ' tive were, not true. S.he 'did go. to the - police, and, saying that Cardwell had mada her «nceinte, hand over to them a powdfer, ' which she said Qardwell had.' given' her for \ an unlawful purpose- The powHer wastj analysed— but found to be quite harmless.^ She did,. noi, ; : howeverj. make *any. written 7 charge against Cardwell. Her evident ob- . ject was. to try to induce the police io ' frighten Cardwell. v Of . course - ; - - : - . SHE FAILED IN THIS, although she interviewed the ' police' more than once. She did Write 1 a letter that., seemed to unnerve Cardwell. Mr. HarrisoaJ ( says that she left the letter at 11 a.m. at hisif . (Mr. Harrison's) shopv *i * Cardwell got ifc \ aboiitf 12.30-rand never'sppke to any. person. ';. afterwards. He' was completely unmanned* ' It should be added < that' Mr. • Harrison ap- ; proved of Carcftwell .and Miss Kelfer marrying, A -and, on the understanding that the marriage ', was to take place, had agreed to •increase * his wages by five shillings a week. v It is plain thai "Jolly Fred. Cardwell,''. ( who sang songs^so "takingly," and whom the^ girls rah after so eagerly, was, after all, .; nothing . but a weakling— his rush to pno ■ waters of death proves this. .The very fact, \ too;, of his havSng committed suicide upon i such (suppositctiously) : smaU provocation^; makes us think .that there is probably some truth. in Miss Kelly's etory- , It- is possible >! iJiafc some>person or persons had reproach- " ed him with being-' about to . > marry XV Catholic, and insisted that" he ought td marry -Mis*. ' v Fulle* (who is said ib be 'a, member of- the ! Salvation Army),' and '\fcha't, for this reason, V> he abandoned the voman with wbom.fte ' had been intimai©, and" whom ho had -epr- -\ • tainly proKaised to make -his wife— -tho^wo- / man who was Recognised -even by his em- ,' ployer as Iris intended wifei m ; her anxiety to make hjni her own, Winifred ■ Kelly impetuously njsortsd 6>textremes that sh« ' possibly- nowr regrets; but it must ba remembered that she srae not aware that' the fellow had been unprincipled enough to marry, secretly, aacther woman. Winif red Kelly was fond of the man, despite thai fact that she must Jaeve 'seen tliat^ho wan a weakling;, and, if it. bo- the case that ha left her enceinte, thcrr she has been basely, treated by him, and is more to be pitied — she, acknowledged io \his employer no his intended wiio— than. any. of his relatives, or even hia widow, Cor in* laCfcer is not nibut to become a moti-sr. - Gardw«.'l soems to have treated Winifred scampigbJy and scj.itviJy, sad if sh'« now looks upon him, the self-slayer, as a iwuiulrel, sbe can hsrdly iw> blfcn.>od by ,aaj>o<Jjr.