Tragedy in a Walla Walla Hotel

The bodies of C. M. Frazer, age 50, and Mary Hawn, age 18, his daughter’s stepdaughter, were found dead on a bed in Frazer’s room in a local hotel Monday afternoon. The girl’s death was due, it is believed, to poison. The man used a revolver, apparently muffling the report by wrapping a blanket about the weapon and inserting the end of the barrel in his mouth. Whether the deaths resulted from a double suicide or a murder and suicide is a mystery. Miss Hawn’s home was in Toppenish and she was attending St. Vincent's academy here. Frazer had been here frequently, coming from Wendel, Idaho, where he had mining interests. He also owned a restaurant in Prosser. He had paid for the girl’s tuition at St. Vincent's academy and had visited her frequently. Two notes were found. It was supposed at first that each had written one, but closer inspection showed both in the same handwriting, evidently Frazer’s. One said: 'Notify Mrs. Nellie Hebbs, 410 South Toppenish avenue, Toppenish, Wash.' The other said in effect: 'Dear Daughter: This is to say goodby. I hate to do this, but am powerless to prevent it. You will find my papers in my gatchel. May God forgive me.'