Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Georgia
5 May 1915
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Suicide Pact Carried Out
Bodies of W. H. Davis and Ethel Fulmer Found in a Birmingham House.
Birmingham, Ala., May 5 -- (Special) -- The dead bodies of W. H. Davis, aged 28 years, and Ethel Fulmer, a young woman, were found in a boarding house at Wellington, Ala., just north of Birmingham, early last night. A note left by Davis explained the tragedy as a suicide pact. Death was due to carbolic acid.
Both parties were residents of Birmingham, young Davis being a partner of the Acme Plumbing company here. He is the son of H. D. Davis, of Atlanta.
Miss Fulmer was a stenographer employed by the Acme company.
The wife of the dead man was heart-broken when told of the tragedy here last night. Her husband's affection for his stenographer, she declared, had wrecked her home and left her and three small children penniless.
Davis gave no explanation for the act further than to say that life without Miss Fulmer was not worth living.
