Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1920 — MAY’S WIFE IS TOLD OF DEATH [ARTICLE]

MAY’S WIFE IS TOLD OF DEATH

Mrs. H. C. May Goes to Chicago to Meet Her Husband. feafayette, Ind., Dec. 13. —Mrs. H. C. May, wife of the general manager of the Monon railroad, who was called before a coroner’s inquest in Chicago today to be questioned concerning the death of Mrs. Minnie Viola Reynolds, left today for Chicago to meet her husband there. Before leaving Mrs. May said that Mr. May had told her about the death of Mrs. Reynolds a short time after her body was discovered in her gas-filled apartment at 1340 North Dearborn street. Mrs. May went to Chicago last Friday afternoon and she and her husband were together at the Congress hotel. They had dinner at the Annex and attended a show that evening. The next morning Mrs. May went shopping and when she returned to the hotel at noon her husband told her about Mrs. Reynolds. According to Mrs. May’s statement, it wa3 the first intimation she ever had that her husband had been paying attention to Mrs. Reynolds. "He told me the whole story,” Mrs. May said. She would not discuss her future course. Mr. May has been general manager of the Monon railroad since the government released the road to its owners following the period of government operation. During the war he was federal manager of the railroad. Mr. May is a graduate of Purdue university, of the class of 1902, and, after leaving college, held several positions on the Louisville & Nashville railroad. Mr. and Mrs. May are members of the Lafayette Country club, and their home in Highland park is one of the finest In that neighborhood. Mr. May’s duties as general manager have kept him in Chicago the most of the time during the last year. He generally goes to Chicago Monday and remains until Saturday, wheh h.e comes home for the weekend. •