The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-23
PAGES SECRET MARRIAGE.
THE LETTER THiT M iKFT TELLING
UfiI M SHOT HIMSELE

UHr M SHOT HIMSELE
ISIS Relief ,ha, q Nnn or Wealth had won
his HIidr's Affections Nr. BnbcocEs Ne
Mai and uic Denial OF the Gitr- Father.
Tho suicide If william II PACE, the ticket
agent - rc"c.ra. Railroad ~ Now Jersey. il
the sui eft e., unalI tol interest in Jersey CITY,
Mr.. Blhcock who's unni' the suicide coupled
with that Of Miss l.2iio Wood in tho letter
which h. wrote lor the public. addresses tho
following 10 The Sun;
CoSAuNirAw. y fuy NJ have waited with IA.
uoncc-thou % NOT without great auuoyance-while u
certain portion of .o press has cNhau.d its FORTS to
ri'c my name an unp'asant not ri'ty in ton
with the recent death 90 " II Pace.
To Ga - Who SNOW 30 M. ht be- unnecessary ofcr
any statement whatever IN REGARD To- the natter hut
prot't respect for the opinion Ut others finally induces
nc to savhat never had ything do with Mi Pace
which should have coupled my name with his with
IN alleged suicide Nor have ever said or done any
thing t. Miss Wood that entities 10 be publicly men.
toned Ia connection with her Her father respcca.
hlc and worthy man, who has been my neighbUr tor
twenty years SkTu q. BABcOcK
With Mr.. Babcocks letter was the following.
purportng to be from Mr.. Wood. tho young
lady's father, but which IL in the Same hand
writngas Mr. Babcock's letter;
JARsty CRY July 9-Asa matter of Justice to Mr. Seth
Babcock state that there are no proper grounds Tor
connecting lis name with that OF my daughter
Nj Baocock has always treated me and my lamily-as
nc - lar hs knOW=Mith Kindness ana
| propuey. JAtOs NoOD, 225 CVmmunpaw avenue
Notwithstanding these carefully worded de-
mails, IL was not n myth Of poor PAGES magna-
ton that led him to Are bullet through his
brain; for all the ncighborhood havo noticed
Mr. Pnhcocks attentions to Miss Wood for
| months past He has not accompanied her 10
| puhlic entertainments. ms Pace did. His attcn-
calls were made at night, and when he walked
| with her \ wns generally by roads little fire.
anentcd. Hence there was more neighbQrhood
| talk about his attentions TO Miss Wood than
| there had been concerning her intercourse with
Miss Wood denies positively that she ever was
married to Pace. She says:
have known him for several years and
| only friends. know no reason why he should
| have written such u letter and can only ac-
count Tor II ON the ground that ho was insane.
| told MN months ago that we could never be
| anything tO each other. and l never had any
| idea OF marrying him.
PAGES dying declaration wns ne follows:
CrNrHM R,uRoAp o. NV JrRsEY.
IRASsroatAuos Dfr.RrstNr I
| -. CoaAuSirAw siAfioS, July n, 1879
take This method Of letting the public know how i,
snw' oc 7 MIS- r %So a's sS S nSRF wa. e m rqS
asr "' sessan her GS' SSaT '
Ing about only 70 one Person and that the swchman
hS been soSs win seis BsSeoek Because he Ia. sei
money 4 VIII help he hole family We nee to .iser N
the paror 70 Keep the family from knowing any thing
This is true and she cannot deny 1t II she tells the
| Miss Wood. having denied PAGES assertion
| that he had married her. 1t is important 10 got
the story Of the switchman. who. 1t will be seen,
| Pace says was the only person 10 whom he had
| connied his secret marriage
BENJAMIN Stafford. the switchman referred to.
| lives at Pamrauo station, in Bayonne City. He
was suspended from duty two months ago, In
| consequence OF an accident on the road. and
has not yet resumed work. His testimony has
On important bearing both on tho question Of
| Miss Woods denial OF her marriage 10 Pace and
| on Mr.. BabcOeks pretence that the coupling of
his name with the young woman was unwar-
| rantable.
,BScniawil stafford was q follow brakeman
crippled him. After stafford became switch
man ut the station whore Pace was ticket agent.
| they became moro intimate than ever. IL Pace
| wished 10 70 of earlier than usual in the even
| ing stafford sold tickets for him. and Pace re-
| ciproeated N kind when occasion served.
When Stafford went on duty at Communipaw
| two years ago Pace was paying marked atten-
tons 70 Miss Wood, ana they seemed to be alb
| sorbed in each other; She visited tho ticket
office and had long interviews with him. He
| spent his evenings with her. and accompanied
some months ago. while seated on the hridg
win stafford Pace asked him what he would
do u another man was going with his wife.
=" W. would have 10 live ia different houses
| afterwari stafford replied.
A. day or two later Pace asked him whether
he had heard the sensation in Communipaw:
and when he replied in the negative, said that
certain rich merchant was going with young
Then followed PAGES story. substantially as
| heretofore given in The SuN He said that ho
married Miss Wood In October last. but did not
| give the name Of the clergyman who married
| them. nor any other particulars. lie said that
he had tried t. hire apartments over the station,
| in which To begin housekeeping. but he had
been disappointed by Mr.. Williams. the master
meehanc n the company,s shops For the
| n sofa with her in her fathers parlor. They had
| been married without the knowledge Of her
| parents. and he desired that Stafford should
| therefore keep the marriage an absolute secret.
lie said." Mr.. stafford continued, that she
| kind o thought his salary wouldn't support
her. lie. had often told me that before; He
was getting $50 month, IS more than was
getting; and he asked mo II | thought they
| cop live on that; told him, he could not get
| dainties with i. but he could get along If he
| only used it 70 live on
Mr.. stafford, after his attention WAS called TO,
| the subject, frequently noticed Mr.. Babcock and
| Miss Wood together The residents OF Com
| YORK. One Is by the Central RaiIrcad th"othcr
| by walking something over Z, quarter OF emile
t. take the horse ears at Pacific avenue. when
munipaw together they took neither Of these
roads. but walked along the shore 10y a solitary
road 10 Jersey avenue. where they could take
Pace had more than once called to Stafford to
come up on the station, steps to see them,
Shortly before stafford went from 'Communi-
paw Pace said To- him that he had a prospect Of
better place. Pace gave Stafford charm for
the fob chain Of watch as a koepsakc, and
told him Il he should leave the place suddenly
he wanted him to accept HIS desk also as a
present. In II he would find let
ter which Pace had Just written. and
which Stafford saw him fold, seal. and address
| to Mr.. McAneny, a reporter for tho Jersey City
argus. II may be remcmbcrcd that the letter
| found by the side OF his dead body addressed To-
this gentleman gave evidence that II was dated
in May'and the date changed to July.
= After went away from there - Mr.. stafford
said. suppQse he took the letter in his pocket
and carried II himself
Pace always took everything very cooy
lie was not man that showed what he felt on
the outside, but he never showed any symptom
OF Insanity. llealways spoke well Of the girl, and
never accused her of any wrong. He was the
last man should think Of that would kill him
self for u girl | have heard him say. when
some suicide was talked about, That man was
fool"