Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-11-07
AN OPEN SCANDAL

A dispatch from Flint. Mich, says
II will and bequeath my body to vii
liam CrapO OrTell, and request that b,
have 1t cremated and scatter the ashes
10 the four winds of heaven"
Thus reads the last will and tesla
ment Of a way ward women, whose lft
was an unhappy oDe; whose death wes
tragic. IL is word from beyond The
grave penned by Mrs. Grace Newtop
young and beautiful, whose life VS.,
cIouded by an unhappy marriage, arc
who wandered into a greater darkness
There was sensation 10 Flint wheI
former Judge William Newton, of the
Genesse Court, brought from New
York State young bride scarcely one
quarter bis age. She was in her teeUs
he was close TO the eighty-year mark
There was shaking of heads over
the attempt OF Grabbed age aod youth
to mate and direful were the predictions
made
Mrs. Newton was very daehiDe
young woman. She took an active in
terest in life, and her house was cen.
tire for social gaieles. The ex Judge
was farmer and o man OF quiet, sludi-
Gus tastes. They had house 10 the
city aud a farm to which the old mau
often repaired.
Four years ago boy was born OF
this Unequal marriage. The mother
seemed devoted TO il, but she did not
evlnce any very warm affection for her
husband, and there were whisperines OF
domestic dlscord in the family. How
could one look for harmony between
eighty and twenty?
On August 3lst Mrs. Newton was
found lying on the floor OF her bedroom
Unconscious, with bullet 10 her lelt
side. The revolver lay beside her
Ga dressing table was bottle Of
chloroform. Judge Newton was at the
farm.
The story given out was that Mrs.
Newton had bought pistol to protec
herself from burglars, who were
trou olesome in the neighborhood, and
that the pistol went of accidentally
while she was examining it. No et-
tempt was made 10 explain the bottle
# chloroform.
81 want to die" she said when cor
sciousness returned. "Do not try to
save me. | will kill myself some other
way if you do l want to die. can't
stand this life any loDger.'
Specialists examined the wound and
decided that the bullet could not safely
be extracted. Il could not safely be-
left 10. 1t killed her.
Revelations after revelations which
caused Mre. William Crapo Orreli t.
!eAve her husband and 20 back home to
her father. Orrell was young man.
He was known to be on exceedingly
friendly relations with Mrs. Newton.
The body was buried and it looked
as II there was 90 end Of things 80 far
as this world was concerned. But yes
terday there came tremendous sensa.
tioD. The contents OF the womsn's will
were made public.
Bequests amounting to $1,000 were
left 10 her parents and her sisters, bu
her body was left to Orrell, whose
family had been broken up by his al
legged infatustion for the lovely suicide,
with the request that it be cremated
and the ashes scattered to the -four
winds.
The will was probated. but judge
NetWon has filed notice of a contest
to breek it. In Mrs. Nswton's eststt
was a legacy of 81 200, LETT ber by a.
uncle, Charles T. Stone, OF New York
city. And it is TO gain possession ci
this sum that The will is to be contested
by the husband and the old skeleton
dug out of the closet.