The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-28
WIFE OF ONE MAN COMMITS SUE
eide FOR LOVE OF
ANOTHER
A QUEER TANGLE HAS BAD END
Dead Woman Had EIOped with Nan
She Loved, but After Six Months
Both Returned to Their
Lawful SpOuses.
POLICE STOPPED DIVORCE PLAN

MARION, Ind, Jan. 27.-The taking Of
poison and subsequent death of Mrs.
Frank White brings out a strange story
not only of the love of one woman for
the husband of another, but Of the ap-
parent Indifference Of the wife of the
latter as to her husbands actions
Saturday morning James B. Woods,
who is an engineer In an oil pumping
station, was called to the telephone, and
this was the message that he received.
"Good-by, dearest; the next time you
see me you will look on my dead body. /
can't live without you, Jim, and so I'm
going to end it all. l shall kill myself
just as near your house as 1 cam
The woman who uttered the loving but
despairing words was Mrs. Frank White,
wife of a lifelong acquaintance OF
Woods. Three hours later Mrs White
! took morphine and. carbolic acid in the
| engine room where Woods was employed.
When she was found she was taken to
the home Of Woods, a short distance
away, and there she died at 10 o'clock
Saturday night, and from there she Will
be buried.
Queer Matrimonial TanEIe.
The suicide of Mrs. White is the clos
ing chapter Of one of the most peculiar
matrimonial tangles on record. 1t fol-
lows the Intervention of the Marion po-
lice, who stepped in to prevent the trans
fer of Mrs. White to Woods. All the
parties to the proposed deal, it is said,
were satisfied except White, and he was
making the best of the matter. having
| proposed the deal as the best manner OF
1 untangling tie domestic snarl into which
| the love of Mrs White and Woods had
| plunged the two families
The trouble started several years ago
while the families lived on neighborine
! farms near Lima, Ohio. Woods states
that his wife would frequently order him
off the farm. Then he would turn to
| Mrs. White, the handsome wife of his
friend, for consolation. Mrs. White at
| that time was about twenty-one years
| old, while Woods was ten years her
senior. Finally the Woods moved Ia
! Marion, where Woods secured employ
ment as pumper in the oil field Short
| ly after the removal to this CITY OF
! Woods and his family, Mrs. White began
| importuning her husband to move tc
| Marion, which he finally did
EIOped for Six Months.
The friendship between Mrs White and
| Woods was resumed, and about two years
| ago the couple eloped They remained
| away about six months when thew re.
| family relations. The friendship between
! the two was not broken off, and Mrs
! Woods seemed to think it was all right
White, however, tried in vain to stop it.
AT last in the endeavor, he SAYS, ia
straighten out the tangle, he offered tc
| secure a divorce from Mrs. White. Woods
| to secure a divorce from his wife and
! then Woods and Mrs. White were to be
| married. The police got wind of the at
fair and took prompt steps to stop the
| alleged deal. Woods and Mrs White were
notified that their relations must cease
and that they would be prosecuted on
criminal charges if the deal was carried
| out.
Mrs. White went to Woods home
| Thursday night and remained all night
She seemed much depressed over the
turn affairs had taken, and several Zines
threatened to take her life.
After spending the night at the Woods
| home, Mrs. White returned to her home
| Here she secured vial of morphine and
bottle Of carbolic acid; then She SEM
| the telephone message.
Mrs. White was about TWENTY-FIVE
years Of age, and had two small chill.
| dren. Both Woods and White are EN-
ployed in tie oil field.