The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-11-25
'Cornice Maker Ends Family
Troubles by Slashing His
Throat to Spine.
Boston Wan His Wife
to Live With
.f Him.
FORMER MARRIAGES Cause TROUBLE
After Reconciliation Failed,
Husband Stoppsd His Wife
on Street and Used
His Razor.
FORMER MARRIAGES Cause TROUBLE

Suicide ended the marital troubles
OF ] II. Bosten, cornice maker. Fri
day evening about 10:45 o'clock, when
n razor slash nearly severed the head
Of the suicide from his body. Family
troubles, starting in Salem, with child
ron Of husband and wife by former mar
riages as irritants brought on the trou-
bic. BY a statement made by Mrs.
Bosten at her home. 1404 East Fifth
streets, she married Bostem in Salem
a year ago. This was her second mar
riage, her first having terminated in
separation eight years previous. For
a time after her second marriage, ac.
cording to her statement, many happy
days resulted, until a son-in-law and
his wife, the daughter Of Bosten then
living with them in Salem began 2,
cause dissension in the family.
Bosten who was AZ years old hac
resided in Salem for about twenty
years. He was born in Pennsylvania
and during his residence was respected
and known as a hard worker in
line of business, that of cornice maker
After his second marriage and soon
after the start of the family trouble
II was decided to remove to Canton
about the middle of last December
and here Mr.. Bosten secured employ
mcnt with the Berger company, lateI
with j. H. Eller & Company. and fol
the past few weeks had been employed
by the Canton steel roofing company
where he worked all day Friday.
He was a good worker, earned goot
wages and was not a drinking man
although of an excitable, nervous tenn
permanent. According to the statemen
OF his wife there has been grea
deal of trouble during the past few
months and they had separated twic
since their residence in Canton, tn
first time last August. the last tim
September II after living togethe
two weeks.
The wife claims that the principa
z cause Of the separation was the IN
reference of Isaac Barr and wife O
= Salem and the fact that young daugl
ter OF Mr.. Bosten's by former mar
ri:,se, named Pearl, 13 years old, VIII
came to Canton to live. could not Civ
IN to the parental guidance of step
mother, complained of Ill treatment t
her father. This resulted in the Sc,
ond separation and Mr.. Bosten and hi
daughter left the house and too
rooms at the home of Mrs. Hattie Z
McAllister. 1925 e. Third street.
Early this week Mrs. Bosten throug
her attorneys Webber G. Turner, enter
cd suit for alimony against her hui
band and this was the culminatio
of the trouble. the suicide resulting
Mr.. Bosten made several attempts dul
ing the week to effect reconcitlatio
with his wife, the last time. Thursda,
ON Young street, near Fifth. when
asked her to meet him and his a
torney, George H. Clark, at her attol
neys. Webber & Turner Friday e,
ening for a conference. Mrs. Boste
states that he then asked her to liN
with him again and that she told hi
that she had tried him so many time
could not trust him. had ,ost comic
ence In him and that the OILY way fs
him to do. in order to receive consi,
Grafton from her, was to get hon
and make some provision for her SUI
port.
She finally consented to O confe
ence at the attorneys Office Frids
evening and there they met about 7:'
o'clock, she accompanied by her SO
Harvey McCalvey. aged II years. Ma
ters were talked over there amicab
for. some time in the presence of Il
attorneys of each, and between the
for a short time privately, during Il
course of which he made no threa
according to the statement OF MI
Bosten. He was urgent, however. tn
she promise to live with him and sa
n she would not SO promise she wou
not have another chance. She refuse
however. to give him definite answ
until Saturday evening and with tn
all left the attorneys' ONCE, took Il
elevator down and for an hour. talk
and argued on the sidewalk on u
Fifth street side of the Folwell bull
ing. He wanted to walk home wi
his wife, she objecting according
her statement. that people would Ia