The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-17

| lie certainly had. He felt that he must
| nave companion, and that 1 was the only
! one that he ever would feel a desire TO
marry But he said he was under promise
to his dead first wife never to bring STEP
mother to put over his daughter. There
| fore. he told me the marriage must be
| secret until such time his daughter
married. which might be years. In discuss
| ing the form of marriage we decided upon
mutual contract, or agreement
Did You at any time agree to marry
him in this wdy?"
II certainly agreed, on the understanding
| that public announcement was to be
made as soon as he honorably could. lie
| wanted the agreement made at once, as he
| was going away, and was afraid he might
| be taken sick, and wished 1t so that could
| come to him IL he were seized with sick
ness.
/ LIVED AS MAN AND WIFE.
After July q. 1895, Mr.. Imboden contia-
| ued to visit me constantly until the time OF
| his death. He spent all his spare time with
| me, coming almost every day. and some
| times staying all day. or two or three daya.
| Once in a long while he would be absent
a day. or even two days, but was with me
regularly a. all other times. save when out
| Of the city.
when away from home we always cor
responded, sometimes writing twice. and al
| ways at least once a day, just as our feel
| ings would dictate"
lat what hour of the day or night was
| he accustomed to call?''
AT any hour Of the day or night. Some
times he stayed all night. He had latch
key and occupied my room. l considered
| our relations what they were, that of man
| and wife,
who supported YOU during the last five
| years."
My husband Mr. Imboden. He purchased
| all my clothing and paid the grocery bills.
| In fact. he supplied all my wants. There
was nothing that desired that he did not
/ give me. On the first Of every month ne
gave me Sos pin money, sometimes more.
| and in the middle of the month he fire.
| quently gave me a little additional, this be-
sides my clothing and regular expenses
Upon September 49, 1898, he gave me
wedding ring. Upon the day previous he
| had presented to me diamond-opal mar
quise ring. The wedding ring was pur-
| chased at the Zerwech-Frech Jewelry Com
pany, the marquise ring in Colorado
| Springs Colo. The wedding ring was not
procured till September. because we were
| negotiating for the marquise ring and want
ed a wedding ring which would MT the
| finger under the marquise ring.
Attorney Wheless produced two pictures
| of Mr.. Imboden and asked the witness
| where they were taken. Pointing to one she
| said with something Of falter in her voice:
AFFECTED BY PICTURE
..That was taken in the Strauss Studio.
| November IS. $685. 1 remember because
IA, OH nicely and pinned
| the rose in the lapel Of his coat
When" asked her attorney. was MI.
| Imboden last at your homer
1.-THE night before he died. Then he told
me the time was short until the marriage
| would be announced and he was heartily
| glad of it."
"What was Mr.. Imboden's conduct to-
| ward your"
"All that could be desired loved him
| better than my life and 1 treated him &C
| cordingly.''
| Memoranda books were here offered as
| evidence not the diaries. but others in
| which we're records Of domino games that
| the alleged widow said were played be-
| tween her and her husband" In them &C.
cured these nicknames, "B. s." and sport
B. s stands for, the witness said Beau
| tiful Sweetheart" That was herself.
Sport" was Imboden. though the desig-
nation was sometimes extended to "Old
] Sport" Some of the entries in this game
| book are: "Old Sport Is getting gay" "B
s. was defeated" "B S. don't know how to
| play tonight" "B. SIS luck is too much
| for me tonight. S."
Other of the diary books now figured.
| Some of the interesting Items were: Sept.
10, 1898, rcd. ring" meaning received ring;
| on August g. L. left for COL" meaning
| Luke left for Colorado; on August 50. Sep
TENDER /, September g. September 8, Z. s and
we're the writing, "Sent Flag" The latter
referred to a custom that she had of send
| ing each morning, while Imboden was away
| in Colorado, an envelope, in which was n
| small flag The idea, she explains, was a
patriotic one, since the Spanish-American
War was then In progress, and the mean
| ing Of the flag was that she continued Well
! At this stage Mrs. Imboden' gave a
vivid description Of how she received the
tidings of her husbands" death. She grew
perceptiby paler, and her voice trembled
| the slightest bit.
| WROTE TO MIR. PARRISH.
1.-THE news was brought me by a friend.
7 can't tell you what did for time. You
| can realize my feelings. I started next day
| to go to my husbands home Slight sob),
but I was told I would not receive civil
treatment there But 1 wanted to commune
| (sob) with nv dear. beloved dead.
| so 1 turned back, and 1 wrote letter
stating nv claim and demanding that be
accorded entrance. 1 got an answer am
not sure lust what Mrs. Parrish said, but
| part of 1t was something like this: I think
| Of YOU lust rs my father did, no more
Then she went on to say could come at
| such q time. 1 was admitted to the room
| in which he was prepared for burial. before
| he was placed in his coffin. There babe
him good-by forevermore.
| "I did not go to the funeral. / asked If
n carriage had been reserved for me. 1
was told that only members of the family
| had carriages
| PREVIOUSLY MARRIED.
| Here Attorney ]. D. Dalton began cross
| examination.
| He brought out that MRS. Imboden" had
been previously married in 1890 to James B.
Clark, from whom she secured a divorce on
| statutory grounds year later. He exam
ined her as to the history of her sickness
and the physicians who treated her. He
out that Doctor John G. Parrish. Sr.. had
| once treated her.
She said she never invited any men other
than Mr.. Imboden to call on her after
| the contract but rather did forbid the
| house to several.
She insisted that she knew little OF I'm
| boden's financial affairs. and told Of going
once to Hot Springs and one to French