The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24
LOSES HER SON But
FINDS GRANDCH|LD
W. e. Worden, Formerly of
Becker, Mimi, Dies In
St. Louis.

A telegram sent Saturday by Mrs.
w. Il. Worden, No. 555 Robert street.
st. Paul, TO Mrs. Mary Worden, Beck
er, Mimi, announced to the latter that
she had been bereaved of a son: but
1t also made known to the mother the
existence of daughker-in-law and
granddaughter, of whom she had been
ignorant for the two years Of her sons
married life.
w. E. Worden died last Friday at
81. Louis, where he had gone five
weeks ago from St. Paul and where
he was employed in the capacity of a
waiter. An autopsy, it is said, dis
closed the presence of carbolic acid in
sufficient quantity to cause death, but
later report says that the dead mans
roommate is under surveillance by the
st. Louis police as knowing something
of the affair. The body will be brought
to st. Paul for burial.
Married Two Years Ago.
For several years prior to going to
st. Louis WOrden was employed in
various st. Paul restaurants as a wait
er. Nearly two years ago Worden mar
ried, his wife being a daughter of
Oliver Sandstrom, $50 Robert street.
"A daughter, eight months old, also sur
wives.
After their marriage the couple went
TO Fargo, where Worden secured work
In a restaurant, and where he affiliated
with the local aerie of Eagles. He
was also a member of the knights of
the Maccabees, of Becker, and carried
$500 life insurance in the latter order
1t was through papers found on his
person that his identity was establish
ed at st. Louis, and the widow received
the first intimation Of her husbands
sudden death through a message from
the Fargo lodge. st. Louis Eagles
took charge of the case and arranged
to ship the remains to st. Paul for
burial. 1t is expected that the body
will reach st. Paul this morning, and
interment will take place here.
Il know nothing of the cause of my
husbands sudden DEATH" said Mrs.
Worden last night at the home of her
parents on Robert street. "He left here
i've weeks ago to go to st. Louis to
work at his trade. I had heard from
him and he had found steady employ
nent. He was working in a restaurant,
but only at the noon hour. l was in
straitened circumstances and wrote
him that must have some money and
he promised to send me assistance as
soon as it was possible for him to do
so.
Thought He Was Joking.
Il do not know why he had neglected
to tell his. people that he was married.
He had told them in way, but they
supposed he was only joking when he
spoke of his wife and baby girl. There
was no object in keeping our marriage
secret that I can think of. Mr.. Wor-
den was a good waiter and a good hus-
band. He had worked in nearly all
the class places where white men
are employed in st. Paul. / cannot
imagine why he should have ended his
life, if any such report has been re-
-eeived. I have heard nothing further
than TIE bare fact Of his death. We
expected the body. in st. Paul before
this, but it surely must come by to-
morrow morning. One Of his brothers
is here from Becker to take charge Of
the funeral arrangements"
Worden was thirty eight years old,
and for some years before coming to
St. Paul resided with his parents at
Becker. A brother, residing at Elk
River, is deputy sheriff of Sherburne
county, and the family is widely known
and respected in that section of the
state.