The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01
HUSBAND GONE;
WIFE IS SILENT
WOUNDED BRIDE IS ALONE.
r. e. HUBS HAS LEFT WIFE WHO
SHOT HERSELF HERE.

Unfortunate Woman still at TeIfair
Hospital, But viii RecOver-Hubbs
Believed to Have Left Savannah
Several Days Ago and 1t Was Ru-
mOred He Enlisted in Navy-Said
He Did Not Care for the Girl He
Married.
While his wife, who was said to have
shot herself because she thought he
was going to desert her, is still ill at
the Telfair Hospital, F. E. Hubbs has
disappeared and is believed to be out
of the city.
1t was rumored that he had enlisted
in the navy but this could not be con-
firmed, though Sergt. H. J. Abbey, in
charge of the marine corps recruiting
office in the Custom House, says he
believes Hubs tried to enlist with
the officers who finished up their work
here last week.
Hubs has not called at the hospital
for several days. He remained at the
boarding house, where he and his wife
were stopping when the shooting &C.
cured, until week ago, but since then
he has not been seen.
Certain He Left City.
Mrs. Annie Williams of No. SO Hen
ry street, west, who is a cousin of the
girl who shot herself, says she is GER
tain Hubs has left the city. She was
told he had joined the navy, but did
not know whether this was true.
The naval recruiting Office in the Gus
tom House is no longer open, but in
CURRY at the Marine Corps recruiting
station in the same building, recalled
Hubs to Sergt. Abbey.
He says he remembers seeing his
name on the list of applicants, but is
almost positive he was not enlisted.
Sergt. Abbey had no connection with
the knaval recruiting station, but was
in there almost daily.
Disappearance of Hubs.
The disappearance of Hubbs, while
his wife is still ILL., is another peculiar
feature of the case. The shooting it
April s, in Mrs. Hubs room at the
Henry street address.
When found Mrs. Hubbs would make
no statement as to why she shot her
self. A note was found, however, ad-
dressed to her husband, which told
him not to tell any one why she took
her own life. 1t asked him to say
that the shooting was an accident.
Hubbs "a Queer Husband.
The couple had then been married
only three weeks. HubbS said the girl
had four times attempted to end her
life with drugs before he married her.
He claimed that she became infatuated
with him and took chloroform, when
he left.
He had been boarding with the girls
mother, Mrs. Elmira Hendrix of Day.
tona, Ella. He took the girl to Jack
sonville, where they were married. A
few days later they came to Savan-
nah.
Hubbs stated in a rather cold-heart-
ed way, the day of the shooting, that
he did not care for his wife. and had
married her merely to keep her from
killing herself. He had decided to go
back to New York. and the girl was
going back home.
Wounded Girl Silent.
Mrs. Hubs is much better, and her
recovery is practically certain. She has
not talked about her husband scarcely
at all, nor has she had anything to
say as to why she shot herself Her
sister, from Daytona, is now with her,
and her cousin, Mrs. Williams, visits
her regularly. She has been told that
her husband has gone, but has shown
very little emotion.
She is now reconciled to living, and
wants to get well. Her husband is not
mentioned to her now, since she has
been told that he has gone. A picture
of Hubbs that belonged to Mrs Hubbs
was given back to him by Mrs. Will
liams, the cousin, upon the request of
Mrs. Hubs sister, who did not wish
to have anything to remind the un-
fortunate woman of the man she mar
ried.