The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-03
PHONE BRIDE
SAYS HUSBAND
LOVES ANOTHER

New York. Jan. 3-Albert Edward Tow
or. the millionaire ironmaster OF Pough-
keepsie. who married a poor telephone
girl within n year after his first wife
murdered her son and herself, was sued
yesterday for separation. The second wife
says he has deserted her for a noted
southern beauty.
Mrs. Tower demands that the ironmas-
ter pay her alimony commensurate with
his fortune. (which she estimates at ST.
100000 She wants the separation and the
alimony because. she says, Tower forced
Poughkeepsie mansion beside the woman
who has won his love away. She also al
leges that late at night, on his steam
yacht Erl King he forced her. at the
pistols point. TO lock herself In her state
room while he paid court TO the southern
beauty on the forward deck. She says the
'other woman Is Mrs. Weis.
Quarrels between the couple at the Wal
dorf here, his failure to give her more
than 800 a month for support when he
formerly gave her $1,000 neglect. desertion.
cruelty and more infatuation for Mrs.
wife's complaint. which was filed with the
Duchess county clerk yesterday.
FAMOUS ROMANCE SPOILED.
The romance thus spoiled is famous for
the length and breadth OF tho Hudson
River Valley. Ten years ago the present
Mrs. Tower was Mary Bogardus, daugh-
ter OF a poor Poughkeepsian, when the
iron master, then happily married. first
heard her voice over the telephone.
The voice of Mary Bogardus was the
sweetest voice Poughkeepsians had ever
heard II made her famous I'm that COM
munty. Telephone subscribers up there
got to be so smitten with her dulcet
tones that they were calling up central
all the time for foolish information that
they didn't need at ADJUST TO hear her
answer.
Tower. running his iron mill on the
HYDE Park road asked her TO get his
brother In New York on long distance one
day. and straightway he too was smt.
ten.
Two years afterward. one midnight
Towers wife entered her sons bedroom
while the boy slept. shot him through
the head with one OF his own rifles. anc
then blew out her own brains with tbs
same weapon She had been the daughter
OF Platt Carpenter. former governor q
Montana. The Tower family were the
nrst Knickerbockers OF the Old Post road
Every effort was made In the vicinity o.
the Hudson River Valley TO keep scanda
out OF the tragedy.
CHANGED YACHT At HER WHIM
But within six months his townsfolk
knew that the millionaire widower would
wed the Telephone Nightingale. Ia
surprised them a little by not waitins
out the mourning year. But when ne IN
stalled her In the Hyde Park mansion
layished diamonds upon her. changed IN
Fri Kings engines 10 turbine and IL
f,ttjngs 10 old gold. at her whin. Pough
keepsians beamed on their iron maste
ana said the pair would doubtless live II
true love and happiness ever after.
A few months since. however, the DC
90, to he signs OF trouble. The secon'
ISr- Tower quit her husbands Hyd
PARK home and went back 20 the home Q
her father She told her friends OF IN
Mrs. weis who had come between ne
.s her husband. She said Mr.. Towe
s.v,ng too much attention TO Mrs
weis and practically none at all TO her
self. 1,o>,rp.cr.
Moi onlv has the iron master told her II
the nresence OF his lawyer that he hate
her and would be rid OF her by fair o
fo,,i means. she says. but he mas ais
broken his contract Of six months ago
Al that time he pledged himself 10 pa,
her $40 q month maintenance ana 10 SUP
niv servants. food and chauffeurs. besid
the mansion where she had agreed 10 hv
I'm solitary state -. =.
A month ago Mrs. Tower told ne
friends that In spite OF her husband
faults 81. would await his return whe
the spell cast By Mrs. Weis had pee
iifted. Now. II seems. she has becom
convinced that the spell II not going
iift.
Mrs. Tower does not ask any particuia
alimony, leaving that TO the Kindness Q
the court Mr.. Tower, VINO now uNi.e
his living between the me'ropon'an ~" Nv,
49,, ana his country ertate on Long lsl
srh couldn't be found last night