The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-26
The Husband Adopted Novel
Plan of Causing Death
Without Suspicion
HUSBAND AND WIFE NET
THR0UGA MATRIMONIAL AGENCY
Notes Given by Husband to Pay for
Finding Him Life Affinity Remain
Unpafd-Matchmaker Is Disgusted
With His Refusal to Pay.

San Francisco, May 26.-Charged
with attempting to murder his wife of
four months in order to gain pos
sion Of her money, amounting to
$4,000, and property valued at $780,
600, Francis Love, SO years old, is in
the city prison, while his wife is at
her home, 1859 Army street, in SER
ious condition.
In the life Of the couple is the
story of a poor man marrying rich
woman under false pretenses through
the medium of matrimonial bureau
1852 Greary street.
According to the report made by
the police this morning when Love
was placed in cell, the prisoner met
his wife last January. Mrs. Love was
Mrs. Mary Rice. He and she had
each paid fees to Mrs. Walter to be
introduced to eligibles and each gave
glowing descriptions Of their worldly
possessions and personal charms.
They met and after courtship Of but
He week were married. The couple
went to live at the home Of the bride,
who was widow, 81 years old, at
4 the Army street address.
AQUpCS OuHMluS NetHOOSs
Mrs. Love is a sufferer from heart
disease and she told the police today
that while she was in bed suffering
from that aff1iction and obeying the
orders Of her physician to allow moth
Ing to frighten or shock her for fear
that it would cause her death, Love
adopted'cunning means to bring about
her death in way that would make
It seem to be brought about natural
~.
When she fell into doze. she said,
Love would conceal himself in clos
ct and scream unit! she became
awake. Then he would jump from the
closet and pounce into her bed with
q roar like lion He sometimes var
ted the theatricals of the scheme by
putting on mask and holding up a
revolver in order that she might be
shocked into the belief that a burg
lar was about tc kill her But Mrs.
Love passed through these trying or
deals.
She suspected the purposes of her
husband, however, though he pleaded
that it was his way of making her
life at home happy, and that the the
ory he did all these things on was
that a good laugh, after it was all
over, would do more to cure her than
anything the doctors could do for her.
Becomes Suspicious.
A few days ago, Mrs. Love told the
police she was suffering with head
ache and sent her husband out to get
headache powders. On that occasion
he went so promptly and was so anx-
.tous about her welfare that Mrs. Love
became suspicious and hid the powder
he brought to her instead of taking it.
The day of the incident of the powder
Mrs. Loves daughter, Mrs. T. O'Kane,
OF 2502 Folsom street, called upon
her mother and when she heard of
the circumstances decided to inform
the police.
AT once Detective McPhee and Tay-
lor were put on the case and the
powder that Mrs. Love says was CIV
On her by her husband for a headache
was taken to city chemist Frank r.
Green. Green made an analysis and
Informed the police that he found
enough strychnine in the powder to
kill dozen men,.
Love was then arrested and is kept
In solitary confinement in the city
prison. Mrs. Alice Walters, who con-
ducts the marriage bureau at 1852
Greary street, is coming to the belief
that the efforts of Cupid on the Job"
are. doomed to go unrewarded.
Daily she gazes at the following
promissory notes given by Love. who
engaged Mrs. Walters to pick him an
afinity for life from cut of the ranks
Of her female clients. The first note
10 as follows:
"San Francisco. 9-19, 1907. agree
to pay Mrs. Walters 500 on the day
Imarry (Signed) Francis Love-"
The second note is as follows:
San Francisco, Call agree to
pay Mrs. Walters $50 on the day
take out the license to marry.
(N0 date) (Signed) Francis Love-"
The story is told by two entries on
the books of Mrs. Walters. In 1907
Love came to her and paying the in
trpductory fee Of IS. was entered in
the Eligible List" as follows:
Francis Love. brickmason, age 80
s,es