The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-25

! with Mrs. Thompson. to Paris, who're
I she studied music. On her return
from Paris. she went to Boston to
complete her studies, and while in
Boston she was married to a DR. Cas-
well. When she was II. she came to
Baltimore TO continue her studies in
the Peabody conservatory, leaving her
Z husband.
She was know here as Miss Edith
Thompson, concealing her marriage
from all but lew intimate friends.
In q short time thereafter, she en-
tered suit for divorce against DR.. Cas-.
we'll
She left Baltimore a year ago. be-
ing engaged at the time TO Harry
Adams. bf Mount Vernon, N. Y. After
brief stay in New Yor6, she went TO
California. where in less than thirty
DAYS after her divorce from DR.. Cas-
we'll, she married Gilbert Woodill of
Los Angeles. 1t has also been rumor-
ed that In her early youth Charles
Thompson. the son Of her foster moth
er and father. being a rejected sultor,
committed suicide on her account.
During her residence in Baltimore,
Mr.. Gage, 1t Is said. sent her checks
continually. some of them amount ~
to S1.500. and when she was married
to MT Woodlll he gave her $4,000 At
the time Of her death. Mr. Gage Is
said to have been building her a house
In Los Angeles, with the understand.
ing that he was to come to live with
her and her husband All OF these
facts. it is asserted, were stated by
Mrs Woodill to friends in Baltimore
prior to her death.
Mrs. Woodill had peculiar charm
for men, and nearly every man who
came in contact with her was at
tracted. She possessed magnetism In
addition to beauty. In stature she
was rather petite. with a beautiful
figure, an expressive face, golden
brown hair and brown eyes. She was
unusually well-read and musical and
artistic in temperament.
There was arways more or less
mystery surrounding her. No one
ever seemed 10 know exactly who she
was. She referred to Captain and
Mrs Thompson, OF Mcdaniel, as her
father and mother but was supposed
to he an adopted child
She constantly talked Of and refer
red to Secretary Gage, and seemed
fonder Of him than of anybody else In
the world. She always spoke of him
as Papa" Gage. She and her hus-
band made visit at his home in Cali
fornia before coming east Mrs. Gage
seemed to take the greatest interest
In her material and mental welfare,
and visited her while she was study
ing music in Baltimore, frequently
meeting her In New York Through
the Influence of Mrs. Gage, 1t is said,
Mrs. Woodill sang at the White
House for President Mckinley and
some guests. The President was de.
lighted with her and her voice, and
was frank to tell her so.
Mrs Woodill was very fond. of
pretty clothes, and when last Seen
here was beautifully gowned
in her letters from California to
self as happy and devoted to her hus-
band, of whom sne seemed very proud
Those who met him in Baltimore say
that he seemed equally devoted to
her.
Mount Vernon, n. Y. June 25.-Tho
only Harry Adams known in this vi
vinity Is son of William Adams. n
retired real estate operator. The lat
ter said today that he did not know
enough about his sons affairs to have
knowledge as 10 whether he had ever
been engaged to be married to Mrs.
Woodill, or Mrs. Caswell, as she was
known at the time of the reported en-
gagement Harry Adams is now trav-
cling for a New York finn. his father
stated. but the name Of the firm or
where his son was at present, the
elder Adams said he did not know.
His son had not been heard from in
more than year. and although he
knew the young man had been mar
ried within that time. he did not know
his present address Henry Adams is
a little under thirty years old.
Minneapolis. June 25.-Anna Pearl
WITT (Mrs. WoodilD was born No
vember 3. 1886, in Aeotin county.
Washington. She is the daughter of
Matthew and Zeetella Knight WITT
She was adopted by Charles H and
Laura E. Thompson, Oct. 13, 1890.
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