The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-06
Deserted Wife of Eloping
Merchant Talks of Her
Troubles.
REFUSES TO BLAME
BUT FINDS EXCUSES
Declares Conduct Nay Be Explain
ed" Foolish to Give His
Real Name"

BOSTON. Mass. June 6.-The young
wife of BernarS L. Tarbox, the wealthy
coal merchant who is alleged TO have
eloped with his stenographer last
Thursday. after an illegal marriage in
Woonsocket. stated this morning at her
apartments at q Institution avenue.
Newton. she believes her husband is
temporarily insane.
IF he is not out of his head. she
sobbed. why did he, a man so prom
inent that his name would be immedi-
ateIy recognized anywhere in the East.
give his full name and address and
parents?
7 knew the stenographer, Miss Ger
trude Mae Devine. having met her a
number of times at my husbands office.
She was dark. and had a rich complex
ion. being my idea OF what a real
Southern beauty is.
''I often felt that she was madly in
fatuated with my husband, but l never
for moment imagined that he had
any reciprocal emotion for her, as he
has always been apparently as much in
love with me as / was with him. Why,
at the very time that he went away
with her was at the home of my aunt.
Mrs. F A. Phelps. in Laconia, n. h.
awaiting his arrival. as we were to
take a summer vacation tour through
Canada in his new auto.
Convinced By Letters.
Mrs. Tarbox was in doubt as TO the
truth OF the story OF her husband hav-
ing married his stenographer in Woon-
socket and then eloped, until she learned
OF the letters he had left in the room
he had been secretly maintaining at
as Columbus avenue. where he had in
troduced his stenographer as his wife.
These letters were addressed to Theo-
dore Rollins, a young acquaintance who
had access TO the room and contained
confessions from both them that they
we're going away as man and wife
Mrs. Tarbox SAYS that she will imme-
diately give up her apartments in New
ton where she has been living since her
marriage six months ago and return to
the home Of her parents in Portland.
Maine, where her mother is awaiting
her.
Objective Point
"I feel that Mr.. Tarbox and this
stenographer have fed TO Syracuse, -
she confessed 10 the representative of
the Munsey News service. When asked
why she had that belief she said: Il
have learned that II Woonsocket when
he was married last Thursday that he
told the minister he would go to Syra-
cuse 70 live.
IF ne was foolish enough to give
his right name and address and her
right name and address on the marriage
license that he well knew business men
S.ould ind at TIE city hall, there IS no
reason that ne should not have been
rash enough 10 tell the truth about
where he was going TO locate.
He told me the last time / saw him
that he was going TO Philadelphia on a
business trip. and that ne would soon
rejoin me for aR auto trip ali through
Canada.
7 viii consult a lawyer tomorrow,
hut as to what 7 am going TO DC. I have
not the slightest idea. You see. there
IS not really much I can do. and I feel
that within a week l VIII hear from
him 70 the effect that he was out Of
MS head TO do such a thing
Early this morning, + A. Allen, her
husbands S brother-in-law, who arrived
az the Parker House last evening with
his wife from the home OF the parents
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