The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-11
MADE PLANS FOR
HER DOUBLE CRIME
Friends Say Young Pittsburg
Physician Who Was to Wed
Virginia Girl Also Promised
to Marry Woman Who
Slew Him,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

PITTSBURG.-Spec Develop
ments in the DR.. George Murray
| Stewart Edna Wallace double tragedy
come thick and fast. and il was
brought out that the young society
physician had undoubtedly also pro-
missed the Wallace woman to marry
| her in September, even though he
was on the eve OF marrying Miss
Alice Simpson of Winchester, Va. Re
Gently letter written from Winches-
ter, Va, to Edna Wallace told her
that DIR. g. M. Stewart, to whom she
had considered herself engaged, was
70 marry Miss Simpson August 10th.
The police find that Edna Wallace.
who killed DR.. Stewart in his home
and then killed herself, first sat with
two others in one OF the best cafes
or Pittsburg with Stewart and par
took of what the physician intended
would be his last dinner to the woman.
There is evidence that the young
woman had intended to kill the ply
stefan at this dinner, as she left the
table and phoned her house asking
that messenger be sent with small
satchel containing the revolver, which
she had left on her dresser for the
evening.
Friends Of the woman, however,
refused to send the revolver. At the
close Of the dinner the woman accused
DR.. Stewart Of trying to play her false
and warned him to go carefully.
| Albert Il. Ober, a member of one
of the richest families Of Pittsburg
called at the morgue and identified
the body as that of his sister-in-l law
He said that her proper name was
| Bertha Neuland, and with this name
| many families of the north side re-
called the pretty girl of good connec-
| ton who some years ago dropped out
| of their sight and life. Mrs. ObeT
! declines positively to have the body
| of her dead sister brought into her
home or to view il at all.
The body of DR.. Stewart disap-
peared suddenly, but il was found
/ later that il had been shipped TO bis
fathers home in Virginia. Some
friends OF the young physician sought
to create the impression that the Wal
| lace woman had got into the Stewart
home while DR.. Stewart was asleep
and had killed him. This is not borne
talked last. She plainly told her at
torney, T. NJ. Thompson. to come TO
the home of DR.. Stewart on Sunday
night, that she would be there and
there would likely be something for
| him to 90 in a legal way at that time.
.Thomns who knew OF the affair
| between DR.. Stewart and the woman.
went quickly to the house at the ap-
pointed time. but could not get in.
! He was annoyed 10y the hOwliCg of the
doctors dog inside the house and il
later dawned on Thompson that u
| tragedy had likely occurred. Then
| he had the house broken into.
From real estate men ii was learned
| that the Wallace woman had alrea dy
tarranged 10 sell all her property IN
| Pittsburg and after converting all into
cash she and the young physician were
to marry, she said, and 20 round the
world. Inmates of her house say the
Wallace woman locked herself in her
room when she heard that DR..
Stewart was TO be married 10 another
girl, and tried to die by poison, but
took an overdose.