Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-08-31
RIVAL WIVES ASK
DEATH INDEMNITY
FOR 4 PHYSICIAN
Two ."Widows' Want Mexico
to Compensate Them for
a Man Killed in Recent
War There.
WARM CONTEST I'M SIGHT
California Woman Says Her
Husband Was Stolen from
Her and Describes His
Tragic Ending.
WARM CONTEST I'M SIGHT

Los Angeles Cal. Aug. sl-....iswo
women. each claiming to be his; widaw,
both living in this city qy vicinity. have
filed claims through Secretary of State
Philander a. Knox. nj Washington; sfor
indemnify for the murder at Afafno,
Mexico, of DR.. Arthur. .,Livfngtop, Will
son Foster, Of Los Angeles. or13line,11.
The summary arrest and almost inn
mediate killing of Doctor Foster and
three other Americans named Dupbois,
Carroll and Patrick Brennan has led
To a situation that presages "a. bitter
fight in Washington and probably the
court to establish tile nights of the
women. -.
One of The women. AIRS. Arthur L.
claim through Doctor Fosters *stepfath-
er Colonel Foster. of Newark. The
Of San Diego. has l5idlg5s5sd her claim
through her .a,toEney,' e. f. Kirk, .of
San Diego for 100000.
Heartbrolen over the manner in
which she says another woman came
between her and her husband, Mrs. A.
w. l.. Foster iil the presence of her two
pretty daughters, Ethel, Ia, and Mary.
II, and her mother. barred her heart of
its secret grief at their home. 1884
South Grand avenue. Mrs. Foster de-
clared she had been married Ito Doctor
Foster since the winter Of 1895 and that
the last several years the other woman.
whom she named as -lIlizabeth Woods,
of Alhambra. kept Doctor Faster, apart
from his wife. and family. =
Story Of One Of Widows.
II first met Doctor Foster in Phila-
delphia. where he was arstmdent in the
Hahnemann Medical college, said Mrs.
Foster "and was married to him at
Trenton, n. j.. by the Rev. Joseph-sE.
Smith, Methodist minister, on Feb
ruary 11. 1896. Caroline f. Smith witt
messed taIe ceremony. Weicameyto Cal
ifornia IN 1904. 1.-Two years ;sSGse,- or 81
little more, my husband n1ei4this' wori-
an in this city.h He .wentsto- Bakersfield
and later sent for me. ! found that he.
was with her'tiere, UNKNOWN to me, but
he broke from her and went back with
me.
"He broke away from this woman
for about eight days heforTe he went to
Ensenada. Lower CalifornfI;uh ,tlle trip
that ended in his murder. those eight
days he spent here with me and the
children.
He left this city for Ensenada about
last November, the Woods woman, 1
understand. either went with him
followed 1t was while working there
in his capacity as physician that. at
pistols point. he was compelled:to dress
tine wounds of General Simon Berthod.
| OF the rebel army. who lay for 10 days
| without surgical aid. Then came tho
| murder. On June III. last. by order OF
| THE federal government of, Mexico.
| General Vega ordered my. husband
| shot Fifty .mounted federal soldiers
4 Went TO my husbands house. where he
was living with this Woods we,nan. .and
| took him away. The sodiers,told Doc
| tor Foster he was TO be taken to jail at
'5Eilsenada. 1'hnn came the: .coWaEflly
murder. The story of it WAS told mo
| by a gentleman WHO Witnessed it
/ through~held glasses.
Story of Doctors Murder.
"I'his man said that while four were
riding ahead of the soldiers they had
traversed only a shout -distapre out OF
sight of -Ala1ao. whep ordni;,slWas given
by the officers. the e'tnen;;. te!!aeled tse!!,a their
volley after !tr6lley.... My husband and
| the others Wore shot Oft their aho,.ses
and rolled in the dust JIdqled with hull
t.Iets The bodies we're, THROWN info 4.
wagon aud dumped into shallesW, graves
! 10y the river side near tfl; toWn 6i Ala
mo So slta.lfow wsre.these s,5iN.',s ::'lla5
Snsv Sns Of ths The gs45 s, hS! W!s s5a 52MIsra s5sSMs
Completed their laoTa.td 4tIsR:; q 4 ~, ~,
| "l'he soldiers then tried 10 arrest the
i Nopds.mon man eat.she hMd essakd and
70 aeiaves ne c;attasissssss q ssasate z the
i story s Si @ my s5sats1s aas9sas ass,a a 5s sent Nj
3.ai s55ar $gi 5ss!ss9t ~ = Nss@H ss Y :Hnsin, %ho
in my naI!&si siilaitas I, liaiEsl nj sskri.hgh the
secretary of state for heavy indemnity
foi'&tay !aisl.and iF:r'aeSsper Va thss Mex
gah &c s ssxs2s ; cao afseA sg5 &SsSH Ns dtsss ase
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