The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-05

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was a visitor last night at Mrs.
Whites apartment.
When Mrs. White awoke this morn
ing she found that her daughter had
left the house. The mother hurried
Immediately in her automobile to the
daughters apartment. She became
alarmed when there was no answer
to her repeated knocks and summon
ed W policemen who forced an en-
trance.
The door had been barricaded with
chairs and tables and the doors Of all
the rooms Of the large apartment also
were locked and barricaded. When
the party forced its way to the din
ing room the odor Of gas was first
detected and the mother became hy-
sterical. a great volume of gas was
escaping from five burners Of the
range and the oven jets also we're
turned on. Mrs. Noble was CLAD in a
silk kimono. She lay with Mobiles
left arm encircling her, their faces
being close together. Every window
In the apartment was closed and bolt
ed. D..
Mrs. White, who was the first to
see the bodies. shrieked and tainted.
She was carried to a physicians Of
nee n resuscitated with difficulty,
The suicides left no notes to ex.
plain their act, but the police were
convinced that it was a ease Of dou-
BILE suicide. The coroner also declar-
ed that the Circumstances left no doubt
that such was the case. He said the
couple probably had been dead three
or four hours before their bodies
were found.
A few minutes after the discovery.
Mrs. Mobiles former husband, Walter
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summoned by telephone and arrived
quickly In his automobile. He was
much affected by the news Of the sui
eide OF the woman. He was not al.
lowed to view the body Of Mrs. Noble.
which later vas given over to the
custody of her mother.
Employees of the apartment house
said that Suydam frequently had vis-
tied his divorced wife since her mar
asked what he thought might have
been the motive of the suicide pact,
Suydam said:
II can't tell anything. She isn't
mine now, and I am only here as q
friend to see what I can do"
Mr.. Suydam picked up in the
apartment a check for $40 which he
said his former wife had told him
yesterday she had drawn o. nhis ac-
SouAls LIZ puI lllS CIlcCh III his DOCKS
ct.
Suydam was SO unnerved by the trae-
edy that later when driving his auto
mobile on Fifth venue he ran down
Edward Rappold. a mail carrier. He
took the injured man to a hospital.
leaving orders that no expense be
spared in treating his injuries. It
was said that the nan would recoyer
In the absence of explanatory notes
the motive for the suicides will prob
ably never be known. Mrs. Noble
was still in her 'twenties. She was
married to Suydam about nine years
ago and the couple made their home
on a magnificent estate at Blue Point,
Long Island.
Early last fall sensational reports
developed regarding the Suydams'
mysterious disappearance. It turned
out that she had deserted her veal
thy husband and magnificent home
for Noble. the son Of a Brooklyn
plumber. Noble was learning. the
plumbing trade. Suydam. instituted
divorce proceedings and obtained a
decree.
The divorced wife afterwards mar
ried the plumbers son. The wedding
took place in Jersey City just a month
ago. and the couple established q
home at 50 West Twelfth street.