Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-06
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Noble
End Lives in New
Home.
MRS. FERDED1cK LEFT MILLIONS
Was at One Time the Wife Of Wal
ter suydam, but Turned to,
Another.


of the former wifeaof Wal
ter L. Suydam and Frederick No
BILE. the young plumber for the love
OF whom Mrs. Suydam ran away
from her millionaire husband and
married. The bodies of Noble and
his bride of month were found in
their New York apartment yester-
day. They had been asphyxiated.
The suicide pact, the discovery of
Its results by Mrs. John j. White Of
Washington, D. c., the mother of
Mrs. Noble and other features of the
case were sensational.
Mrs. White, who has an apart
ment on Lexington avenue, had her
daughter as a visitor Saturday night
and supposed she would remain ov-
er night. When, however, Mrs.
White awoke yesterday morning she
found that the daughter had fed
from the house. She hurried i'm
mediately to her daughters apart
ment on West Twelfth street. She
became alarmed when there was no
answer to her repeated knocks and
summoned two policemen, who fore
ed an entrance The entrance 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 dining room the odor of gas was
first detected and the mother became
hysterical. Breaking through the
next door, which led into the kitch-
en-, the party found Noble and his
wife lying dead on the floor, their
heads almost inside the oven Of the
gas range. They were partly I'M
dressed and clasped In each others
arms. IA great volume Of gas was
escaping from five burners of the
range, and the oven jets also were.
turned on, The. woman was clad
in a silk kimono and she lay with
Mobiles left arm .encircling her
body, their faces being close togeth-
er. Every window in the apartment
was closed and bolted. Hi
Mrs. White, who was the first tol
see the bodies, shrieked and tainted.
She was carried to a physicians Of
ice and resuscitated with difficulty.
The suicides left no notes to ex-
plain their act, but the police were
convinced it was a case of double
suicide. The coroner also declared
he circumstances left no doubt that
such was the case. He said the
'ouple probably had been dead three
,r four hours before their bodies
we're found.
A few minutes after the discov-
Try Mrs. Mobiles former husband,
Walter Lispenard Suydam, mil
ionaire, was summoned by tele-
'hone and arrived quickly in his au-
omobile. He was much affected by
he news of the suicide OF the wom-
n. He was not allowed to view
he body. which later was given ov-
r to the cutody Of the mother.
Employees at the apartment house
aid Suydam frequently had visited
is divorced wife since her marri-
ge to the young plumber. When
sked what he thought might havel
cen the motive of the suicide pact,
uydam said: Ii
II can't tell you anything. She
mt mine now and / am only here |
5 friend to see what / can do"
Mr.. Suydam picked up in the /
partment check for $11O which I
e said his former wife had told I
i'm Saturday she had drawn on his {
count. He put the check in his {
ocket. p
Suydam was so unnerved by the s
agedy that later when driving his h
itomobile on Fifth avenue he raj S
,wn Edward Rappold, a mail car II
er. He took the injured man to a l
'spital, leaving orders that no ex- L
'nse be spared in treating his in b
ries. 1t was said the man would 2
cover. fc
In the absence of explanatory HI
ties the motive for the suicides II
obably will never be known. The 10
IMAM was still in the twenties. She 1,
IS married to Suydam about nine 81
ars ago and the couple made their h;
me on magnificent estate at M
lepoint, Long Island. 1!
Mrs. Suydam had strong intel ne
t and moved in the upper circles W,
society. Early last fall sensa- ga