The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-02
DESERTED WIFE
DIES FOR LOVE
Drank Carbolic Acid When
Husband Left Her After
Trivial Quarrel.

Washington, Sept. 2.-Three hours
after she had called on Inspector
Boardman at police headquarters to
request the aid Of the police to find
her husband, who, she said. left her
yesterday morning, woman, known
as Mrs. May c. G. Barnes. and wife OF
G. w. Greenie, drank carbolic acid in
her rooms just before 8 o'clock last
evening and died at the Casualty hos
pital at $3.50 p. m. from the effects OF
the poison.
The young woman, who is said to
have been blonde, Of more than usual
beauty, visited police headquarters
about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
and told Inspector Boardman that, fol-
lowing a quarrel over trivial matter.
her husband, Charles w. GREENE. had
left her that morning. She produced
q note, which she said she had found
pinned to the pillow when she awoke
about o'clock. 1t read:
May: I wish you good luck and
happiness. am very, very sorry.
Goodby.
Charles"
She said that neighbors had inform
ed her that her husband had been seen
removing a steamer trunk and hand
luggage from the house about an hour
before, and she requested the inspec-
tor to try and find where the baggage
was taken.
Busted Herself Making Preserves.
Assured that the police would do
what they could to aid her. the young
woman went to the two rooms the
couple are said to have occupied and
busted herself putting up preserves.
With the exception of ]. g. Hough, a
roomer in the first floor front room.
she was alone in the house.
Just after o'clock. Hough. who
conducts a baggage transfer business,
heard groans issuing from the room
overhead. Going upstairs and into the
front room on the second floor, he
found Mrs. Barnes, as he knew her,
stretched across the bed in an uncon-
scious condition. An empty two-ounce
bottle. which had evidently contained
carbolic acid. lay on the floor by the
side of the bed.
Hough descended to the street and
notified Policeman r. T. Thrift. who
was patroling that beat. who in turn
Shortly afterward the young woman
was removed to Casualty hospital. She
never regained consciousness.
Left Two Notes.
Two notes. written by the young
women before she drank the poison
were found pinned to a small hanging
shelf on the front wall. One was as
follows:
my Dear Husband: Just a short
not to you in case you do some back.
You thought I did not love you. but
God knows l do. and so much that I
cannot live without you. Goodby.
Charlie; sometimes think of your baby.
Bunch"
The other note. evidently intended
for Mrs. Nellie Sullivan. the proprie-
tor of the house. and at present at
Beach. read:
Dear Mrs. Sullivan: Please forgive
me: but you had husband you loved.
SO don't be hard on me. You can have
you find when they bury me.
If you hear of Charlie. please tell him
I could not live without him.
Mrs. Gray"
A post card. postmarked Wilmer
ding. Pa. addressed to Mrs. Barnes.
signed Sister Sarah." and the note
from Charles" which she had exhibit
ed to Inspector Boardman. were also
found on the mantel in the room
There was also slip Of paper. a po-
lice bulletin. upon the back Of which
she had written the name of Capt.
while at police headquar-
ters yesterday afternoon.