The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-05
TWO ASPHYX|ATED
 IN NEW YORK CITY Tragic Ending of Suydam's Former Wife and Noble PUT HEADS IN STOVE Romance of Former Wife of ". L. Suydam Has Sensational Finish.
 Bodies Discovered in
 Apartment
PUT HEADS IN STOVE

New York. February 4-Double suicide today ended the sensational romance of the former wife of Walter L. Suydam and Frederick Noble. 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 a month were found in their New York apartments today. The couple had been asphysixiated by gas.
 The suicide pact the discovery Of It's results by Mrs. John J. White of Wash ington, D. C., the mother of Mrs Noble, and other features of the case were sen sational.
 Mrs. White, who has an apartment on Lexington avenue. had her daughter as visitor last night and supposed the daughter would remain over night. When, however Mrs. White awoke this morning she found that her daughter had fled the house and hurried immediately to the latters apartment on West Twelfth street in her automobile She became alarmed when there was no answer to her knocks and summoned two police men and forced an entrance.
 Heads in Stove
 The entrance door had been barricaded with chairs and tables and the doors of all the rooms of the large apart ment also were locked and barricaded When the party forced it's way to the dining room the odor of gas was first detected and the mother became hys- terical. Breaking through the next door. which led into the kitchen, 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 undressed and clasped in each others arms grear 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 ki- moro and she lay with Nobes left arm encircling her body their faces being close together. Every window in the apartment was closed and bolted.
 Mrs White was the first to see the bodies, shrielSed and tainted. She was carried to physicians office and re- vived. The suicides left no notes to ex- plain their action, but the police were convinced that 1t was a ease of double suicide The coroner also declared that the circumstances left no doubt that such was the case. He said the couple prob ably had been dead three or four hours before their bodies were found.
 Suydam Affected
 A few minutes after the discovery Mrs. Nobles former husband, Walter Lispen- ard Suydam, millionaire, was summoned by telephone and arrived quickly in his automobile. He was much affected hy the news of the suicide of the woman. He was not allowed to view the body, which later was given over to the custody of the mother.
 Employees at the apartment house said that Suydam frequently had visited his divorced wife since her marriage to the young plumber. When asked what he thought might have been the motive of the suicide pact. Suydam saids
 +'I cant tell you anything. She isn't mine now and I only came as a friend
 MT Suydam picked up in the apart ment a check for S110 which he said his former wife had told him yesterday she had drawn on his account. He put he check in his pocket.
 Suydam was so unnerved by the tragedy that later when driving his automobile on Fifth avenue he ran down Edward Rap- pold. 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 man would recover.
 No Notes Left
 ' motive for the suicides probably never vii be known. The woman was still in tho twenties She was married to Suydam about nine years ago and the couple made their home on a magnificent estate al Bluepoint, L. l. Mrs. Suydain had strong intellect and moved in the upper circles of society. Early last fall sensational reports deve- | oped regarding her mysterious disappear | ance The sensation was heightened when it turned out that she had deserted her wealthy husband and magnificence, to be With Noble, the son of Brooklyn plunl- Der. Noble was learning the plumbing trade. Suydam instituted divorce proceet- ings and obtained a decree The divorced wife afterward married the plumbers son. The wedding took place i1i Jersey City just month ago and tie couple established home at S2 West 12Oth stret where the suicide pact terminated the romance today.
 Bodies Removed The bodies were removed to an under taking establishment tonight. Mrs. Noble's body was transferred to an elaborate cas- ket. on which her former husband came to lav wreath of lilies of the valley. Nobles s body. which was claimed by his father. was transferred to plain wicker caslet A battery of flashlights touched off lv newspaper photographers just as Mrs. White stepped from the apartment to the street accompanying the body so startled her that she screamed and fell In a faint It was several minutes before she was revived According to a story told to the police hv David Serviss, superintendent of the apartment house building. Noble may have attempted-to take his life Friday night. serviss said that the Nobles were over heard quarreling and at a late nour that nicht NJrs Noble told the elevator opcr- ator in summon a physician as her hus- band had attempted suicide.
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