Milford chronicle., 1912-02-09
TWO DEAD IN
SUICIDE PACT
Woman Who Deserted Rich Man
and Husband End Lives.
FOUND IN DEATH EMBRACE
Frederick Noble and Wife, Who Was
Formerly Mrs. Walter suydam, Turn
on the Gas In New York Apartment.

Formerly Mrs. Walter suydam, Turn
on the Gas In New York Apartment.
A double suicide ended the sensa.
tional romance OF the former vile oil
Walter L. Suydam and Frederick No
ble 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 we're found in their New
York apartments at 80 West Twelfth
street. The couple had been asphyxi2t-
ed by gas.
The suicide pact. the discovery of
its results by Mrs. John j. White, OF
Washington, mother OF Mrs. Noble,
and other features Of the case, were
startling.
Mrs. White, who has an apartment
on Lexington avenue, had her daugh-
ter as a visitor on Saturday night
and supposed that the daughter woad
remain over night When Mrs. White
awoke in the morning she found that
her daughter had lied the house, anu
she hurried immedia, ely to the daugh-
ter's apartment on West Twelfth
street in her automobile
She became alarmed when there
was no answer to her repeated knocks
and summoned two policemen, who
forced 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 lock !
ed and barricaded When the party (
forced its way to the diningrOom the |
odor of gas was first detected and the |
mother became hysterical.
Breaking through the next door, !
which led into the kitchen, the party
found Noble and his wife lying al
on the floor, treir heads almost inside
the oven OF the gas range. They were
partly urdressed and clas ped in each
others arms.
A few minutes after the discovery,
Mrs. Noale's former husband. Wal er
Lispenard Suydam. a millionaire, vas
summoned by telephone and arrived
quickly in his automobile. He was
much affected by the news Of the su
eide of the woman. He vas not allow
ed to view the body, which was la er
given over to the custody of the
mother.
Employees Of the apartment house
said that Suydam frequently had Wis
tied his divorced wife since her mar
riage to the young plumber. When
asked what he thought might have
been the motive Of the suicide pact,
Suydam said:
81 cant tell you anything. She is
not mine now. and I am only here q
a friend to see what I can do"
Suydam picked up in the apartment
g check for S110 which he said his
former wife had toll him she had
drawn on his account He put the
check in his pocket
In the absence OF explanatory notes
the motive for the double suicide wiz
probably never be known. The wom8n
was still in the 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.
Mrs. Suydam had a strong intel ec;
and moved in the upper circles of so
,iety Early last fall sensational re
ports developed regarding her myse-
'ious Disappearance. The sen eation
vas heightened when it turned ont
hat she had deserted her wealthy
husband and magnificent home to b,
With Noble, son of a Brooklyn plumb
IT. Noble was learning the plumbing
rade. Suydam instituted divorce pro
and obtained a divorce
The divorced wife afterward married
he plumbers son. The wedding ob
,lace in Jersey City a month ag9 and
he couple established the nome
vheer the suicide pact termina ca tue
Omance.