St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-02-10
lend LIFE
TOGETHER
Sensational Suicide of For
mer Wife of Millionaire.
After Divorce Married No.
bic, a Young Plumber.
One Month of Welded Life
Terminates in Suicide.
Die in Each Others Arms.
Asphyxiated With Gas.

Asphyxiated With Gas.
New York, Feb. 4.-Double su,
eide to-day ended the sensational ro
nance of the former wife of waite
l.. Suydam, and Frederick Noble. tn
young plumber, for the love Of whom
MRS. Suydam ran away from her mil
honaire husband, and, after her hus
Dand divorced her, married. TIL,
bodies OF Noble and his bride of ,
month were found in their New Yorl
apartments to-day. The couple haf
been asphyxiated by gas.
The suicide pact, the discovery nj
It's results by Mrs. ]. White of Wash.
1Dgton, D. c., the mother of Mrs
Noble. and other features of the case
were sensational.
Mrs. White, who has an apartment
IN Lexington avenue, had her deueh-
Ter as visitor last night, and sup
pesed the daughter would remain
over night. When. however, Mrs.
White awoke this morning she found
tnat her daughter had fled the house.
MRS. White hurried Immediately to
her daughters apartments at 50 West
| One Hundred Twentieth street in her
automobile. She became alarmed
when there was no answer to her re-
peated knocks, and summoned two
policemen, who forced an entrance.
me entrance door had been barri-
caded with chairs and tables, and the
doors OF all the rooms of the large
aPartmetns also were locked and bar
ricaded. When the members of the
party forced their way to the dining
room the odor of gas was first de-
tected, and the mother became hys-
terical. -
1 HEADS NEAR QYEN-n4essee5.rfy
Breaking th~-. 1z ikchHn. vk.e kATe esss.sa sssrvs.sa-
on the floor, the heads almost inside
the oven of the gasrange A 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 q silk kimono,
and she lay with Mobiles left arm
encircling her body, their faces, being
close together. Every window in the
apartments was closed and bolted.
Mrs. White, who was the first to
see the bodies, shrieked and tainted.
She was carried to q physician's Of
flee and resuscitated.
The Mobiles left no note to explain
their act, but the police were con-
vinced that it was q case of double
suicide. The coroner also declared
that the circumstances left no doubt
that such was the case. He said
that the couple probably had been
dead three or four hours before their
bodies were found.
FORMER HUSBAND CALLED.
A few minutes after the discovery
Mrs. Mobiles former husband, Walter
Lispenard Suydam, was summoned
by telephone and arrived quickly in
his automobile. He was much af
fected by 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 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:
~ can't tell you anything. She
isn't mine now, and | am only here
as friend to see what l can do"
Mr.. Suydam picked up in the apart
ments a check for $110, which
he said his former wife had told him
yesterday she had drawn on his &C.
count. He put the check in his
pocket.
Suydam was SO unnerved by the
tragedy that later, when he was driv-
ing his automobile in Fifth avenue,
he ran down Edward Rappold, mail
carrier. He took the injured man to
the hospital, leaving orders that no
expense be- spared in treating his
injuries. It was said that the man
would recover.
In the absence of explanatory notes
the motive for the suicide probably
never will be known. The woman
was married to Suydam about nine
years ago, and they made their home
. on magnificent estate at Blue Point,
l.. l.
Mrs. Suydam had q strong intel
lect and moved in the upper circles
of society. Early last fall sensation
al reports developed regarding hel
mysterious disappearance. The SEN
sation was heightened when it turnes
out that she had deserted her wealth,
husband and magnificence to be with
Noble, the son Of Brooklyn plumb
er Noble was learning the plumb
ing trade. Suydam instituted divorce
proceedings and obtained q decree.
The divorced wife afterward mar
ried the plumbers son. The wedding
took place in Jersey City just q month
ago. and they established q home
at 50 West One Hundred Twentieth
street, where the suicide pact ter
minated the romance to-day
WE'RE HEARD QUARRELING.
The bodies were removed to an
undertaking establishment tonight.
Mrs. Mobiles body was transferred ia
an elaborate casket on which her for
mer husband personally put wreath
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