New-York tribune., 1912-02-05
Despite Brides Assertion That
She Expected To Be Very
Happy, They Turn On
Gas and Lie Down,
Side by Side,
on Floor.
EX. HUSBAND ARRIVES EARLY
Seems Much Affected, but Represents
Mother of Wife He Divorced in
Making Funeral Arrangements,
and Brings Wreath-Tenant
Tells of Quarrel, and Boy
May Have Attempted
Life Previously.

Life Previously.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick william Noble,
bride and bridegroom, died in each
others arms yesterday morning. lying
outstretched on the bare, rough floor OF
their tiny kitchen. Less than a month
had elapsed since young Noble and thu
former wife Of Walter Lispenard Suy-
dam, jr., had made truce with conven-
tion through marriage. Yet less than
month of peace had driven these two
social rebels to suicide.
The gas from all the jets in their gas
range, only few feet away. poured
over them and eddied back from the
four walls Of the tiny room. from the
tight shut window and the closed door.
The open oven door swung out within
an inch or two Of their bodies as they
lay on their backs side by side, the
woman's head pillowed on her husbands
left arm, both faces turned away from
the rush of suffocating gas issuing from
| the oven.
So the police found them at 1890
o'clock yesterday morning in their apart
ment on the third floor of the Regina
| apartments, No. So West 18th street.
| the house to which they had eIoped from
.. Blue Point, Long Island, last Septem-
Der.
Thouoht She Would Be Happy.
Il am going TO be very happy, think,
Mrs. Noble was quoted as saying i'm
mediately after the ceremony which hal
united her legally to Noble. Il have
had very uncomfortable time OF II
since last September, what with crank
letters and stage offers and the constant
prying of amateur detectives and inter-
viewers Now it is all over, and hope
we may be allowed to live in peace"
David serviss, proprietor and superin-
tendent of the house, had found ons
outer door of the double apartment ths
couple occupied bolted from within, SO
that his pass key was useless. and the
other door so barricaded with chairs ana
other furniture that he couldn't force MS
way in. He therefore telephoned to Po-
lice HEADQUARTERS, though he had not
smelled trace OF gas.
His fears had been reused by teie-
nhone message from Mrs. John Jay
White. of No. 1 Lexington avenue
mother of Mrs. Noble, who had just
called him up to ask where her daughter
was, saying that she was to have spent
the night at her mothers home, but Mrs.
White mad found her bed undisturoeh
and was afraid something might nave
bannened. Mr.. Serviss tried to connect
with the apartment by telephone. but re-
oeived no answer. Then he tried ths
doors. and before be called the police hs
communicated with Mrs. White.
Mrs White and Captain Dominlck
Harry and Patrolmen Brennan and Dom
nou from the Mercer street station, ar
ri,ed almost simultaneously, the mother
in her limousine. She went up IN the
elevator with the policemen and was
q bout to follow them into her daughters
anartment when they had burst open
the 6arricaded door, but the flood ot
gas which met the little party OF in
vaders told the story too plainly, ana
without penetrating TO the Kitchen she
WAS led away in fainting condition
ard cared for in Mr. Serviss's apart
ment.
Serviss called DIR. Walter Scott Gra-
ham and Or. J. II. Carroll, both tenants
Of his house, but they found the young
people far beyond human help. Botn
said they had been dead four or hve
hours. This was the opinion OF Coroner
whom the police immedi-
atelv summoned. and OF DR. Leblanc. the
Coroner's physician, who arrived iit''s
later. Helenstein wanted to remove th1
bodies TO the morgue, but Edward j.
Cudahy. an undertaken, OF No. Oh Lex
Ington avenue, whom Seryiss had called
in. persuaded him not to do SO. and was
backed up in this by DIR. Lehane' who
considered ii a clear case OF suicide with
ample identification. So the Coroner
issued the necessary permits for Their
Former Husband Sees Bodies.
In the mean time word had been sent
to Walter LIspensrd suydam' jr, at ms
city home No. East 18th street, ana
Mr.. suydam had jumped into his tour
ing car, which had whirled to the seems
.bout the time the Coroner arrived. he
the Coroner upstairs ana
looked down upon the bodies of his Tor.
mer wife and her new boy husband. he
seemed deeply affected.
Il have nothing to say ne said IN
low tone. She's not mine now. you