New-York tribune., 1912-02-05

peared not long afterward. He burst
into tears at the sight.
Mr.. Suydam had just turned away
from the kitchen door where the tragic
spectacle had struck him dumb when he
saw the elderly Mr. Noble entering the
fat by the outer door. He asked the
Coroner who he might be, for, although
Mr. Noble had been neighbor OF his az
Rlue Point for years, he did not recog-
nize him. The Coroner informed MN
and he turned to the father of the boy
who had brought him so much unhappi-
ness and pressed his hand silently.
Mrs Noble was dressed only in a SIR
chemisette and a kimono OF blue am
yellow japanese design, while Noble
wore a pair of dark trousers SILK sh'r.
open at the throat and SOCKS. captain
Harry. who had had his men open all
the windows in the apartment all "t
which were found closed, the first thihS'
conducted a search Of the apartment tof
letters or some other clew to the sui
eide, but found none.
In a bedroom, on the only bed in the
apartment, lay Mrs Mobiles outer gar
ments. The bed had not been slept III
In the living room on centre taoie lay
the brides furs and hat and young
Mobiles overcoat, hat, stick and cigarette
case. On the wall of this room over the
bookcase hung a large framed photo
graph of the youthful couple taken
shortly after they had startled the COM
nunity by tearing their way to dehant
freedom through society's fetters. In
this picture Mrs. Suydam, as she was
then, gazed straight and determined al
the observer from the depths of Nor
ris chair, on the arm of which perched
the boy of her choice, smiling trium-
phantly. II consciously, his arm eN-
tended over the back of the chair
on the same wall q few feet away
hung a large Photographic portrait cf
Billie" as Noble was affectionately
known to his sweetheart. And between
the two like little wedge, stuck a little
picture of Suydam, whose domesticity
these two had shattered.
Suydam Explains Blank Check.
Mr.. Suydam who accompanied the po-
lice and the Coroner in their inspection
Of the premises, came upon blank
check of the Columbia Bank resting on
the muff of the wife he had divorced.
He picked it up. observing to the Cor
oner:
"She came to me yesterday and said
she wanted to draw out $11O l gave
her this check TO fill out, but this is as
far as she got, apparently"
Then he pulled an envelope from his
pocket and drew from it a number If
due bills.
Il took these from her he said
simply.
But perhaps the most interesting OF
the rooms was that which Mrs. Noble
called the Kennels" This was the big
front room, where the bride housed fer
three Pomeranians, one a white little
puppy. six months old. named Pluftes,
and the others two black. full grown
dogs, which she called Dixie and We
uns The floor was thick with sawdust
and sand. while from three corners
peeped three little kennels.
The dogs were not there, however, to
be asphyxiated, and it is the manner Of
their removal as much as anything else
which leads directly to the supposition
that bride and bridegroom deliberately
planned their suicide.
The story begins on Friday evening,
when. it is believed, young Noble at
tempted suicide alone and was prevented
from CARRYING out his design by his wife.
i woman tenant of the apartment house
told Captain Henry that the couple had
had a serious quarrel begun early in the
week, which seemed to culminate Fri
IL Gy,,Il 14-v tha n 10
seemed cut short by frantic call on the
telephone by Mrs. Noble for DR.. Carroll.
Jack" the elevator boy. who also at
tended TO the switchboard. couldn't raise
DR.. Carroll. SO Mrs. Suydam had him
eau another physician one who lived
outside the house. This physician took
little time to arrive and when he did
the couple upstairs had changed their
minds and wouldn't let him in.
Sends Messenger for Pets.
On Satur, afternoon both left their
apartment about o'clock, normal and
calm enough in appearance. Some time
later a district messenger boy. called for
the two black Pomeranians. saying Mrs.
Noble had sent him to take them over
TO her mothers home. In the evening
Mr.. Serviss received a telegram from
Mrs. Noble. which read in substance:
Please take care Of Plufies. will
probably stay at my mothers tonight"
Serviss Immediately went up TO the
apartment on the third floor and got
the puppy, which he carried to his apart
ment. He didn't regard the request as
in any way peculiar, since Pluffies was
in the habit of barking and crying
through the night unless petted.
About II o'clock Noble came back to
the house alone, perfectly sober and
with apparently nothing about his man
ner or appearance to excite suspicion.
He went Immediately to his apartment.
No one seems to know when Louise, his
wife, returned. Her mother said yester-
day she had gone up to her daughters
bedroom in the Lexington avenue house
'at 10 o'clock and found 1t empty, to her
surprise but thought Mrs. Noble must
have stepped outdoors on some errand.
She went to bed, expecting to see her at
breakfast.
Mrs. White. through Mr.. Suydam, took
charge of her daughters body and also
Of the furniture and everything else in
the apartment, all of which had belonged
90 Mrs. Noble. Mr. Noble said he wanted
only HIS sons body. Both parents gave
the bodies into the charge of Cudahy,
the undertaken first summoned, who late
in the afternoon had large black motor
bus driven down to the house to receive
them.