Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08
Last Pleas of Man to Woman He
Slew for SpurnIng Him Reveal
Secrets of Infatuation That Led
Him to Steal Another's Wife.
Missing Jewel OF Victim Traced to
Alabama Village, Where She
Had Sold 1t for Paltry Sum.
Friends Tell How Pair EIoped.

Secrets OF an astonishing romance
were barred Saturday night in a Sc
r-ies of strange love letters found by
The Sunday American which had been
written by Andrew J. Anderson. of
New Orleans, who slew his supposed
wife and then killed himself as thew
quarreled on Trinity avenue.
Other dramatic revelations we're
made by friends showing that Mrs.
ANDERSON" was not Amerson's wife at
all, but was Mrs. Roy Blgbie, who
had been stolen from her own hus-
band by the wildly infatuated Amer
son.
A remarkable circumstance in the
tangled love dream was revealed in
the fact that Anderson, after the wor1-
an had broken his power and left
him. sought to win her back as his
wife through the childish graces Of a
little girl whom he called daughter"
but who was in reality Bigbie's daugh-
ter, as was the mother Bigbfe's wife.
Usurped Fathers Place.
Thus ANDERSON not only had stolen
Bighie's wife, but he had usurped the
place Of father in the heart of Louise.
the little girl. The one In all his let
tiers he addressed as wife" and the
other as daughter"
The fact that the woman was ths
wife Of Bigbie explains the mystery
of the photograph OF Bigbie found In
Mrs. Amerson's" room at No. So
Trinity avenue, which bore the In
scription, From papa to Louise
A former friend of both Anderson
and Bigbie was one of those who
viewed the two bodies IN Hurry @
Poole's undertaking parforu, and iden-
titled the woman as Mrs. Bigble.
Whether Bigbie had obtained A d.
vorce from the woman was not as
certained.
In his love notes, written from
New Orleans on the backs of four
postcard photos of himself, Anderson
addressed two to the woman A INV
dear wife" ana two to the little girl
as my daughter In these he plead
cd with his wife" TO love him again
and to live with him that he ~might
be happy" In the notes to the girl
he pleaded with her to intercede for
him and induce her mother to love
him.
According to the sensational story
told by friends OF Anderson. ne wooes
and won Mrs. Bigbie from her hus-
band in 1910, at which time the Big
bies lived IN the little town of Da-
mascus Ga, on the Georgia, Florida
and Alabama Railroad.
Both Railroad Men.
ANDERSON was a conductor and Big
bic foreman. So wildly infatuated
with the woman did Anderson become.
1t was said, that he drove Bigbie from
his own home For days, then, both
men are said to have carried revolv-
ers, looking for one another, but never
met.
In the meantime the little town. il
was said, became so aroused over the
scandal that a petition. started BY
ministers, was circulated and caused
Anderson to lose his Job. He and the
woman then left that section and he
obtained railroad employment else
where.
At that time Amsrson's wife and
two children we're living in Macon, al
though he was not separate ted from his
wife then. Divorce proceedings, In
stituted some time ago by Mrs Amer
son, are now pending.
Diary Adds to Mystery.
A diary. kept by Mrs ANDERSON
and which contains q limited record
Of events concerning her In the last
few weeks, has added new interest to
the mystery of her supposed marriage
TO Anderson. for the reason that II
shows an entry indicating January 8,
last. as her first anniversary. She
wrote
ION this date one year ago my
love and were married hays kept