The Washington herald., 1915-01-01
TWO WIVES WEEP AT
BEDSIDE OF DYING THIRD
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers had been popu-
lar until they gave up their luxurious
apartment last October. None of Mrs.
Rogers friends could recall that she
had any children, and none of them
knew where she had gone when she
had left the Riverside drive apartment.
Even her brother had not heard from
her for several weeks.
The baby Loretta died yesterday. The
coroner was called to the hospital and
before he started had ben apprised of
the fact that the dying Mrs Rogers and
the sister of Prof. Giddings apparently
wer not the same woman.
The coroner found Rogers at the hos
pital He was just leaving the room
where his dead baby lay, and he was
weeping.
Little John cannot live" he sObbed.
Take me to him now. while he is still
alive and let me identify him as my son.
fear cannot bear up II I have to see
him dead, too
His request was complied with, and
after he lad seen the boy and identi-
fed him, to comply with the legal ne
cessities, the coroner began to ques-
ti0n him closely about the dying wom-
an he acknowledged as his wife.
Not BIgnmy Case"
Il will say nothing" Rogers declared.
Finally, however, he noted a change
in the tone of his questioner, and sud
denly stated, with an attempt at dig
nified bearing: IF you are looking for
a case of bigamy, Mr.. Coroner, you will
not find it. There is nothing of that sort
here"
Questions elsewhere brought out the
fact that Rogers had married Miss
Caroline Giddings in Chicago in 1909
after having been divorced by Mrs.
Anna Rouuemore Rogers. whom he had
married about fifteen years before in
Montgomery, Ala. While search was
being made for these two wives an
attempt was made to get the dying
woman to talk. She refused to tell
anything about herself.
Finally Mrs Rogers No. 2 and the first
Mrs. Rogers were found. Both came to
the hospital in tears, the former from a
little summer bungalow in New Jersey
where Rogers had left her alone all
through the winter. and the latter from
her home in New York.
Both said they knew the dying woman,
and singly they were admitted to her
bedside. There was a touching scene as
each woman went to the side of her err
ing sister, and it was learned that all
three had known each other in child
hood. Rogers had been divided in his at
tentions as a youthful sweetheart be-
tween the woman he married first, Anna
Rocauemore, and the woman he failed to
marry, Ida Sniffen."
Name Was Assumed.
1t came out that this name was as
sumed, and that the love Wife had
been reared in a cultured Southern home
Two of her brothers are said to hold
high positions in the Federal government
Il loved Mr.. Rogers" cried the hrs'
wife. 'I stin love him, and / am deeply
grieyed to see him in all this trouble.
II loved him. and / still love HIM
cried the second wife. II cannot let him
/ CO.
Both sobbed that they loved the woman
who had shared with them the love 81
Rogers and would do anything they could
10 save her life And on her bed OF pair
the woman who was not Mrs. Rogers
wept out her statement that she, too
! loved Rogers and had done what she die
| to save him from loss OF reputation anc
/ friends.
But, my God. 1 seem to have made
matters worse" she cried Il have &C
ccmplished Just what I sought to pre-