Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-28

band was away to Panama and is now
back, but I don't know where he is."
Miss MoAndrews will accompany the body
Of Mrs. Belzer 10 New York late this after
noon.
lie Due arrived at Broad Street station
on a fast rain from Chicago at s:25 O'Clock
this morning and rushed to the jefferson
Hospital. after gulping down cupfu Of
coffee, his first food since he left Chicago
Where is the Jefferson Hospltal9' were
his first words on stepping from the train.
How Is my wife? Will she liver
lie Duo Is darkcomplexioned man, ath.
letio In appearance and clean-shaven. He
is about five feet eight inches in height
LIE Dues STATEMENT
II first heard Of the shooting Of my wife
shortly after II o'clock yesterday morning"
he said. "A telegram dated Philadelphia,
purportng 10 be from my wife, read
go Have been shot. Come TO Jefferson
Hospital at once
Since leaving Chicago have established
the fact that my wife was not the sender Of
this telegram. This telegram, / have been
Informed, was sent by the police.
My wife and have been married for
fifteen years. My wife Is the daughter Of
the late Philip KRppes, who was prominent
socially and man OF wealth in Cincin-
natl. was taking part in tennis
tournament In suburb near Cincinnati
and among the spectators was my wife,
who at that tine was Lillian Kappes, When
the tournament was over introduced
TO her by some intimate friends. II was
love at first sight. and shortly afterward
our engagement was announced We were
married a few months after the engage
ment and for about Ave years made our
home in New York.
MET GRAvECR FIVE YEARS AGO
About five years ago / met Joe Graveur.
Joe Graveur at that time was a different
sort OF a man. He was Interested in home
life and especially In uplift work among
juvenile Offenders. | met Joe one evening
at Old Terrace Gardens, on Fifty-elghth
street near Lexington avenue, New York
while German celebration was in progress
Joe and my wife and I became warm
friends. He was married then and my wife
often accompanied Mrs Graveur on shop
ping trips. Many times we went to the
theater together. We all believed in Joe
Tor his sincerity In uplift work When
Joe's wife died about two years ago. he
became a different man and began to drink
heavily. Many ugly stories were circulated
about him. but we never believed them.
MY wife and | lived as happily as two
doves. Although married for more than
hfteen years, we were often referred to by
! relatives and friends as the honeymoon
couple
my WIFE SQUAREST GIRL"
MY wife is the squarest girl that ever
| lived No one can make me change my
| opinion. She is square as a dollar bill.
My wife left Chicago on the afternoon
of September ~. For many weeks she had
! planned to go to New York to visit rel
| atives. friends and also to visit Old Ter
race Garden which we haunted during our
| honeymoon.
"on reaching New FORK she stopped at
the Claridge Hotel, where she remained for
| ten days. While at the Clardge she sent
me letter every day. If not mistaken l
received a letter from her September 22, i'm
| which she stated that she had planned to
come TO Philadelphia TO visit her nephew,
| who is engaged in the coal business in this
| city.
| Il have read i'm the newspapers that
Graveur stopped at the Breakers Hotel, in
Atlantic City, from September 22 to "a, ac-
| companled by a woman described as his
! wife. That may be so but my wife was
| never with Graveur at Atlantic City.
DIDN'T KNOW MRS. BELzER
| 81 can't understand how my wife hap
pened to be in the same room with Graveur
at the Hotel Walton. This man Graveur.
| whom l shall never forgive. must have put
| one over on my wife. / can't understand
how my wife permitted Graveur to register
himself with her
MY wife either was In n stupor or she
| must have been suffering from some drug
| administered to her by Graveur. In my
| opinion after my wife reached the room
| with Graveur she realized where she was
| and unquestonably tried to get out of the
| room. but was prevented from doing so by
| this rascal
Il don't know who Mrs. Bezer is, and
| / never heard OF her. She may have been
| in Graveur's life for years for all that
| know. / don't care what the newspapers
| have published or what the people may say.
| / love my wife today just as much as l did
when i fell in love with her fifteen years
| ago.
| IT expect to remain here until Sunday. II
| by that time my wife's condition is i'm
| proved / will take her back to Chicago
| back to our home on Sheridan road where
| she will not only be welcomed by relatives
| but also by our neighbors
you ask me will / forgive her. What
| shall 1 forgive? She has been true and
| loyal wife She lured to the hotel
| lured by a man who in our eyes, was not
| only our friend, but whom we considered
| as our chum."
FRIENDS NOT UNEASY
From all Chicago reports it would seem
| that no uneasiness was felt among friends
| there because Mrs. lie Due was in a hotel
room with Graveur Both OF them were
| fully dressed when the tragedy occurred,
except that Mrs. lie Due had one shoe un-
| buttoned. From papers found among Gra-
| veurs effects police surmised that the pair
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