The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-23
DEATH REVEALS
FACT Man HAD
TRIO OF WIVES
Desire for Children Led At
torney to Establish Three
Homes
A RESPECTED CITIZEN
eY BETTY cRAEME

oY oCttN 4NSGWG
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.--Was
the craving for children to bear
his name. 10 carry on his line.
- 20 Inherit HIS wealth. the IRE
sistibie force that drove VIII
Ham Wallace Snyder. respected
citizen OF New Jersey. 10 build
and maintain three homes'
Two Of the three women wild
owed by snycers death have
gone into the courts to smireh
his memory In a quarrel over
his real estate. They have barred
. strange romance.
In 1875 Snyder. lawyer, married
Phoebe Baldwin. and they made
their home In East Orange. y. j..
where Mrs. Snyder. gray haired and
placid. survives him. Undisturbed
by the stories OF the other wives.
she refuses to be mixed up In their
contest.
Besides her home and her own In
dependent means. Snyder willed his
first partner $50 week.
After II years the yoke OF matrt
mony that failed TO bring the closer
tie OF parenthood became too heavy
to be borne. The sweet. placid wife
shared In his disappointment also.
Remember First VIE
To divorce her would be cruel and
unfair A quiet. reserved man. Sny-
Eer had no wish to hurt the wife
who had been his true and loyal
,companion-
/ So he established another
home- He took another wife,
% FAR removed IN the social
scale from, the first that they
would never meet.
To Mrs. Lucinda Pabst Snyder.
whom he met In Trenton, and to
whom he gave his name. William
Wallace Snyder was capenter. She
helped him build the little home at
3ls Seventh St. Harrison. y. J.,
which the Il Mrs Snyder Is now
trying 10 wr from her.
ouarress With No.
But again great disappointment
awaited him. The wish OF his heart
was denied.
He grew restless: he stayed away
long. Once Lucinda accused him
OF caring for some one else. and he
few into a rage. Once she found
him in New York with another
woman and forced him to accom-:
pany her home.
These things did not endear the
silent, dignified man to her. and
when his will was read. HER
NAME WAS NOT MENTIONED.
In 1898 Snyder married. at Buff
n>nlo. Sara ID. Whiteneck.
A Beside the income to his first
love. Snyder willed to Sara d.
whiteneck. daughter Of Alfred
Whiteneck, OF Pleasant Valley. Mer-
Ger county. N. j.. $50 week during
her natural life. II she shall 30 long
remain single and unmarried"
Sentiment Governs Him
II also directs that any income
above the 800 be used to educate
his children, Helen. born at Irving.
ton in 1899, and William Wallace.
born at Mount Vernon in 1901, and
at the expiration OF the trust for the
two women. the estate shall be di.
vided between these children. The
first and last Mrs. Snyder are made
executors.
To the end. deep sentiment gov.
erned Snyder's life-a desire 20
make reparation TO the first woman
he had wronged. and to have her
share equally with the woman who
had given him the crowning Joy Of
life--his children.
3 When the battle has been fought
out In the New Jersey courts these
children. for whom William Wallace
Snyder dared everything. with the
memory OF loving. indulsent
father, treasured In their hearts
will be alone in their respect for
mis- memory.