The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-31
HIS EX-WEE
GIVES Glue
MMYS1ERY
Says He Skipped Out on
Boat Bound for Austria
liza on June I2nd

On the day George w. Howe.
undertaken bridegroom. vanished
from this city. June ~. leaving
behind a sorrowing young bride a'
the end OF a three days honey.
moon. he tciephoned one of his for.
mer wives at the Burton apart
m~nts. ASIA Third ave. that he
was leaving at II o'clock that even
ing for Australia The Star was in
formed today.
The Star found the ex.wtfe. Lean
Fieishman. a handsome young WON.
nm Of z5. at her place OF employ.
nent this morning In a downtown
restaurant.
II will tell what know OF the
case" said Miss Fieishmsn. ''bc
cnusr think u iH only fair that
the poor little bride should know
the truth. While she is at Monroe
mourning him for dead. don't
think he was murdered or commit.
ted suicide. think he Just skip.
ped out was his second wife.
TIE MARRIED HER
On JUNE 17TH
Howe married Miss Edna Tuttie.
n Monroe rfri. on June II. the
ceremony taking place In tho Uni.
verrity Methodist church here
During the whole time he was
cnurtins Miss rittje and even on
tho day Of their wedding. he was
calling on Miss F7cishman. who
divorced him a year ago. the latter
said.
Immediately after the wedding
Howe and his new wife returned
TO Monroe. He spent three days Of
honeymoor.inr and negotiating for
tho sale OF his undertaking csfab.
iishment there. finally selling for
several hundred dollars.
with the money in his pocket ne
left Monroe. telling his disappointed
ytunr wife he was going TO look
around Puyallup and t.numciaw for
a new business location. She
never saw him again.
DID NOT RETURN
To THE HOUSE
For a month she conducted a
futile personal search. She learned
from George Holcombc. friend
with whom Howe resided at ash
Brooklyn ave, when he was In
town. that Holcombe had seen her
bridegroom on the afternoon Of
June 20 ON the street. Holcombc
slid Howe told him at that time
that he would he ''out TO the house
In half an hour He did not show
up. and there the trail was lost
TO Mrs. Howe.
She went back 10 Monroe. asking
Holcombe 10 notify the police here.
He did so yesterday. adding that
he and Mrs. Howe were both of
the opinion that the vanished en-.
balmcr had been murdered for hts
money. He was known 10 have
had $500 or $500 in his purse.
Miss Flcishman told The Star to.
day she believed he had a much
greater sum than that He wrote
her. she said. before the wedding.
that he had made a stake. and was
going to get out"
Il married him last summer" she
said, "and remained his wife until
about year ago. Then left him
and he got a divorce. know he was
married before. but don't know any
thing about his first wife. He never
told me her name.
SAW HER WHEN
HE CAME TO TOWN
mo one was more surprised than
| when / read in The Star last night
that he had married another girl and
was missing. He had been In here
TO see me every time he came to
town. He wrote me letters and kept
I'm communication with me all the
time. | didn't know he intended 20
remarry. He was here talking to me
the day OF the wedding. but didn't
mention II TO NE.
What was the matter with him7
Oh. just his disposition. It's an old
trick OF his getting married. He
had a very quick temper"
on June 90. the day Howe forsook
his bride in Monroe. Miss Fleishman
received the following letter from
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