Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 43
Marlin, Texas, Saturday, October 19, 1907
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DEATH REVEALS A DOUBLE LIFE
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Railway Accident in France Exposes
Life Secret.
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London, Oct. 16.--The
London papers this week contain an interesting story of a double life led by an
American, which was revealed only the hand of death.
The man in the case crossed to Europe,
leaving his wife in America. While traveling in France he was among the
victims of a terrible railway accident. Beside his body int he morgue was
placed the body of another victim, a handsome woman whose satchel contained some
of his visiting cards.
The authorities, suspecting nothing
irregular, cabled to the family in America to inform them of the two deaths.
The widow cabled back merely ordering them to send his body for burial. A
second cable was accordingly sent from Frances to say that a lady had been
traveling with him, and one of his cards was found upon here and that her bags
contained letters signed with his name. A description of the lady and the
name written on the envelope in her bag were also wired across the ocean.
A prompt reply came back. The
authorities were instructed to buy the husband at once, in France, but nothing
was said about the unfortunate woman. They were buried in French graves,
side by side. It subsequently developed that the woman had been a lifelong
friend of the bereaved family. No one suspected anything between the two,
but the facts pointed to a carefully arranged meeting in Europe. The man,
whose name has been carefully withheld, is said to have been prominent in
business and social life of one of the largest cities in the United States.
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