WHY WALTER MONTGOMERY COMMITTED SUICIDE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1051, 8 December 1871, Page 3

WHY WALTER MONTGOMERY COMMITTED SUICIDE.

[CORRESPONDENT OF THE NEW YORK WORLD.] Boston, Sept. 25. 1 believe the cause and circumstances of the death of Walter Montgomery have already bsen given in your foreign correspondence. Within a day or two the history of the woman whose infatuation for the tragedian was undoubtedly the cause of his suicide has fully transpired. It seems that she has been several times married, and that at least two of her husbands are living in this city. Her maiden name was Bigelow, and her father is a shoemaker in. East Boston. Her late husband is proprietor of a wellknown private hotel. The following additional facts are of interest. At the time of the performance of the "Black Crook" at the Continental Theatre — now St. James'— in this city, there were two sisters who stood perched on a pedestal in a position that showed their forms off to good advantage, which pleased some of the audience, while it infatuated others. These two sisters went by the name of Bigelow, and were often spoken of as possessing beautiful forms aud features. Among the constant visitors to the theatre was a man of mature age, a respectable citizen of the west end of the city. He fell in love with the features, or the form, we do not know which, of one of the girls. It took but very little work to secure an introduction, through the agency of one of the. attaches of the theatre. He thought so much beauty and form should not go without a proper recognition, so he popped the question and she accepted him, probably not for his looks, but for the money which he possessed, as he was reported as very wealthy. They were married ; but it was impossible for two so unlike in disposition, age, &c, to live happily together. She, in company with her sister, "was on the go all the time, and made the old fellow's money fly very rapidly. She ran up accounts at various dry goods stores in Washington street until her husband gave orders to the proprietors of the places not to trust her any more. This caused a fresh outbreak, and the result was that she took a trip to New York. Her husband stood it for about three weeks, and no longer. So he started after her and brought her home, forgiving her for all she had done if she would only consent to live with him. Of course she agreed to all thiß, for the old man's pnrse was just what she wanted to handle. About this time Mr Montgomery played an engagement at the Boston Museum. Miss Bigelow, .or Mrs , attended each, and every performance, and was struck with his beautiful-shaped limbs, the Bame as had been smitten with hen while in "Black Crook. She sent him bouquets nightly, with a card containing the name of " Miss Bigelow" attached to it. Mr Montgomery did not know who the fair donor was, and paid very little attention to the matter. When he sailed for Europe, and had left our chores but a day, he was introduced to a lady by tjje name of BigeloWj, of ijoston, who, pn inquiry, turned out to he pyr heroine, A mutual friendship sprang up between them on the voyage, when she informed him that she was madly in love with him, and had followed him on his voyage home, in order that she might be near him. She passed herself off as a maiden, and Montgomery believed her. To make a long story short, he subsequently married her, believing that in doing so he was marrying a maiden who loved him for himself alone. The day after he was married he found out that she whom he had made his wife already had a husband in Boston. It will be recollected that in a week he was to sail for this country, and that he was engaged by some of our lyceums to give readings. It was too much for a gentleman of his sensitive nature to face the public in this city with these facts standing prominently before them. It would be the gossip of the city, and sent broadcast throughout the country. It was too much fcr his nerve, and the result was that he took his own life. This is given as the true cause of Waiter Montgomery's suicide. Whether the wife can satisfy her conscience in the i parf she has played in this tragedy is a question we leave entirely to her alone.