St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 27, 1911

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VOL, 64. NO. 38. ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1911. —— PRICE

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~MLSUTRERLAND'S DOUBLE LIFE 1S REVEALED BY SON Beautiful Woman Who Posed Here as Mrs. Suther- land Was Not His Wife, but the Widow of His Law Partner and Daughter of Pastor of Family Church. She Was Accused in Canada of Poisoning Mrs. Suther- land, Tried to Escape, but \ Was Tried and Acquitted. Later Sutherland Cashed in All His Belongings and De- serted His Wife and Child- ren, Joining Other Woman The remarkable story of the’ strange hidden Hfe of James M. Sutherland, prominent attorney for 20 years in 8t. -to this city of his eldest son, J. Sinclair Sutherland, 32 years old, of Charlotte- town, Prince Edward Island, Canada, to claim his estate. Sutherland left no will. It was thought when he died that he had left assets worth $10,000, but it is now believed that there is only $5000 worth of bank stock. With liabilities this amount will be reduced to between $200 and $3000. It has been said that he had other in- vestments and Attorney Vincent Mc- =hane is investigating for the heirs to learn if this is so. Pusnsic Administrator Troll took charge of the estate within ‘twenty-four hours of Sutherland’s death. Lie\was notified of the death by George Figel, member of the House of Dele- gates and law partner of Sutherland, and Eigel. was appointed his personal representative by Troll to administer on the estate. — Sutherland was buried several days azo in St. Peter’s Cemetery alongside the beautiful woman who for more than fifteen years had held an honored place In St. Louls as his wife. This woman died three years ago and was buried as Mra, Sutherland, with a magnificent funeral from the Sutherland home on Daimar boulevard west of King’s high- y. jx is now learned that the dead "woman was not Mrs. Sutherland. She was the daughter of the pastor of the Presbyterian church of which Suther- land was one of the leaders in Char- lottetown, and the wife of Suther- land’s former law partner when he was a Queen’s Councilor in Canada. Filed From Canada. This woman, whose name was Mrs. Georgie McDonald Weeks, fled togthe United States after her husband had fied suddenly, and after she had been tried- on the charge of attempting to murder the real Mrs, Sutherland by putting strychnine !n medicine she was taking for a slight illness. Butherland followed her to the states, and, after living together two years in Chicago, they came to St. Louis 80 years ago as Mr. and Mrs. Suther- land. Sutherland's widow and his four chil- fren, are all living in Canada aa a » rat

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