The death ofGeorge Tarbox and his wife

According to the New York Times, Dec.25,1895 George Tarbox 73 years old of Wallington died on the 24th of December, Christmas Eve. He was arrested as short time ago in a raid on the Hermitage Hotel in which a poolroom was held. He was a bartender. His wife, who's name was never given in the article, tried to bail him out but on the way to the County jail she caught cold and within a few days died of pneumonia. Tarbox was allowed out of jail to visit her before she passed away. The day following her death Mr. Tarbox made bail by his friends. He lived for a short time and sank slowly into dispair and died from the deisgrace of the arrest and death of his wife. Tarbox was a member of a well known Mass. family. His brother served sevral terms in Cngress from Mass.