The New York herald., 1872-11-25
Dow the Alleged Scion Of Great House Mar
ried the C0nfiding Young Lady.
STARTLING ANTECEDENTs.
The Ecclesiastical sprig, His Wife, b.
gus Bank Accounts and Un-
blushing Impudence.
TENSIONS NEWLY LY-FOUND Joy CUT SHORT,
His Arrest No Barrier to the Receipt Of I'm
mense Estates in Ireland.

mense Estates in Ireland.
PoUGHKEErsIE, Nov 23 1872.
Aremarkable matrimonial case has come to light
IN this city. Itinvolves an elopement, charge OF
bigamy, assault and battery and the character and
standing of alleged lneal descendant OF an Arch
bishop Of Canterbury. The lady in the case is Miss
Mary Louise Mapes daughter of Perry Mapes, re-
tired North River steamboat captain.
The man gave his name as Henry Porter Ten-
son, and in his marriage notice, which was
written by himself, he says he is of "Rock
Hail. county Kilkenny, Ireland, son and
heir OF the late Thomas Tension and
nneal "sAcendant of DR.. Thomas Tension, Arch
bishoertunanterburyn This grandiloquent state
mept is Ne teved by no one but himself The story
Of the entire is full OF romance and runs, ac
eorling to all intelligence received substantially
Hs f0llOws:-
A little over three months ago Mrs. Mapes and
daughter were returning from o trip to Western
friends. While ON the cars between Albany and
Syracuse lady approached Mrs. Mapes and in
quired Of her il she had noticed o man running
back and forth In the car, saying he had insulted
her. Mrs. Mapes was soon after ac-
Costed by the same man. when she
Indignantly repeled the insult. on the
Rrrlval Of the train at the station MI. Mapes met
his family and in the happiness OF the meeting the
little incident on the cars was forgotten and they
proceeded to their suburban villa, where Mrs.
Alapes then told the story. About dusk the dog
outside barked as II a stranger was approaching
Mr.. Mapes stepped outside and walked down the
gravelled roadway, and observed a man coming
towards him. AS soon as they met the stranger
commenced to apologize for rudeness offered in the
cars to Mrs. Mapes. The latter also made her ap-
pearance at this time, and fully identified the
stranger as the one who had accOSted her.
Mr.. MAPEs BEING NOW SATISFIED
as to the man, ordered him from his premises.
The latter expostulated and urged upon Mr..
Aapes that he could show a good character, that
ne was gentleman and would come back In a
week or two with letters to that effect. He then
left the grounds and proceeded to the Morgan
House. There lis snobDsh department attracted
general attention. TO use the expression Of a
bystander, "he was putting on more airs than
= three -year-old at county fair" Five
days from that time he again appeared at
the Mapes' residence, at twilight. This time
he met with warm reception. Mr..
Napes at once got into an alteration
with him and severe fight ensued. "The lineal
descendant of the Archbishop Of Canterbury was
tnocked down, dragged in the mud and left as for
dead. Mr.. Mapes thinking he might have struck
him too hard endeavored to help him up and finally
succeeded, and, putting his hat on his head kicked
him down the roadway and out Of the gate
Though nothing definite is known, it is supposed
that from that time forth Tension and Mr.. Mapes'
daughter cOrresponded, his letters being addressed
to her under an assumed name and given to her
through third party-a woman, whose husband
keeps q saloon not far from the Mapes' mansion.
Before the correspondence commenced
TENSION AND MISS MAPES
were brought IN contact with each other at the
residence Of one OF the leading families in the
city. He, 1t Is said, formed the acquaintance OF
this family by claiming relationship. and told
them the story of his love. They invited the girl
TO their house, where, she claims, she unexpectedly
met him. On the morning OF the 18th OF November
Tenison arrived IN Poughkeepsle on the first At
iantic express at five O'Clock in the morning and
repaired to the Poughkeepsie Hotel. There he con-
Quoted himself in a loose manner. He made adj
vances to the servant girls and frted with the fe
male ~! walters till they got aisgasted with him.
announcement that he was aIou, to be
home in her everyday clothes with the avowed
Intention OF going up town to do some shopping.
not transpire where, and proceeded to the church
OF the Holy Comforter, in Davies street, Rev. Mr..
Crarey pastor. Tension had previously notified the
cautiously. He asked Miss Mapes her age and other
questions, which were all answered in satisfactory
manner. She stated, among other things, that her
father was absent from the city, and that her
mother was i'll and could not be present; that she
had had dressmaker in the house for three
weeks preparing the wedding garments, and that
the china and plate was already purchased and
mOnOgramed. Being thus assured Rev. Mr. Crarey
announced that he was ready to
PROCEED WITH THE MARRIAGE.
At this Juncture "the llneal descendent OF the
desire to be married in the church. TO this Mr.
Crarey readily consented, and all proceeded 10 the
church near by, where the two were united in mar
riage. The weather was very unpropltions as the
rain poured down In torrents, necesstating the
procurement Of hack, put before doing SO it
Of the Archbishop OF Canterbury that he had
not paid the dominic. He informed the clergy
a esrn@ naa he Ss Wish 10 se win
MIR. Crarey if he had a check book One was pro.
ond National Bank Of Detroit for sl5 and passed it
10 Mr. Crarey IT was signed "lienry Porter Tent
Farmers and Manufacturers Bank Of fPoughkeep pse.
After giving the check Tension left his bride to get
hack. He was absent about an hour ana returned
seats and were driven to the Poughkeepse Hotel.
There he aighted and passed into the
and took a drink and then stood in front OF the
mirror surveying himself and soapng his mustache.
His wife becoming impatient, sent for him to hurry
as she was afraid they might miss the train. He
paid no attention to the messenger. Finally she
got out OF the carriage and appeared at the private
Of hlm she inquired il Mr.. Tension had not been been
Thought nos ,Go wnen rses shc aided '0a hef ne
WE'VE JUST BEEN GETTING MARRIED,
ana ~ would be unpleasant to know that fact"
Almost Immediately after Tension appeared and
The couple were driven to the depot, where tney
LOCK passage on the noon fast train Tor Albany.
keacnng That city, they registered at the Delevan
House Us man and wife. 1t would seem that Miss
NaPee ,egretted the serious step long before she
800 Sc Gt ner get or at Rhinebeck and 20 back to
her h0Ie. ne however, insisted on her going
floor al night long. she had discovered
s 20 mnoHcated nos y, N. condition and was ready to
mo, ming ne Ieit the hotel az he said 10 nerotiste
some checks, when che, too, afterwards Quietly
lett the sonse, ana, proceeding TO the Hudson