The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-05-16
Louisville.
A DOMESTIC DRAMA IN THREE STRIKING
TABLEAUX-THES SINGULAR STORY
OF TWO MARRIAGES TO TWO
OLD MEN.

OF TWO MARRIAGES TO TWO
OLD MEN.
Louisville society, that is, the first
class portion Of it, is convused to
It's profoundest depths by the mar
,iage Of The note;. sportsmaG r. Ten
;rocyk and tn widow Of the late II.
D. Newcomb. As turfman Ten
Droeck's extraordinary career aud
ran of luck has made him famous
everywhere. Commencing life at
Albany, New York, as the son of a
barber, whose tonsoria' talents are
yet remembered by many of the old
'rsidents, Young TenBroeck made
lis first appearance in public life as
page in the New York House of
Representatives.
Through the Influence of an ex-
member Of the Legislature he was
appointed Cadet at West Point,
nut the rigid d,Scip!ine Of that place
US poorly adapted to his taste, and
took French leave aud went to
iaw Orleans and entered upon his
aree: as a sportsman, beginning as q
-,iiliart( marker. His natural apti
tn lie soon caused him to take rise
a the sporting world, and he and a
nan Damed Lamantin, a snotcd foot
taccr, put up a job on the unsophis
Heated public, by the proceeds Of
which TenBroeck was enabled to en-
bark in the banking business Of the
sort where chips are cashed in lieu
Of checks. Lamantin set up in the
wine business in Beaver street, New
York. where he yet is.
By in >tinct and inclination natu-
raj horn gamester, TenBroeck selec
ted the turf as offering the best field
FOR his peculiar talents. His tur
rarccr in Englsnd is we'll known
His luck for time was remarkable
particularly so in "matching'-se
much so that finally no Johnny Bull
could be induced to make a lay
against the lucky American. While
in Europe he married his first wife
Miss Anderson, an estimahle AM
wealthy lady Of Kentucky. Leavin!
En- gland under cloud, he came t.
Kentucky and lived here on his wife
fortune until that was gone, and sh
died. Since that time he has bee
industriousiy seeking to retrieve hi
broken fortunes by ''chance shot.
His lucky star sill shines upon him
and has covered his declining year
!. by most brilliant streak Of luck
Although popularity estimated to b
upward Of seventy years of age, Ii
{; has captured the young and wealth
widow of the late H. D. Newcoml
who, in the fece of the protests an
: remonstrances of her entire famil
and Immediate friends, has allie
her fortuneswlth those of the luck
gamester. She is barely thirty, wi,
two interesting children by her frs
! husband, whose marriage to her fe
g years since excited so much after
ton throughout the country.
= Mr.. Newcomb was widely know
! and universally respected. At til
p time his seeking divorce from b
IS unfortunate wife and his marryin
T. this young woman was consldere
/. the great mistake Of his life; but n
v until now is the full extent of TIL
mistake recognized by many of b
friends. I, is well known that IL
Courts have rentlo decided that tt
divorce of H. D. Newcomb, "
fraudulent and void, thus leaving t
II lady in the anomalous position
neither maiden nor wife Whatey
sympathy that may have been ex
ted by her position has now tota
disappeared in The disgust express
" by society at her marriage with l
Brock, who in this community,
without social position or charac
except of a certain sort.
The motives which should i'm
young woman to marry this
man are the subject Of much sps