The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-09
GEORGE LEROY LIVINGSTON
WHIT FOLLOHED an ELOPFHFNr avn
MS nIhE'S SCfT FOR DTTORCE
His Efforts 20 Kin IIimseir-An Ovcr,ios. =.
In"u"n"m and shot In the shouider-A
Friends Account OF the Troy scnnd.,

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Friends Account OF the Troy Scandal
George Leroy Livingston, who was "a.
Gently divorced from his wife in Troy. after bo
had clopod with Mary Gale. registered in Tho
Cosmopolitan Hotel az from Passaic. N. ! am
Friday afternoon. and went ont with fricnd,n
spend the evening. returning at midneb,
Shortly after he went to his roonf pistol sbo,
WAS heard in the quiet corridors, followed hv
the cry. q" Frcw Livingston was also heorj
calling for his friend Several persons entered
Livingston's room and found him leaning ovs,
his valisc. which he. apparently had ius
opened. and bleeding from Il wound in the loh
shoulder. a revolver lay on the floor. Iivinesto,
said that ~ he was opening his valise to GA,
his nightgown the revolver was accidentan,
dicharged. DR.. Farrington was sent 10,
llo accepted the explanation that the shot wa
accidental. and after searching for tho buls
said TINT it had lodged among the muscles az
thc LEFT arm. where it could do no harm eycctt
To cause discomfort To SUN reporter yes.
terday DR.. Harrington said that no man who
wished 10 commit suicide would have used A
weapon Of so small calibre and wounded him.
self where Livingston was shot. He brliovej
unt inc revolver WAC discharged accidentally.
IL Is said thut iminedintrly after tne showing
Livingston ur!rrnd that the fact b, tcegraphe1
10 hls divorced wife ia Troy II is not the lrst
TIM. it il also said. that Lyngs'on has anna.
rcntiy tried 20 Kill himself 4 Few DAYS af,"r
his enforced separation from Miss Mary Gale
ia The Grand Central depot. Immediately suLse.
Iuynt TO tue Siopcmrnt from Troy. no
in9t II lnrgn desc OF aqdanuw,. whils
IL was an overdose. and rs soon as his condition
was known physician WIS summoned who
walked him around Central Paris all night The
h1St dgy he WINS Iruuounrcd ont u danger
:, II .ihgn wont 70 live with another relative
Mr.. MrJ. '. y. LOOMS of Pa iic. who Lad
New Rochelle While there H. wrote TO his
former wife frequently. His letters were return.
the now dire 'tlou WIS written by his wife. In
These letters be- brspusht his wife's fore. iyencss
lie told her that he still loved her and beseeched
separation. She not only tool. no notice Of
thrsr Appeals, except to return them TO their
sender. hut obtained n divorce in twenty-five
late. and entered u dc.nnrr. The divorce had
already been grnutpi |. ant his former wife hal
iihi h'r riird- rh.rnN Il Mrs. Louise Heart"
h"r maiden mann. with u matrimonial prefix
believing tl!at nll was lost. and That his vile no
longer loved hirL Livingston. 1t Is said. again
tri"d Ia commit -uiri,l', ~ he had done whenhs
was separated from Mary Gule. He WINS unsuc.
rrssitl. and he returned to Ms relntivs in Pas.
sal " ~ 'rdny. II wound Is not serious.
lhr tnuowlns is nn account by a friend OF
Livingston Of the affair WI, II has separated
MN IRON ms wife. amt driven the daughter OF
ahruni Mss Gale. - Livingston SAYS. made
W. ht9t advances. Ihr'e or four months ago
Mr.. lhNintsiun, While sorting waste paper
BASKET. ROUND "a" scrIps 81 tDru-up letter. 40.
lnrrnily nom Miss Ca" tO her husband. Later
Mrs Livingston. her suspieiuus having been
freshly aroused by othcr circumstances con.
Ir9qi"d Miss Eg,le viii her husband.
DO You loy' Leroy z" she said.
No.. Miss Gale sud boldly.
htl9i'. aont yod love m"F Livingston
"N,t. I to-. Mss Gale ,i,,ns.id
I"'!nts,on crossed the room aud kissed Misc
Gulr ua tt"II.-.
Mr.. i.,la ,si.a. enragel at the caress. or.
d.rrd tH"n tu qli Troy.
have ~ money. Livingston pleaded.
.o h"frs '.l nave ni@ wife sad, elnptyin2
ii' Dn! Mis- Gulr went L. Poushkcepsie tina,
iNriu '!n. 'Ir-. Livingston pa 'k"d her nus.
pan = trunk T.. cNp'gne NE departure. She
tGrn went TO Miss Gdlc's iutner who was the
trustee ui her estate. amount,n. To $500 900
only life interest in which had been leit nar BY
"u on tie moor ~ ~" on1c' Livingston
ig Nth az fo4GFn,ee'psn, DAY or
3 this city. in the "''GG Grand CenitrSl
q pot they w-r' confronted b, relatives. who
u~N'i iIrm - separate. Mi>s G.,lo Ht frat re.
iu-..l - l.uvc laNllc-ton. Uit. ia'ing told that
sl.' WuG!d b' arrested on a ,,Iar. ., al having
Ia rrturn 10 nor home. Slr went buck ON a WaS
train. th"rriy escaping Livingston. WHO was II
the depot To induce her t. driy arrest Two
weeks ago Yesterday she sailed for Europe
under The escort ul her uncle. john - Doc.
Livingston then f'lt Inns l1,' f1r hos wife no.
WV IL wrota 90 her, nut .nr died not answer
hlr Nrt- II" cam" e. thus eats 70 t.iIiti worry
llu % drpr's- d. lie VISITED On. ig.ui rom
WI"'n tff above account WE oltI,Il. d. Wuo adj
\'-'.j n'1 {, srrrp9stn uW"r ha. Iar trend
m.n bio wife wou4d Intimately tYr-yc him"
Inc srhdiiE Dt DrsuHt'I 90 his former
wife j. r.Gsi!"rcl lrttj eool proof
his friend goes -o far as o. .s-rri tunt Ac tried
iocomnt -uiHi'. saying; irl. been a looI
gone a~tgay % Miss Gl," nad Nut temps AT btm."
LN.ngsiun. 10 ls ,,l.i. stun lOs- '-. part VI
lac .jtNMu lrit hiiI IN Iir fuflrr. he HIST met
hl- Wlies.N or seven avs ago. az f.r, Island
$40 !hlrr'td a. "u-; .duDunD from hrr iHtucr