Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-06

the letter, at once admitted that h
wrote it, aud announced that he wa
ready TO accord General Lawrence III,
satisfaction that was demanded. S,
much of the above as is pertinent I,
the divorce proceedings as shown,
the guilty intimacy is understood TO b,
now embodied in affdavits made By
Mr.. Livingston and Mr.. Willing. anC
in the possession of General Law
%rence's counsel. Incidentlly the stor,
of the duel was developed. 1t wa.
believed at the time Of the first report
that MI. james Gordon Bennett wa;
the second of General Lawrence, but
it is now asserted that this privilege OF
friendship was assumed by Mr.. Carroll
Livingston. The Hon. Amedee
Vauden Nest was attended by a cous-
in. There was but n exchange OF
shots. General Lawrence fred and
missed, and the German discharged
his pistol in the air. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Bennett was on the field as
one Of the friends of General Law
renee, but not in the technical capac.
ity.
1t was asserted at the time of the
first publication of this affair that
Mrs. Lawrence eloped with the Ger
man after the duel, but this has been
denied, for she has lived in Paris
since that time, and when the divorce
proceedings were first made known to
her there were evidences in Newport
that her counsel was preparing to
make a strong defense. 1t is now be-
lieved that, while she will be repre-
sented by counsel, there will be no
opposition to a decree. 1t is also be-
lleved that General Lawrence has
secured other proof against his wife
than the afidavits Of Mr.. Livingston
and Mr.. Willing afford, This includes
testimony concerning impropriety at a
hotel in Washington, at the Pcquot
House in New London, at Rye Beach
and at Newport.
The suit which, it is said, Mrs. Tay.
lor, the mother of Mrs. Lawrence.
either has (for the proceedings arc
conducted with great secrecy or is
about to bring against General Law
renee is for $4,000, asserted to have
been loaned to General Lawrence.
Mrs. Taylor is wealthy, and is be-
lleyed to have looked upon the loan
to General Lawrence, when it was
made, as an investment. For a series
of years the interest was regularly
paid, and the impression seems to be
that the present suit is brought with
reference to General Lawrence's suit
for divorce: In a recent suit for a
much smaller sum against General
Lawrence the sheriff who had the
papers to serve had no alternative but
to take General Lawrence to Jail un-
less he paid the sum sued for or fur
nished bail. His father gave the bond
necessary, 1t is said in Newport that
General Lawrence's troubles have
wrecked him financially. He is be-
lieyed to live with his father. but is
never e e outside of the house.
Mrs. Lawrence's son by her first
husband is now, or was at a recent
day, with his grandmother in Balti
more. The birth Of this son resulted
in a singular complication in the set
Element of the estate of his father.
Kingsbury. General Buckner,
Kingsbury's brother-in-law
order to prevent con6scation of his
in the North, had, as be-
fore said, conveyed them to Can
tain kingsbury. 1t was understood
between the brothers-in-law that this
was merely done for safe keeping. but
of course this understanding could
have no legal effect, at least so long as
the war lasted. Captain Kingsbnry
was killed, and was believed to have
left no will, and his property. includ.
ing the Buckner estates, would there
fore have passed to his wife and son.
General Burnside, however. subse-
quently discovered among the papers
of Captain k~ingsbury a will which he
remembered that Captain Kingsbury
had given him for safe keeping inst
before the battle of Antietam. By
the will Captain Kingsbury .so9s
the right Of the Buckner family
that part of the estate which he
held in trust for General Buckner
But the will bore no signature of wit
nesses, and it was declared by the
70 be yalaeless, and the right of
child to inherit all the property
was affirmed. But General Buckner
subsequently sued for recovery on the
that the estate was never con
7eyed in fee to Captain KingsLuhy,
but only IN trust aud 0aered the Will
10 prove the assertion, and he won the
suit: Commissioners were appointed
to divide the e%state-one part to 20 to
Kingsbury's heirs and inc !
other to General Bpekner's daughter.
heiE qf her mother, Miss Kings.
bury. Almost all Of Che estate Was
in Chicago, and just before the com
m%issioners began their work the fire
came and simpliGed it for them. AS
the buildings were all burned it only
for the commissioners Ia
make an equal 8iYiSiQg 81 tho land. |
Enc whole estate was estimated before /
the fire to be worth 81 ,0O0, 600
The fact that the son Of Qautat !
l. ingsbgpy u nQW With lis Stapdi
mother Is held by tho friends Of Mrs.
as proof Of the Ralsity of
the rumor that he had rcnounccd his
mother forever on account of the
scandal with Mr., Vandep Nest,
Minnie Spears is the romantic
daughter Of a Kansas farmer. She
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