Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-08-02
SICz: EIUlNT FATA HOMINUM
TRANSLATED MEANS THUS GO
THE FATES OF MEN,"
Mrs. Ansley Gray Goes to Join
Her Fallen Husband---The
Iron Love of a Faith
full Wife,
GONE BY ONE THE ROSES FALL"

ONE BY ONE THE ROSES FALL.
Mrs. Ansley Gray has gone to her sis,
ter's home in Wisconsin. She received a
draft from her and was enabled to get out
of town without falling back upon the
charity of the people After. Ansley's de-
parture for the East Mrs Gray kept with
in doors and was seldom seenon the street.
The proud and beautiful lady so familiar
to our people suddenly ostracised herself
and became total strangersto the public.
Not until the published reports of Ansley's
"checkered career cames ta her knowl-
edge did she realize that. the young man
was going to
THE BAD.
She had implicitly trusted him. and ac-
cepted all his idle excuses for loss Of
money and late hours, assuficient When
the papers exposed him she realized that
something must be done She is des-
perately in love with him, and that love
has turned her iuto a woman of iron. She
left Bismarck determined to save him
from further ruin. 1t will4not surprise us
to hear of the most touching scenes in her
brave attempt TO reform him. A gentle
men who saw him in Minneapolis the
other day reports him looking seedy and
altogethera wreck of his former greatness.
Another said he acted .loony," as if he
was an opium eater, which he is. The
Windsor Hotel, at st. Paul, is the latest
victim reported. AS he does very little
check business now it is question how
he lives. The Milwaukee Telegraph says
Mrs. Gray has applied for a divorce but
that is mistake. The other Milwaukee
statement that he had only $4,000
of her money is also a mistake. He re-
ceived about sixteen thousand dollars and
went through it. The Telegraph gives this
SKETCH OF HIM:
'.Ansley Gray was native of Wiscon-
sin, having been born at Mineral Point,
in 1854. He was the son of j. B. Gray,
and a nephew of the Hon. H. Fl. Gray.
He was educated at the state university,
and when barely of age, settled at Arena in
Iowa county, and engaged in the practice
Of the law. In 1875, having become 21
years old the previous May, he was elect
ed member of the assembly, but his
seat was contested by his competitor, Jo-
seph Bennett, and toward the middle of
the session by a strict party vote, the seat
was given to his opponent, with liberal
allowance in cash to himself as expenses.
He was young man apparently of many
good qualities and of fine promise. His
abilities were remarkably good; he was a
fluent speaker, and great hopes were en-
tertained of him by the. members of his
family, and by the public He afterwards
came to Milwauke and engaged in law
practice He became acquainted with
most amiable and attractive young lady of
Racine, who had several thousand dollars
in money, and they were subsequently
married. He gradually fell into vicious
courses, drank heavily, found bad com
panionship, formed worse habits and went
rapidly to the bad:
The father of this foolish and unfortu-
nate young man was most highly respect
ed, a useful and valuable citizen. His
uncle, H. H. Gray, is one of the most
prominent men in the state, a model of
upri rightness and high character, of ample
wealth and the best social connections 1t
is not bad blood nor bad example that led
to Anslev Gray's ruinn'