Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-08-20
The Paris Tragedy.-The Story Of Mrs.
WetmOre's Love and Suicide,

theme of conversation here, IL is curious
to say that, with single exception
that of the POltdtrc this morning-all
mention of it has been kept out of the
newspapers. All sorts of rumors are
current in connection with this fact,
which, for the honor of the profession,
shall avoid noticing. prefer to set il
down to the prudent reserve which the
French press is always known to prac-
tice on such delicate occasions.
Having been introduced to Lady Pei
ham Clinton lately, at the house of a
mutual friend, l have profited by my
slight acquaintance TO obtain some in
formation regarding the melancholy at-
fair. Her Ladyship received me courte-
ously, and expressed her willingness to
tell me all she knew of the circum-
stances. She herself seemed overcome
with grief, and her eyes filled with tears
when she began TO speak about her de-
ceased friend. After few general re-
marks about the Tumors that were in
circulation, [ told her what had stated
in my telegram of Thursday evening,
and which she pronounced to be in the
main correct.
"May ask" said, eff you are in
possession of Lord Anglesey's letters to
Mrs WetmoreP"
No." she replied "they are in the
hands of her lawyer, Mr.. Gardner, of the
Champs Elysees. They are all couched
in terms which convey the idea that he
had the most passionate affection for
Mrs. WetmOre, and in no less than sew
en- of them he declared that he would
marry her the moment she got the di-
vorce from her husband. l have even
in my possession q ring which he gave
her in the first days of last month. :"
(Her Ladyship here went and brought
in a small basket containing among
other effects of the deceased lady's
plain gold ring, bearing the following
inscription on the inside: "To Annie
from Anglesey, June l, 1880."O Lady
Albert Clinton then continued, /" Mrs.
Wetmore came to Europe about three
years ago with her son, lad about
thirteen years of age. think she met
Lord Anglesey for the first time in
Spain. When she left America she had
no idea of permanently separating her
self from her husband, of whom she al
ways spoke with remorse, but Lord An
glesey turned her head by promising to
marry her if she got divorce.
This took so much time that he got
tired of his bargain and deserted her as
soon as she had broken loose from the
only real tie which bound her to life
affection for her child. She was a
handsome, affectionate and confiding
poor dear. She was so faithful to Lord
Anglesey, and believed in him so en-
tirely. You know he lived on the Av-
enue Keber-occupying separate apart
ments in the same house. Three days
before her death she said, speaking of
her husband:
"' William was always kind to me,
but we had nothing in common. We
were not made to live happily together
He was much too religious for me, and
was not satisfied unless l went to
church all day Sunday. But he was a
good, kind man. never ought to have
left him. Ny fate should be a warning
to American women who 90 abroad
without their legitimate protectors
But she rarely gave expression to
these remorseful feelings, for she loved
Anglesey to distraction. Her last meet
ing with him was on Sunday, June 20.
He told her he had to go to London on
business. She said to him with kind
of instructive feeling, You will be true
to me, Henry, and come back as quick
as you camp
"He replied that he loved her as
much as ever, and parted with her with
every demonstration of affection,
although he knew he had written her q
letter dated the 10Th (the day before)
in which he bade her farewell forever,
and gave her to understand that all was
at an end between them. This letter
was handed to her the next day by Mr..
Stone, Lord Angleseys Secretary, and
it drove her almost to madness. 1t was
then that l brought her to my house,
for she had no friends here. And in the
letter to which have just referred Lord
Anglesey gave her to understand that
she must leave her apartments and
write no more than one letter to him,
To this she wrote q reply Of almost
touching character, in which she ap-
pealed to his Lordship's manhood.
GO Remember she said, all have
lost for you. Can you expect that God
will prosper you or yours, when you are
capable. of such dreadful wrongp In
another passage she says IN.
"'Can it be possible that you have 9
conscience or feeling, or that You, a no-
bleman, are willing to turn me out pen
niless into the world after all your
promises, to say nothing of your pre-
tended affection up to the week before
your marriagep p'"
was next shown q number of letters
from Lord Anglesey, authenticated by
his family coat of arms. They were all
couched in the most endearing terms,
commencing with "My lovely Anna, -
"My Dearest" and closing with ex.
travagant assurances of undying love,
esteem and fidelity. Seven OF these let
ters, Lady Clinton said, and as Mrs,
Wetmore's lawyer assured me, contain
explicit and unequivocal promises of
marriage, and cover a period of nearly
three years. When it was announced
that the Marquis had married Mrs
Wodehouse, Mrs. Wetmore's lawyer,
who knew all the circumstances, urged
that suit for breach of promise should
be instituted, A correspondence to thai
effect was commenced with the Mar.
quis' lawyers, who replied that Their
client repudiated the allegation as TO the
promise, and that it would be useless tC
ry and make a case, as there was nc
law Furnishing breach Of promise il
France, and that an offense committed
there could not be tried In England
Unhappily this proved to be the case
The deceased took no interest In al
this, the idea of death engrossing hel
mind from the moment she heard ot
Lord Anglesey's marriage. Every ef
fort made to calm her was vain, and she
paced up and down her room the image
of despair, This lasted until Wednes
day morning, when, on entering hel
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