Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-26
THK EVENING STAR.
A SUIT with a Romance.

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A SUIT with a Romance.
WOMAN KEEPING SECRET FOR FIFTY YsARS-
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INvoLyxD-A MARYLAND
fiAlLYS CONNECTION WITH TIE CASE.
There Is now pending In the courts OF Ohio a
suit involving several millions OF dollars in
real estate and which, besides bringing some
OF the most prominent men fn the Country in
GLIDING President Hayes Chief Justice Waite.
Judge Tilden and Others, forward as contest
ants has an intensely romantic history con-
nec.ed with II, In which a Maryland family
constitute the principal characters The story
gees that some time In the year 1912 Captain
Ford, OF this city, was married TO one Loyey
BnsklrE, widow, formerly Miss Lovey Ward,
marriage Capt Ford is said to have left BaIti-
t an1, IN command OF priyateer. which was
fatan oy the British. Captain Ford was
where he remained for some time, but finally
escaped by tunneling his way out He went to
sweden, and after the close of the war returned
10 TINS city having been gone about three years
On MS return he found his wife living In good
style He also found that there was an alidI-
non 10 ms household I'm the person or lovely
attie girl whom his neighborS said was the
captains and Mrs Ford's child, but whom some
OF lheir most intimate acquaintance. II is
Tbe declared wa was an egitmate child
Ihe Child as their own offspring. Capt Ford
Old not long remain Inactive but soon after his
t Tetarn ntied out SLAYER and made several
trips TO Africa landing his living cargoes in
TINS country at Charleston, Savannah. and
sometimes In Cuba. Returning home AGAIN
ms ms we Is SAID TO have become jealous OF him
capt FORD then left the house again, AMI went
west, where he located number OF land war
rants, among which was one at the Indian
o o. OK mouse. or fort, at the mouth of the
M umte river, then CS1O a wilderness now
the site of the city of Toledo. il is over the
ownership OF this property that the suits are
tenuiDg: oap'; FORD, after an absence OF three
Years came 10 Baltimore once more but lind
ing bis vile determined not to have anytlinc
10 oo WIN MN he left. going to Mexico, where
ne entered the navy OF that country, and served
t6te. His only kinSpeople so far as known.
were MS Vile. lovey, his mother and sisters
living In one OF the New England states. and
was Emeline. ~
In 1888 or 1884 persons from the west came
mere mere ana commenced search for the heirs OF
that Mrs. Buskirt, or Ford, represented t5sf
Emellne was the legitimate and only child of
capt, Ford, and selling her dowry interest In
the TOLEDO land TO them. she caused Emeline
10 convey the fee, receiving for 1t small sum
OF money. There was living with Mrs Buskirt
a sister named Elizabeth Ward, who, 1t is
claimed, begged Mrs Buskirk to undeceIve En-
cline and to tell her whose child she really was
SO that fraud upon the purchasers OF the
property might be prevented.
growing importance of Toledo. injured as sh re
the title TO Fords property, then vacant and
u ,. close After investigating to some ex-
tent capt Fords life, this second party came TO
the conclusion that the captain had left no legt
innate Children. and so purchased the title of
me property from Capt. Fords mother and sis
I Id vi In the course of time it happened that
Ben wade got an interest In the property. and
sent some OF his agents here to see that the
title was clear These agents found the mar
rage record OF Capt Ford and Lovey Buskirt In
Ola 81. Paul's parish record. After a great deal
or nghting In the Ohio courts between the
owners OF the two titles, the case was finally
decreed In favor OF the Baltimore title. deposit
lions having been returned to the court aiIeg
Ing that Elizabeth Ward had sworn that Eme-
lene was the legitimate daughter OF Capt Ford
and his wife Lovey.
ward, who was then married to a man named
johnson, and was living near Marion. a few
mlles from Crisfield, Somerset county, Md, saw
an account Of the decision In a Baltimore raner
and was heard to declare that great wrong
had been committed, and that she and she alone
could right It, To NJ. John III. Handy, OF this
CITY, ana MT. Lyman, western lawyer who
called TO see her, she refused to disclose any
thing as to who the real parents of the child
were, put persisted In saying that she had never
SAD Emellne was the daughter of her sister,
Whereupon Mr.. Lyman filed a petition to SET
aside the decree on the ground that it was OBJ
tanned by forged and fraudulent testimony.
Juoge T1lden, cousin OF Samuel j. Tllden.
and the principal person concerned, then
brought suit to recover possession of the
property lost by the decree; after which Judge
irving. or this state, by special commission,
great deal OF hard and sk,uful work Mr., Handy
succeeded at last, In 1877, In getting Mrs. john
son, nee Elizabeth Ward, to make a statement
In which she acknowledges that Emeline was
her own daughter, the child OF an irish sea
captain who frequented Capt Fords house.
10 cover her sisters disgrace Capt Fords wife
mad declared to the world that Emeline was
ber own Child, and as such she lived for many
Years. '
And SC at last the secret was disclosed Eme-
line was married to a former captain OF an
oyster pungy. who is now living In this city.
Her mother. Elizabeth Ward died at her house
IN Somt rSt ~, last year. Mrs. Buskirt
h been dead many years.
great railway depot has been built on the
TClt 90 property under the Baltimore title. and
it is said, nearly 500 dwellings. IL COMPRISES
almost all OF the 5ih ward OF that city. A large
acmher or persons are directly or indirectly
concerned In the case.-BIlt. sun, 26th
MRS. FoRD's CAREER
A Baltimore dispatch to the New York Sun
In relation TO the case says: Mrs. Ford, after
pad TO worse until she became proprietress of
noted bagnfo In this city. Her Daughter En-
eline, had grown up TO be surprisingly beau
tlful woman, and became the chief attraction
are associated many tragedies, Involving the
suicide and ruin OF her admirers. Whom
Sne IN turn dismissed after enriching
herself at their expense. AT length so,
clety was shocked by her marriage to one of
Baltimore's most wealthy merchant princes.
who became infatuated with her. Three per,
sons are now living in this city, the descend
ants OF this union, whose names stand high in
social and financial circles Mrs Ford con-
tinued to keep her resort for some years after
ner daughters marriage, and accumulated a
quiet residence In the suburbs.
NEARLY Two WEEKS WITH BALL IN HIS
BRAIN.-On Monday of last week Daniel Laem
inert, q blacksmith at New Hone mine shot
himself In fhp head q No I oartridrro antars,c.