Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-06-03
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terward Aston made ARRANGEMENTS with the
State of New York whereby he received
$500, 900 for the property. This was but
one of many such good hits made by Dir. As
tor in that way. Confscated estates had
much more to do With his early success than
furs from Oregon.
STEPHEN JUMKL APPEARS.
Now comes upon the scene another inter
esting character-Stephen Jumel, whose
name the property has borne for more than
half a century. He was a Frenchman. but
when young went to st. Domingo and began
life as planter. He was doing well when
the great massacre occurred lin 1889, and
then he narrowly escaped death For weeks
he roamed along the shore, attended by one
faithful negro, but all the time in danger OF
discovery. Finally he signalled vessel was
taken aboard and carried to St. Helena At
ter some time he got passage to New York,
landing penniless But be found money
awaiting his order-the proceeds of con-
signment of coffee which he had sent from
st. Domingo years before His name sp-
peared in the directory of 1896 as liner
chant" He became a large dealer in wines
and liquors and rapidly accumulated wealth
Now for another and the most interesting
of all our characters-one whose origin is
uncertain, or, at least, in doubt. The story
ship carrying troops to st. Domingo was an
English lady, who gave birth to female
child and died soon after. The child was
cared for by the captain. The vessel was,
by stress of weather, forced into the harbor
of Newport, R. l., where the captain gave
the little one to a respectable lady named
Thompson, who brought her up as q lady
and gave her a fine education She was
known as Miss Capet. When about seven
oil he ell - -
Croix or Las Croix, and the two came to
New York. What became of him Is not
known, but it is said that she became imme-
diately famous and favorite in society; that
she was personally intimate with the leaders
of the Revolution that sober old Ben
Franklin called her his 'fairy queen :" that
she kindled dangerous flame in the heart of
Patrick Henry, and so on, going from tn
umph to triumph. There may have been
some truth in this. for her subsequent life
proved that she was person of remarkable
tact. talent and courage.
Another story is that she vas one Of two
children of a sailor at Providence, r L :
that the father was knocked overheard and
drowned that the mother abandoned the
children, went TO North Carolina and mar
ried. How Eliza Brown or BoEen and her
sister got to New York is not known: but
this much IS certsin-the girl born at sea, or
Eliza Bowen, did have bright career In this
city near the close of the last century and
that soon after the beginning of this century
she was married to Stephen Jumsl, the wine
merchant.
JUHEL's PURCHASES.
In 1910 Jumel bought the estate and man
sion nov to be sold and settled there In
1915 he settled this mansion and the thirty
nine acres of land adjoining upon his wife,
to be her own property forever. They we're
bought other land in the neighborhood. and
at one time must have owned nearly all from
both to 175th streets and from the Hudson to
Harlem river, and be had also 1 200 acres at
Cortland Manor, in Westchester county. He
was thorough Frenchman, dearly loving his
native land, SO much so that he would not
become an American citizen, though that did
not then affect his right to hold and transfer
After Napoleons forced visit to the island
that Jumel had left twenty years before the
wine merchant and his wife determined to 90
TO La Belle France. He wanted to settle
there, but to that she wo=id not consent
They had plenty of money and they set up
: gland establishment and made a stir In So
ciety Report says that Lafayette was Nine
Jnmel's personal friend, that Talleyrand was
charmed with her and all the court of the re-
stored Bourbon were pleased. But by and
By money became scarce, affairs in New York
we're deranged and Jumel had not force
enough to make his way. Then she came
back and took hold of business, bought and
sold houses and lots, and made money with
great rapidity-in short, redeemed their fall
EN- fortunes. But here again, the other
side. 1t is charged that, while ostensibly
working for both, Madame was quietly get
ing into her own hands the bulk of Jumel's
However, they got along well
enough, it would seem, and lived quietly,
sometimes in Paris and sometimes at the
Jumel mansion, until the cholera plague of
1882. In May of that year Jumel, who is
represented as having been large apd very
handsome man. was thrown from a carriage,
lied on the 22d and was buried from the
mansion on the oath.
NINE. JUMEL AND AARON BURR.
And now for the romantic climax to 'This
strange, eventful history" Madame, now
fifty eight years old and childless Though
The had about this time adopted niece, the
laughter of her sister,, was afraid of the ap
cholera, and concluded to pass the
lot weather at Saratoga or Ballston. Before
eaving she wanted legal advice about her
zeal estate, and she thought Of Aaron Burr,
Who was then practising law in Nassau street
She had met Burr little before the time of
Arnold's treason, and naturally enough, like
Ill of her sex, was captivated by that won
lerful man. Since that meeting Burr had
killed Hamilton, had been tried for treason,
had lost his wife and daughter, had been an
sxile and in deep poverty and a political lead
ST of power and popularity. She called at
ais office; he knew her at once-he was "a
gallant at the age of seventy-eight as any
1eau of twenty-she was pleased; he was in
owe with her or her estate p She did not
,ome, but sent for the papers he was to give
her. and went to the country. A few months
alter they met again and he laid siege to her
heart. He proposed marriage; she indig
lantly refused; he persisted, and after fur
her refusal he coolly told her that on a GER
ain day he would call upon her, accompa
,ied by a clergyman, and they would be mar
led He called as he promised, bringing the
clergyman who had married him Just fifty
'ears before to his first wife. Again Nine.
Tumel refused; but Aaron Burr was not
BORN to suffer defeat in such cause. The
flair had become notorious, and finally the
,esieged widow surrendered, and in presence
If members and servants of the family be-
anne Mrs. Aaron Burr. 4 grand supper, at
which wines were drawn from casks that had
lot been tapped for forty years, ended the
Immediately afterward the happy pair
'isited Governor Edwards, of Connecticut,
3urr's cousin. While there certain bridge
hares owned by Madame were sold and the
money therefrom was paid to Burr. Some
ime afterward Madame began to inquire for
he money, which WIS in fact hers Burr
oughly replied that it was none of her bnSi-
less that he was the master and proposed
o manage her property as he pleased That
vas enough. She was as fiery as he could be.
They separated. She sued for divorce on
barge of infdelity; he made no defence,
nd by sort of tacit agreement they parted
lever to meet again, She repudiated his
lame and was again Nine Jumel, and she re-
laimed all her property Less than two
ears afterward Burr died in poverty on
staten Island.
THE FAMOUS LITIGATION.
Nine. Jumel died on July II, 1865, in the
ninety second year of her age. The former
mistress of the mansion, Mrs. Morris, lived
o ninety-six. About ten years before her
leath Nine Jumel made will, in which she
ave large sums to several churches and be-
levolent institutions After her death the
natural and by her recognized heirs-Nslson
Jhase Cbace the husband of her dead
sdopted daughter, and his children-contest-
d the will. The case was clear-the woman
vas quite out of her head-and after five