Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-10-09
CHASED BY A M
A Jolly Bachelor Put to Flight by a
Girl with
whom He Had Been Intimate, But
Wanted to Get Rid OF.

NEW York, October 6.-While Henry c.
Dewitt, a lawyer, who has an office at No.
BOG Broadway, and who resides at No. 104
Reid VENUE, Brooklyn, was walking with
a lady through Madison Square Thursday
evening, a young and richly dressed wo-
man approached and barred his progress.
He whispered to his companion, and she
returned in the direction whence he had
come. Then he suddenly ran away, and
the young woman pursued, saying that
she would kill him. Finally he took re-
fuge in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and she
disappeared.
Mr.. Dewitt is about thirty-fve years
old, stout in appearance, with a prema-
turely bald head. He Is a bachelor, and
lives with his sisters in Brooklyn. When
asked about hisadyenture by a correspond
ent, he said, laughingly:
''She is called Sarah +. Spencer, but her
real name is Emily Thorne. l suppose
she attacked me for the sake Of becoming
even more notorious than she already is.
| first became acquainted with her some
years ago, when she was my client. She
had a suit about an estate in England.
Her statements, however, to me were so
varied, to say the least, that | could be of
very little service to her. She subsequently
told me the story OF her life. Her parents
are English, and she came to this country
when eight years of age. She was reared
in a convent and afterwards resided at
New Rochelle. She is twenty-three years
OF age now and still quite handsome. She
was known as the belle of the village.
While living in Rochelle she became the
companion of n prominent member of the
Union Club, who supported her aud spent
rs much as $4,000 = year on her. lie
took her to Paris, where they lived among
the gayest of the gay. They were accus-
toned to pass the summer in st. Angus
tine, Fla, and at one time he occupied
sunptuouS apartments in the Stevens
House, on Fifth Avenue, now known Us
the Victoria. Finally he cast her off. She
then captivated the hearts of several
other wealthy gentlemen, who s~quandereC
r fortunes on her. She ALWAYS was very ex
J~ravagant; a thousand dollars generally
lasted her about ten days. About las
July she began to send me postal cards
From a large package of postal calds, al
dated from last July to about the 9th o
September, Mr.. Dewitt picked out a lew
, At first the missives are of a very afiec
Tomato nature. In one, addressed "Dearl,
: Beloved and signed Your Cherished
| Sarah" she asks whether he does not mis-
: his little popsy-wOpsy,' and tells him no
to mind, as she will be with him o Ii
/: conclusion, Mr.. Dewitt denied that h
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S or introduced her as such to anyone.
A petite figure, robed in modest black
= her pale face flushed with nervous excite
ment, somewhat haggard from recent i'll
r ness, but still beautiful, received the col
respondent in a luxurious bOudOir at Nc
$ 100 Fourth avenue. She was Emily Thorne
e "Nly past life is a secret" she said, as he
brown eyes filed with tears. up to tn
day when Henry G. Dewitt, knowing wha
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4 and introduced me to friends and acquaint
ances as his wife, there is nothing for yor
to know. We lived in several places, an
$ when we moved here he gave his name
q Mr.. Spencer to Mr.. Davenport, who keep
e this clearinghouse. | believed he love
e me, and in this love l hoped to be abb
k to break forever with the past. Last Jul
S / first began to suspect that his affection
n for me was waning. | met him i
the compan of others and reproache
t him. | bitterly realized that my none
was all gone, that | was i'll and losing IN
o attractiveness. l told him to leave m,
That was on a Tuesday night. l told hir
to take me out to dinner the following FIR
day. We would have a pleasant evenin
V together and then we would separate TO
e ever. The Friday came and he RENAME
e away. | may have done wrong, but
could not help it, no more than / coul
have helped attacking him last night.
saw him in the company of another.
don't remember having threatened to ki
Y him; l was so wild | don't know what
n said. / am neither an adventures nor
d blackmailer. l want none of his none,
| despise and scorn him now, and N
q actions toward him are prompted only |
e a spirit of retaliation"
n She sighed deeply as she concluded
n II have no money, 10 friends. My moth,
a is dead. My father in England will n,
receive me. | will drift back into IL
E. life from which l hoped l had forever e
Il capped"
N Mr.. Joshua Davenport, jr. the boardin
5, house keeper, said that Mr.. Dewitt h:
Il introduced himself as Mr.. Spencer and IL
lie lady as his wife. He had not the Sigh
, est knowledge that such was not the ia,
n until he was obliged to present Mr.. DeWi
"a q bill of So for the woman's board.