Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-16
MOST ROMANTIC.
ey A WOMAN WHOM he WRoNeso.
Though a Reyivalist and Reformer Of
National Reputation He is Accused
ofBeing Libertine Of the
Worst Kind.

Bosroy, November l5.-A year or two
ago Henry +. Dursnt, an eminent lawyer,
died and left an estate worth from three 70
four million dollars. Aside from his emf.
nent literary reputation Mr.. Dursnt was
widely known as . successful manufac-
turer, an orthodox revivalist OF surprising
power and elolRnce, and the generous
founder OF Wellesley Femsle College Jan in.
stitution regarded by many as
The ffness Of It's kiad
in the world The will OF Durant makes
Pauline A. Durant, his widow, the eNecu-
trix without sureties, provided tha, the in.
come OF 81. 900 and $4,000 respectively be
spent for the support Of Mr.. Dursnts
brother, VIM. +. Smith, and his brothers
daughter, these funds 10 revert at their
death to the residuary legstee, and gives
Mrs. Durant the use income and Improve
mcnt OF all other real and personal estate
during her life. after which the entire es.
tate is to pass 10 Wellesley College, its sue
cesSoTs and assigns forever. Now
Akuii Has Bcen Battered
in the Supreme Court OF Kings county, n.
Y. by Mrs. Caroline T.. Shelley, a lady OF
forty nine yosrs, who formerly resided in
Thst DOsNOU, Dul VINO NOW llNts III NcW
York. The defendants are Mr.. nurAnfs
heirs, namely, Mrs. Pauline A. nursnt, the
trustees Of Wellesley College, the Mutual
Life Insurance Company. Anne {. Young
and Mrs. Florence Ads CouOvor. Toe last
pamCd lady Is the daughter OF the plaintr1
and an hear Ia tue estate II tire p.ainIiiis
claim proves GOOD, iuough she is not IN en-
loym'nt 81 any the property.
The special
Property InVoIs c,i In this huit
is valuable real estate located IN New York,
aui II Mrs. Shelley wins her case in New
\ lork she and her laughter can then insti-
tutc preceding, to recover the balance ot
the estate wherever found. Her counsel
are GOVERNOR Butler Roger \. Pryor aud
four others.
Mrs Sh,liey's claim is that she is the real
and legal widow of Henry i. Durant. aud
~ such entitled TO her right OF dover In
H., vat estate, and that her daughter IL the
only legitimate child that Mr.. Durant ever
had, aud consequently entitled 10 his en-
tire estaie, when
The Mother's Right Of Dover
has been satisfied. The story told by MRS
Shelley is very romantic. She was born in
Boston, was named Caroline D.. Kendrick.
and, when very young, went on the stage,
playiLg in Boston and New York.
She attracted the attention OF Durant,
then IN his first success st the bar, aud he
professed desire TO marry her, but want
ed the matter kept secret. lie told her
that true and legal marriage could he
transacted by mutual consent without
le, al or religious lofmalilies aud nt his
soli citation shs went To the Asior House.
New York, with him March - lN,2.
where
The Ao.CnIIrd Marriage" TooL Place.
Subsequently he supported her in luIu.
~ in New York. and afterwards In Boston.
where her child was born in lNbj. She
lived with DuTnnt til 1879. when discover
ing that he Was married. as she supposed.
prior 10 her relations with him, she left
bim in grief and despair and married an
itE'slithan, who served IN the Union
army during tho war. lie subsequently
learned Of her relations TO Durant and
abandoned her. Dnrnnts n"knowledged
marriage took place In Brooklyn, y. Y. ia
1854.
The case rests as concerns tho. Jaw chiefly
upon
The Repeated Dsci>ions OF New Iorh
Courts
that couples mutual ayowal and recogni-
ton OF n marital relationship in the pres
enCe oi third party constitutes . lpga'
marriavs IN New York. Mrs. Shelley bav-
ipg discovered that this alleged marriage
al the ksior House occurred two years
pTior To bis marriage with his recognized
wife, che brings this suit.