The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-06-04
A BROKEN BETR0THAL.
THE YOUNG MANS HEARTLEssNEss.
How the Presidenvs Son Broke a Mar.
riage Engagement-The Story of
His Wooing and the Death
of His Flance. l.If|
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The news of the death at Lockport, N.
Y, Of the daughter OF Dick Crowley, re.
ceived here this evening, has shocked so.
clety people here, where she has been such
fayorite. Nearly yeer ago she was en-.
gagged to Allan Arthur, the Presidents
son. He broke the engagement without
any apparent reason. The young lady
never recovered from the modification at.
tendant upon that occason. During the
last year she has rapidly declined, con.
sumption set in, and as early as last fall
the physicians could give no hope.
Miss Crowley was tall, stylish blonde,
who was much admired during her stay in
Washington. When her father was in
Congress the family lived at the Arling.
ton Hotel. There were number Of young
ladies at the hotel at the time, including
the Misses Ranney, daughter Of Congress
man Ranney, Of Boston; Miss Dwight,
daughter of Congressman Dwight; Miss
Camden, daughter of Senator Camden;
and Miss Anna Farweli, daughter Of the
millionaire Congressman from Chicago.
These young ladies formed society
among themselves, and were objects Of a
great deal of social attention. The wealthy
Senator Fair gave a famous dinner in their
honor, upon which he lavished great sums
in the way of display. .au.an.
The Crowleys were then very intimate
at the White House, and were as intimate
with the President as IL they were mem
bers Of his own family. They were con-
stantly entertained by him, and were his
most frequent companions at dinner. The
young ladies Of the Arlington Hotel were
also frequently entertained at the White
House. The result of this intimacy was
TO bring Allan Arthur and Miss Crowley
very much together. Young Arthur fire.
quently got up theater parties to which all
the young ladies would be invited. Par
ties were constantly being made up for ex-
cursions in various directions. After a
lime Allan Arthur singled out Miss Crow.
>ey as the especial object Of his attentions
and they became engaged. Miss Crowley
then occupied the post of honor among her
young lady friends, as she had captured
the Presidents son. No one foresaw any
obstacle to the match, as President Arthur
and Mr.. Crowley had long been friends
upon the most intimate footing.
Suddenly the engagement was broken of
without word of warning. 1t was at that
time that Crowley resigned his post as
special counsel for the prosecution Of the
South Carolina election cases, and had his
memorable break with Arthur, leaving the
White House in towering rage, vowing
that he would never speak TO the President
again. Various reasons were given for this
break at that time, various political ex.
cuses made, but the real reason was the
peremptory breaking Of the engagement
between Allan Arthur and Miss Crowley.
1t was understood by those who were in
the secret at the time that it was the Presi-
dent who ordered the breaking Of the en-
gagement, upon the plea that his son was
| too young to be bound matrimonially; that
| he should not consider the subject of mar
riage until he had at least finished his col
lege career. This excuse was not consid.
cred good one, because the President had
really encouraged the intimacy Of the
young people, was familiar with the fact
OF his sons devotion to Miss Crowley, and
| should have interfered earlier or not atall.
Mr.. Crowley believed that he broke off che
engagement upon the ground of his desir-
ing to make more ambitious match for
his son. ." '.r ."
After Crowley left the White House he
refused to give any explanation to his
friends for bis break with Arthur. In
his pride he has even gone so far as to
deny that there was any rupture, but
Mrs. Crowley has not been 80 reticent;
mothers are apt 10 be unreasonable
when they think their children have
been injured. Mrs. Crowley has been
unsparing in her denunciation OF Arthur.
As her daughters health declined this
bitterness became intensified. She
has repeatedly said that II her daughter
died she should hold the Arthur family re
sponsible for her death. Last fall the Presi.
dent took pains to seek for q reconciliation
with Crowley. This succeeded In a meas
ure, but Mrs. Crowley never has forgotten
the Arthur's, and has never entered the
White House since the day of tho broken
engagement. Mr.. Crowley's reconcilia.
tion with the President was a very
perfunctory one. Their intimacy never
wds resumed. As his daugh.
ter's health grow worse during the
winter Crowley stopped giving even the
appearance of being on friendly terms
with Arthur. 1t is said that Miss Crowley
has always been delicate, and that under
the most favorable circumstances could
never have been very strong. The Crow
leys were here until this spring, when they
went home with their daughter, carrying
with them the bitter consciousness that
her life was only a question Of a few
months.