The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-11-05
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Her Triumph, Her Downfall and Her
Dccnpitntion i'm Japan
New York, October 27.-Soon after
the war most beautiful young '"dy ar
rived in New York from the South.
She brought letters to Thurlow Weed.
Hugh j. Hastings and many other New
Workers, vouching for high respectable
ty in the South. Her family had lost
heavily by the war. Soon The beautiful
refugee won all hearts by her sweetness
of manner and beautiful face. Among
her suffers was the wealthy Mr.. John
Bccchcr, who married her. Mrs.
Beechcr soon became famous as the
most beautiful woman in the city. She
was beautiful in her lovely Fifth Avenue
residence and graceful as queYn as she
rode in the park. She led in Bsauty at
the jerome Park races. Her lovely
face attracted Mr.. Lloyd Phoenix, who
soon won her affections away from her
husband. The story Of her relations
with Mr.. Phoenix and her shooting him
as he went up the steps Of his Sisters
mansion on Fifth avenue were narrated
III every newspaper Of the time. Mr..
Phoenix had his ticket bought for Eu-
rope, but Mrs. Bccchcr's PISTOL 50
frightened him that he gave up his
statc-room and left New York quietly
for Philadelphia. \ week after Mr..
Phoenix sailed for Europe. Mr.. Beech
er separated from his wife, though it al
most broke his heart, and she followed
|PhTniN to Europe. Once in Paris, her
beauty captivatct, not Mr.. Phoenix, but
Count portalliS, formerly Of the French
Legation ut Washington. The first wife
Of Count PortalliS, who was Miss Jcn-
mic Holiday, daughter Of Ben Holiday.
had been dead two years. Count Pour
tailiS took Mrs Bcechcr to China, where
he was an attache Of the ~1'rcnch
Legation. On their return to Par
is the Counts money gave out
and he abandoned Mrs. Bccchcr. in
Paris Mr.. John Beccher, who never
ceased to love his wife, furnished her
with money. After bcwildcring the
boulcvards and turning half of Paris
mad with her bcwildcring lovclncsS,
she went to Japan with French officer
y few months Of love and extravaganza
and Mrs. Bcccher ruined the officer and
he returned to Paris, leaving her in Ja
pan. While there she won the heart
and became the mistress of the Japan
csc Secretary Of State, very wealthy
and highly titled Japanese. After as
founding Court circles with her grace,
beauty and Extravaganza she at the end
Of year had quarrel with her hus-
band and went TO live with another IT,
tied Japanese, but inferior in rank to the
Secretary Of State. Last week came
the astounding news that the Japanese
Secretary of State had prevailed upon
the Micado Of the Empire to have Mrs.
Bccchcr bcheadcd. An official edict
was issued and the once beautiful refu-
gee from South Carolina was bcheatlcd
and her last husband imprisoned.
Thus ends the life Of woman once
known and admired by thousands of
people in our city. Her sad fate is the
talk of the uptown clubs.
[Thc above evidently refers to some
what noted and very handsome woman,
Il native and former resident Of Column
bia-Miss Mary Boozcr. She was the
reputcd daughter Of Peter Burton. her
mothers second husband, but adopted
by DR.. Boozer, the third spouse. The
first husband was welded on his death
bed in Philadelphia !; the second died in
n very singular manner in Columbia !;
the third suicided in Ncwbcrry, and the
fourth was abandoned by the muchly-
married and really beautiful woman,
whose remains now rcpose in paupcr'S
grave in New York. When Sherman
evacutcd this city in 1865, among the
hundreds who followed his army were
Mrs. Feastcr aud her frail but lovely
daughter Mary, or Marie, as she was
pleased to call herself. A brief history
Of the exploits of this young woman in
New York and other citics-for she
Travelled cxtcnsivcly-wasp published a
few years ago, while she was living as
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This is the first intimation, so far as we
know, that has been given to the public
MS to her whereabouts and adventures
since that time. -COi"mbia Reqistcr.
Special attention is called to the large