New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-26
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A NEw.YORK SENSATION 25 YEARS AGO.


around the country exhibiting herself to crowds in
different cities there ia doubtless one woman, now
living IN New Rochelle. who Is watching the career
of the coachnan's bride with great deal of per-
sonal interest. This woman, though no longer
voung created sensation IN New York. over a
quarter Of a century ago. almost parallel WITH that
caused IVY Mise Mofoshrs elcrement There are
many persons m New-NSth to-day who frnienhber
the rbnnlat ballads which were pc,ldled IN the
stitets and phisiled Nv evefy hoy, entitled, john
nean AMI tie own Mafs Avn" ~ the teahset
ppnpihton the sonss afe NnhheNn ekeert "a They
ha@ heah lheif rateN,a relate how Nav Ann
lNheg eierea With hos fathers iilsh eeaehma',,
iahn haAn, sNnaailaN ~ NpN NN,h laaiph ieMges
| then than ~ those tmps tM NpaGlt lhspe weeks
thn newspapers dpyeIph eplnmns et spaep " 1ha
| latest Developments IA tho case, Tho nnws was
eagerly sought lur and the legal proceedings ~ tha
oaso were watched by great crowds ~ people,
| Policemen guarded tho house whore tho young
woman was locked up by her father
| and at all hours of tho day and night
anxious throngs surrounded tho dwelling IN tho
hope of catching glimpse of the girl who was will
ing 10 surrender the comforts ana luXurles OF rich
mans home for the chcerless surroundings that o
coachman could provide.
HOW THE ATTACHMENT GREW UP
John g. Boxer was rich Wholesale wine mer.
chant doing business in Front-st. who had amasssf
great fortune by the sale OF bitters which he had
| patented. Boxers bitters well known
quarter of century ago. In those days men dis
| pcnsed with the matutnal cocktail Tor Boxers
| btters. Mr.. Boxer a German. lie had city
| house and a summer mansion in Tarrytown. In
| 1870 he hired coachman John Dean, young
| IrIshman who had been in this country about nne
| years. Dean was a carpenter by trade. and was
| about twenty-five years of age. In personal ap-
pearance he prepossessng. The story was told,
| in the exciting days when the eopenent was
sensation, that Dean had been hired to do an odd
| Job as carpenter in the house, when the merchants
| daughter first felt the effects of Cupids dart IL
was whispered at the time that she had arranged to
| have the man who was then coachman dismissed
| and that sho used her influence to have Dean en-
| gagged.
| These statements. however, were never verified.
| but it was known that from the time Dean took
charge of Boxers stable a strong attachment sprang
| up between the coachman and the merchants only
! unmarried daughter. Nor were their meetings
private. People living in Tarrytown in summer saw
| that the coachmans attentions TO his employers
daughter were not prompted solely By duty and 1t
| was commonly observed that the Young woman
| reciprocated all the devotion that was bestowed
| upon her The parents of the girl were among these
Observers and they frequently cautioned her that
her station in life demanded les, familiarity with o
|
came In for his share of He threatened
with dismissal # his department did not coincide
with the duties for which he was hired Neither of
| the lovers Needed the parental warnings They met
m frequently and loved as much AZ ever Tho
| daughter was watched. but she met the coachman
clandcsuncly. Mr. Boxer threatened that he would
send his daughter TO Germany II she did not desst,
| and every endeayor was uade 10 wean her asiee-
tons from the Irishman. All efforts. however. were
| 1. a..
coachman. This done on February / I, 1897.
MARRIED oN INAUGURATION DAY.
| Mr.. Boxers city house was No. l3j West Twenty.
second-s After Deans dismissal, the daughter,
whose full name was Mariana Pctronclla was
watched ~ carefully "a n prisoner She was noe
allowed to leave the house for any length of time
| without member OF the family Through the IN
strumnntality of a servant. however. the lovers
managed to correspond although they could not
meet II was doubtless through this secret corte-
srondcnCe that they agreed to c0pc. but Dean was
not idle. He was Roman Catholic bv faith aud
Mary Ann was Protestant A few weeks after his
d.missal The cuachman went to the Rev Edwin =.
| Hatfield plcsbVtetiau minister. and arranged
{ mo lor the marriage. At the appointed hour how
| cNpr they we're not present llts WAS probably
due to the fact that tho dauphtera atanaemonts I?
| rHrarc had failed second attempt proved
! equally embarrassing lh" rcrgNman whr thoh IN
| formed that the young nitl Who was about to ba
|
that hof Time was not alwhNn at hor diernHal lhls
statement the ministc hclirN r hccanSu he Thought
| II only natural that inan like pean would select
| ON the day that President Buchanan was in
| ugnfatod, March /, lso1 the oity Wa' much ln-
rrosod III the latest gossip about the change IN tho
| Administration aud tho probable formation oi tho
| Cabinet. Mary Ann Boxer took advantage 0l this
fact. and when her father was absent at ms busl.
ness, she told her mother that she was going out
and would bo back in an hour. She dressed hersef
as servant, and according to appointment met
Dean. They went to the house of the mn ster, who
had made ngements. 10y the advice Ot his wife,
to marry the couple IN the basement, because they
and Mary neagney, Mary AGn Boxer became Mrs.
John Dean at 1910 o'clock. SIZE kept the promise
made to her mother and returned to her home
within the hour This was done to enable her To
pack her clothes and be ready 10 start on lfes
journey at moments notice. after informing Eer
tme as ladyike and fragile creature of about
twenty-five years. and she Thought that her father
would eventually reent and receive her back into
the family. This hope WAS never iuliillcd
MR. BOXERS WRATH UYAPPEAsAB BILE.
Mr. Boxers wrath knew no bounds when no
learned that his daughter had become the wife Of
an Irish Roman Catholic coachman. He positively
refused to allow her to leave tue house and locked
her in room to prevent any plan OF escape. lie
told Dean that his daughter would never become his
wife. lie declared that the marriage not legal
and Offered To compromise on any terms: lhe nier-
chant promised to gye Dean money and treat him
generously in other ways If he would 20 to Cali
fornia and leave Mary Ann alone. To these appeals
the coachman was deaf. lie scoTned the otier Of
money and demanded hls wife. The father sthen
determined to remove hi, daughter iron. the state.
To prevent the abduction Dean went TO Police
Captain McKee, of the Sixteenth Ward. and to-
gethcr they sought a conference with the irate
father. The latter obstinate and threatened 10
shoot Captain Mckee. The ouicer found Mary Ann
locked in room, but he had no authority TO re-
move her Policemen were stationed at the house
to see that the young bride not forcibly re-
! moved from the State.
The eoachman then went to Charles = Spencer
and asked Tor legal advice IN regard 10 securing
possession oi his wife. writ was issned by judge
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