New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-15
A FRENCHMAN AFTER BLOOD.
Dp1,NETs INSANE INFATUATION.

,,r WANTS TO FIOHl a bNi'i "'''
~ 90 rur LADY uE FORMERLY ANNOYED
s,.o or six wears ago the family or LIS
- s,owart OF No. Ffth-avc.' secure" 'no .o
Peh''" C,xoni do IaDet. a Frenchman, as ""i'e'
Wv a., ,Iev thought they had found one VINO was .i
,, satisfactory He expert In all inc ue'Ni9 u
u,np and every want OF the famliy was ''',o 10y 49,,
Yvtninr went on smoothly for some mohthS' o" '"o NJ
,nore was noticeable change Dc A'ne'
,deptly forgotten what Ms
w ,o,,,v was and became too familiar in his con
49,, ,o,ard his employers daughter Minnie q oc"u''
ful girl Just budding into womanhood. oeN tor,n,
,orrimards stopped this for time' pu' no as ,,l
,,msor and the result was his summary "'
from the Stewart house. ,.on I,o
Tnis aid not have tho desired effect however po
,nfatuation evidently being deeper-rooted th"n
,rr,osad He haunted the vicinity OF tho 0'c"'
~, house and every time tho 'un-
Idv went ont he sure to be In tine heishoo'oou ~
ro,ld follow her where she went ana wOu!u c'ch "0
her in the street If she had 10 other protector '
,maI. companion when he did not sec her he "ou''
-, nor ,coherent and carrulOus letters, lul Vi ca
rrcssons of undying love. He assumed 'h"'
roc1procatcd, and that it was only the restrain " D
arents that prevented marriage between theii 49,
-, was Threatened with arrest Ho u
HIhet WIS ,,ovo,ccs to Miss
stewart but if possible. his attentions became oio
;stont than ever The family did not WISH 'ho
ootv that legal proceedings against be Ianct WouIu
necessarily bring about and as the summer soasoh %
at hand they closed their house ana went in'o '"'
country. 80, ooDsider.
DE Ianet had saved some money and had a cons'u.i
ahle amount in a savings bank lie kept h''"'oii ~
torred as 70 the movements OF the stewards lheS
0rst went to West Point, but III" p0'
there only a few days when De Lanct was sec" Co."
their hotel Then they went TO sharon sPrins'' o"'
the Frenchman followed them. They went 10 S"r"oa"
and again they were pursued " c',y
discharged waiter As in the Guy
~, ttod 80 ho tho constant COMPANION of Miss Stewart
whenever she left the hotel Jumping out ol amousf "
the most unexpected moments and frightening Nv
that before the season was over her nerves "oio '
strung When the family returned to 'h0 oi'
IN the fall it plain th"t SUM
thing must be done to stop tine prosecutions ol Nv
Ianet for the young lady afraid to go away from
the house The law therefore invoked ana inc "'n
orous waiter was arrested
Tno stewarts were humane in their prose
eution. They did not wish to have 'l'i
former servant punished; all they cared
fer was that he should cease annoying '"o''
I, was believed that he was insane but he did not ap
near 10 be SO. excepting in regard TO his lhIatua
tion His friends said that If be was re-
moved from the vicinity OF Miss stewart ho
would soon be all right aSap' ana tHc9
rrouised that if he liberated hey would seho MN
home to France. He liberated and to France ne
won't He did not stay there long. Ia few months nc
again appeared about Mr ste"arts ho"'e'
haunting it before ana AGAIN soDui"7
upweIcome letters u the daughter All'
cnd not nc tolerated and lie WAS again arrested. His
trial dragged along for months, his lawyer putting III al
kinds Of spcciols pleas for his client Ihe result was
t,,t De L,net WAS sent to Backweis Island "A CON
nrmed unatic. Some months ago the steWartS near"
that he had been drowned in trying 10 make his escape
from the island. ., -. r-,,,,
Titberbee and the De Ianet episode is TO her only
laltforgouen dream; the reported death oi
her annoyer making her feel perfectly
secure from further trouble on his account. but
To Lspet ia not dead lie is IN the city and swears ven
cennce against the who married the girl nc loved
Last night sent out notices that he AMI Mr. "her
bee wee 70 fight a duel in Central PARK
tomorrow morning at hali-past l. adding that as hs
experience the French military service has made nun
an expert in the Of weapons, he Is sure 10 pe
avenged Mr. Witherbee does not yet know OF thc
intended duel lie does not even know
that De Lanet is not dead. He and his wife are III
Philadelphia watching the BEDSIDE of sick brother OF
Mrs. Wiherbee
Frederick r. COulcrt, who at one time employed
by Dc ane to defend him against III charges MADE Dy
thesewart received last evening bloodthirsy letter
from De Lanct 1t handed to him as he was leaving
his Office 1t was written in bad French AMI in worse
Writing aud spelling He dill not know what TO make OF
ituntl TRIBUNE reporter led the Stewart case to
his mind; then he llu Shed aud said;
"Ie is as crazy March have thonSht
at first it was / he wanted TO XII,
but is Withcbee Well he Away appeared 10 be
harmless the only thing that aiiOd him was MS mono
nania an iniatuatiO0 for Mis' stewart /
he won't hurt any body stiil he ahoud be smut up
1t would shame to allow such man 10 run
about loose. | glad yOn rtcSHed nc
case my mlud for should really have thought some
crank going to try to xiii me-
letter 10 Mr. COuder 50 far as it could be- trtsat
cd read: to NewYork 20 get revenge ana
swear TO have IT, have passed through ten different
prisons in France, and have escaped from B.acE,
Wells Island for this purpose. 1t Is against
Frank s. Withcrbce who ran of with and married the
girl | loved. invoke YOU 10 have Mr.
Nltherbce IN Central Park Mt halfpast Wednesday
morning with sword and pistol Ny French military
experience has made me perfect IN tho use OF these
weapons II you have him there, you Will DO well
paid for 1t. lie has twice tried to have me
arrested today but has not succeeded. ain, HfleI
all, the avcngcr. | have the weapons in iny mana
aud know how them. The detectives are on my
track that tri,s to arrest ne VIII IAN
by my hand am very truly yours,
"SlLVANI DE LANEI"