The Irish standard., 1886-06-12
Nay MAHsF1ELD,S RoMANcE.
Tilted by her Lover. In Jealous Rage
she Married her Coac:ss:.an.

she Married her COacss::.an.
One OF the best known ladies in Hart
ford was Miss May Mansfield, handsome
brunette. She was accomplished, and had
all the life and :yivacity of Southern
belle. A chapter OF her history has come
to light. She was the daughter OF a couple
who died IN poverty in Worcester, Mass,
while she was an infant. A sister of her
father was very wealthy and lived in
Lexington. KY. She came on to attend
the funeral of her brother, who survived
his wife a few weeks only. During her
visit she said that her brother, having
married poor girl, had been disinherited
by his father, who was rich Southern
planter.
Little May was taken to Lexington,
and had thereafter all the advantages
that wealth could procure. AT the age of
1S she was left the sole heir to large
fortune. She afterwar6 resolved to come
North, and in the spring of 1888 arrived
in Worcester. After engaging comfortable
quarters at the hotel she went to the
cemetery, where she spent some time at
the graves of her parents. There she met
and conversed with lady, to whom she
related her history. When they parted
the lady invited her to visit her at her
home in Hartford.
The Hartford lady was the wife of one
OF the wealthiest and best known Of the
insurance men of that city. A close
Miss Mansfield finally sat up AN establish
ment of her own in that city. While a
guest at the house of her friend she was
introduced to wealthy Hartford man.
She was pleased with his appearance and
he fell in love with her. He was constant
in his attentions and in a few months
asked Miss Mansfield to become his wife.
She consented Nearly g. year later, while
On Western trip, he became infatuated
with and married lady there
When Miss Mansfield heard Of this her
grief, modification and anger completely
| overcame her. An attack Of brain fever
followed, which brought her nearly to
Deaths door. She declined the invitation
of the lady who had taken such an inter-
est in her to visit the sea shore during the
summer, and remained at home with no
! company except her coachman. William
Whittlesey. He was good servant, but
very ordinary man. One day, in fit
of desperation, she summoned him to her
room and told him that she would marry
him if he was willing. Completely as
founded and hardly able to articnlate an
acquiescence the man obeyed the COM
mand of his mistress to drive her in a
close carriage to the Registrar Of Vital
Statistics and procure a marriage license.
They then went to the residence of a we'll
known Clergyman.
When the Clergyman pronounced the
twain husband and wife the bride realized
for the first time she full meaning
of the step she had taken and
tainted away. Then began a period
of remorse and shame She did not love
her husband; in fact, could not tolerate
his presence, and only allowed him to re-
main by her side long enough to charge
him that he must on no account mention
the fact of their marriage. Six months of
this life passed, and then the unhappy
wife told her husband that if he wished to
engage in business she would furnish
money to purchase q livery stable in New
Haven. Subsequently Whittlesey pur-
chased q stable belonging to Williams 81
Colbert On Temple street, New Haven A
few days after the purchase he brought his
wife to that city. She was elegantly
dressed and Was noticeable for her dis
tinguished appearance, which was in such
striking contrast to her husbands that it
attracted attention. After remaining
in that city few days Mrs. Whittiesey
Summoned her husband to her side and
told him that she did not love him, and
that she had married him in fit of
Jealous rage. She requested him to pro-
cure divorce from her, Offering to pay
him round sum. but he, with Yankee
shrewdness, laughed at her. This angered
her, and she visited well-known lawyer,
who sold her that there was no escape from
the legal knot she had tied about herself
That night she fled from the city, Whit
lesey subsequently disappeared and. it is
said. went in search Of her