The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-20
From the Neto York Star.

From, the NetO York Star.
Mrs. George StetSon, the pretty little
Cuban widow, whose engagement of mar
rage to D. Sidney Appleton, Jr., which
was announced three months ago, promises
10 furnish sensation in the shape of suit
against somebody for damages because the
engagement has been broken off. Just who
she will sue is not known, for Sidney is not
responsible and he has no money. She has
secured the services of Howe & Hummel to
scan the horizon to see where she can find
something tangible which will prove a
balm to her bleeding heart.
The marriage is off aud Sidney has dis
anpaared. No one seems to know what has
lecome Of him, and his friends in the St.
Nicholas and University clubs are al loss
TO account for his sudden disappearance
Sidney is the son of D. Sidney Appleton of
the firm of D. Appleton & Co., the pub
fishers. In March last he took an ocean
trip to South America, and stopped for two
weeks on Nassau island, where his father is
well known. While there he met Mrs Stet-
son, and he appeared to have fallen deeply
in love with her. He returned to New
York, and she also came to this city later.
Then the engagement was announced in the
papers.
Very few people here knew who Mrs.
Stetson was, but the fact that she was to
marry one of the Appletons gave her
standing in the social world of New York
Nothing more was heard of tho couple
until recently, when it began to be said in
the clubs that young Appleton had re-
GREETED his engagement with a woman that
he knew nothing about. He is young
man of weak intellect and he early in life
became addicted to the use of liquor At
college, he was noted only as fop, and in
afr years as a clubman he became promi-
rent as a dude. He drank heavily, aud fire.
OuentlY put himself under the care of phv-
sicians, because of the effects of hard drink
ing, and at such times he retired from his
clubs and friends until he had recovered
from the results of his debauch.
But be has remained away so long this
time, and it being known that his fiancee
was looking for damages, more than ordi-
nary comment has been caused Mrs. Stet-
sons friends circulated a story that his
father, who, they say, has always opposed
the marriage, spirited him away to prevent
him from marrying her. They claimed that
he was still desperately in love with her,
and would gladly continue his attentions to
her, if he was permitted to do 50, but that
he was not, because of the opposition of his
ard won by him, and had come to New
York expecting to become his wife. She
had received most tender love letters from
him up to a certain period, when they sud
denly ceased, and when she lost all trace of
him. Where he had gone she could not
learn, and when she appealed to his father
she was told simply that he had gone away.
Then, after waiting for long time, she
went to the lawyer.
hor 10 hay-
case to anybody and advised her that she
had good case against either young APP
pletOn or his father Since then nothing
las been learned from Mrs. Stetson about
her case But the gossips continued to
talk, and pictures were drawn of the loving
youth being locked up in an insane or in
ebrate asylum, pining for the lady of his
hearts choice, and of a en-hearted lady
looking in vain for her lover.
1t was said that she begged Sidney's
father to let her see his sen in vain, and
that the father turned a deaf ear to all her
entreaties So the talk has gone, and still
the mystery remained as deep as ever. Mrs.
Stetson dropped out of the social circles
into which she had been admitted, and her
whereabouts became as unknown as were
young Appleton's.
ArepOrter for the Star who went In search
OF Mrs. StetSon, to learn from her the ro-
nance through which she has passed, met
with much difficulty in finding her. Several
OF her acquaintance said they did not know
where she was. Eventually, after a long
Search the lady was located at the boarding
house No. 236 West Thirty-ninth street,
where she now resides. This is the house in
which Scott the defaulting cashier. met the
Roberts woman, to whom he afterwerd
gave $4,000 before going to Canada. In
response to the reporters inquiry for Mrs.
otetson, that lady, who heard the question,
came down stairs. Her petite form was
cad IN a most exquisite house costume of
white lace. She is graceful little woman,
and she always dresses in perfect taste.
When the reporter asked her to state her
case, she could not hide an expression of
astonlshment which appeared on her face.
Built was for but moment, and quickly
recovering herself she said she had nothing
TO say. She would neither deny nor affirm
the rumors, and to each question put to her
she gave the same answer: Nothing to say
Whatever" SEE had endeavored 10 keep
the whole matter quiet, since her lawyer
advised her to do SO, and she showed by the
expression on her face that she was sur
PrlSed and annoyed that the story was to
appear in print.
The Appletons also have made every eff
Tort to keep the matter from being made
public. At the publishing house on Bond
street several members of the family were
seen by the reporter. One cousin Of Sid
ney said he knew a suit of some kind had
oeen threatened, and that the engagement
had been broken off. Sidney. he said, was
travelling, but he could not say where. In
Jury among near relatives who were there
enclted the fact that be was in the United
states, but nothing more definite than that
could be learned. 1t was also said there
mat the engagement had been broken off
ny Sidney, because he had learned that the
woman was an adventures The reporter
was referred to Lawyer Cornell, another
cousin Of Sidney's, who had charge of the
case. The lawyer was not in town, and
tle reporter went to Wave Crest, Far Rock
away, where Sidney's fathers summer resi-
oenoe is located
4, Mr. Appleton at first refused to say any
tn'ng about the matter more than tnat he
uad nothing TO do with breaking off the
Engagement He was convinced that in
eue lace of the rumors it might be better to
iuaEe some explanations, and by piecemeal
u was learned from him that Sidney had
out a two-weeks' acquaintance with the
.auy' lie met her at Nassau last March,
IIha only remained there for two weeks.
w was to meet her as he passed through
NasSau on his return, but he was on a spree
the time, and did not see her When he
..eelurned to New York his father learned of
.le engagement, and he Immediately wrote
W Hrs. Stetson telling her that the alliance
.SSuld not possibly be. He told her frankly
snat his son was not responsible, and that
ue WAS ma, rbf, n