The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-28
A SARATOGA SCENE.
1t Equals the Best in Sardou's
PLY of Diplomacy"
ooIKGS OF A DIVORCED WIFE.
"A Letter In the Possession of the HUSBAND
that Was Intended for Another
Mantle Wife's Lover.

Especial 10 THE HEBALD-ENamlner DlspAVch'i
SARAroeA. Aug 27.-Atherton Furlong's
studio in Congress Hall block has just been
the scene of a dramatic incident, the actors
in which were Furlong himself, who is also
a yronged husband, Dexter Follett' OF
Boston. the divorced wife's current CHAM
pion, a Boston lawyer named Thompson
and DR.. Robinson, friend of the family.
Tho matter at immediate issue was letter
IN Mr.. Furlong's possession, whose con-
tents established the guilt OF the woman.
This document the latter's friends are nat
tlrally eager to secure and destroy. The
scene. it is said, developed so strongly that
the meeting between the three men in Sar-
dou's Diplomacy" with all its agony OF
suspense, becomes cOlorless in comparison
With the exciting conference, which finally
came to an end by the artist agreeing to re-
linquish some of the coveted papers in
consideration of his one time wife and
friends signing a retraction of various
stories to his detriment put in circulation
:. ia Saratoga, including statement that he
did not paint his own pictures. The agree
nent was never carried out; the men left
Saratoga a few hours prior to the time
liked for the final meeting; the wife
went with them, while the artist,
overcome by the strain, fell i'll and is con-
tined to his room. To makeia elimination ap-
propfately theatric, the artist tainted in the
Bethesda church Sunday morning while
singing a tenor solo in the choir gallery.
Everybody in Saratoga has heard great
deal of Anterior F'urlong this summer. He
came early in the season; opened studio
and gave receptions to all the notable peo-
Dle he could capture. He has given recep-
lions this season to so-called Princess
Engalitcheff; to Ella Proctor Otis, and
other ladies equally well known and abun-
dantly Photographed He is a tall man, with
straight black hair, full beard, high cheek
bones and dark, deep set melancholy eyes.
Originally he was.a singer and conducted
church music in Boston and elsewhere.
Within a few years he has developed a
ealent with the brush and has painted a
good deal He has recently written poems
tOr the newspapers, some of which have
been gathered in book form. About fifteen
gears ago Furling married. He did not say
\ mat to anybody here because he is now
separated from his wife; he naturally
A,hrank from advertising domestic trouble.
J Ills married life was brief and unhappy.
&c found a wife in Boston and took her to
England. Then he discovered that her
fancy for himself was part of broad fancy
home on one occasion and stopping at
FOlkstone, he received a letter from his
wife. which she obviously did not intend
FOR his eyes, but had written to another,
whom she professed to love with passion
ate ardor This was the letter which the
wife, after the lapse of years, was so anXi-
GUS to have again in ner possession that she
came from Boston to Saratoga bringing d
lawyer and two other men to assist He
provided for her and her children but lived
apart and followed up work in his art and
music. His wife accepted the situation. She
also accepted some time past the attention of
s'Dix'' Follett of Boston, who has been a
man about town for years, and was at one
time elusive y,devoted to Annie Clark, the
leading lady OF the Boston museum. Follett
5 also distinguished as the hero of story
printed about two years ago in the Herald
relating how well he had done by valuable
horse entrusted him by lady spending the
winter in Florida. Two weeks after the
lady's departure, Follett forwarded notice
of the horses death and a bill for two
gYeek's board. The bill was paid, but when
the lady returned from Florida she dis.
covered that the horse had never died but
Igas sold by Follett for S400, and was do
ing conscientious work for another family
Eollett, who is wealthy, was indicted but
y n some way the matter was finally com
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