Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-21
A WEDDING AND A ROMANCE.
Mr.. Grey's Unfortunate Marriage q Fe,
Years Ago Recalled,

Mr.. Grey's Unfortunate Marriage q Few
Years Ago Recalled.
NEW YORK, May 20.-Miss Tillie FIRE.
linghuysen, daughter of the late Secretary
of State Frelinghuysen, and II. Winthrop
Grey, of this city, were very quietly mar
ried few days ago at the formers resi-
dence at Newark, N. ]. The bride is 40
years old, handsome, well-educated and
accomplished, and was one of the leaders
of Washington society during the Arthur
administration, and il was well-known
that President Arthur admired and it wa,
thought that, but for his untimely death,
he would have married her. Miss Freling-
huysen and Mr.. Grey have long been
friends and it is thought that, but for the
opposition of the BRIDES mother, the we'd
ding would have taken place long sgo.
The marriage recalls the mem orable duel
in which Mr. Grey figured some Is years
ago. John G. Hecksher was his antago
nisi, and the story which led up to the en-
counter on the field of honor is regarded
as one of the most interesting of which New
York society has ever had any cogrizance.
The story dwelt primarily y ne alleged
unfsithfulnees of Mrs. G.ey "I.n the man
whom her husband finally called out. II
ended, after ti'e duel, with the husband
occurring a divorce.
Mia. Grey W.T. Miss Travers, daugh
ter Of William +. Travers, one of the cley'
crest fnancers in Wall street history, and
one Of the brightcst wits ever known al
the dinner tables of New York He stood
by his daughter when the domestic
troubles alluded to overlook her and shell
tered and protected her until the very day
of his death. She wes an exceedingly
pretty woman, talented and accomplished,
and although for years society turned a
cold shoulder toward her, she WIS always
regarded as more sinned against than sim
ming
John G.. Heckscber waJ married man.
HE wife we9 Q Miss Whitney, a grand
daughter of old Stephen Whitney, close
ly connected with the Phenixes aud
other New York families and she brought
10 Heckscher good deal of money. He
wes a warm, perconal friend of Mr.. Grey,
and wes by him introduced into the
family.
TIE domeqtic storm broke when Grey
declared that child of which Mrs. Grey
became q mother was not his, and refused
70 recognize it or have anything 10 do
with it in any way. The wife went to
her fathers house as soon as she WIS able,
and Grey challenged Hecbscher to fight
him. The duel is understood to hove oc-
Cured in Canada, but no trustworthy
story of what exactly occurred WIS ever
made known. 1t is eaid that when the
word to fire wes given, Heckscher fired in
the air, and that Grey mic1ed his aim.
No second exchange of shots took place.
They came back here to New York, and
the bloc1less conflict furnished gossip for
the clubs for weeks after the occurrence.
Since the affair Winnie Grey has led
very quiet and uuambitious life. Before
his separation from his wife he had been in
the habit of delling in Wall street, but he
is now rarely seen there. 1t is state that
up 10 the time of his death Mr.. Travers
brooded much over the domestic row that
Grey had made, and always contended
that there had not been sufficient grounds
for it, and ss Travers was power in Wall
street at the time, Grey, it is said, became
afraid of operating in the market lest
Travers might find chance TO crush him.
Tie divorced wife of course had circle
of friends, but society didn't care al out re-
ceiyiug her after the scandal stirred up by
the duel, and since the death Of her father
she has retired more from public view than
ever.
Hechscher is still the man around town
that he was when Grey called him out.
His wife refused II take any action on the
score of her husbands alleged relations
with Mrs. Grey, and they are living to-
gether to-day. Their eldest daughter is a
very pretty girl end very popular in sc,i-
ETY.. Both che and her mother are prom
inent at society events throut' the winter,
but Heckscher himself is vsry seldom &c IN
outside of the clubs, the theatres and the
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