St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-20
He Had a Wife and Several
Children Living on Lake
Champlain,
At the Same Time Maintain
ing Another Establishment
in New York.
Up at the Lake He Was Pro-
prietor Of the Dale Silk
Mills,
But at New York He Was II.
F. Sprague, a Travelling
Man.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The fashion
set by Sheriff Flack of maintaining two
separate households seems to have been
successfully followed for six years by
another New York man of some prom
inence. This Individual is f. S. Dale,
for three years past at the head of the
Dale silk mill at Whitehall. which
stands on the bank of Lake Champlain.
The facts are now out, and have fairly
upset the town where his original and
legitimate family reside. When Dale
went to Whitehall he purchased the
finest house in the place. He lived in
elegant style, gave wine dinners, and
carried himself like millionaire
manufacturer to whom money was
of little account and whose every
delightful family, and it was supposed
that he was in every respect man who
was as proper in his private life as he
was elegant in his personal manners.
But it didn't take long for the gossip of
the village to connect his name with
that of Mrs. James III. Parke, whose
husband belongs to one of the oldest
and best miles in the village. These
stories did not gain publicity till some
three months ago, when Mrs. Parke
suddenly left her home, after quarrel
ing with her husband, and is now living
in New York. 1t is believed Dale was
suspected of completely in spiritlng
away Parke's thlrteen-year-Old daugh-
ter, and detectives were put on the
track in this city. The search did not
result in the gaining of any clue to the
whereabouts of Mrs. Parke and child,
but 1t revealed
Most Sensational Story
i'll regard to the life of Mr.. Dale. While
in Whitehall Mr.. Dale appeared in his
real character as Frederick S. Dale, silk
manufacturer. He maintained a differ
ent identity IN New York, and was
known as "H. F. Sprague, travelling
man. The detectives found that Mr..
and Mrs. Sprague lived in a cosy flat on
West Thirty-fourth street. Mr.. Sprague
on various occasions introduced
Mrs. Sprague as his wife. and they W ere
generally known in the apartment
house as Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague, and MIR.
Spaague was thought to be travelling
hioH. I1O WOO away q SlOoU QOdl VI tIlO
time, but made his headquarters at the
fiat when he was in the city. Mrs.
Sprague is most beautiful woman
about twenty-four years of age, light
compleXioned, plump and attractive.
She wore stylish clothes. it was found,
and was woman to attract attention
wherever she went. There is little
sympathy in Whitehall for Mr.. Dale,
for the people look upon him as an adj
venturer who has made the most out of
them that he could during his brief res
idence in the town. Many poor men
subscribed to help him locate in the
village, thinking the big silk mill would
help the interests of the town. But the
mill was run in slack manner, as but
few hands were employed, and the
boom that was promised the town never
came. In the light of recent revelations
it is easily understood why the mill did
not succeed. Mr.. Dale, it has since
been learned, was too busy looking after
his personal pleasure, and the interests
of the mill were often left to look after
themselves. For Mrs. Dale and her
children, who are still at Whitehall,
much sympathy is expressed.