Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-19
ASAINT ON THE SLY
Another Case of Secret Nor
monism Discovered.
FRED. s. DALE's TWO FAMILIES.

One Wife and Children at whitshaii
and n Second wife in New York City
He Cuts splurge at His Legitimate
Home and q Fantastic Csper When
Absent-A Good Reason Why His Bust
ness Did Not Prospsr-Betrayal AND
Desertion at Chicago.
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The fashion set
by Sheriff Flack of maintaining two sep
arate households seems to have been sue
cessfully followed for six years by another
New York man of some prominence. This
individual is F. 8. Dale, for three years
past at the head of the Dale silk mill at
Whitehall, which stands on the banks 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 pur-
chased the finest house in the place He
lived in elegant style, gave wine dinners.
and carried himself like a millionaire
manufacturer to whom money was of lit
tie account and whose every wish could
be gratified. He had delightful family,
and it was supposed that he was in every
sense a man who was as proper in his pr
vate life as he was elegant in his personal
manners.
Detectives Unearth n Sensation.
But il didn't take long for the gossip of
the village to connect his name with that
of Mrs. James Fl. Parke, whose husband
| belongs to one of the oldest and best fam
| lilies in the village These stories did not
gain publicity until some three months
| ago, when Mrs. Parke suddenly left her
home, after quarreling with her husband,
| and is now living in New York, il is be-
lieved. Dale was suspected of spiriting
away Parke's l3-yesr old daughter, and
detectives were put on his track in this
, city. The search did not result in the
gaining of any clue TO the whereabouts of
Mrs. Parke and child, but it revealed a
most sensational story in regard to the
| life OF Mr.. Dale
The Beautiful Mrs. Sprague."
While in Whitehall Mr.. Dale appea red
| in his real character as Frederick S. Dale,
| silk manufacturer. He maintained di f.
| ferent identity in New York, and was
| known rs III. F. Sprague. a travelling
| man." The detectives found that Mr..
and Mrs. Sprague lived in cozy fiat on
| West Thirty Fourth street Mr. Sprague
| on various occasions introduced Mrs.
| Sprague as his wife, and they were gen
orally known in the apartment house as
Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague, and Mr.. Sprague
was thought to be travelling man. Mrs.
| Sprague is most beautiful woman,
about "a years of age, light complexioned,
| plump and attractive.
| An Adventurer in Business.
| There is little sympathy in Whitehall
for Mr.. Dale, for the people look on him
as an adventurer who has made the most
out of them that he could during his
brief residence in the town. Many poor
men subscribed to help him locate in the
| village, thinking the big silk mill woul d
help the interests of the town. But the
mill WAS run in slack manner, as but
few hands were employed. and the boom
that the town WAS promised never came.
In the light of recent revelations it is
easily understood why the mill did not
| succeed MIR. Dale, it has since been
learned, WAS too busy looking after his
personal pleasures, and the interests OF
the mill were often left to look after them
selves For Mrs. Dale and her children,
who are still at Whitehall, much sympa-
| thy is expressed