Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-02
GRACE kE>ES' ROMANCE.
One of the Common Law" Kind with
the Usual Disgraceful Result

One of the Common Law" Kind with
the Usual Disgraceful Result.
NEW YORK, April A court officer of
the Yorkville police court visited Will
iamsburgh Tuesday morning and ar.
rested Charles Warfield on a warrant ac-
cusing him of abandonment. He was
living in apartments in the five-story ten
ement $40 Wythe avenue with Miss Grace
Reyes. They were known there as Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Raymond The COM
plant On which the arrest was issued was
made 10y Mrs. Nellie Warfield, of 2l33
Third avenue, this city. 1t said that
War6eld had deserted his home and wife
early in December and had since then
contributed nothing to their support.
Mrs. Annie Dainty, the landlady of the
house, upbraided Miss Reyes with the
disgrace she had brought upon her hou Sc
enc ordered her to pack up her belong
lngs ano leave at once.
The Ruined Girls Family.
Seth +. Reyes, of 1877 Penn street, is one
of the best known and wealthiest residents
of the Nineteenth ward of Brooklyn. He
is wldower. about IS years old, and is a
carriage manufacturer at Broome and
Mott streets, this city. He lives in a
large four-story brown stone home, and
maintains a large retinue of servants.
Up to the beginning of last December his
two daughters, one married, and the
other, Grace, handsome girl of % years.
lived with him. Grace was the possessor
of a small income in her own right, and
was rather headstrong. No word had
ever been uttered against her reputation.
For G.. i.
about alone in her pony carriage and a
frequent attendance at matinee perform
ances, her conduct had been above re
proach.
Disappearance of Miss Grace
One afternoon in December she went
out, osteusibly for w ak and did not re-
turn for dinner. Servants visited the
residences of all her friends in the neigh
borhood but could find no traces of her.
She had disappeared entirely. 1t was
given out by the family that the winter
had proved too severe and she had been
ordered south for the benefit of her health
In the meantime skilled detectives had
been engaged, and, after a week OF anx-
iety to her father and sister, she was
found living with Raymond in three ele-
gantly furnished rooms on the top floor
of the house on Wythe avenue. Ray
mond, or Wartield, is described as a man
of singularly pleasing address, apparently
80 to 81 years OF age
Was Satisfied with Her Lot
When the detectives reported their dis
covery to the family they were warned to
keep the matter quiet. Miss Reyes sister.
whose name has not been made public,
visited her and tried to induce her to re-
turn home. Miss Reyes said she was per-
fectly happy and contented where she was
and did not care to make any exchange
She refused TO say where she had first met
Raymond, bat il is conjecture that the
connection was the outcome of sidewalk
Irritation. Upon the arrest of her para
mour Miss Grace returned to her fathers
house.
The Old Father Frustrated.
Her sister said that Grace had been
shamefully deceived, and although she
was undou btedly culpable, she did not de-
serve the severe punishment that had
come upon her. Raymond had repre-
sented himself as single man, and she
had believed and trusted him. Mr.. Keyes
was stricken with heart trouble when he
learned of his daughters disappearance.
and has never recovered from the shock.