The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-17
4 TALE OF THE0SOPHY.
strange Story of the Marriage of
Scales wife to Edward Bruce.
ID DIVORCE KNOWN TO EI!ST.
scales Reason for Claiming the Dla-
nond Assumed to BE Tint He Was
Related to 1t by Siarrlagc.--Remarls.
able story of Mixed Relations.

NEw York, juno 10" truth is
stranger than fiction" Is a saying old
enough to go on crntohes. No one
thought Of believing the startling series
OF events narrated in Willsie Collins.
'sNooastone."
Yet behind the revelations in the
Orange diamond case, as brought to the
attention of the public by the arrest OF
Jeweler Charles Scale and his arraign-
snent in the Tombs police court on Sat
urday, charged by4 .ithographer Joseph
w. Carroll with hitting stolen the stone,
which is valued at $4,000, lies a story
suihciently extraordinary to excite ones
incredHlity.
The story comes, however, from nm
authentic scource and is undoubtedly
true. though replete with remarkable
incidents. 1t has to do with theosoPhy
and platonic affection and the mar.
riage OF u man to the wife OF q COM
PLEASANT husband.
What will strike people as exceeding.
IL strange about the affair is tho fact
that the reputed owner Of the big dia-
mond, Mrs. Madeline Bruce, the wife
of Edward NJ. Bruce, was formerly
the wifc OF Charles Scale, the man on
trial for refusing to give up the stone.
LIVED AT THE FLORENCE. :
Mrs. Bruce is pretty and very
attractive woman. She is now about
thirty. A few years ago, when she was
Mrs. Scale, she lived with her husband
at the Florence, the handsome apart
nent house at Fourth avenue and
( Eighteenth street. Their apartment
was No. SO, and cost Mr.. and Mrs. Scale
$500 o year.
About this time young Edward M.
Bruce came TO New York from Baltj-
more, wherehe had been the private
secretary OF Robert Garrett, then presil-
dent of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
Here he entered into partnership with
Mr.. Scale, their place Of business being
at Eighteenth street and Broadway.
Bruce was an attractive fellow. Ills
parents were Scotch but he was born in
Italy, and he could sing Italian songs
with fervor. His voice was very must
cal. He was less than thirty-fve years
Of age. His brother in England is re-
ported to be Sir John Bruce.
Naturally the Scales were charmed
with the new partner, and invited him
to come andlive with them at Florence
Subsequent events make 1t appear that
when Bruce came in at the door Mrs.
Scales love for her husband flew out at
the window.
HE WAS A THEosoPrlsT.
Mr.. Scale was the secretary OF the
Theosophist Society Of this city, which
at one time had rooms on Union Square.
Possibly Mrs. Scale had never agreed
with her husbands views, and possibly
also the fact that Baltimore was once
her home may have caused her to look
kindly Mt Bruce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scale had many friends
and entertained layishly. Their friends
were those Of excellent social station.
With one md all Of them young Mrs.
Scale was tie greatest sort Of a fayorite,
and was always most circumspect In her
conduct and demure In her manner.
About year ago last January Mr.
Scale announced that his wife's health
was in such a state that he thought q
trip to Europe would do her good. It
sohappened that at the same time Mr..
Bruce's business called him abroad also.
Thus it was that early in january
Mrs. Scale and Mr.. Bruce stood upon
the deck of stanch Cunardef sur
rounded by host OF their friends and
acquaintances.
Mr.. Scale was there, Of course, and
was one OF those who helped to fill the
cabin OF his wife and that of Mr.. Bruce
with the rarest of flowers. Then tho
steamer sailed away as merrilyas steam
ers ever sailed away in the month OF
January.
SIZE MARRIED BRUCE.
Mrs. Scale never came back-that is,
as Mrs. Scale. After about year or
less word came from the other side that
Mrs. Scale had married Mr.. Bruce. This
was received with vast aAtonishment, in
view OF the fact that nothing had been
heard about any divorce, either real or
alleged People who had known the
Scales began to look at each other and
to do a little wondering. While in Lon
don Mr.. Bruce came across the Orange
diamond and bought II as present for
his wife.
It glittered at her white throat when
she and Mr.. Bruce sailed back to this
country. They returned by way OF
Canada, and that is how the diamond
landed without paying any duty.
Perhaps it really belonged to Mrs.
Bruce and perhaps 1t didn't. Anyway,
while they were in Montreal the stone
was sold to Mr.. Carroll for $4,000, on
condition that Mrs. Bruce should retain
threo-quarter interest in it. Then Mr..
Bruce arranged the matter OF getting
the stone across the line for the condi-
tional purchaser.
Soon after their return to New York
known Broadway hotel. There they
began to entertain much as Mrs. Bruce
did whensho was Mrs, Scale.
OTHER STRANGE FEATURES.
One OF the strangest things about one
OF these little dinners was that among
the guests about the board was Charles
Scale himself.
But the mystery OF the affair Of the
Orange diamond is nothing II not deep,
no one need be surprised at learning
that the very pretty young woman at
Mr.. Scales sfdewas regarded by the rest
as mis- atilanced bride. The young lady
was a Miss Salisbury, daughter OF Or.
James II. Salisbury, who resided at Ma.
vprro aats,
II was an odd party indeed, and ono
Gun hear tho chink Of the glasses and
the merry hum Of conversation. while