Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-30

been fatally injured BY mis- attack, for he was
mad with rage and could not know what he was
doing. have carried pistol for three years.
ever since went west You may know that
few people who contract the habit ever give
il mp.
81 went to say something about nv relations
with Mrs Comstock. Ny doctors viii tell you
that they could not have been what has been
When came back from Europe I rented a
room In her fat because could be near my
doctors and because / could get at her house
the treatment l required. There was never
any affection existing between Mira Comstock
and myself. Had there been IL must have been
eradicated when went there to live. Nv rels-
tons with her were simply those Of a sick
boarder with . kind-hearted landladv. had
never seen Lsrbig before that day. had never
even heard of him, so l could not know what
bis relations with her were"
MRS. oonsrock's STORY.
Mrs. Comstock can move about with the
others in the woman's prison in the daytime
At night she occupies . separate cell. She 10
suffering intensely from the beating she re-
ceived.
Il did my best to make Larbig 70 back to his
family she said, but he would not He
haunted me continually. I tried to escape him
by moving from one place to another, but I
could not He followed me about He wanted
to furnish fat for me, and foolishly let him
Wv ~. Audt ne DOuRut tQe furniture on the
instalment plan and gave me the money to pay
Tor IT. He sometimes paid my rent and gave
me money, but he did not furnish all the money
for my support"
She talked much more, denying many things
which are said about her. And her words
seemed to transform the ugly prison room into
drawing room over which she was presiding
In hue frock. 1t was easy to forget the band
aged head Few women are as inely educated
or accomplished as she.
''DovIE" FoRNEr's MARRIAGE.
'Dovie" Forney, as stated was married here
in 1880 to Walter J. Comstock, son Of J. r.
Comstock, a wealthy resident Of Providence.
They went to live in Providence after their
wedding trip. Young Comstock il is said met
and feil In love with Miss Forney at one Of the
Atlantic coast resorts His father made liberal
provision for the young couple, presenting
them with a house which. with ITS furniture.
cost I'D, 900. They had, it is stated, an album
dance OF money for entertainments and social
extravagances, and, indeed no limit was placed
upon the wishes Of Mrs, Comstock to enjoy 9
gay and brilliant life.
A Providence special to the New York Herald
today, containing the story Of their married
ufe, says: Two years passed away and a son
was born. The boy Was named Forney for his
mother About two years later trouble began
In the family. Some of the first movements in
the direction OF an improper life were made
when the skating rink craze broke out. Mrs
Comstock was at the rink regularly in the even
ing. She found a number of other gay young
married women there and gradually the public
began to talk about her.
1t was not long before her husband became
suspicious Of her. lie came home late several
times, it is said, and found the house turned
topsy turvy, wine bottles lying around and the
furniture dismantled. He upbraided his wife,
and she, getting angry. instead Of defending
herself, played the whole battery Of a depraved
. on him Ha sf<a IL Ion
as he could and then left the house.
He was greatly affected. but he simply kept
away from her, went on with his business and
saw that neither herself nor the child suffered
She had the pretty mansion to herself and for
q time there we're carnivals in il every night.
A number of the gilded young men OF the town
waited on her and made life pleasant for her.
According to her wishes she was still allowed
money enough to dispense liberal hospitality,
and she did it.
BEGAN TO STAY IN NEW YORK.
About 1885 she began to stay in New York q
good deal. She stopped at the Gedney House.
Occasionally she would run down to Provi-
dence to see her friends. Her child was left
here in charge OF servants. As soon as the
husband found this out he took possession of
his home on Parker avenue again and cared for
his boy. Even then he did not try for di-
vorce, but allowed his wife her liberty and an
income.
With this income she was able to do as she
liked, and the husband, a whole-souled fellow,
does not seem to have begrudged her anything.
When she was IN Providence she stopped with
well to do people. She sometimes appeared a,
balls, and was pointed out as q CAV woman but
not necessarily bad one.
Things went on this way until the March
term OF the supreme court in 1886. Mr.. Com.
stock then petitioned for divorce. There was
wide public interest in the case both in this
city and in Washington. The husband accused
the wife of all varieties of improprieties. He
charged her with at one time coming to Prov.
ldence and registering at the Narraganset,
Hotel under the name of Miss Post. The petit
mass of evidence had been placed before the
court
RETAINED HIS NAME.
She was allowed the privilege Of seeing her
son at his home at any time she might call,
but was refused the custody Of the child. She
was permitted to use her husbands name.
She then lived more quietly, but still very well.
The Gedney House managed to spare her, and
for three years or more she lived in Provi-
dence. She then appeared with a certain
Belle Seville. who had a semi-private establish
ment OF her own on Washington street in
Providence. and who was said to be from New
York.
At length she was said to have formed a sor,
of partnership with two other Providence
women for mutual enjoyment. 1t was a curious
arrangement. The three lived in the same
house, Q large residence belonging to one OF
them. Their life was quiet one and respect.
able In every sense.
In 1889 Mrs. Comstock went to New York. A
New lork jeweler was said to have drawn her
thither. She travelled about with him, and al
one time was in Washington, her old home,
for eight or nine months. She returned to
New York, and since that time has not been
heard from in Providence.
Her husband married again and at the pres.
ent time is travelling in Europe. He ID
famous as a breeder of fine dogs and the dogs
OF the park kennels Of this city, which tool
prizes at the Madison Square dog show in the
spring, were principally his. He is also ar
owner OF valuable horses and il known tl
| sporting men generally"
HER LIFE IN BROOKLYN.
Mrs. Comstock, it is stated, first appeared In
Brooklyn two years ago and had with her g
curly -headed boy. She lived somewhere in the
eastern district little while after her ar.
rival she met Darwin James Meserole. He wa
slender, handsome boy Of twenty-one, already
up in the ways OF women, with Q seat in the
stock exchange left him by an elder brother
and q considerable sum Of money of his own,
besides belonging to a family of great wealth.
Among the young people of the smart set in
SO well or laugh so well as he.
He was never strong physically, but his
nerves, it is said, were like steel. In emergen-
cies when others went wild with excitement he
was unmoved. No one ever knew anything to
disturb the calm Of his manner ON those COCA
siOns.
The Meserole family have taken social pre-