, 1891-12-28
SPYING MRS. BLAINE.
THE SECRETARY'S DAUGHTER-IN-
LAW CONSULTS BYRNES.
According to the Inspector she is
Being ShamefuIly Prosecuted
One of The ssShadows,, Goes to
the Same Hotel.

NEW York, Dec. 81 Mrs. James G.
Blaine, Jr., with her companion, Miss OK
ford, visited police headquarters the Other
day and had long interview with Inspect
or Byrnes, in which she laid bare the de-
tails Of a persecution by private detectives
ever since she came to this city to attend
the referees hearing in her suit for divorce
Since her arrival at the New York Hotel
from Deadwood, s. OAK, where the divorce
suit will be tried next week, she has CON
stantly been shadowed by spies. One OF
them attempted to bribe the driver of hel
cab and the clerk of the hotel to tell where
ever she went. They reported the matter
to Mr.. Panaci, the proprietor of the hotel
and Mrs. Blaine was informed Of the es-
pionage on her actions.
She became aware that woman who
occupied room only few feet away from
her in the hotel was one of the spies The
woman questioned the servants, and tried
to find out who Mrs. Blaine's visitors were
She even wentsO far as to ask to be allowed
to examine Mrs. Blaine's room, giving as
an excuse that she was dissatisfied with
her room and as Mrs. Blaine was soon 60
ing away, she might want to move into
those apartments. Her request was re-
fused. Mrs. Blaine believes that the wo-
mans object was to take any letters she
could find.
Inspector Byrnes was Immediately noti-
fed OF the new discovery, and when Mrs
Blaine left his Office at the end of three
quarter-hour interview she was weeping.
The inspector detailed Detectives Crowley
and McCloskey on the case. Afterward he
refused to discuss the matter, saving
al 1y,1r W al, Ent.
fully prosecuted, and | intend to break it
up.'
at the New York Hotel Mrs. Blaine had
given orders that she would see no one.
In reply to the card sent up by the repor-
ter she begged to be excused and referred
him to Inspector Byrnes for all infor-
nation.
Mrs. Blaine is daughter Of Colonel
Richard NeVins, who is now at the New
York Hotel. He refused to beinterviewed
on the matter. She met James G. Blaine,
Jr., in Bar Harbor, in 1885, and early in
1886 they were secretly married by Rev.
Father Ducey in this city. The parents of
young Blaine were much incensed, but
a reconciliation was effected. They sepa-
rated in 1888, Mrs. Blaine taking her little
son, and in 1883 she accepted an engage
ment with Daniel Frohman. She was
taken i'll with inhammatory rheumatism,
and was four months helpless at the Perci-
val. Her companions were her younger
sister, her little son and nurse. Her only
visitors were Daniel Frohman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kendall, and Mrs. Charles Jenkins,
her most intimate friend, who now lives in
Greenwich, Conn,
Recovery left her a cripple. In April last
she went to South Dakota, where only three
months residence is required to give one
standing as an applicant for an absolute di-
vorce on the grounds of desertion, and in
September Mrs. Blaine brought suit against
her husband, alleging desertion and nom
support. She returned to this city few
days ago to attend the taking of evidence
IN the suit by Referee Daniel T.. Lord, Jr.,
in the Equitable Building.