The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-31
ANOTHER ELOPEMENT
A Big Sensation in Montreal
Society.
Handsome Jack" Allan ElOpes with the
Wife of Bank Inspector Hebden to
Parts Unknown.

Especial TO THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch.l
MoNTREAL,Que., May 3O.-Two members
of Montreals wealthiest and best society
have eloped, leaving behind in the one case
a sorrowing wife, and in the other a
broken hearted husband John S. Allan,
more commonly known as "Jack'' Allan,
the eldest son and heir to Andrew A.
Allan of the millionaire partners in the
Allan Royal Mail Steamship line, has gone
in company with the wife of Mr.. R. Y.
Hebden, who is prominently connected
with the Bank Of Montreal MIR. Allan
leaves behind him a beautiful wife, abou t
thirty years old. and five young children
Mrs. Hebden leaves her husband, a baby
years old, and two boys, 10 and II years
OF age. The importance of this scandal and
It's far-r reaching effects cannot be fully ap-
preclated until one knows the power
welded by the Allan family in almost
every department of Canadian politics,
society and commerce.
Sir Hugh Allan, founder of the steam
ship line which bears his name, is himself
the son of Scotch gardener, who left at
his death not only one of the largest for
tunes In Canada, but family whose dozen
branches have thriven and grown powerful
both hereNnd in England and Scotland. 1t
Is ony few weeks since his brother, Alex
ander Allan, died in Scotland leaving a
personal fortune of several million dollars.
All the sons of both branches are today ac-
lively Interested in the Allan steamship
line, which is one Of the largest and richest
In the world, with steamers plying con-
stantiy between Europe and the two
Americas. For many years they have held
contracts with the government for carry
ing the transatlantic mails and have ALWAYS
exercised strong political influence. Ii was
Sir Hugh Allen who was the original pro-
moter of the Canadian Pacific railway and
IN that connection mis- name became motor
lods in the Pacific scandal of 1883. Mrs.
Jack Allan was Miss Gault, her family
being merchant princes of the dominion,
the firm name being Gault Bros. & Co. of
Montreal. This firm, together with Amer
lean capitalists, control all the cotton mills
Of the dominion and are the largest sub
scribers to the political fund of the gov
eminent. No one knows where the pair
have gone.
The relations between MIR. Allan and Mrs,
Hebden began two years ago, when Mrs.
Hebden moved to Montreal from Chicago
with her husband, whose position as in-
spector OF the bank of Montreal condemned
him to shifting existence, now in one
city, now in another Mrs Hebden is an
accomplished English lady, a woman of
the world in the highest sense of the word.
q NoAA-oA w ho OAcSsou Win exquisite taste
ana knew how to rae whatever gifts ma
ture had given her to best possible advan-
tage. Very soon after reaching Montreal
she was received and welcomed in the best
society in the city, that in which the Al
laus moved. Her handsome home on Sher
brooke street, Montrears Fifth avenue,
became the rendezvous of the very choicest
set. She entertained frequently with most
perfect tact and with hospitality which
won her hosts of friends. Among others
1t won was her handsome Jack" Allan. his
fathers pet, the practical head Of the firm
ano, as everyone said, 1.-THE best one of the
family
A few weeks ago Mrs. Allan, unable to
longer bear her husbands conduct with
Mrs. Hebden, which had become common
talk, sailed with her children for England.
That left "Jack'' Allan free and he was
not slow TO take advantage of it. After
that ne began TO plan actively for the
elopement. Mrs. Hebden was not as
pretty as Mrs. Allan nor as young by five
years, but she had strong hold on this
mans heart. There is good authority for
the statement that Mr.. Allan withdrew
$4,000 from The firm on the day preceding
his disappearance. This is not the first
elopement which las made trouble In the
Allan family. Some eighteen or twenty
years ago Mrs. Mckenzie, sister of
Jack" Allan, ran away with married
man named Bridges. Mrs. McKenzie,s
husband did not long survive the shock of
his wife's untaithfulness ana died of
broken heart. The pair have long since
married and their present home is in Win
nipeg.