Evening journal., 1892-05-30
The Husband At Sow York.

NEW YoRK, May 30 r.. Y Hebden, who
succeeds Alexander Lang as joint manager
Of the New York branch of the Bank Of
Montreal, with offices at SO and u Wall
street, Is a guest at the Windsor hotel He
reached there early Saturday morning and
was accompanied by two children and their
nurses Mrs. Hebden's absence was ex-
planned by dispatches from Montreal an
nouncing that she had eloped with John s.
Allan, eldest son Of Andrew A. Allan, Of the
Allan Royal Mail Steamship company.
Mr. Walter Watson is head of the New
York branch Of the Bank Of Montreal. He
was seen by a reporter. "AIr. Hebden is a
very bright business man. said Mr.. Wat
son. "He received information from Mon
treal last Monday that his wife was about
to go on with Jack Allan. Mr.. Hebden
was thundersTuck when he learned the sad
news. He left for Montreal that night
Upon his arrival there the following day he
found that Mrs Hebden had run away
from her home and her children, and that
she had been gone about four days. Nobody
could tell what had become Of her.
"From what have learned Mrs. Hebden
was very fond Of society-too fond, proba-
bly,. l cannot understand why she should
have deserted her husband and her chill.
dren He is a first rate man, fine looking
fellow and an Al business man. / suppose
hen have to bear it."
How the AFFAIR Originated.
Mr. Hebden feels the disgrace his wife
has brought upon him very keenly He re.
mained in his room in the Windsor hotel
nearly all day and declined TO see reporters.
The latest information locates the elopine
/ couple in village not many miles from
/ Quebec.a
Mr. Allan met Mrs. Hebden about two
/ years ago. Mrs, Hebden went to Montreal
I from Chicago with her husband, who wa.
then inspector of the Bank of Montreal
Her attractive face, refined manners and
good family readily gained her an entranc'
to the select social circles in which tn,
Alans moved.
Allan seems to have been smitten Will
Mrs Hebden from the first, and from tn,
day they met the two became devoted
friends. They walked drove and skatet
together, and frequently We're seen in one
another's company at the opera and thea
ter.
Unmindful apparently oblivious, Of tn,
criticisms they provoked, the couple con
tinued to see each other in public and il
private.
One night, however, Mr.. Allan and tn,
woman he seemed to admire most attended
an amateur performance of the "Yeomen o.
the Guard" at the Academy of Music. They
occupied box with curtains drawn. Theii
presence and peculiar behavior We're sool
discovered and produced a scandal.
Once Loved Barmaid.
Mrs. Allan is said to have been the first {,
break with her husband, he having re
edly broken pledges to her that he woul,
have nothing more TO do with Mrs Heb
den. Mrs. Allan finally informed him shl
trusted him no longer and that they mus
part She soon after sold all her possession
and with her children sailed TO England
Allan was then free and his attentions Z
Mrs. Hebden became more marked.
Allan has been known as a 'high flyer
for years and has thrown up salary O
$4,000 year as manager Of the Allan line
Montreal Office. A year OF two ago he be
came infatuated with former London ban
maid named Rae