The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-05-03
NOW SHE Is MARRIED.
A Marriage that Recalls q Fa-
nous Society story.
1t Like wise Brings Into Review
Mrs. Rebecca GARDENERS Al
legged Relations with DIR.
Bristol, Who She
said Hypn0-
TIED Her.

Mrs. Rebecca Gardiner, of No 267
West Ssventy-frst street. was married
At noon yesterday to Rev. Charles
Knowles Penny rector of St Stephens
Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, says
the New York World. The ceremo
nv took place in Christ Church, cor
ner of West Seventy-irst street and
Western Boulevard, Rev. DR.. Ship
man officiating. MIR. and Mrs. Pen.
!ney sailed for Europe by the Majesty
latter in the day.
The news of Mrs. GARDENERS mar.
riage will prove a complete surprise
TO her friends. With bat one or two
Exceptions no one had been informed
that the event was to take place. This
was due to Mrs. GARDENERS desire to
avoid GALL possible publicity. Only
the personal friends were present at
the ceremony. The bride wore q
navy-blue travelling dress, trimmed
with buff, and . bonnet to match,
and the bridegroom q frock coat and
light-colored trousers. Immediately
alter the wedding the couple drove
direct to the Majestic. They will
visit Europe, remaining . greater
part of the time in England and
France, and will stay abroad until
next fall q: least. When they return
Ithey will live in New York.
MRS REBECcA GARDINER.
Mrs. GARDENERS purpose in being
married 80 quietly was to escape pre-
lminary gossip, for, as the aunt of
Miss Lucy Gardiner of East Orange,
n, j. who was last year convicted of
larceny from Stern Brothers and
Who Mrs Gardiner had previous be-
frendied on many occasions, she OBJ
tanned a certain amount of notoriety
which was most distasteful to her.
Added to this was the story of her
re atoms with DR.. E. L. Maycomb
Bristol, of No. 1191 Broadway. who
it was understood was at one time
quite devoted to the fair and wealthy
widow. She asserted that the doct r
hypnotized her. and while under this
Influence had loaned him sums of
money aggregating $40, 900 which he
had failed to return.
They first met in 1888 on the city
of Rome, while returning from Europe
and in June of the following year
Europe again. Mrs Gardiner taking
Miss Lucy Gardiner with her as q
companion. In May 1890 the party
made another visit abroad, Mrs Gar
diner paying all the bills as before.
DR.. Bristol insisted that the money
which had been given him was for
professional services while in New
York and in Europe, he accompanied
her as her physician, and in support
of bis claim produced contracts and
other documents signed by Mrs Gar
diner.
WORTH NEARLY $780, 900.
She subsequently prepared to bring
suit against him in the superior court
for 81 ,645, on the ground that he had
bypnotzed her, and while she was un-
der hypnotic influence had obtained
that amount from her. Tue csse did
not come to trial, however. The con-
tracts she had signed prevented Der
from bringing suit for a greater
amount.
Mrs. Gardiner has always insisted
that much of the money she gave the
doctor was used by him to set himself
on a more pretentious social footing,
for while be was living with his moth
er and sister, Mrs. Barr, at No.
1900 Park avenue, where he first met
Mrs. Gardiner, yet soon afterwards
he bought handsome modern resi-
dence at No. 373 West End avenue,
and placed the property in the name
of member of his family. This as.
sertion of Mrs. Gardiner. DR.. Bristol
strenuously denied, declaring that he
was enabled to buy the property by
reason of his increased practice.
! Mrs. Penney is worth nearly $780,
200, the greater part of her wealth
being invested in real estate which
was left to her by her parents. Her
most valuable piece of property is at
the corner of One Hundred and
Twenty-fifth street and Park avenue,
having frontage of 100 feet on Park
avenue and ninety feet on the other
thOroughfare. She has been offered
100000 for this lot, but decided not
to sell it at that figure. 1t is adjacent
to the One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street station of the New York
Central railroad, and there can De
little doubt that the property will rsp-
idly increase in value. She also owns
othar pror,ortv in the sona hlooL and