Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-22
RUINED BY HIS LOVE FOR HER.
The Guilty Romance of the Life OF f,
Sheriff Flack Recalled.

The Guilty Romance of the Life Of Ex-
sheriff Flack Recalled.
New YORK, Oct. 22.-The death OF Sarah j.
Flack, formerly Sarah Cherry, occurred yes
terday morning at her home. No. ISL West 120th
street. near It'll avenue. The name of the
dead woman was brought prominently before
the public in connection with the divorce pro-
ceedings of Sheriff Flack three years ago.
Although the official death notice announced
the deceased as Mrs. Flack nothing is known Of
the marriage and the family today even refused
to state when or where it took place.
Mrs. Flack No. 2, as she has been called, was
first taken sick last Saturday evening. She
then had a stroke of paralysis. DIR. Fitzgerald
was sent for He found his patient in an I'M
conscious condition and che remained SO for
several hours. occasionally having brief spells
of CONSCIOUSNESS.
Until Wednesday she was at times in a con-
scious state and talked nationally with Mr..
Flack. her son Edward her husbands sister
and his son William by the first wife.
Wednesday Mrs. Flack again became uncon-
scious and remained 80 until her death Mt 4 a.
m. yesterday.
During her illness the friends and relatives
who were around her say that Mr.. Flack dis
played the most pronounced devotion for bis
second wife.
Dr. Fitzgerald realized from the first that it
was an extreme case of paralysis. He was as
sisted in the case by Prof. Dana and other
doctors
hemorrhage Of the brain was the direct
cause Of death. The funeral will take place to-
morrow at pm. from the Flack home in 10th
street. There will be no services at any
church.
William, the ex-sheriff's first son, and Eddie,
the son by the second wife, who was born out
Of wedlock. were both at the house today. The
latter is now young man Of nineteen years Of
age.
The death of Sarah Cherry revealing the fact
Of her marriage to James A. Flack closes a
among New Workers, many of whom held public
Office New Workers have not yet
forgotten the fall Of 1889 when
Sheriff James A. Fiaek induced his
wife to consent that decree of divorce be en-
tered against him on the grounds demanded by
statute and with Susan L. Reynolds as core
spoudeut
Mr.. Flack's wife was not only deceived by
himself, but her son William also joined in the
task of imposing on his mother. The exposure
Of the attempt to bury the bogus court divorce
records by Mcneil and Weeks. with the
passive part enacted by Judge Book
staver. resulted in forcing Flack to abandon
the shrievalty and with his son William he was
tried and convicted, but not sent to jail. Sarah
Cherry was the correspondent in the fictitious
divorce suit. She must have been about forty
wears of age.
Years ago. when she first met F1ack, she was
dark haired, blue-eyed and pretty. That hap
pened in a North William street bookbindery
owned by Flack. Sarah knew then that her
employer was married. but that made no differ
ence when james A. Fiack made her promises.
When she was eighteen years old. in 1871,
Flack started her as the proprietress of West
18th street boarding house At that time Flack
was ostensibly living with his wife
at No. $50 East 47th street, but
the most of his time spent
limo hnu 4 As
the boarding house mistress she assumed thu
name of Mrs. Reynolds. In 1872 at the West
18th street boarding house boy
called Eddie-was born and he
christened Eddie Raymond by Dr.
Houghton in the Little Church Around the
Corner. Margaret Cannon, a servant. took the
child there and subsequently gave much con-
vincing testimony at the trials against the
Packs. According TO the church register the
child's mother was Sarah Raymond and the
father james 4. RAYMOND.
From then on MIR. and Mrs Raymond
shifted their residence often in order to avoid
exposure. For few years they had lived ut
3l9 West goth street. 156 Madison
avenue and 10 West Saith street. At the
saith street house the plans for the bogus
divorce we're conceived, and Mr. Smith. the
boarding house keeper. was induced to sign a
deposition telling of the relations existing be-
tween James A. Flack and Sarah Cherry, alias
Mrs. Raymond and Mrs. Reynolds.
Inc nay monds went ABOUT mucn IN tue sum-
MGR, visiting Atlantic City, Spring Lake, White
Lake and sullivan county. The boy, Eddie,
grew up to be fine lad, and at fifteen
Was sent to Protestant Episcopal
school at Concordia, Mass. There he
developed a religious turn of mind and 1t was
| proposed to send him to the ministry. Sarah
| Cherry also became religious and for long
time she attended DIR. Parkhursts church.
| Unlike Fiack she possessed some refinement
and chafed under the disgrace OF living az
| Fiack's mistress. 1t was abe who urged
Flack to procure a divorce and she was
to become legally married Finally
| the crash of exposure came. Mrs.
| Raymond and Eddie disappeared and no one
ever found them. Had they died and been
| buried their disappeArAnce could not have been