Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-30
LOVES TRUE COURSE
again Fails to Run Smoothly, and a
Doctors First Wife Receives
ALL THE DEAD MANS PROPERTY.
Re Was infatuated With Pretty Girl, but
lis Wife Wouldn't
ALLOW HIM EVEN TO GET 4 DIVORCES


CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-DL Charles +.
Stillman had potent reason for willing his
property to Miss Mabel Schaus. who yester-
day renounced the bequest, and it will now
fall to DR.. Stillman's first wife, from whom
he had been unable to secure divorce.
The story is sensational and highly ro-
mantle. Both the principals were New
Yorkers. DR.. Charles E. Stillman was the
sen of DR.. c. II. Stillman, of Plainfeld, N.
aniner for the New York Mutual Life In
surance Company, examining surgeon Of
the Travellers Insurance Company of Hart
ford. lecturer on physical examination in
the University of Vermont, orthopedic
surgeon to the New York
Infant Asylum, lecturer on orth
psdic surgery in the Women g
Medical College of the same city, perma-
nent member of the American Orthopedic
association, member OF the County Medical
Society, and Fellow of the New York
Academy of Medicine. His reputation in
orthopedic surgery was second to none, and
his papers on the subject have been cited as
standard authority. He was handsome,
courtly, dashing and accomplished, and
moved in Gotham's upper crust. He was
member of the Union League, Lotos,
Lambs and other swell clubs.
An EIopement Now Much Regretted.
The doctor was considered most eligible
match. He disappointed maneuvering
mammas by clipping with Miss Harriet E.
Greenman, of Mystic, Conn. This was in
1879. This union, however, proved unsatis-
factory, and after a very brief period they
IpaHo ~ hrr 1fr1ol Tha 4rl,
reason vouchsafed by Dr. Stillman or his
wife was incompatibility OF disposition.
Mrs. Stillman returned to her parents, who
were wealthy, and the deserter applied
himself to his work.
In 1885 the doctor attended social enter
tainment in New York. There he met Miss
Schaus 1t was case of love at first sight,
and as the attachment was mutual, DR..
Stillman took steps toward securing a
divorce. But Mrs Stillman, who had kept
close watch on her husband, refused divorce
proceedings. A few months after the
Schaus family left for Germany. Mabel
was in poor health, and the handsome doc
tor crossed the ocean to administer to her
wants Love was more powerful than med
icine, and Miss Schaus soon regained her
health.
The doctor was in sore distress He
could not marry the girl until he had Sc
cured divorce. While in Frankfort the
lovers visited the Palm Garden. 1t was
there the doctor proclaimed his love. On
their return Mr.. Schaus asked DR.. Stillman
his intentions, upon which he heard the en-
tire story of his daughters attachment and
approved the engagement, which was pub
licly announced.
The Hour of Trouble at Hand.
The hour of trouble was at hand. Mrs.
Stillman, when she heard of the betrothal
in Germany, declared that Mabel should
never marry the doctor; that she would then
and ever resist his suit for divorce.
DR.. Stillman returned to America and
his mother wrote to Mrs. Schaus, saying
there was no hope of her sons securing a
divorce, upon which Mabel's father ordered
all communication between them to cease.
This did not cease, however, and on Mabel's
return he met her at Old Point Comfort.
Mrs. Schaus became enraged, and it is said
as it may, she left for New York. Dr.
Stillman could not find her. and applied to
a detective agency of this city to locate
Mabel This was on February 1, 1889,
and within two weeks the girl was found in
Cincinnati, where she was studying music,
being the possessor of magnificent soprano
voice. Her own family had given her up,
and sister, Mrs Kenwood, was respon-
sible for the statement that she was not
living as she should. This slander was en-
tirely refuted later, when DR.. Stillman
went to Cincinnati. He could not legally
marry her while his wife lived. They took |
the bull by the horns, and decided to spend
their remaining days together They
soon afterward came to Chicago, |
where the doctor secured lucrative |
practice. A few months later he removed !
to the suburban town of haywood With |
the couple was the doctors son BY his first |
wife. The doctors health began to fail |
He went east to recuperate at New York. |
In April of this year the doctor left his |
property to Miss Schaus, but the legal wife |
fought the will and was successful, Miss |
Schaus renouncing the bequest.