Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-01-20
An Intrisantc Nerve.

A remarkable story of conspiracy by
a dashing gambler and his beautiful but
unserupulous wife came to light on
Wednesday, when Mrs. Edwin F. Mack,
wife of the cashier of the Citizens
Savings Bank of Detroit, filed suit in
the Circuit Court asking the setting
aside of an agreement into which she
recently entered, whereby she prom
ised to leave Detroit and her husband
forever, waving all rights to any claims
upon him or his estate in consideration
OF S45O0 in cash.
About q year and half ago there
came to Detroit, a dashing blonde wo-
man we'll under 80, who was accompa-
MED by her husband, Andrew Granger.
The couple had plenty of money and
bought a residence in an aristocratic
part of the city. Mrs. Changers ex-
treme beauty soon gained her footing
in society she entertained lavishly,
and was soon prominent social figure.
Granger was absent good deal of the
time, but this did not retard his wife's
hospitality. One evening Mrs. Gran
ger was introduced to Edwin F. Mack,
a young man of wealth and position
and member of half the clubs in the
city.
Mr. Mack was smitten with Mrs.
Granger's beauty and charming man
ners, and society gossips were soon dis
cussing the growing intimacy between
the pair. Last August society was
shocked by the announcement that q
divorce had been granted in Chicago to
Mrs. Granger from her husband, and
that she had celebrated the event by
Immediately wedding Mr. Mack at the
Auditorium in that city Granger still
dropped into town, but smiled and said
nothing.
The newly-wedded couple began
housekeeping in luxurious home,
and everything seemed to point to hap
niness. In November rumors began to
;!.y about in regard to domestic troubles
III lhe Mack household. The matter
c;ulcmlnated in Mack leaving his home.
a - lew weeks later Mrs. Mack quietly
lett the city land little later Mr. Mack
iel5 Tor Berm4 4da.
On Wednesday the axe fell, and at
light all was knAown. Granger is known
Il America and Europe as an ali round
}ort art ar. ard gambleier. and he and his wife
! boye cit wide s,,s swa, shs in half the
capitals of the world. The coGpIt
came to Detroit from Madrid, which
they were forced to leave after an af-
fair in which q member OF the royal
family and the dashing Granger and
his wife are said to have been promi-
nent figures.
/ Mrs. Granger proves to be Della
i Martin, daughter of a Canadian farmer
living near Orillia, Ont. She ran away
from home and married Granger when
but mere girl.
The exposure was brought about
through newspaper man who returned
last fall from European tour and rec
ognized Mrs. Granger-Mack as a
wealthy American widow, who with
her brother (Granger) were the cause Of
a duel between q Belgian diplomat
and Partisan, of family, in Paris
Mack heard the story and ran the
game to earth. Mrs. Mack agreed tc
accept $500 and leave Mack and De-
troit forever.
She secured a cool $4,000, besides
her Jewels. Her return is a surprise,
but she is after slice of Macl's estate
and says she means to have it. The
woman's past life has been full of in
trigues and it is believed that the whole
affair was conspiracy between Mr..
and Mrs. Granger to fleece Mack.