Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-06-01
STOLE THE BRlTlSHER'S BRIDE.


Captain Mckay aud His Mnther Claiiaed
the Girl as tho Formsr'S fnuceo. ant
u Fright Young American Carried Her
Away.
CnIcAGo ILL.,, May cI.-Miss blanche
w. Cubertsnn, hciress to half Il million
and accepted among her friends rs The in
tended wife Of a captain III the British
army, left her home at No. 5H Division
street at midnight in company with
another lover, leaving behind her the now
iratc and almost distracted mother Of the
British army officer, who had come To This
city to be present at the marriage Of her
son to the American heiress. Immediately
after her flight from her home Miss Cut
bertSon cabled to England, informing her
intended husband that he need not come,
as she was about to he married to another
man. The mother also cablcd her SON the
sad news and last night packed her Ing
lage and left for the shores of England,
The triumphant lover in the ease Is Leigh
French, son of DR.. George +, French Of
Minneapolis MINI, q senior student ~
the medical department of the University
of Minnesota. The disappointed lover is
Captain Donald Mckay of her mHjesly'S
troops stationed 1t Portsmouth, England.
Miss Culbrrsnn Is the youngest daughter
of the lAle millionaire, w, :. Cul-
bcrtson, Of New Albany, Ind. She is a
handsome and accomplished young
woman.
More than n year ago Miss Culhcrtson
went 10 Minneapolis to visit Il married sis.
ter. Mrs. +. u. Stmpe While there She
met voting French and he hogan paying
attention to her and some months later he
proposed and was accepted. Mr.. Cu.btrt-
son, when asked for his consent to the en-
gagemcnt, positively refused ard wcEt
further by adding 4 Cnlicil to his will dc
1,ri of mi 4
she married French. one week after
addins this Codicil To his will, Mr.. Culbert-
son died.
After her father death Miss Culbertson
went to Europe and Travelled until the first
OF this year. While abroad She met Cap
tain Mckay. lie became enanured OF
her and soon proposed marriage Miss
Culhertson positively declares that she did
not become engaged to him, and that She
never even considered him as more than 4
| friend.
by the articles Of the will Miss Gulbcrt-
son was to lie given $4,000 a year for ten
! years, ana then SdOl,OJD was to revert to
her in case she did not rInrTy against the
| consent al the executors of the will three
weeks ago Mrs Eiuily Mckay made her
appearance, and, according to Miss cut
bcrtsOn, Mrs. Mckay regarded the mar
| rlagc Of her son to her hostess as Il Iuts-
| tiou Of the near future. Mss tlIlbtrtsun
demonstrated thar she did not look at i in
that light, but Mrs Mckay was not 10 be
moved. This condition of affairs became
So distressing to Miss Culhcrison that SHE
was sorely pcrplcXed to know what to do.
1t was learned that two weeks ngp Mrs.
| Mckay cabled her son that all Was well,
and for him to make haste to come to
Chicago,
une week ago Leigh French came to
| Chicago, met Miss CuhertsOn aud by
agreement called upon her the nest even
1 ing. When Mrs. Mckay returned At 10
| o'clock the lovers were still in the pgrlUr.
/ Miss tulbertsun went ont into the hallway
1 and DOMINIC her opera CLOAK they quickly
| lett the house together. Miss Culbertsun
| scared to go to her own room to secure
| additional wraps, lest Mrs, Mckay should
be awakened As they occupied adjoining
| rooms. She was ileeing from her own
| home to escape from her guest,
The couple were driven 10 the home of
| W. j. Pope, OH West Monroe street. where
| Miss CuIDertson WAS left for the night hy
her lover. The marriage will take place
soun.