Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-12-12
Gave up all for the Actor.

Gave up all for the Actor.
Wandering among the tenants of the
east side of New York is an English
gentlewoman who, few weeks ago,
left luxurious home and an indulgent
husband to elope with a handsome ac-
tor who had captvatcd her fancy.
She left her husbands house utterly
desolate, for she took away her child
ren-a handsome boy and a golden
haired girl
Her husband mourns her as lost. and
her aged father is almost crazed by
grief They have traced the wayward
wife and mother to New York, and are
trying to find her that they may save
at least the children from poverty and
ruin.
The story of her sudden departure
from England is told in letter re-
ceived a few days ago by DIR. Senuer,
the commissioner of immigration, from
Rev. Joseph Wilhelm, Il Catholic
minister Of Shoreham, Sussex, Eng
land.
The priest wrote that there sailed on
the Majestic, from Liverpool, on 0c-
tober %, party of tour persons. They
were i'll the steerage. In the manifest
OF the White Star steamer they were
described as "a Newman, actor, Thirty
years old; Mrs. Newman, thirty-two
years old; Ada Newman, six years old,
and Charles Newman, seven years old. "
"Thesc names are fctitions," writes
the Rev. Mr.. Wilhelm, but he does not
give the real names. 'The lady is the
ouly daughter of well-known Eng
lish gentleman, and the actor, New
man, whose real name is Henry James.
is not her husband. Her old father and
her real husband are most anxious TO
lind out where the young persons have
gone in order TO rescue the children,
I.ancelot and Elaine, from certain ruin.
!'Be so kind as to give me what in
formation you can Us TO their appear
auce on landing and rs to their proba-
BILE destination. The golden haired lit
tie girl attracted the notice of the Of
ficials at the station. The fUgitiycs are
Catholics, but | suppose tina, they are
afraid of meeting a Catholic priest.
DR.. Senner commissioned Peter Gro
den, the well-known Barge Office de-
teclive, to find the woman and her
children. For days the detective fol-
lowed the runaway from one cheap
lodging house to another. They had
the poorest accommodations and seem
ed to be all but stranded.
Wherever the little family went
those who saw them remarked about
the beauty of the children. and the re.
tiuement of the woman, as contrasted
with the appearance Of the man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newman went first
to Gallagher's boarding house, at 30.
l. Washington street. They remained
out late at nights, leaving the children
to the care of the hou ;ekecpcr.
The boarding house proprietor re-
m0astrated with them and they said
that they were actors and that they
had been out looking for an engage
ment. They left the place after two
davs and took furnished rooms at No.
10 east Fourth street. The woman
hired the lady to do the household
work. She said that she was not nc
customed to such tasks, and showed
her slender, delicate hands.
"Mrs. Newman" told how she had
lived in biz mansion in England,
where she was surrounded by many
servants. She and her husband went
out alone in the day, and when they
returned in the evening their greeting
was so atlectionate and cordial that the
thrifty German landlady said that she
was surprised at the unusual conduct
of a couple who had evidently been
married so long.
"Mrs. Newman called upon the
pastor of st. Bridgid's Church in
Tompkins square and asked TO have
her children taken care of by some
Catholic institution. Then she said
that she was Mrs. Henry" and that
she and her husband were English ac-
tors who were stranded in America and
were unable to cafe for their child
rem. She said that her father, who
was lightweight years old, was
wealthy, and that she expected his
death soon, when she would come into
an inheritance.
ne priest tooh lue Cnllufen 10 ~.
Bridgid's Academy in east Tenth
street, where the Mother Superior
was so impressed with their beauty and
the good breeding of the mother that
she consented to care for the boy and
sir! for time.
The mother called at the academy
several times. She told the Mother
Superior that the children had had
covcrnesses and tutors at home, and
that their father, whom she said was
dead, had been very wealthy. Mrs.
Newman" said that she dreaded the
thought OF having Lancelot and Elaine
mixing with the ''ragamutfins' OF the
east side at the public schools.
In burst ofconfdence she also told
that her father had driven her from
home when she had married three
months after the death of her first hus-
band. Last Friday she took the child
rem away from the academy.
The man and woman seemed to
Think that they were pursued and sud
denly left their Fourth street lodgings.
"AIrs. Newman" said that her husband