The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-09-14
q TIE PRlNcE,s DENIAL
a Startling and Tlomantic Story WilIeb Is
Important IL True.

1 see that the news associations have
been authorized by the Prince Of Wales
10 deny that the Duke Of York was mar
ried previous TO his union with Princess
May Of Teck. Tho Prince OF Wales was
quite right to make the denial; the
morning newspapers were quite right TO
publish it. Permit me TO quote tho
princes statement, which was Issued BY
his private secretary, Colonel Sir Fran
els KnollyE Then / wish to add rider:
LoADoN. Aug. l5-A letter signe, by Sir
Francis Knollys, X. g. NJ. G., oneofi rooms
Ia waiting upon the Prince Of Wales, Is puh-
lished today. saying that the Prince Of Wales
directs him to say that there Is not q shadow
Of foundation for the report that the Duke Of
York was married previous 70 his union with
Princess May Of Teek. The letter adds thatthe
report Of n previous marriage was oliTiouAly
invented to cause pain and annoyanee 70 the
young couple.
There is more than shadow OF
proof for the dukes marriage there
is the record in the English church in
Malta. The marriage took place four
years ago, when Prince George was with
the Mediterranean squadron. AT that
time his elder brother WAS living and
was heir to the throne. There would
never have been question Of the legal
ity Of themagriage had not Collars and
Cuffs" died. His death made the Duke
Of York--Princc George, as he was then
--heir TO the dignitios Of his grand
mother. His marriage 10 eommoner
was out Of the question. Now. mark
the odd course Of events. Tho Duke of
Clarenee-"Collars and Cuffs''--hRd
been betrothed for mine months to tho
Princess May of Tecl. When he died
suddenly. his brother, Prince George,
was ordered to keep tho engagement IN
spite Of all his resistance he was mar
ried to his brothers fancee. His own
wife-his morganatie wife, If you please
forced her way into the church on the
wedding day and created scandal
which was only half suppressed. She
was his wife, the mother Of his two
children. Had ho not been forced by
circumstances into the direct succession
to the throne there would have been no
question Of the legality of that marriage
ceremony performed by the English
chaplain at Malta
But the woman was repudiated.
She was Miss Tryon and the niece
OF one Of England's famous sailors--a
man under whom the "sailor prince, "
this charming Duke Of York, had learn
cd his seaananships When Admiral Try
on halned Of the Shame cast upon his
name, be was half mad. The drink he
took did not mollify him. The one thing
he could do was to kill himself, and he
committed suicide by sinking the finest
man OF war in the English navy. He
drowned hundreds Of men, sank mil
lion pound ironelad and went down
laughing drunk Oh tho bridge.
Tho Prince of Wales deniesg
Not even the Prince Of Wales can
bury that scandal.
The Duke of York's morganatic wife
has been pensionea She il living at
Richmond with her two children. In
the latter part Of June she obeyed orders
and married o poor gentleman whom
the Prince of Wales provided. Now
that everything has been covered -
In these days when the Duko Of York Is
rejoicing over son and heir to the
throne--the cry is raised that the 'sail-
or prince" has been slanderod.
What about that ruined womanl
What about Admiral TTyonl-V Vance
Thompson in New York Commercial
Advertiser.