Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-14
STORIES OF WARD M',LLrsTEn.
Doubt as 10 Whether ne Lief; IA Will
Judge" Ward NrkIIIstcr. .Jr,

o.. Y. correspondence of she BALTIC. SUM
There seems to be doubt whether Ward
McAlhster left IA viii ills widow and
a. liren have no positive proof that ne
did leave Will hut they Arc aware
that DE had "a private box IN the Mer-
camille safe Deposit Company, where. in
OH probability the Will. n there is any.
may be- found. The value Of Mr.. Me
Alnsters estate has not been given. and
~ Is likely that few know Mr.. McAllister
devoted the greater portion Of mis- time
IN administering 20 the whims of society
IN; he never neglected business. Ills
fam. near Newport. Welded him a hand
some income from the sale OF It's pro-
ducts 10 the residents Of the resort. ana
ms earnings as a writer aggregated fully
Slb"o year. For the last ten years
lie had saved money. He once told a
friend taat he only hoped 10 I've long
epcpgh 10 save million. This hope
was probably not fulfilled but Mr.. Me
Ah.ster left his family in good circum-
stances. nevertheless. lie wanted money
for peculiar and particular purpose
which viii doubtless be revealed when
his VIII H. filed FOR probate
II has been noticed in the press refer
enCes TO Ward McAl.ister's death hat
his family consisted of wife and three
children. hut of one Of these children
little has been said People In New York
know that Miss Louise McAllister is the
only daughter of the late social arblter,
and that Hayward McAlllster Is the only
son al home. Few Of them have ever
heard Of the existence Of Ward McAllls-
ter, Jr.. the eldest of the family and a
circuit Judge in California The story
or the Punishment 81 this son and the
lifelong grief OF Ward McAllister on this
account is both romantic and touching
AMI the facts are known TO very few
Of the living. The late Mrs August
Belmont was well acquainted with them
at the time. but "a the Punishment en-
sued IN the babyhood Of Ward McAnister
Jr.. who is now man Of 70 or more
few remember II well.
The story. according ~ an old society
woman. Is this: Soon after the marriage
az Ward McAllister. he and his bride
went abroad and took up a years resi-
dence In Paris. Here they entertained
and lived very magnifcently. They were
extremely popular. and when the little
Ward appeared on the scene he was
made the recipient OF numerous gifts and
was treated like baby OF royalty. His
mother was passouateiy devoted To him.
giving up society for him. and not even
allowing the nurse 10 touch him when
her own care could take the nurses
place. But the young wife was not
strong. Soon her health began TO weaken
under the strain Of the care OF the boy.
AMI. after a consultation. the Partisan
doctors said that the two must be sepa-
rated and the mother must travel In Italy
Tor her health. or she would die. Imme-
diately Ward McAllister began making
PREPARATIONS for the trip. But 10 his sur
prise his wife refused To be separated
IRON The child Poor mothers took care
OF their children. why could not she? And
she knew that prepared French food
would Kill him-that was the secret OF
" all. Finally, desperate scene was
gone through with And the wife was
carried on forcibly TO Italy. while the
baby returned on steamer with his
nurse TO make a visit to an uncle and
aunt on the Pacific coast But before
The separation, Mrs. McAllister made this
VOW: If you take the child away now.
viii never look upon him again" And