The evening times., 1896-09-08
DEATH FOLLOWED DEBAUCE
Horrible Orgie of Members of an
English Family.
Mother, Daughter and Two Sons I'M
bibed Whisky in a Buffalo Hotel
Until One of Them Died.

Buffalo, n. Y, Sept. 8. This is the ter
rible summary Of u ten days debauch, il
! which mother, her two sons and a dapgt-
| ter. descendants or a famous English fam
| ily, shared in unspe;lkable orgies;
| William IL Payments dead Of delirium
| trcmens; Edward Drury Raynient, uncon-
scious and expected TO die OF delirium ire
mems; Miss E. kayncnt. naturally weak.
minded, Frustrated with evident paresis
Mrs. K. Raymept, suffering frcni deliriun
tremens and exhaustion, will live.
| The Rayments belonged to a famous Eng
lish family, whose old home is In Hcrts,
England The father was a commodore i'll
| the English navy, and his ancestors were
all sailors OF renown Why the family left
| England is not disclosed. 1t settled in the
| village OF Lewiston, at the mouth of the
| Niagara River, In 1890. and lived In
| seclusiop there until last week. The house
was the old Roach homestead, two blocks
| from the stage road, and removed from i'm
mediate neighbors.
The Ra yInents kept strictly 10 themselves.
They had plenty of money at all times, spent
itliberaily and paid theirbilis with prompt
nens which won tie regard OF the villagers,
who, nevertheless viewed them with much
curiosity. They received no visitors. and
seldom went away from the house.
H. 1893 the old man died. and stories
spread through the village that his death
was tie result of delirium trcncns. The rest
of the family lived the same secluded life.
but the sons, yenturcd to Buffalo OCCASION
ally. and each trip was a spree.
About three weeks ago the family de-
cided to move to the Bernndas. They gave
up The old Roach house, packed their belong
ings, and Oh Wednesday, August 26, ar
rived in Buffalo. II was their intention TO
spenda couplcof years in III c BerInudas, then
return to Engitnd Whenthey arrived here
they registered at the Stafford Hotel
Mrs. Rayrnent was a eray-haired. refined
woman of sixty years. The daughter ap-
peared TO he abodtforty years old, but her
otherwise strong face bure,he marks of a
weakened intellect. Edward, the elder
sen. appeared to bc thirty-five years old.
and William ten years younger. Ali were
well dressed
They secured two connecting rooms Mt
the hotel. Within half an hour after GO
ing to their roOnis the hotel people We're
astonished by the demand for drinks Bell
boys Were kept hurrying from the bar TO
the rooms with all manner of liquors. This
continued all Thursday and Friday. On
Saturday their bar bin had reached such
figure that the proprietor informed them
that they could have no M ore until the bill
was paid. Mrs. Ragment paid the bill with
a $500 bill and gave $40 tip to the bell
boys
The drinking was resumed But the pro-
prietor determined to get rid of hi guests,
who were creating much scandal among the
other guests, and he forbade the bar to
serve any more drinks to their rooms Mrs
Rayment called carriage and went out
for half an hour. She returned with a
number of packages, anda short time after.
ward three boxes were delivered at the
hotel. All these parcels contained whisky.
The noisesof their carousal soon again dis
turbed the hotel.
The drinking was continued until wetlnes-
day, when they were all removed to the hos
pital, where the son died the next day.