Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-23
THE GREATEST
OUTFITTINC HOUSE
IN THE SOUTH.
A ROMANCE OF TO-DAY.
New Jerseys Widowed Heiress Of
S17,OOO,0Oo to Wed Again.


Mrs. Byzantine Gaudin. OF Woo1ciiTa
". J.. it is reported. VIII be married this
afternoon 10 Bernard Malta. OF this city
The bride IS the woman who a few weeks
ago inherited a fortune estimated az ST.
00l,00o. The prospective bridegroom lives
at No. z25 west Broadway. He Is ths
superintendent OF the CosmopoI.an
Range Company, Of 28 Centre street.
Mrs. Gaudin is said 70 be 60 years 0 II
Persons in a position 10 know declag5
that Mr.. Malta is twenty years hc.
junior.
The romantic account OF how ,Lrs
Gaudln came into her fortune has ap-
peared I'm the newspapers. II her famous
cOuntryman, Dumas. were alive he could
write q story that would equal IN ira-
matte power and intensity his amoIs 20.
nance Of Monte Cristo." In her
years OF life the woman las had
varied career. She has been married and
divorced. She has been lNuriatei On
the sweets OF fortune, and she has known
what It IS 70 be hungry. She has been
a wanderer FOR years. and she has ale
most starved IN The streets Of %
Madrid
Mrs. Gaudin was born IN Alsace-Lor-
raine. She was A mere slip OF a girl
when her father died. she owes her eil-
cation 10 her mother. who was poor but
spent all OF her waking hours In working
for the child. When she was IS Ee.an-
tine was taught Gressmaking. and after
time managed 70 contribute her shars
toward paying the living expenses OF ~
family. Then came the Franc0-Prussian
war. and after peace was declared ths
Gaudin family refused 20 live in Their
native home as German subjects al
went 10 Spain. Then the mother died.
In Madrid Byzantine met and was mar
ried 10 a Spaniard. whose name she re-.
fused TO divulse. Her husband proved a
spenfthrift. He squandered the money
she had saved and wasted his own for
tune. Then she applied for a divorce and
worked five years before the Spanish
courts granted her the decree. she
worked at her trade OF dressmak.ng and
managed 10 save some money. Later her
husband became insane.
Directly she heard the news she had
him conveyed 70 a private asylum -
Barcelona. She. supported him Tires
years. Then he died. She dropped h.i
name and resumed the maiden name Il
Gaudin From Spain she went 70 Paris
and set up dressmaking establishment.
While In France she met her aunt
Emilie-her mothers s!ster-whom shs
i.1A not seen lot year,. ms AAlt mar
ried man named Pinsud and accom-
panied him 70 South America. Soon a.
ter that Mrs. Gsudin's health failed, and
for six years she lived in poverty. Ons
day an American woman, Mrs LOUISE
Jackson, met the unfortunate dress
maker. and told her she had read some
where that Pinaud had amassei a for
tune IN this country. Mrs Jackson at-
vanced the money. and sent Mrs Gsu1il
10 this country. Arriving in New YORK
she became dressmaker. and saved
some money. Then she moved 70 Woct-
Cliff. and has lived there ever since. Her
sole companion has been a big ST. Bef-
nard dog.
IL appears that Pinaud. on crossing ihs
ocean, crilted Ia California. and went
20 work in the gold fields lie prospered.
ana az the time OF his death some years
ago. he left a fortune. valued al $4,000 o9.
lie left daughter. who has since diei.
His widow died seven months $50. and
by Will left her interest in her husbands
eState-Sl7, COO o00-to her niece Mrs. eau
din. TWO OF Pinaad's nephews received
the other ST The executors % no
estate recently found Mrs. Gaudin.
Since she came into her fortune ~
lady has received many offers Of mar
riage.