The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-04
DID WE'D A RHINELANDER
WAITRESS MAIER's HUSBAND n
MEMBER OF THE OLD FAMILY.

ana Tried TO Keep His Identity Secret
Tho Bridegroom Has HAD . CbecLered
Career-Once shot the Family Lawyer.
It came out yesterday that the man who was
married last Sunday in the Little Church
Around tho Corner to q waitress. and who gave
his name as William O. Highlander, is VIII
Ham Copeland Rhinelander. grandson Of the
lato William 9. R~hinolander, and eldest son Of
William Rhinelander, head Of the family that
has been prominent in New York for nearly q
century. Before her marriage the bride was
Julictte Kathleen Maier. She lived with her
widowed mother at 232 East Twcnty-first street
and was employed in q restaurant on East
Twenty.third street.
Juliette's husband, although not 90 well
known socially as other members of his family.
has been heard Of before. and last Sunday was
not the nrst time that he went through the try
ing ordeal OF a marriage m He achieved
his first distinction when he was q student at Co
lumbia College. more than twenty years ago. He
was a member OF the class Of 1875 and was re-
garded as one its brightest men. although some
what indolcnt. A few days before q competi.
tive examination for a prize in German In tho
sophomore year Rhinelander surprised some of
his classmates by announcing that he guessed
he'd take the examination. They laughed at
him and told him to guess again. When the
day camo young Rhinelander was on hand, and
when the award was made William Copeland
Rhinelander received the prize.
The next thing he did to distinguish himself
was to get married. That was in 1876. Miss
Maggie McGinnis was his bride. She was q house
maid in his fathers family. The only person of
the bridegroom's station in life who was at the
wedding was f. X. Curtis. After the marriage
Rhinelander left his fathers house, and from
that day to this his family has had
nothing to do with him, except to provide him
with a liberal allowance. 1t has been stated
that this allowance was 500 q week. 1t has
also been stated that 1t was to continue as long
as Rhinelander made his homo outside Of New
York.
However that may be, Immediately after his
first marriage Rhinelander took his bride to
Canada, where they remained for some time.
Eve children were born to them. Then, owing
to Mrs. Rhinelander's i'll health, they returned
at PAS Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn. 1t
was while living at this address that
Rhinelander. on the afternoon Of juno 10, 1884,
called at the Office Of John Drake, his fathers
lawyer. of 70 Cedar street, this city. The two
other unusual sounds come from MI.
brakes office, where they, found the lawyer and
lander was held. pinioned against tho wall by
Mr., Drake. and in his right hand was a
s&trFugsle. n WHICH the lawyer was H assisted
ssm %Ss' 4 Then ems Il eV Wss sean; H thas M9. Drake Ma' a sasi
been wounded in the right arm near the shout
der iem ms ws' t sat som to s ESSs'y FL I mGPsDtsarsI j T msfs
. complaint against his assaiiant. both for the
sake ot the @latter's family and because he said
he believed the young man was crazy.
Inspector Byrnes the following day. He in.
nnirad In IN the caaa md nm fha avapipn of Tuna
schermerhorn street, whittier Rhinelander had
Rfs b asafa sm% T. !. 6af ffssr f Rhin snIeesine 70 q
arrest him hin 90 on -. S charge 3. q po, sssaH Hs:d He (. was 4
Justice Weids il the old ffomSs Court and held
Tonbs, RhineisndeE gave out tAs a. stHst ta
t. which he said that Mr.: Drake had
him and had even gone to Canada. to offer to
give her q large amount Of money L she would
100000 When he married his w wife. had con.
scented to take 800 q week and live away from
New Ne w HSr TX and Hs that asid h &c did ha6 pS SSd P 91pSse t to give
the lawyer had first assaulted him and he
thought his life was In danger,
sanity. Tho commission consisted Of Ed;
t Hs' ar psiss1sI DiivihsGIo M Of the Sf s sao sms't cosr e;
DR.: W: Dstmold; and PStriek Nolan; Tho
that he was sane enough to stand trial. The
ton Of the Dist rict Attorney. concurrei
in BY counsel for Rhfnelander's family;
to TO an Insane asylum ssS yqRshRIs ne,a %rn ls s%ger ap:
posed the motion. claiming that his client was
e ssEsss d.s sraS t fna n Sssi5sd + Th SS t Gss in G Ges Re,
about two years ago. the District Attorney
Little was heard Of Rhinelander after the
shooting until Dec. 9; 1856. when he was ar
t S1n; s. vi Dr. on ss : Snit 5fchH Hs sre q A if5sf9sp a efs.
for 5000. Rhinelander refused to pay, and the
paintings. and bric.S-brac. RSineiander paid
no attention to the a~ttachment. and shipped the
WaS io sG sSw up 1 IN The IN srneSi b0t County j All
at Freehold for some time.
,o Another period, period Of obs S6fSepNEi nIy followed 1lr o Rhine r inc
little was heard OF him until I'VE or six years
town as Jack the Ripper"
St9s I Il with q brood R,ssd, mares, He proclaimed his
for pure white horses. and that there
This % RoSSyy 20 soon Se m made him i'Rin Known IheT To-
horse dealers from New York to Saratoga. by
found that it was easy enough to breed horses,
but rs for breeding only white horses, that was
another matter. The colts were of nearly all
the the s seoeE arm of 1as M raia aSSnd S1ssPt white Finally
II will be seen from this that Juliette Maier
did not marry a man without a history when
she married William u. Rhinelander. The
couple will start upon their honeymoon
this morning. They were going. to Eu-
rope, Mrs. Maier said yesterday, but
that was abandoned. because Mrs. Rhine.
lander, does not care to cross the ocean.
Instead they will go to Albany. Boston, and
Philadelphia. and probably make their future
home In Saratoga. Rhinelander IL now about
40 years old. Ho wears glasses and is nearly
Q feet tall, very thin, and round-shouldered.
His brown hair is streakcd with gray, ms are. also,
his thin, closely trimmed side whiskers and his
mustache. Not long ago his right side became
partially Paraiyzed and when he walks there is
q decided limp in his gait. He usually wears a
gray Alpine hat and dresses rather roughly.
Since his marriage to Miss Maicr. RhinelandeI
has been anxionsto Keep his identity from be
"Wednesday by a SUN reporter he was at the
home Of his bride. who was putting the finishing