The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-21
Mr.. Nelson of Penryn
in a Dilemma.
AUSTRIAN AND ENGLISH WIVES
STRANGE CLAIM OF A NOBLE
VIENNESE LADY.
She Says he Is Rich, Tried to Pen
sion Her Off and Evaded the
obligation-An Embroglio
in High Society.

William Henry Nelson of Penryn and
Loomis is in the unpleasant dilemma Of
having two wives.
Mrs. Nelson the recognized wife who
is well known and has been much adj
mired IN the English colony at Penryn,
is one, and the other is lady who has
just arrived from Vienna. The latter
brings papers and letters which leaves no
room for doubt that she was married
bassy in the embassy chapel by the Rev
William II. Heckler and in the presence
of her father and friends.
She has asked and obtained the assist
ance of the British Consul and also of
the Austrian. Her people are influential
in Vienna and admitted to the royal
court, which is the most exclusive in Eu-
rope, no one having less that sixteen no.
Bile ancestors being allowed at court She
is the daughter of Captain Smeschkall of
the Austrian army. Her brother is an
officer in the regular army and is at
present stationed in Vienna
After their marriage the Nelson's pur-
chased home in Vienna. Mr.. Nelson
had large fortune and she lived in the
best style. They travelled three months
every year and went frequently to Mr..
Nelson's fathers home in England. Mrs
Nelson's younger sister was to be mar
ried, and with her husband she started
to attend the wedding.
You go to your fathers and 1 will
stop and pick up your brother at his
quarters and we will come on together
said Mr.. Nelson to his wife. There had
was much surprised when her brother
arrived alone. Mr.. Nelson never did ar
rive.
After a long search by detectives the
missing husband was found in Penryn,
Mrs. Nelson appealed to his people in
England, but though they could offer
hItIe advice they told her to come to
America. This was two years ago, and
she came.
The journey from London to Penryn,
Cal, is long trip for lady who is not
accustomed to go about alone.
Mrs. Nelson, as she calls herself, ar
rived at Penryn in the nighttime. When
she found the station closed she said:
1T is very dark! How can 1 get off
THE Postmaster will be here for the
mail Bag, she was told, and later with
him she could drive out to her husbands
mouse. NO one was up, but she called her
:'Wiiiiel willie!"
When he asked who was making such
row downstairs, she answered
1T is l, your wife,
But you cannot stay here; for Gods
sake be quiet.
English settlement at Penryn was known
as Mrs. Nelson. She was very i'll, and
quiet was matter of life and death
with her.
~ will do anything. If you will only
come away and not make a scandal" said
Mrs. Nelson, as she consented to acorn
pany him. They drove to Sacramento,
which is the nearest town to Penryn.
On the way Mr.. Nelson asked her to
drive, saying that he would get out and
walk In telling I the story of that mid
Il heard his steps on the road behind
me, and I was afraid and stopped the
horses, and said to him, You must get
in beside me-"
1t was lonely spot on the road where,
he told her, man had been murdered not
long before. Continuing she said in her
II told him the consul expected me the
next day to call on him; he would look
for me If l did not appear on time, ana
he knew where l had gone.
made an agreement. In my country there
is no divorce. He may go as he will. l do
shall L go back to my fathers house
burden to my father? l said no L would
not.
He promised to send me $4,000 as
sides a regular allowance He gave me |
then $4,000 and bought my tickets back
to Austria. A friend of his stayed to see
me safely started and he went back to
his home, for he thought only Of the sick !
woman and the little baby.
II waited and l waited and two years |
have passed, but not one word or one dol |
lar have l had from him, and so l have !
come to America once more.
Now l have engaged lawyers and will |
see what the law can do. l shall not go |
back so easily this time.
Mrs. Nelson is an Austrian and speaks
but broken English, but she intends to
have her rights If she can get them.
She has employed detectives both in Lon
don, where Mr.. Nelson's securities are
held, and also in this country to find out
what his property, which is very large is.
He owned a general store at LOOMS, but
has put 1t out of his own hands and the
house at Penryn has been transferred to
the second Mrs. Nelson.
The latter is an English lady and much
liked and much admired in the English !
colony. She came out from England with
Mr.. Nelson and Is lady of quite as good
family as the Austrian wife. She has