The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-18

their lives. Then he was m all-round
athlete. playing football. baseball and
rowing in the college crew.
Even before Cruger ieft college his
gay life In New York begun. Dut when
his school life was over he became al
o he center of b socina vortex
Appareutiy he was an ail-r0und mag
net for attracting h opposite sex He
wa . feet tail. splendidiy propcrtioned
and straight ~ an arrow. He . res
uiar. features. black hair and was a
strikingly handsome man. when he
vas most prominent In his social ca
reer he met Miss Blanche 0pedden of
New Orie\ ns. Miss spedden was a
beauty arb IN heiresu. She was the
daughter Of . family hat had made
millions in cotton and banking. The
two young people met 1T . time when
cruger was said to be irresistible. APP
parentiy they At once became infatu-
ated with each other. They soon be-
came engaged and were shortly mar
ried. All New York sweIidom turned
out to h wedding.
The fascination didn't last. Of course.
Idleness. luxury, feminine adulation
n dissipation Will ruin any man apd
make him most undesirable n a hus-
band. According to the young wife IL
brought about that result In Eugene
Cruger. For q few year after their
marriage the two lived . life Of unre-
strained luxury and gayety. Two chill
dren were born. They are now big
boys at school. But the coming of
the children did not straighten up the
career OF their father. and in 1880 the
mother secured a divorce. She after
ward married j. Frederic Tams.
After the divorce Eugene Cruger
wandered to Europe In search of a
change and new sensations. He noated
for q while about the Riviera. tried
gambling at Monte Carlo and o in
the races at Cannes. At the latter
place he met Mrs. Meta Kane Bell. the
widow Of out Bell Of New York. She
was the sister Of Colonel De Lancey
Astor Kane and of q very prominent
family in New York.
The immediate cause Of the divorces
was the little Russian peasant girl
Hei name was Olga Heitex and Crugel
met her in the little Cafe Chinois. In
the Bots de Boulogne. where shs
worked as cashier. h was o 2
years of age and had been brought {,
Paris by q Russian student. who hat
deserted her and left her to get alonl
in the world as best h could. T.
Cruger the girl was more beautifu
thar the two American women who's
husband he had been: She had bril-
liant black eyes. which were her mos
beautiful feature. Cruger took n
pains to conceal from his wife his af
fection for the little cashier. Mrs. Cru
gee returned to the United States an
the divorce followed. Crueer too
his Olga away from the cafe and CAV
her apartments in Paris IND a chatea'
at Fontainebleau. He asserted tina
sh, was the only woman who had eve
made his life bearable and regrette
that he couldn't live longer than h
knew he would.
Cruger decided to remain permanent
~ in France. He became a very famil
\ lar figure in the cafes. where he wa
n seen by many Americans. Epileps
n and fits came upon THE mai with H.
creasing frequency. Olsa nursea hir
. constantly with the g-eatest ;cnds-ns.
0 and affection, About a month ago b
died in the chateau at Fontaineblea'
After his death IL was found that Cru
A ger had left all his possessions. inclut
ing the chateau, to Olga Heitex.
was rumored that his relatives a
: likely TO contest his will and IL Is "a
= they have already offered the girl SIC
!: O9e to renounce her claims. She r
fused the offer. A French court h
o confirmed her claim to the chateau ar
J: all of the possessions Cruger left
France. 1t is said that Olga's chara
teristics which made her lovable
Cruger's eyes were her desire to plea
and her belief In the superiority
2 man. On account Of these he value
her far more than his two first wives.