The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-23


quentIy resided. Some people here may
remember iler as Mrs. Kingscoate. while
others will recall her under her literary
nom de guerre of 'Lueus Cleeve." over
which she has not only published num-
Der OF books, but likewise many newspap-
er and magazine articles, several OF which
were Of sufficient iuipor3e1ee to fnd a
place In the Nineteenth Century Review.
She is not. as stated In the cable dis
patches, the wife Of the popular and we'll
known equerry of the Prince Of Wales.
The latter, Sir Robert Kingscote by name,
is only "a very distant cousin of her hus-
band. while Sir Robert's wife. Lady Emile
Kingscote. a singulariy charming woman
and one of the favorite ladies in-waiting
with the Princess of Wales. has nothing
In common with Mns. Kingscote. She
cannot fail to be much annoyed by the
mistake made even by the English news
papers confounding her with the now no
torious daughter of Sir Henry Drummond
Wolfe.
Mrs. Kingscote has moved in the very
highest society at home, as well as abroad.
and only few years ago. during the i'll
lOCA
latter's place as British Ambassadors at
Madrid land did the honors of the estab-
ishent of her father, the Ambassador.
frequently entertaining royalty.
The three persons whose financial mis-
:"rtunej nave Of late brought Mrs. Kings
cote's name so prominently before the
public are Lord Byron, who has inherited
the title though not the estates of the
famous poet Lord Byron, who was one Of
the distant cousins. Lord Byron Is very
TO from bein gthe young inexperienced
man that Is indicated by the dispatches.
On the contrary. he Is an exceedingly
shrewd. widely travelled and experienced
man Of over fifty, who has frequently been
everywhere and seen everything. He poss-
essed fortune Of about half a million dol
lars. all of which has been squandered on
Mrs. Kingscote
The two Their victims are a couple of
clergyman, rectors Of large and popular
parishes In the county Of Oxfod, and vino
as the pastors and spiritual mentors of
men Of every degree must certainly poss-
ess some knowledge Of the world. In each
case they are men neaer sixty than fifty,
and, what is ore, are both married and
have families
Yet they have rined themselves not only
financially but socially and ecclesiastic-
ally for the sake OF this extraordinary
woman, who was In the habit. according
to thei own account, Of reviling them and
abusing them in the most contemptuous
fashion.
hn r.
tanned from these three men of the world.
either in the form OF gifts. loans, that
were never meant to be returned or else
bills signed by them and which she got
discounted, amount in round figures to
over $1,000. 600; and It is asserted by those
in n position to know hat this constitutes
only a moiety of the sums which she has
distracted from people in all pats Of the
world during. the hast fifteen or twenty
yeas fbv means by her hypnotic eyes and
mysterious powers upon the wills of othes
Yet another victim IA young Captain
Adams. the son of an exceedingly wealthy
family and owning aEiarge amount Of
property In his own right. BY using her
will power on him, she induced him. to
marry, on the day after his return from
India, woman whom he had never seen
in his life before and whom Mrs. Kings
cote declaed to be a widow. The woman
managed to evxtract large sums OF money
from her husband. and when, a few
months afterwards, his, leave expired and
he was obliged to rejoin his regiment in
India, she insisted on remaining behind.
He thereupon appealed to Mrs. Kingc-
cote to aid him to get rid Of the woman.
This Mrs. Kingscote undertook to do.
Divorce can only be obtained in Eng
land on statutory grounds. Accordingly
Mrs. Adams undertook to give her hus-
band proper grounds for a divorce. IL he
would pay her a largey sum of money
by way Of reparation, of the injury to
her name and reputation which would be
caused thereby. 1t was arranged with
Mrs. Kingscote that her brother, the ex-
Captain Drummond Wolfe. should like
wise receive a large sum of money from
Captain Adams for his service in figuring
as correspondent. Ultimately the divorce
was obtained and Captain Adams became
once more a free man, though what he
paid first and last in connection with the
entire affair from the time when he first
became acquainted with Mrs. Kingscote
until the time when he secured the d.
vorce from his wife, by the mems indicat-
ed above, must have run up into the hun
dreds of thousands of pounds.
Yet another victim of Mrs. Kingscote
and OF her disreDutable brother was the
Honorable Alfred Hood, so. of the
queens senior lord-in-waiting, Lord Bird
port, who has likewise inherited from his
uncle. the great Admiral. Lord Nelson.
the italian Dukedom of Bronre. During
the bankruptcy proceedings in which AL
fred Hood became involved two years
ago, 1t was shown that he had in nOwise
been financially benefited by the financial
obligations which he had incurred and
which he was unable to meet. but that
they had been entirely and solely under
taken in order to furnish funds TO ex-
Captain Drummond Wolfe and to his sis
ter. Mrs. Klngscote. On that occasion the
latter managed to keep her name out of
the newspapers, and although 1t figured
in court as party to the financial tran
saction which brought about Alfred
Hoods insolvency, yet the newspapers
only mentioned the name of ex-Captain
Wolfe as responsible for Mr.. Hoods
ruin.
Captain Wolfe was former private sec
rotary to Lord Randolph Churchill. But
he behaved so badly that in spite Of
Lord RandolDh's close intimacy with Sir
Henry Drummond Wolfe. he was obliged
to dispense with the young officers ser
vices. Young Wolfe has figured at least
five times in the bankruptcy court is to-
day outlawed as an undlscnarged bank
rupt and has been Obliged TO leave the