The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

eiodDlSS oAie " LEU IaIers although
deaths of persons not OF Iavane,,or
| blood, but connected with the family nv
| marriage.
| This method Of narration brings next
to the readers attention a, certain vornq
| Henry Havemeyer, son of a rniIIionaire
of the same name, who died, leaving a
widow, who had also died.
With $1,000 year to spend ba wont IN
Paris to see life. He fell Ill with amen
dicitis and died on the Operating table.
| Then tragedy visited the family q,
Theodore A. Havemeyer, who had died of
disappointment-frst the popular Charles
F.. better known sas 1'Carley, Have
| meyer; then the latest victim, Mrs. Ma
tale Mayer n e.
Both were married, both were unhannv.
both died by pistol shot; in both cases
the Mortified survivors Of their family
claimed that death was doubtless acct
dental and not designed
Charles e. Havemeyer married Camilla
Moss, beautiful girl. They had one
child, Theodore, named after his Inflated
grandfather Their home, near Roslyn.
l.. l., III the Meadowbrook hunt colony,
was beautiful one, but rumor said that
it was unhappy
One night in May, 1898, Mr.. Hayemever
went to his room to dress for dinner.
Soon afterward his wife heard the re-
port Of a pistol, and rushing into the
room, found her husband dying He had
shot himself in the head A local coro-
ner held an inquest, about which little
could be learned, and announced after
ward that the jury, of which August
Belmont was one. had returned verdict
Of accidental death. The widow some
time afterward married Frederick O.
Beach.
"Carley'' Havemeyer's sister married
OhT1 IA ~ haa %
four children. She lived in a house at
Ridgewood, N. j., presented to her by
her father shortly before his death. A
regular member Of the household was
Clinton Page, who made himself useful
in connection with the model farm and
acted as Mrs. Mayors escort on her rides
and drives.
On Friday afternoon of last week,
while her husband was In Newport at
tending the wedding of young Henry
Hayemeyer and Miss Whiting, Mrs. May
er shot herself in her bedroom in front
of a mirror, She had Just returned home
from visit to her mother. Page, from
another room, witnessed the act. The
coroner, having satisfied himself that
Mrs. Mayer had herself fired the fatal
shot, decided not to embarrass the fam
lily by holding an inquest, and the fam
lily said, Accident
That is the latest Havemeyer tragedy
Now for the minor troubles that punctu-
ate the family history.
WEDDINGS AND DIVORCES.
Henry O. Havemeyer,. the present head
of the family, married Miss Louise Elder.
the heiress of another sugar king. Eight
cen years ago they were divorced, and the
scandal was a painful one. Mr. Have
meyer married a niece Of his former wife
The latter died of a broken heart
William + HaVeii1e-erj whose fother
had been mayor of New York married
Clara Stevens Sutton, Who was young
enough to be his daughteri she was beau.
tful and well-bred, but penniless. 1t was
runaway match, Because of the hostiI-
lily of the Havemeyer farniFy At the end
of the year William F Havemeyer's wife
divorced him. ~ IL
She married Jack Bloodgood. On his
fathers death they found themselves pen
niless, whereas they had expected to be
rich. The young husband was stricken
with mortal disease. Clara Bloodgoed
bravely went on the stage 70 earn money
fer food and medicine. She played a small
part in THE Conqnerors" aud the -four
hundred" focl1ed to the theater to see the
FORMER Wife of Havemeyer enaetine a
dancing girl. Bloodgood died during the
run Of the piece. sz.
Mrs. Mary Ct. Havemeyer. mother Of
the young Henry HaIerneyer, whose death
under the surgeons knife has been re-
corded, left a VIII which occasione.i much
pickering IN the courts. An unsuccess-
ful attempt was made ITO Gust the exec
utor. @'f4 - IA 10 sf4rlll.s--s7 : = :
| . A mother Haveneye Wai1f to 'ba b,tt4f,,,
contested was that OF the widow Of NAV
or William f. Hayenneyep. The contest
| ant was her SOM Charles, w. Havemey-
er. whom she disinherited In favor of his
TWO infant daughters. The amount in
vowed was not very large, as the widow
mad, Inherited but a small share of her
husbands estate, and Charles had al
| ready enjoyed a handsome, legacy from
his father. But the fight was just as
painful as II millions had been involved.
There was another Havemeyer unpieas-
anteness a year ago, after the death of
Thomas j. Havemeyer, who had ali his
life. been regarded as bachelor. A
woman, whose maiden name had been
Anna, NJ Wright, came forward with al
legged proofs that she had been Mrs.
Thomas j. Havemeyer for fifteen years
| Havemeyer had a great estate at
Throgg's Neck and bachelor apartments
In New York; but it was asserted that he
had spent q great part Of his time in an
other establishment with his wife.