The evening world., 1901-08-19
Vii | AGERS THREATEN TO TAR
AND FEATHER MISS WAL TIERS.
Whitecaps Organizing
i'm Westchester to
Break Up the Strange
lnfatuation of Or.
Simmons's Young
Wife for a Woman
Friend.

wes,che.,er Village. In the Borough
Of the Bronx. Is indignant and mortified
WITH shame over the revelations tina;
have grown on, o! the marital troubles
Of DR.. John Gorse Simmons.
4 woman. Lea C. Walters. Is blamed
for breaking up DR.. Simmons's home.
and she vii! figure as correspondent In q
sui, FOR absolute divorce which the doc
tor Is 10 nle. She Will also figure in n
tar.and..cathcr so!rcc should she have
the tcmerity TO show herself In the VII
lage.
It was asserted to-day by citizens o..
the Bronx that a White Cap orsaniza-
ton would be formed for the proper
handling OF the case should Miss Wal
ters return. On the came authority It Is
said that the matter has been fully dis
cussed and the plans .or the orIaniza-
ton arranged should II become neccs-
Bsry to resort to such drastic measures.
Miss Walters came to Wcstcnestcr
from Yonkcrs about ten years ago. She
was employed first In NallcttS soda
factory. bu; later opened a candy store.
with Mrs. conkin as partner. The
latter married Attorney Henry c. Hen
candy store. opened a real estate office.
which she has conducted up to the pres-
ent tine.
The conduct OF Miss Walters. who hah
real.csta,e ONCE in the village. and o'
Mrs. Simmons has been the subject o!
Sossi? for nany months. hu, not nntl
two days ago was there any reaila''oh
Of the length 10 which the alleged !nu-
macy had gone.
As Il stands now. the two women are
accused not only OF unbecom!ns rela-
tions. bu, Of consprinS to couple the
name o. the doc.o. vita that OF
seventeen-year.old girl OF the village.
for Mrs. Simmons.
The S!rl ha. confessed that she signed
q false ainiavit A; the suggestion Of the
DOCTORS wife and Miss Walters.
The Only Recent Parallel.
The Frcda Ward. Mitchell case in
Memphis. Tenn. several years ago.
which resulted in the death o! Miss
Mitchell by the hand OF Miss Ward. Is
the only recent parallel to this West
chester scandal.
DR.. Simmons says that since his wife
left her home week ago to-day she has
been living with Miss Walters In
house in One Hundred and Thirty
eighth street. near Alexander avenue.
DR.. Simmons Is the leading medical
practitioner OF westchester. He num-
bers among his patients many % the
wealthy families who have summer
homes along the Sound In Westchesier
County. among them the Havemeycrs.
Lorillards and Hun;!ng;ons. He Is I'M
mensely popular all through the north
crn part Of the ci;y and lower westches-
ter County. and Is looked upon as "a
martyr In his present difficulty.
He Is a graduate OF the College OF
Physicians and Surgeons o. Baltimore.
and Is associated with nearly every
medical society IN this city. Although
young he has been unusually successful.
He is known as an !ndefai!gahle worker
and It was In sense due TO his utter
absorption in his profession that the
alleged intimacy between his wife and
Miss Walters grew up unseen by him
and under his very eyes.
Lost His All, started Anew.
Mrs. Simmons was Mary Dc zoe. OF
Waterloo. " Y. DR.. Simmons married
her four years ago. He had then pay
ing practice IN the interior of this state
One night his house caught fire and was
entirely consumed He lost everything
he had. There was an opening In West
chester Village. and ne began anew
there about three years ago.