The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-12-13
Tho Last Escapade Of Captain a,
.a:.iisss3 5FS $ i
N. f-rosIand,
\ \ MARRIED Y a YOUNG olRl.
Sunder an Assumed Name. Nov
lfsslrg Hunted by Date c,ives,
q. Having Decampad with
Brides Jewsiry.

s AtlaQtl0, EoVoFai mOntnB ago, o man
and woman mot. Tho woman was
young, protty and attractive, the idol
Of her millionaire fathers hoart. The
/. man WAS q danhiDg, captivating fellow
with tho manners Of a cavalier. Tho SO.
quel Of tho meeting is brokon heart
Cd father, a young woman'a blightod
Il lifc, and a wrooked homo. Tho william
n tho story was onoetimo resident Of
this oity and the paople Of fSumtor have
y an interest in tha story because Of this
fact.
@S Ho ID Capt. A. N. Froeland, who for
many years WAS q trusted and respeot-
ed emLloyo of the Atlantic Coast Line,
with which corpos alton no bold posi-.
K tion for ~ or moro years. During thn
last eigh or ten years of his rsiiroad
life 'hol filed tho position ofroad master
and had charge OF tho Florence. Colum
bin division, one of the most important
on the systom.
He waD summsrily dismissed from
this position aud M explanation WAS
never made as to the cenue for his ro.
moyal, but at tho timo rnmors wero
ouyront that he Was downtd bee suso OF
immoral conduct.
Oapt. FreelAnd remained in this oity
4 which ho had mado his homo for 20
many years and With which no had bo.
7 como identified BY busineuc and social
ties, he having married hero and aoquir~
cd considerable property. Az this tllne
no was looked upon Ell 8 fair, honobt
man and WAS respected in the bus,ness
world. He held prominens placo in
7 the Masonic lodgo and other frasoinal
J societies.
Shortly sftor this discharge by the
railroad company he engaged in busi-
. moss, frat as member OF tho firm Of
Freeland q Rotan, dealers in china and
glassware, and subsequently became :;
meD1ter of the firm Of the Ducker 81
Bultman company, of which he was for
q time the president. It was at this
time that tho Dyes of tho community
wero first opened to tho real character
n of the man, although for several years
ahere Wero rumori atl yat that ho was
& not straight in his buDiness dealines
& IL was while proeldent Ct the Duokor Sc
.@ssa ~ stran q company that he borrowed d eii
tho ihonoy chat no could induce tho
banks to advance OH such collateral as
B he could offer aud the endorsements Of
friends, and left tho city, deaerting his
wife and family, leaving them, it was
{ reported at tho time, iltlroyided for.
For q year or moro after this no ono
in sumter knew anything about his
movements, although dilgont. forts
(, wore made by those who had suffered
financial loss til, ough him, to locate
him. He was reporsod to have boon
N noSnh hneir.sx
occasions, but all efforts to find him
were futiio. Ho voluntarily opened
communication with those who hsd had
/, to pay his diphonored notes, aud in a
short timo returned to tho oity and
made settlements Of suoh claims as
could have boon cole osed by legal pro-
x cess the others went unpaid. He was
4 arrested st tho inbtanoo of one par. y
K with whom he refused TO sottle, but the
eVidence was not strong enough to
convict and the ctso Was dropped.
Again no left Sumtor and Was gonc
Tor some months, returning only to at.
tend the funeral Of his wife, vino died
suddenly. Ho spont few woeks horo,
and whom he loft took ell tho money he
could obtain by any means from his
'ohildreI-money in soDo INSTANCES
that had been earned by hard work.
From TINT timo until tho arrival Of Tie
New York dotootive nothing wss known
of his @hereabouts and no ono carod
Tho detootiye visited this oity to in,
voBtigate the past lifo Of "A. N. Free.
land, and it 10 from him that 10 learned
tho story Of tho man Sill o. he labt !, &c
Sumter.
Wien here he was suffering from
rheumatism, which had transformed
him from robust specimen OF manhood
into prematursly broken and ipiirm
man. Ho wont to Hot Springs for troat
fment. but 1t did him no good. From
4 thore he visited Europe, whore at one
laof tho Gofman spas he Wes cured, and
the rheumalios ohhns Wero broken
and hie health fully restored. He be-.
'oamo again young man for his years.
Hc visited tho Glasgow exposition
ard sfttr taking in that show ho took
pasBage Tor America 1t was on this
trip that ho and tho young woman
whom ho betrayed frat mot. He had
now changed HE namo to Eostor. Tho
young Iadys father was aboard, and be-
\ Rore mary daJs he had ingratiated him
eelf into tho favor Of the old gentleman.
Tho daughter Was next introduced, and
it was tho old story, ''loyo at fret
sight
Foster, alias Frceland, claimed to bo
Z q wealthy man, owning sxiensivo min.
. Ing lads in Mexico. Tho young wo'
man was infatuated and before tho Am
erican shore Was touched, the young
woman had promised to marry him.
A Her father oonsonted to the immodl.
a.o marriage, as Fieeland claimed tina,
his leave Of absenoo wcula eoon expire
ana no would have to return to Mexico
70 look after o largo deal in mining
etookg. :
Upon rcnching Now Yo,k cards were
issued end the marriage sci, mnizotl
3 Very shortly. Tho bridal trio " !, tax.
on, and it wss Whilo tho htnoy moon
was boing spent that tho brottera OF
the brido broke into EreolaI d's trunk.
and finding there letters ard photo
graphs, learned tho truth. They con.
I, Il onted the villain and he attempted ia
defend himself, but only in order TO
!. get. time enongh to osoape. Ho left hie
bride and his new rotations without
packing his baggage. But he took all
FSof hts vito q j3 money tnd jeWolry ht
could 81 10y hiss hands on. Ii \
Deteotiyea wore tl,en employed to in,
ssSyebtigate Frfcland's career, and that IL
fy how Ma oNma HI Il a ~ oru e3&