The Jersey City news., 1901-07-27
MARRIED A WOMAN
Mystery Surrounding Iden-
tity Of Mrs. Aliens
Husband Now Dis
PEELED.

|
William Toffey and George f. Perkins,
of this city, have begun the appraisement
of the Rancocas stock farm in Burlington
! County, the part of the estate of Pierre
Lorillard which was left to Mrs" Lii
| liam B. Alien
All the mystery surrounding the identi-
| ty of the man who became the husband
of Mrs Allen was dispelled yesterday
| by the discovery that 'he' was woman.
| The person who went through g marriage
ceremony with Miss Barnes was the wife
| of one of Mr.. Lorillards employees. After
| the ceremony she simply took off her
mans attire and resumed gown which
| fact explains why no one has been able
/ to discover who Mr. Allen was, or
what became of him.
! The conflicting stories that Mr.. Alien
was an Eng,isliuar, who received 10000
TO Become The husband of Miss Barnes
and then conveniently disappear; that he
| had gone West Immediately after the
ceremony and had eonviently died; that
he had gone to Europe, Africa and al
! most all other countries under the sun,
are thus explained. Some reason had to
be given for .his'' disappearance, but the
accounts of various people who had an
object in explaining his absence did not
always agree.
This explanation of "Mr'' Athens iden-
tity also explains the peculiar wording of
the will of Mr.. Lolillard, in the clauses
in which he bequeathed property to
MRS Alien. She is described as Lily
Ia. Barnes, 'salso known and "some-
r
is obvious that there was no such per-
son as Mrs. Lily B. Alien or Mrs.
Lillian aBrnes Allen in legal sense,
and a bequest to her would have been
void. or of doubtful validity. So the be-
quest was made to the woman under the
only name which she could legally claim
as her own. and to that name was add
ed for purposes of better Identification,
the name under which she was generally
known.
The story is that number of years ago
Mr.. Lorillard became infatuated with the
Barnes woman, and his attentions were
so constant that her parents seriously
objected to their daughter being seen so
much in the company of married man.
People in Orange remember that there
was considerable talk caused by the af-
fair.
About the time of this talk it was an
nouneed that Miss Barnes was about to
marry Mr. Louis, or Lewis, Alien. The
prospective bridegroom appears to have
been as much out of sight and as mysteri-
Gus then as at a later date. People who
heard the report that Miss Barnes was
about to be married to Mr.. ALLEN never
saw the intended bridegroom, although
they frequently saw Miss Barnes.
The marriage" took place not long af-
ter the first announcement was made cou-
pling the names of Miss Barnes and "Mr.
Allen
How much of the plan to have mar
riage ceremony performed between her
self and a woman was originated by Miss
Barnes is not known. The fact seems to
be that she, at least, fell in with the plan.
Apparently she was not deceived as to
the sex of ''Mr." Allen, for after the cere-
mony was performed she went with Mr..
Lorillard on a long cruise on his yacht.
1t is believed that Mr.. Barnes did not
know anything about this plan, and that
he thought his daughter was to be and
was married to real Mr. Allen. 1t
was, of course, to avoid an open scandal
that this plan was conceived and carried
out The people most interested wished
to avoid the talk which an elopement
would cause, and the plan adopted coy
cred up the real purposes for the time
being.
This plan, too, was much safer than the
one which it has generally been reported
was pursued Many people have wondered
why man of Mr.. Lorillard's ability and
+alyo riS Of
coming the victim of blackmailer, as
he would evidently run, in arranging
marriage between Miss Barnes and man
in his employ. Any man who would lend
himself to such a scheme for $4,000, or
any other sum, and conveniently d1sap-
pear, leaving his wife behind under the
conditions suggested by these stories
would not he likely either to be satisfied
with that sum or to hesitate in his de-
mands for more.
No doubt these dangers were all appre-
ciated, and to avoid them the ceremony
with a woman was arranged. Thls, OF
course, would be absolutely void as
matter of law, while it prevented un-
pleasant talk. Neither the identity nor
the name of the woman who imperson-
ated the putative husband is known, ex-
cept that she was the wife of one of Mr..
Lorillards servants.
1t is understood that Mrs. Allen has
agreed with the Lorillard family to relin-
'ouish her claims to Rancocas for a cash
consideration, to be fixed by these APP
praisers.
From a representative of the Lorillard
family statement was obtained that the
heirs would not fight Mrs. Aliens claims
at present, but would delay any transfer
of the property to her.
"Rancocas farm would be a white ele-
phant for her. he said, because it is
not a productive inheritance, and costs
about $35, 900 to $4,000 a year to maintain
it. She is glad enough to compromise
for cash, for the expenses of the place
would eat up every cent she has