The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

ed for the purpose Of bringing about his
humiliation.
The woman, whose affections Mr.. Flag.
Ter is alleged to have alienated from her
husband, is about twenty-eight years old
Her beauty of face and figure cannot be
denied She has had a host of admirers.
and her toilets have created a sensation
IN Paris and in London as often as in
New York.
Mr. Foote is an agent in an express Of
flee not far from New York He has
made the assertion that he is seeking
nothing more than justice and vindica-
tiun, and 1t is understood that he has
promised to devote to charity any sum
that Mr.. Flagler may be compelled to pay
him.
it was not many years ago that Helen
~ Long was the acknowledged belle of
! henoctady. Her beauty was the boast
of her frie nds, and her grace of manner
and her Wit were in keeping with her
beauty. In her train of attendants were
young mon of position higher than her
oW and of great wealth. But out of all
ho Worshiped at her shrine she chose
Edward Z. FoOte He was without social
position, and his capital consisted of a
clear head and two hands, strong and
willing.
Quite nine days wonder resulted when
pretty Helen Long was married to Ed
ward Foote. There had been no an
nouncemont of the engagement. and there
was to be found those who hesitate1 not
to say that Helen had literally thrown
herself away
At the urgent request of his wife Mr..
Foote moved to New York, and there her
beauty attracted the same attention that
1t had IN the smaller city. In some man
ner Helen Foote became acquainted with
Henry NJ. Flagler. 1t has been said by
former friend Of Mrs. Foote that the
aged millionaire first saw her as she sat
In box at the Metropolitan opera house,
and. being attracted, obtained an intro
duction
1t matters little how the acquaintance
began. Helen Foote soon came to look
upon Mr. Flagler as her business adviser.
She followed his instructions to her great
monetary advantage.
In the meantime Mrs. Foote'S parents
came to New York, opening a boarding
house here. Among others who lived
with them was John H. Maiden. known
to his intmates as Handsome Jack. ="
He was employed as a clerk in the New
York Central Offices at the Grand Central
station.
Quarrel followed quarrel between Mr..
and Mrs Foote, and il was only a short
time after her parents came to New York
before Helen returned to live with them.
She had previously become acquainted
with Maiden. and it is now sail that she
was influenced in leaving ner home by
the infatuation which she had for him.
Maiden has told that he was as much
IN love with Mrs. Foots as she was with
him. Plans were made for divorce and
Maiden says that they expected TO marry
as soon as Helen was legally separated
from her husband.
II has been told by Maiden that he
trusted Mrs Fo te as implicitly as her
husband had, and that his susp cions con-
corning her were not aroused until one
day she produced a crisp and new 81 ,0OC
bill. She invi ed him TO go with her to
spend it, saying that her life at home
was so distasteful that she had determfn-
ed to take a fiat and furnish it for her
self where she would be free from her
parents, as well as from her husband.
Maiden could not understand this pro-
ceCdir9, for the reason that Mrs. Foote
had equentlN complained of her rover
tN-stiiclen condition and from time TO
time had borrowed small sums from
him.
Maiden and Mrs. Feote, 1t is said. did
60 and spend the $1,000 in furnishing
East Fifty-ciShth street The first taou-
sand was followed by another ana zen
StlU more money was spent, until the
apartments were furnished in q manne'
that made Maldcns eyes opeE with as
constituent.
Where the money came from which
so suddenly changed Mrs. FcCtC's Ct :
cnmstances of life is not knrwn. Mr..
Foote. in his suits recently fled in t e
supreme court Of the state of New Io X
makes the allegation that Mr. Fiagiar
was tho author Of his w'fc's prHspa- itv
He char gcs that Mr. Flaglcr gave to Mrs
Foote cash or equivalent in ma KIT Bile
securities, notably Standard Oil certih-