The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-06
Foster or Fr8sIand Disappeared
Two Wssks After Marriage.
MET WISS WICKES ON STEAMER
Ttsy Were Wsddst in Spite ui me Protests
rths Young TnHsn'S Brother Larcaay
Of Jewels Alleged.

New York. Doc. SIN Grace. church
chautry on oct lG there assembled to wit
ness a marriage small company which.
81 g said. included Mayor Van wyck
Tie bride. it was told. Was relative of
the mayor ana an hciress.
After lie Rev. N. p. Carey had per
sormed the ceremony tho entry ON the
parish register deseribed the bridegroom
ns Nelson Eastes--lo years old.-of Los
Angeles. Cal. the bride as Eliza Berri-
man Wicl1es, daughter or Van yyck
Wickes ard Josephine l.. Hewlett
Now comes the Information from Sum
Ter, S. G.. that Tor a week detective
srom this city has been working there
on an Investigation on The career OF cap
ssin a. ~ Freelaud. who some persons
suspect OF being the recently welded Mel
son Foster
Discoveries concerning the man made
o. is said. by the brides brother who
from the first had opposed the marriage
Jed 20 the nisht of tho bridegroom. who
S. said o. have deserted his bride I'm
New York hotcl. taking her money and
Jewels when hc disappeared.
Coming home from Europe last autumn,
St is related Miss Nickes met on the
steamship a fellow passenger Captain
Nelson Foster re said OF himself that
he was an extensive sold and silver mine
owner iu Mexico. who had been abroad
1or his health ana was returning 10 HIS
pressing 4,usiness interests. There was
30 nistaking tEF Impression that he was
y man Of wealth
SWIFT COURTsHIP.
lie was markedly attentive TO Miss
Wickes. There were those aboard the
ship Who knew her aud knew also that
rhe possessed q fortune
Before the ship arrived here Captain
Foster and Miss Wickes were engaged
A relative with whom she travelled OPP
posed the cngagemert. bui I'm vain. \
brother too. strongly protested. and this
opposition grew when Captain Foster in
sisted on speedy marriage Tie urged
nF his reason The pressure OF business in
Mexico from which nc had already been
loo long absenf-
Miss Wickes brother argued and plead
cd with her not 10 marry the man. or
5n any event 10 delay until she knew
more abuIt BIN. SHE wus obduratc and
thus came the ceremony in Grace church
ehantry.
II the brides brother were there he
did not sign the marriage resigter as "A
witness The signatures are Walter J.
llewett, whose namc o. the same as the
brides mothers maiden name, and A.
J: Nickcs
There was brief wedding journey and
then the newly nlrricd couple returned
20 this city aud o0k apartments at a
hotel said according 20 report 20 have
been the Savoy.
Relatives OF The bride and especially her
brother 81 Is said. could not shake uff
ihclr dSifuet OF the man. They question
"a him closely and AZ length caught him
IN contradictory statements. Building
1ipon this. II is said they went 90 his
room IN the hotel few days after his
ra'urn from his wedding trip and Openly
taxed him with being am imposter
BRDEGRooMs FLIGHT
Thsffnight Foster disappeared and
with him weui money and icwelry that
belonged 10 hs bride. Her brother broke
open the mans trunk and there found
,etteis nrd photographs cf CAPTAIN 4 y
J'rceland of sumter, ; G., who had
Grown children.
No tho South Carolina town was sent a
detective, who easily learned of Free
land fccord here. FOR rs wears he was
81 the service of the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad. more than half ot the time hold
sns the RESPONSIBLE position on roodmaster
pf the l'lortpec-toumhia division. lie
was shddellY dismissed from The road
1iNc wears ago. NO explanation was
Given FOR this act
IIe hBd considerable money and with
g. wcnr Into The China aud glassware
husipess IN sumter and also became
president ot the nUcken Baltmau COM
pany, one OF The biggest concerns in that
llty.
Snddcniy be won't away from sumter
Bn5 then 81 was declared mat hc had
-lnrrnMA1 eAtensiNrly from friends and
hanks and that much OF tho collateral
be had given ipr these loans could not
ie realized on. His wife and children
~erc left without means
All trace ~ him WAS lost uutn ht
E4nt bonds 70 pay on som, OF his ,redi-
forS. aid when, "a year ago, his wife died
sle returned tu the funeral re was ar-
3ested then by some creditors but was
aot convicted.
THE wICKEs FAMILY
Var Nyck Wickes prominent resi-
nont of Brooklyn died about "a year ago.
Ills wifcF death occurred only Jew
,nonths before. lle lcit two children. "a
daughtcr and SON. who was secretary
for Clinton l.. Rossiter his relative then
president 90 thc Er0oklyu Rapid Transit
companv These children ilAcrteI iur-
1line FROM thcir father
The SON went abroad last summer and
f9surned in the nutumu. about tho time
Foster ~ said 20 have made the voyage
Mrs. William y. Rosaiter 0f 20 Seventh
itfcnue. Brooklyn, said last night that
Mfr. Wickcs was in MeNlco. having gone
fhsrc n few weeks ago. Mrs Rossitor
faid however. that Ar Wickes ester
who was married recently wJs a Mrs
JoOms and was living in this statc she
declared shr had never heard OF any such
affair az that related OF Foster and his
bride. aud insisted that the latter must
be mother Miss Wickes than her rela-
live.
At the Ifote SAVOY t was said TO
captain and Mrs. Nelson Foster had been
fherc.
Dispatches from South Carolina Say
thc man has been located but that no
ntternpt will be made 20 arrest q im. as
fhe sole purpose of the Investigation is
50 obtain a divorce.
FOR OVER 90 YEARS