The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-12-04

Atlantic liners for New York. On the
steamer, Freeland, or Foster,a as he now
called himself, having shed his old
name along with his rheumatism, made
the acquaintance of New Yorker who
was returning with his daughter from
asummer tour through England and the
continent. Foster, alias Freeland, rep
resented himself to be capitalist with
a large number of interests in the South
and heavy investments in Mexican gold
and silver mines. He soon ascertained
that his New York acquaintance was q
man of great wealth-the detective who
was here stated that he is several time:
a millionaire-and having worked him
self into his good graces, was intro
duced to the daughter.
He made himself SO agreeable TO the
young lady and pressed his wooing sc
warmly and successfully that before the
steamer sighted Sandy Hook his suit
was won and she: had promised to mar.
ry him at once. The fathers consent
was obtained also without difficulty and
as soon as New York was reached pre-
parations for the marriage were begun
The sons of the old New Yorker raised
the first obstacle to the hasty marriage
They are hard.headed business men
unromantic and somewhat suspicious
preferring to take less on faith and tc
rely more upon the facts developed by
an independent investigation. But
their protests were overruled. Foster
had only brief holiday from his many
and varied interests, was needed with.
in a week or two in Mexico to close q
deal in mining lands involving millions
and he was eager to have the marriage
delayed as little as possible so that he
might spend their brief honeymoon
quietly together before he was called
back to business cares.
The invitations were issued and the
marriage was celebrated in Grace
Church, New York, about a month OF
six weeks ago, Freeland taking the
marriage VOWS and plighting his troth
as.-Foster, his assumed name. The
honeymoon lasted less than three
weeks. Then the still suspicious
brothers of the bride trapped him in
his own contradictory statements and
charged him with being an imposter,
For the time he attempted to brazen it
out bravely, but the same day he fled
the place, taking with him as souvenirs
of his brief married life all his wife's
diamonds and other handsome jewelry
and all the ready money he could lay
his hands upon. His departure was SC
sudden and his flight so expeditions
that he Travelled without baggage leav-
ing his trunk behind. When he was
gone his wife's brothers took charge OF
affairs and when the trunk was opened
letters and papers we're found that dis
closed the real name and the former
residence of the departed bridegroom.
Among other things found were photo
graphs of Freeland's children, of his
dead wife and an obituary notice pub
lished at the time of her death,
Detectives were then employed to in.
yestigate the career of Foster, alias
Freeland, and one came to this city.
He saw and interviewed Freeland's
children and every man or woman who
could furnish any information relative
to his past life. He gathered full
complete story and last night he left
for New York to make his report.
When he first arrived in the city he
was very secretive and told no one his
business but Chief of Police Bradford
but before he left did not hesitate to
talk freely. He stated that Freeland
has been located by another detective
from his agency and that Freeland's
whole life has been laid bare and is now