The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
QUEST FOR VENGEANCE

1t is not necessary to go ploughing
around in libraries to find romance
and pathos. Everyday life is filled
with them. The news from Paris that
the beautiful American woman who
married the Marquis de MoreS in 1883
went to Africa to try the murderers
of her husband, who was ~assassinated
by Arabs, said to have been inspired
by French officers, again brings to the
surface the extraordinary story of the
De Mores' adventures in America
1t is due to her efforts alone that
the assassins have been convicted.
In the spring of 1888 the Marquis de
Mores, here from France, married Ma
RE Medora, the beautiful young daugh-
ter of Mr.. A. L. Won Hoffman, a Wall
street banker, who had handsome
residence and estate on Staten Island.
The marriage created a sensation and
gossips were curious about the young
mans history.
Antoine Amadee Marie Vincent Man
ca de Vallombrosa, Marquis de Mores,
was born in Paris on June 15, 1858.
His family is of Sandman origin. Hav-
ing sown his wild oats, he came to
America to settle down and win ca
reer. He had read of the fortunes in
the great West and the experiences Of
the Grand Duke Alexis in shooting buff
faloes on the plains were still the
talk of adventurous young men in
Europe.
Protector IF Dressed Beef Shipments.
Marquis de Mores had a scheme for
competing with the beef trust of that
day. He would pack beef on the plains
where the animals were fed, and ship
expecting to save enough on freight
and commissions to come out ahead
of the trust.
Western men favored the enterprise;
To cfn or TidiaI11nH IT RIf
the admiring father-in-laW, with
wealth and a Wall street bank behind
him, told his son-in-laW to go ahead
and he would supply the money.
After his marriage De Mores went
West with his young bride and es-
tablished himself on the Northern Pa
cific railway where it crosses the Little
Missouri river in Dakota near the
Montana line 1t was in the heart of
the Bad Lands, with vast areas OF
grazing country around, and was con-
sidered an ideal spot for going into
cattle and beef on large scale. The
location is perhaps two HUNDRED miles
almost directly south of Fort Buford,
at the mouth of the Yellowstone river.
He built up a town of brick, with
chapel, depot and large hotel. One
of the Marquis nearest neighbors was
Theodore Roosevelt, then a ranchman.
In one OF the presidents books on
Ranch Life and Big Game" he refers
to the town of Medora, named in honor
of Mrs. de Mores.
s. 1t has been stated that De Mores
had a misunderstanding with Mr..
Roosevelt and challenged him, but
when the oyster Bay ranchman pro-
posed fighting with Winchester rifles
at close quarters peace was declared.
De Mores explaining that he had not
challenged him in the sense of fight
ing duel.
In addition to his big cattle ranch,
the young Frenchman bought some
twenty thousand acres of railroad land
near Bismarck, for raising wheat To
induce farmers to settle there, he gave
each the use of forty acres Of broken
land one year free, with the crop. This
was to enable them to keep out OF
debt.
AS usual, when a "tenderfoot" begins
to live above the cattlemen around
him and is not one of thenl-wears
top boots and tailor made clothes
rides English saddles bobbing up and
down instead of riding cowboy fash
ion, firmly seated in deep Mexican
saddle, part of the horse, riding like
a centaur-the said "tenderfoot" is
subject of ridicule.
Cowboys Underrated Neighbour.
The Frenchman, with plenty of
money and handsome young wife,
reckless and daring, was misunder
stood by the cowboys. They called
him dude" and a coward, and when
he put q barbed wire fence around q
township of land, keeping their cattle
from the river and causing hem trou
BILE in getting through the wire fences
when rounding up cattle and driving