The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-23
WV. WATROUS LEFT A WIDOW
KATHERINE BALLOU ANNOUNCES
THAT HE MARRIED HER.
His Family Did Not Know II. and AcGuaint-
ances Were Apprlsed ny an Adver.
tisement-The Body Goes to the Fan,-
lily Home. the Widow to a Hotel.

anoes Were Apprised ny an Adver.
tisement-The Body Goes to the FAM
lily Home. the widow to Hotel.
Harry w. Watrous, the brother OF Walter
| Wilson Watrous, who died unexpectedly on
! Sunday at the Marlborough House, Atlantic
City, was informed yesterday that Walter
had left widow.
Walter Watrous, after his divorce and
, his wife's remarriage to his friend Richard
H. Hunt, three years ago, was in the habit
! OF making the family home, at 1852 Lexing-
ton avenue. an occasional stopping place.
On the day Of Walters death his brother
, was informed Of it by kilograms from
Mrs. Spencer. whom he knew as the sister
of one OF his brothers friends, Mrs. Kathe
rine Ballou When he reached Atlantic City
he found his brothers body In the care of
Mrs. Ballou and Mrs. Spencer. In their
company he brought 1t to the Lexington
avenue home Mrs Ballou and Mrs Spencer
then went to the Holland House. In a
New York morning paper yesterday Harry
! Watrous and others read this advertise
ment:
WATROUS.--On June 81. 1908 after short illness .
a. MARLBOROUGH House. Atlantic City. n. j..
Walter Wilson watrous. beloved husband Of
Katherine d. Watrous. In the Ath year OF his
age.
Never having heard that Walter Watrous
had remarked, several people called at the
Lexington avenue house yesterday after
noon to enquire. They found Mr.. Harry
Watrous apparently as surprised as them
| selves.
III my brother Walter married never
! heard OF it," he said. Il don't know any
thing about any Katherine B. Watrous.'
1t turned out that the Katherine b. was
Mrs. Katherine Ballou, who, a year ago.
caused an inventor named Zimmerman to
be temporarily detained as insane for bowling
to her on Fifth avenue as she passed IN
her carriage, sending her love letters and
calling to see her Harry. Watrous had spent
to ton New York with Mrs. Baliou. She had
omitted to mention to him any nuptials.
ms. Katherine d. Watrous" was regis
tered at the Holland House, but refused
to be seen. Mrs. Spencer, however, came
down to tax the mater Ter over when
informed that Mr.. Harry Watrous said he
didn't know Of any marriage. "Ct course
there was marriage. No. won't tell
you when it was or where 1t was. Mr.. Harry
never told him anything about it. But
he travelled all the way up with us on the
train to-day and had lots Of chance to find
out
The affair in which Mrs. Ballou
caused the arrest OF Frederick nim4er-
, had a footman get down from her
landau in Fifth avenue to point lin out
to a policeman. She asserted that he
was paying persistent and OBJ oxious atten-
tons to her, and had hun committed nm se;rt to
quite little newspaper notoriety she
relented. Soon after sne was advertised
for a part in Broadway show. but she
never appeared.
Up to last summer she lived in Lexing-
to the Manhattan Hotel. The son Of the
janitrees Of the apartment carried her
mail over there for her and on asking for
name had become Watrous She left the
hotel on Sept. of last year and rented
an apartment at 80 East Twenty-seventh
street as Mrs. Watrous. Watrous called
there often.
Several months ago one OF the woman's
acquaintances, who then knew her ss Mrs.
Ballou called on her, and almost the first
thing Mrs. Ballou said was:
Have you heard that Mr.. Watrous and I
have been married."
The visitor hadn't.
well. we have been." she said.
She also told her visitor that Watrous
was at that time with his mother UP the
State. Mrs. Spencer Is authority for the
statement that neither his mother nor any
Watrouses at the Twenty-seventh street
house.
Mrs Watrous and her sister got lawyer
from Howe < Hummel's Office last night.
They went out with him early in the evening
and had not returned to the Holland House
at late hour.
The death certificate says that Mr..
Watrous died OF diabetes and acute FAM
nation Of the kidneys. His funeral will be
at o clock this afternoon from the Lexirg-
ton avenue house. The notice to that
effect which was sent out by his family
last night does not describe him as a married
man.