The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-22
WEPT ON WEDDING DAY
Mrs. Dukes Tells Maid That
Her Heart Belonged to
Frank HuntsOn.

New York sept q. When James
buchanan Duke head OF ;hy great to-
btco trust nnd posscssor Of a fortune es-
timated at ss5o0o.oo0 began % suit tor
divorce ON September =. the busiaess
anu ocal world was amazed Even his
close fricnds aud business associates
were at first unwilling believe that
the one romance of his NE had come
20 q disastrous end
Tis,y were NOT long lett im doubt.
bus The real story Of the events thai
lea up to the division " this house
of DlH,c wis not tpld at the time tho
suit was nled. n was not revealed
uftiil yesterday when ore of Mr Dukes
,sos friends consented 40 give the
facte rs d gieancd them from the mil-
onaire painti0
Frank = Hunioon Is the man named
bv SIR Duke as correspondent ne ~
sivty-onc years old and something Of
a erizzled vetcDc n bo white nahis
of Broadway
Mr Duke avers thar De never once
haa tho slightest suspicion of bis wie
until July IA mst Bnt one or wo @. his
friends we're s,wsuc that shc WIS in the
habit Of going ont Go dine with Hun
loon The two apparently made little
effort 20 concoal The act for fnev
woic seen mauy times iu nstaurnts
lt was on that day n July umt One OF
Mr Dukes friends mustered ip cou1ags
10 cll on him at his office ln Ffth
avenue and ren him of bis wIfes cone
duct II WIS a Tragedy in tho NE ~
the mln who had wooed the woman of
hs hart for eleven years
Whom AIr Duke feccveG ihc warn-
ing about his wife he was on the roint
OF making hlsty business trip abroad
he went on with his preparations for
the Journey bot arranged with his per
sonal counsel ihat his wife Should be
watched Tho moment be sieppcd Dr
The ship olf Tie other side ue was IN
rcoopt Of packagc Of cableEetms an
ar me same pprport They told MIN Of
further alleged misconduct Or the mrt
Of his wife
Mr. Duke was Informed That his wife
had gone TO Saratoga, and that on the
same tlslin ami ia the same ear was
Frank T Inntoon. The two lived az
the atme hotel n separate apartments,
rhey went 10 the races every day and
were seen tosethcr constantly ia the res
iapraris ni the resort.
a dny or two after Mrs. Duk had re-
TUNED to her home, at No n Wcsl
sixY-elghth street She sent this cablc-
message to her husband,
u trust that my conduct siHce yoI
have been abroad sufficiently meets with
your approval 20 that YOU viii can on
the detectives who are hounding my
footsteps
Accused BY Her Maid
After Mr. Duke returred from abroad
Mrs Dukes personal maid was Induced
TO go to the Duke home near someryille
ana II IS alleged shed some startling
revelations to the millionaire concern
ing the conduct Of his wife during Ys
absences from home.
According to this maid Huntoon was
a suitor for the hand Of Mrs McC,edv
as she was before her marriage to Luke
Tor two years before tbs marrlaee fo'
lowing hcr almost literally TO the altar
lie Went with her 90 Philadelphia the
day before her marriage TO Dure, and on
the way the mnld says. ne implorcd Mrs
McCrcdy to give up her prospective
marriage and give her hand to him.
Aeordlug to this maids story Mrs.
Duke burst into tears in her dressing
room Immediately after ing marriage
ceremony ald exclaimed:
~ have maried one man end my
heart is given 60 another"
Mfs Duke has uade no answer 90 any
of hcr husband charges.