Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-16
GREAT LUCK OF
JOSEPH DE la MAR
WON OUT IN POSSESSION OF Me-
VADA GOLD MINES WORTH MIL
LIoNs-MARRlAGE A FAILURE.
Special to the Herald.

| Special to the Herald.
New York, Feb. 16.-New York was
interested but not surprised to learn
this week that Captain Joseph DE La
Mar had won out i'm suit for posses
sion of Nevada mines said to be worth
millions of dollars. 1t was merely an
other evidence of the DE La Mar
luck" which has long been n by-word
among New York financiers.
De La Mar. who has spent the great
er part of his time in this city during
recent years. is known as the modern
Monte Cristo. His career seems to
justify the nickname. Born in Holland
about sixty-five years ago. Captain De
La Mar gained his title on the deck
Of a coast steamer. Out in Colorado,
where he engaged In mining. politics
and anything else that came to hand,
he was known as plain Joe Delamar.
After fortune favored him in the West
he sought for wider fields, social.
fields, to conquer. He went to Wash
ington and earned the proud distinc-
ton of giving a number of receptions
where the band played and the wait
ers waited for the guests that never
came. Then he thought the air else
where would be more congenial In
all things save matrimony, De La
Mars proverbial luck stuck by him.
But when he tried his hand at the
marriage game he met with poor sue
cess.
In the early '90s feature OF the af-
ternoon parade along Fifth Avenue
was the accustomed stroll of pretty
Nellie Sands and her equally hand
some mother. so youthful in appear
ance that she was generally supposed
to be her daughters sister. The
Widow Sands was poor, and Nellie
was badly gowned. At this stage of
the game Captain De La Mar appear
ed on the scene His chief recon-
mendation was his money, which even
at that time amounted to many mil
lions.
It is said that he was the mothers
devoted admirer until he saw her
daughter, Nellie, and then he lost his
heart to her Before the honeymoon
was over Mrs. Sands concluded TO &C
cept the situation, and a happy three
cornered household lived in peace and
harmony for some time.
The De La Mars went to Paris. akl
Mrs. De La Mar Us aaS.s,HlszIe u
most beautiful American 80 -
beauty became almost a craze, and
she gained a social success in the
French capital that she had not ex-
actly succeeded in obtaining on this
side OF the water.
But De La Mar was extremely jeal-
GUS of his beautiful wife. and appar-
emily without cause. He was memo
maniac on the subject Of permitting
his wife to talk to anyone He was
particularly jealous of the glances of
admiration thrown by young men at
Mrs. De La Mar This idiosyncrasy
did more to prevent their social sue.
cess in America than all the other OBJ |
jections put together. Captain De La |
Mar apparently could not understand |
the social ethics which permitted that
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edgment of an after dinner call from
the men who had accepted their din
ner invitations. Much less did he see
the courtesy in the offer OF a few
flowers or a box of bonbons from the /
men who had the honor of her &C
quaintance. AS for holding a court OF
admirers or an evening at home. as
the case might be, it was not to be
thought Of Even in their box at the /
horse show or opera, his icy glare was
sure to chill the ardor OF the unsus.
pecting caller.
Finally the situation reached a eli.
max and the De La Mars agreed to
disagree. Captain De La Mar insti-
tuted proceedings in Paris for an alb
solute divorce and the suit was not
contested by the wife. The cause of
the suit was a package of letters ad-
dressed to Mrs. De La Mar discovered |
by Captain De La Mar in their COM
mon safe at the Credit Lyonnais.
Within a short time after the di. |
vorce was granted Mrs. De La Mar
was married to a Mr.. Hatmaker, who
for many years had been a confidential
financial man for the Nnndnrhilts un