The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-24
HE|REsS FLElS
TO ESCAPE HER
EX-HUSbAMD

Nv York, Dec. 24--Sarah Delano-Deane-
Reid the Mamaroneck heiress. is hasten
Ing 10 California TO escape tho importuni-
ties or the ex-husband from whom she
was taken and thrust into Bloomingdalo
on her elopement day. two years ago.
This ex-husband. Capt. Deane-Retd. for
merly OF the British Army. later profess
slonal Ahip on The great Delano estate.
has recently been released from prison
where he served a year for bigamy. Fear
ful that he may again seek TO win her
heart though the marriage that once
bound them has been annulled. Miss Della
no will hide herself for years In the West.
"IIe lied 10 me; he bewitched me. or
never would have married him." she said.
as she started away. Now i could not
bear TO see his face again
With her departure To California, Mss
Delano writes "Finis" to most sensa-
tiona story which mixed romance anu
tragedy and attracted interest througnout
the country.
She was belle of q, with fortune OF
a million and a largo share In her tnres
brothers estate at Mamaroneck. when. IN
November 1905. the dashing Captain Al
bert Deane-Reid appeared. In England hs
had been an officer of the Guards, but
scandals. since developed. had forced him
to quit the army and the island, ana ne
came to America as an expert norseuiah
looking for a job. Miss Deiano met hllh
while he was instructor I'm the MetropoN-
tan Riding academy, and she was -
cinated on the spot by his handsome TACO
and striking bearing.
I Deane- Reid made the most OF her favor.
Before long he had induced her 20 get him
a nlace as whip for her three brothcrs'
Victor Albert and Frederick, at their DIS
stock farm In Quaker Hill, on the out
skirts of Mamaroncck. And once there no
lost no time In laying siege 10 her Anec-
tions. The conquest of the girl, unscnooicu
in fiirtation, was easy to the hero OF many
escapades abroad. 49,.
rass than n month after he became tha
Delano family whip, Deane-Reid prevail
ed upon the young woman to eiope Win
him. Stealing away from her home carry
one morning, they fastened 20 New foth'
were married by the Rev. ID: -. tnon,p-
son OF SO East S5th street. and theh poio'S
returned to Mamaroneck
When the three brothers learned OF the
marriage they determined TO NIP tnc
match even at the cost OF TREMENDOUS
scandal An order was procured from tue
girls physician advising her commitment
TO Bloomingdalc until her sanity couid DO
tested. and, later i'm the same day, as the
bride and bridegroom were boarding a
railroad train for their honeymoon. Mrs.
Deane-Reid was seized by the brothers
themselves and dragged off to the asy-
lum. despite the desperate struggle or her
husband.
Deane-Reid declared that he would
fight TO the last ditch TO obtain her re-
lease. He might have done so. but ths
brothers sent lawyers into Canada and
there found the woman who claimed 10 pe
his former wife, and a child. Tillie, the
offspring OF the marriage.
They came into court and told OF wed
ding in Manchester, England. in the
sos. when Deane-Red had just become
a gallant officer OF the Guards. Mrs.
Delano-Reid at first would not believe the
testimony. She declared she still believ-
cd in the innocence OF the man she had
married and swore that she would go
back TO him, with her fortune on the day
OF her release from Bloomingdale.
But Deane-Rcid was convicted OF big
amy, sent to prison for year and haif,
and Sarah Delano- Deane- Reid I'm Bloom
ingdale experienced a change of heart.