Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-18
PECULIAR LUCK
OF De LA MAR
Worth Many Millions, But
Could Not Keep His
Pretty Wife
Special to Evening Teller.

had won out in a suit for possession
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 by-werti
among New York financiers.
Made Money in Colorado.
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 Hol-
land about SIS years ago, Captain De
La Mar gained his title on the deck of
coast steamer
Made Money in Colorado.
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 ia
vored him in the West he sought for
wider fields. social fields. to conquer.
He went to Washington and earned the
proud distinction of giving number
OF receptions where the band played
and the walters waited for the guests
that never came. Then he thought the
air elsewhere would be more con-
genial.
In all things save matrimony De La
Mars proverbial luck stuck bv him.
But when he tried his hand at the
marriage game he met with but poor
success.
Woes Mother and Daughter.
In the early COS feature of the aft
ernoon parade along Fifth avenue was
the accustomed stroll of pretty Nellie
Sands and her equally handsome moth
er. so youthful in appearance that she
twas generally supposed to be her
daughters sister. The widow Sands
was poor. and Nellie was badly gown
led.
At this stage OF the game Captain
de La Mar appeared on the scene. His
chief recommendation was his money,
which even at that time amounted to
many millions.
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 ito ac-
cept the situation. and happy three
rornered household lived in peace and
harmony for some time.
Wife Craze in Paris.
The De La Mars went to Paris and
Mrs. De La Mar was considered the
most beautiful American there Her
beauty became almost a craze and she
attained social success in the French
capital that she had not exactly sue
teeded in obtaining on this side Of the
water.
But De La Mar was extremely
Jealous of his beautiful wife, and ap-
parently without cause. He was a
monimaniac on the subject of per-
uniting his wife to talk to anyone. He
was particularly jealous though of the
admiration of young men for Mrs. De
La Mar
This idisincrocy did more to prevent
their social success in America than
all the other objections put together.
+ Could Not Understand.
Captain De La Mar. apparently
could not understand the social ethics
which permitted his wife should re-
ceive the acknowledgment of an after
dinner call from the men who had ac-
cepted their dinner invitations. Much
less did he see the courtesy of the offer
or box of flowers or bon bons from
the men who had the honor of her &C /.
quaintance.
AS for holding a court OF admirers
at her afternoon or evening at home,
as the case might be, 1t was not to be
thought of Even in thir box at the
horse show or the opera, his icy
glare was sure to chill the ardor of the
unsuspecting caller.
Finally the situation reached a cli-
max and the De La Mars agreed to dis
agree. Captain De La Mar instituted
proceeding at Paris for an absolute d.
vbrce and the suit was not contested
by his wife.
Finds Bunch of Letters.
The cause of the suit was a package
OF letters addressed to Mrs. De La
Mar found by the CAPTAIN in their COM
mon safe at the Credit Lvonnais.
Within short time after the d.
vorce Mrs De La Mar was married to
a Mr.. Hatmaker who for many years
had been a confidential man of the
vanderhilts. He had promoted sever