The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-05
MILLIONAIRE EARLE
MOBBED ON NEW
YORK PIER
Disciple Of Love Freedom Is
Chased by LOngshOremen
WIFE SAILS TO FRANCE
Disc arded wife. Holding Little Son by
Hand, Smiles Gamely Through
Tears rs Vessel Moves.

NEW YORK. Sept 5.-That bearded
eccentric Ferdinand lInnry Earle. dis
coNcrrr Of the doctrine of love free
dom. WAS at the pier a. see his wife ~
she sailed for hes old home la France
Ia get divorce so that he may be-
free 10 marry his newly found souls
affinity. the same hrlng q quite robust
young woman from Pennsylvania.
Five minutes before the liner left
With his wife aud hls baby aboard the
artist socialist millionaire poct He'd
from the lIubukcn dock ~ the Ham
burg American company. duslglng the
blows and the hard words TINT VEN
aimed nt him hy n crowd ~ lungshorc
men -cunr,e common men. who knew
nothing ~ the longing. ~ the temper
nmruial nature aud who arr so crude
~ 60 have nothing but cou smpt Tor n
man who would trad" wives No IN,
prumptius~ of Dis artistic soul need
Indeed. II be- had not h-,rn q genius
one might even have said that he ran
Ike coward
Ou the deck ~ the outgoing l,ynlam
siood SLENDER little woman Ia NOUS"
gray Eurlrs wife holding by one
chubby hand sturdy little round
faced twoycnrold EarIr's child The
discarded wife was smiling camel,
through the tear marks ou her face
A. the biz ship faded into mere
blot on the distant horizon ~ the rly
cr IL was hDruc iu ou Mr. Earle that
perhaps be- might never see his wife
and lauy boy again IT, had l-rn gay
ail through and lnughingiy pnrried the
questions ~ the corps ~ interviewer
who followed him. hui at the pier some
81 them coming Unexpectedly back ca
countrrri him stealing along in the lc,'
~ the steamship iutsdnm as u trying
a. escape observation. Ills eyes were
rel. evidence that b. had lccn weep
Ing
Mrs Earle gave out the following
statement on huard the steamship Just
irfunr she sailed.
4 Accept the position my husband
hns placed m. in. and leave him with
Freedom with thc Woman be- has chus
en- in my place Ms h"y aud myself
viii make our humr iu Paris. ani !
will teach him a. forget I feel now
the pain I-.rhhl', inter ! may frrl the
happiness For Mr. Earle ! have nn
rrn-urr. uuly sorrow.
"iur my surorsur. the future Mr.
Earle. ! have uuly thr must charitable
f-rliug I give her my husband l-.
cause u ~ his dp-ir' I can leave her
aud him a. o. fuller realization ~ what
100 this utvnus q" ui" ben ihry feel
ihc furcr ~ public opinion. ln renun.
citation there j. palm. bat also happl.
ness"
~ WIS an old Journey. that. IN the
rain frpm The Erie station ~ Jersey
city. Man aud wife walked side by
side 20 the covered WY where the car
riagrs were drawn up In line. hut they
found that they could not hire any. NJ
they were told That Oh had lren On.
gagged Then Earle helped the little
woman aboard n street ear. aud after
mufh transferring nud standing IN the
ruin on street CORNERS the party mr..
rived safely nt lluliukcn
Those who had never before caught
glimpse ~ Mr Earle saw very
slim young woman with "a schoolgirl
figure dressed in mouse gray suit. %
little straw hat AMI long brown auto
mobile veil. which hid her sunny hair
and her delicate profile She was not
exactly pretty. but a winsome little
thing whose chief feature WIS her
large eyes She spoke with n decided
French accent