The Washington herald., 1908-09-06

New York. sept. 5.-After a separation
CT twenty-seven years. Gen Daniel T.
Sickles and his wife are reunited.
II viii surprise the public % learn that
the noted old warrior has wife. and
that for more than a quarter Of a cen
tury the ocean has separated them. he
residing here and she living on quietly
in her native city Of Madrid. Spain
Mrs Sickles accompanied by her only
son. stanton Sickles. arrived in this city
August = and established herself in the
Brevoort House. only one short block
from the generals house. on the north
east corner Of Fifth avenue and Ninth
street. She made TO concealment Of her
identity. signing herself in the house
register as Mrs. General Daniel sickIes.
Of Madrid
Il was the son. Stanton Sickies. who
until recently was attached to the Amer
lean legation at Athens. Greece. who
brought the long-esJranged general and
his wife together. The reunion took place
on the afternoon Of Friday. August 1S. in
the rooms Of the general. on the ground
floor Of the Fifth Avenue apartment
house. which ne owns. Cen Siczles sat
al his desk He glanced up and bowed
politely as his son entered the room with
a lady on his arm
Introduced by son.
Father. do you know this Iady2" asked
the son
The old general fixed his eyes upon ihe
woman's face. thought Tor a moment. and
answered she looks strangely familiar.
This lady is your wife and my mother.
general were the next words Of the son.
impressively spoken
Quickly extending a trembling hand in
welcome. the old general said 7 am
glad 20 see you. but my how fat you
have grown
Husband and wife laughed and cIaSped
hands
Mrs. Sickles is undeniably stout. but
the passing years have treated her Ienient-
" Her hair is stiu as black as jeL AID
her large Spanish eyes ere sparkling. Her
son is thirty-four years old. and she looks
like. his elder sister
Whatever were the differences that have
kept the general and his wife apart all
these years they were seemingly settled
at that first interview.
VIII Care for Husband
Both now insist that there never were
any differences. Nevertheless. Gen Sick
les VIII remain alone IL his fine apart
ments. while his wife viii retain her
rooms at the hotel
You see. 7 could not live in the gen
erals home" explained Mrs. Sickles to-
day Why. II is a bachelor apartment
she added in tones Of dismay- There is
nothing IN Il but books and typeWriters
and records Of Gettysburg and all sorts
of strange things
No. I could not stay there" she
added. but viii live close by and care
for my husband"
Gen. sickles shot and killed Philip
Barton Key. in Washington. February
2. 1S59 after his wife. who was Miss
BagioH. a daughter OF the district
attorney Of the District Of Colum-
bia, had confessed 10 Gen. Sickles that
Key and her had been guilty Of in
timacy- Sickles was tired for the killing
and acquitted under the ''unvritten law
and took his wife back
Shortly after Gen SickIss was appointed
United States minister 10 Spain his wife
dying some time later
In Madrid he met his present wife. a
Spanish girl His daughter. laura. by
his first wife quarreled with him. her
stepmother siding in with the general.
with the result that Laura returned TO
America The cause Of the estrangement
with his present wife is not known.