The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-12
Mrs. John Wright Hunt, Whose
Husband Is a Millionaire,
Captivated by Man She Met
In Europe.
HUSBAND RETURNED
CRAZEO WITH ANGER
!On His Arrival in New York To-
day He Tells the Reporters
How the Joy of His Life
Was Taken.

Was Taken.
New York, June 12-John Wright
Rdunt, an elderly American millionaire,
Uwner of the Hotel Angelus in Los An
tgeles and a string Of splendid hotels
fdn California and the Southwest, ar
lTtved here today on the Mauretania
land told how his beautiful young wife
lhad deserted him in Paris and eloped
with Russian adventurer.
Trembling with emotion and with
ltears glistening In his eyes. the rich
inld man told every detail of his wife's
Ielopement. even to minute descrip-
ton of how he met her after she had
run OF with the Russian and made her
five back to him $4,000 worth of
1ewels.
"She Is sone of the most beautiful
women in the world" he cried, clutch
Ing at his closely cropped gray beard,
''and loved her with my whole heart
pand SOUL She could have had any
thing that money could buy. wor-
,shiped her. Now my love has turned
to hate. never want to hear her
name again.
Calls Him scoundrei.
She has gone with penniless
scoundrel. She has not a cent.
would have killed that Russian scoun-
drel II had to hang for It. but she
Jshielded him from me. He will cast
her nfP m Ma did others"
In the course Of his dramatic narra-
tive, Mr.. Hunt spoke bitterly Of Miss
Florence Allen. q young friend OF his
wife who had gone abroad with them.
Miss Allen was passenger on the
lMauretania and occupied q stateroom
adjoining that OF Mr.. Hunt, but they
hdid not speak during the voyage
When she saw the millionaire on
deck this morning she shrank from
him. crying out. Don't let him near
me. He will kill me. I am afraid of
him."
The young woman looked about
wildly for some relative, and finally
tdescried her fiance, Michael Davis. a
wealthy young Ottoman. to whom she
had become engaged on the trip to
-
self in Davis arms, then drew back
hysterically. Asked II she was going
TO marry Mr.. Davis soon. she cried:
mo. will not marry now. I will
Kill myself. Oh, this is terrible"
The distraught young woman's f.
yonce managed to calm her and put
her into q carriage After she had
gone Mr.. Hunt seemed choked by his
emotions for a few moments. Then
Me grew calmer
He said he had married the beauti-
HUI woman ten years ago after divorc-
sing his flrst wife, She was Miss Hen
Irietta Babcock of Detroit. girl Of ..
when he married her.
Tells Of European Tour.
This was our NTH trip to Europe =
seaid Mr.. Hunt. I'VE sailed Jan. 81
last. I took my automobile. chauf-
feur and q maid with us. Miss Allen
went along as my wife's companion.
though she paid her own fare. When
We arrived at Naples we crossed over
70 Egypt and went on motoring tour.
Returning to Italy we motored to
France, arriving in Paris early in May
up to this time my wife had always
lbeen devoted to me. We had lived
happily for ten years. At Paris we put
Np at the Hotel Crillon. 1t was there
I'm that hotel that she first saw that
miserable Russian. He called himself
Alexander de Tgherniadief. and said
he was related to the Grand Duke
Alexis.
my wife did not meet this man con-
ventionally. They first saw each other
one day when they were telephoning.
My wife was in one telephone booth
and he In another. He heard her talk
ing. He was struck by her voice.
They came out Of the telephone booths
at the same time. They looked into
each others eyes. she told me after
ward. and she forgot her love for me.
"He is 4 young man under 40 and
extraordinarily handsome. have
looked up his record and It is not ]
good one. He has made dupes OF sev-
eral beautiful American women. Their
Irritation ran along for ten days with
out my knowledge. though Miss Allen
was aware Of what was going forward
and gave me no warning. They be-
came acquainted on May Is. Ten days
later my wife left me-
Runs Away with Russian.
We were dining IN tho hotel that
evening. when she suddenly left the
table. She excused herself. saying she
was going to her room. She met that
Russian. It had all been arranged.
They had 6ed from tha hotel before
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