New-York tribune., 1909-07-18
TYs: NEWTON In COURT
-1,s TINE SHE WOULD
.,noRrE THE CAPTAIN" "
s,,s Former Adrent"rer Is on the
shf of the G00ernor General
Of Canada.

..-,A Y. Newton ard his wife
Cspo1I.- -, formerly Miss Warner, both
ltSns..e lave had considerable newspaper no
o. again in tl.e judicial hIneLsht MIS-
o'''''''-.,-7fed 20 tte Supreme Court Yesterday
Ne1Do- .;.sf,r 70 serve her husband by publ
f@ divorce suit which she has brought
oS-o- ~.. him Although il would seem lncreol-
asa-.s, ,-s7-,on saws that the captain" who
DE- -.a.,, Vas released from prison in Lon
oas -. -. -A served twenty months for con-
oo-+ :. ss.-s,,d. ts rov aide-de-cernp on the
:. N. Governor General of Canada, al
ortswa- ...,.-
--- ..o--,,7s-e experience vas in March, 1908
-as- arrested. charged with the larceny
- nge9es Q. valuable 1ewelry from her
- ,,-s Fvs,v- II Bel. Of 70. IS Central
= re- Ms. Newton and tie captain
-,.--ses in 1Qn4 a. RE Church Of the
rs.Tealy Rsst
:, ne -sar zstsy 1t.etr marriage Mrs Newton
- h,,stsnd arrested to- abandonment He
- asserted 1e- 81 months after they were
--.--ias and was then living a. The Hotel St
1.rs yrg-e ha vas arrested. 4" said that in
moment q mental alteration through drink
!. had accepted the marriage proposal Of the
zonsn
4rsntsin~ Newton vas 2 typical adventurer-
:. cut E swsth a. the St Regis, where he
.,,rss with Two friends. Who called themselves
PRINCE Formoso" and Baron von koenig."
re captain" vas big man. with military
ssrng and commanding presence He used
n hast II his friendship with Lord Lonsdale,
ard said that he had been member OF the
South. African Cape Rifles in the Boer var.
Members cf the Rifles denied that Newton was
srsr 2 com-ade. He said that he was q sales
rasn st the time Of the arrest for abandonment
but he seemed 10 derive his livelihood princt-
rslr hv acting as guide for visiting English
nen
Newton then vent 70 London. where, with
Joseph Z. Fisher, he was arrested on November
T. 1867. for conspiracy 70 defraud Mrs. Newton.
Fisher vas sentenced to Z month IN prison.
Newton recently finished his twenty months
sentence. His life tried u locate him here, 50
thst she could serve him II her divorce action.
Bui inquiry al the s.. Regis and OF Fisher failed
20 reveal his Whereabouts Mrs. Newton says
II her moving papers that she read in Z New
York ns1spaper Of July that her husband vas
OF the military st1f O. thc Governor General Of
Canada
While Captain" Newton vas serving his SEN
'snce in Loneoa Nzs. Newton was arrested for
he theft Of seven pieces Of je7velry from Mrs,
BEL which she pawned Fer several days hsr
ssruty vas a rnysrerv- She was known as
Ns NeRmaa~ ard Mrs. Norton" When
~ identity became known Mrs Newton, who
sss sTidently woman CT refinement said that
shs was the sister Of Mrs. Robert P NcDougal.
= orsngz. \. J. whose husband was secretary
et Tie Cotton ExchanEe. she has q son by
ta-mer marriage. who was then fourteen years
Cd enc. according 70 the story told. she was
hard pressed Financially % keep tim at school
xH Newton promised to redeem the je"elry
trcm pawn snd restore it to Ms Bell
She also got some uotoriety ia 1s94 by caUs-
ag the arrest Ct q boarding house mistress. who
her trunks for board bill Of $3.50.
Ms Newton bases her spit for divorce on her
a1zbsndls alleged Misconduct al the Hotel Lin
esn .Etth IN unnamed woman