The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-28
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PROPER ATTENTION

murder of his wife was probably the
most sensational event OF the reign Of
King Louis Philippe. OF his respon-
sibilitH for her death there can be no
doubt whatsoever. for not only was he
covered with scratches. which he had
received In his struggle with her. bur
a tuft OF his hair was found In her
hand when her body was examined
formed part OF panoply of arms
adorntnE the wall OF his dressing room
with which she was killed. He was
Indicted for her murder before the
Chamber Of Peers. and was officially
reported to have succnmbed to arsoni-
cal poison in prison before the hearln;
was completed. Stories at once be-
came current that the duke WAS rot
really. dead. and that he had been
permitted 10 escape in this fashion the
penalty of his crime through the in
finence OF the royal family. for he was
extremely intimate With all the mem.
been one of the principal members OF
the household of the heir apparent, the
late Duke of Orleans.
The murdered duchess. however, doea
not seem 70 have shared the good Will
of the royal family. despite their re-
gard for her father Count SebaEtiani.
who after having been one of the prin
ripal generals and ambassadors of his
advanced by King Louis Philippe to
the rank of Marshal Of France and 10
minister of foreign affairs and of the
navy. Miss Henrietta Deluzy. the gov
erness of the children of the duchess.
was reported al the time of the murder
to have been the cause thereof owing
to the mad infatuation with which sh.
had inspired the duke But she was
soon cleared OF these charges. one of
the strongest evidences in her favor.
being the fact that the dukes children
We're extremely fond of her, and that
she was much more to them than their
e1,a
married the Rev. DR. Henry Field.
brother Of Cyrus Field, and now lies
buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. in the
suburbs of New York.
The unfortunate children. all of
whom were Is their teens at the tine
of the tragedy, the eldest. Louise, at
forwards the wife Of Count Alfred de
Gramont. being nineteen and. Marie.
being fifteen at the time, had their
entire lives overshadowcd by the re-
membrance of the tragedy, and undor
1.-THE circumstances it Is not astonish-
de Choisenl should have been known
throughout his life. which came to n.
close only two or three years ago, as
a singularly moody and gloomy indl-
vidual.
Charles r, sugden the English ac-
tor. who has. Just appeared for the
fourth or fifth time in the court Of
t''NS' 'S'''US' a sSi'9t' 49, ~ ~
by clipping with peerless Of the realm
and being subsequently, cited as CO.
respondent ~, the suit for divorce
which her husband, the late Earl De-
sart, promptly proceeded to institute
against her Sugden, who is In no
way related to the family of the same
name OF which Lord ST Leonards Is
the chief was twenty-elght years of
age at the time, and promptly pro-
ceeded to marry the divorced countess,
a daughter Of 7. II, Preston of More
| by, near-Leeds. The marriage was not
success. The earl had run through
most Of his wife's ONCE large fortune
before he divorced her. The balance
quickly went after her marriage 10
Sugden, and the once beautiful Minnie
Preston became addicted to intemper-
ance, which developed to such a de-
gree as to frequently land her IN the
police court, 1t was not long before
she and Sugden parted, for he found
that his marriage TOT woman of title
and the sensation which he had created
by clipping with a peeress Of the realm,
far from helping him.. professionally
or socially, Injured him In \. both
respects, and less than two years after
his marriage to her he made his first
appearance IN the bankruptcy court
Minnie, Countess of Desart, Is long
since dead, Sugden subsequently mar
ried an actress, and now, at the age
of SIXTY, is bankrupt o~ce more, with
no assets. BIZ, }ei