The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15
VICTIM OF MORAL
assassin TION
Distracted and Deserted Woman
Makes Charge Against
Lady Barclay.
DESERTED BY FIANCE
Sir Colcridgc kcnnard Said to
Have Left Her for Miss
Barclay.
BY v.ANCE ~IuMpsoN

Especial Cable TO The Times Dispatch.l
Paris, January li-'Lady Barclay.
the American wife OF the British Am.
Dassador to Persia. has put death into
my soul. / am the victim of moral
assassination" exclaimed Il beautiful
hungarian woman with tear
stained face as she passed through
Paris on Thursday on her way to Rome.
1t was Mrs. James Frances Hughes
buckley, the divorced wife of Captain
buckley. of Norfolk Square. and Castle
Gorford. Caermarthcn. and the other
woman to whom she referred was
formerly Miss Beatrice May Jay Chap
man, daughter of the late Henry G.
Chapman of New York.
The moral assassination TO which the
distracted and dishcvelcd Mrs. Buck
ley referred was her abandonment by
Sir Coleridge kennard. with whom she
had eloped three or four years ago,
and the announcement that he had
thrown her over for Lady Barclays
young daughter. the plain facts of
which have already been cabled.
sordid Details Discovered.
But there are many sordid details
that have not been cabled. 1t is known
that Sir Coleridgc Kennarl was deem
ly. passionatel yin love with Mrs.
exile also that he threatened to
commit suicide If she did not elope
with him, and that she has scores OF
letters from him calling her wife, but
certain strange events in Taheran have
not been cleared up.
When Sir Coleridgc's love letters to
her ceased. which they did soon after
he had reached his Persian post. Mrs.
Buckley went TO Teheran. He would
give no explanation. In despair Mrs.
Buckley made a trip to Persia. Sir
Coleridge condescended to see her, but
refused to explain why he broke the
engagement TO marry her.
Lady Barclay, however. saw the dis
tracted woman frequently. invited her
often to luncheon. advised and even
threatened her. Finally by the use OF
her husbands influence Lady Barclay
got her out of Persia.
A HorscwhIppinG threatened.
But though Sir ColcrIdGc Kennard
may marry Miss Barclay. which It Is
said he will do early in March, he has
been made to suffer some of the pain
of the tragedy. Almost all of his di-
plomatic associates have cut him I'm
spite of the influence of the British
ambassador and his American wife.
Mrs. Buckley still has many friends of
nigh social position. and n number of
them declare they will horsewhip the
! recreant baronet the moment he re-
turns to Europe.
Sir Coleridge is the first baronet and
got his title by a nuke. The late Queen
Victoria wished to confer baronetcy
upon Colcridge John Kennard, but he
died in 1890, before the patent was
sazetted. His son was also dead, and
the grandson, then six years old, got
the title. Sir Coleridge. who is now
twenty-six years old, Is extremely
wealthy. and would ave teen a good
catch If he had not played this I'M
hn nIn - 49, as- 81 -
wife.
Persia is in the air, for just as Alb
dah BAHIA. high priest OF the Bahaian
movement. had completed arrange
ments to leave his native land and
visit the Bahaist Church in Paris. n
terrible schism has broken out In the
Paris branch, which Is mainly com
posed of Americans. Sc numerous In
deed are the American members that
the society Is known as The Amerl-
can Branch of the Bahaian Society,""
The cause of the big row was a
statement made by Hyppolite Dreyfus,
who is a lawyer by profession and the
author of a book on Bahaism. AT the
latest meeting he stated that a consti-
t%utional monarchy Is the best OF all
governments. and the ideal after which
the members Of the Bahaist church In
Paris should strive. He simply re-
peated orally what he states at length
in his book. This was n little too much
for the republican Americans.
When one of the women present en-
pressed her dissent no bounced upon
her. fguratively speaking, and called
her an anarchist. Mrs. James Jackson.
Mrs. Frank Hyde. Miss Sanderson, of
San Francisco: Miss Emily Hiscock. OF
New York. and other leading lights of
Bahaian society, also entered vigorous
protests. Miss Sanderson. who is a
sister of the late Sybil Sanderson. said:
we may take our religion from Per-
sia. but we will not take our politics."
1t Is worthy of note that Miss Sand
erson was once the iancee of NJ. Drey-
fus. until he transferred his affections
10 another fair American Bahalst. ORGY
fus spends several hours daily studying
Arabic with this learned young Ameri-
can. for whose sake he is said TO have
broken Oh engagement with the daugh-
ter of tho late Judge Sanderson. ;,
When .Abdah arrives from Persia he
will find II divided n indignant
church awaiting him.