New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07
EngIiShman, Figuring in NoWiII
Mystery, Was Married in
New York City, No.
vember !, 1911.
HIS BRIDE WAS A WIDOW
Next Heard of in England with
Mrs. Nowill, Who Met
Strange Death on Sea-
shore After Quar-
rel with Him.

remarkable development in the
Nowill mystery. which all England is
ut present discussing. and one which
connects the affair directly with this
country, occurred yesterday in the dis
covery that James Arthur Delay. the
retired solicitor. who hanged himself
the day after Mrs Nowill disappeared
from a hotel at Newquay. England.
married a widow in New York on No
vember I. 1911.
According to the City Hall records.
James Arthur Delay and Mrs. Mary
Leslie Young were married on that date
by Alderman James Smith. How long
after the ceremony they remained in
this country is not known. When next
heard Of Delay was alone at the At
lantic Hotel, Newquay, where he was
seen constantly in the company Of Mrs.
Nowill. In a will made by Delay and
discovered after his tragic death
codicil gave S150OO0 to Mrs. Nowill.
To date the question of whether Mrs.
Nowilps heirs are entitled TO the money
has not been settled, owing TO the fact
that nine days after she disappeared
her body was found among the rocks
at the foot Of a cliff on which the hotel
stands. and it has not yet been decided
whether she or Delay died first.
Mrs Nowill, who was thirty years
old, came 10 the Atlantic Hotel with
her mother about the first Of Novem-
ber. James Arthur Delay. said to be
retired solicitor from Singapore, ar
rived about two weeks later He hal
previously met Mrs. Nowill and her
husband in Egypt. and they were seen
in each others company a good deal.
on the afternoon of November %
;hCy returned to the hotel together. and
'tt,r Mrs HOW'LL was missed. a search
'gs instituted. out lao trace of her was
,,r ld. DELAY. il was said was greatly
ryc.tCl. and had TO he restrained from
hrov ing himself over the cliff He re-
'iiol ssriv 10 ris room. and the next
1nrsine he was Sound hanging dead
n' hind his door. " The inquest his
ill was produced and q codicil by
which he left Mrs Ncwin $4,000 was
eound attached
Meanwhile the search for the missing
woman was continued. and nine days
after she disappeared her crushed body
was found among the rocks below the
cliff. A coastguard testified to having
seen Mrs. Nowill and Delay cuarrelling
on the day of her disappearance, and
her husband declared it was his belief
that she had not committed suicide.
The official records in New York
show that Delay and Mrs. Leslie were
married on the same day that the H.
cense to wed was obtained He was
born in England, he declared. the son
Of william Delay and Caroline Parry,
forty-six years ago. He had never been
married before. His wife gave her age
as thirty and declared that it was her
second marriage, her first husband
being dead. She was born in England,
she stated. and was daughter OF John
Stowe and Lillian Compton.
At the marriage license bureau Delay
gave his address as No. 172 West I'D
street. Investigation yesterday dis
closed that the building on that site
had recently been converted into an
apartment house and had been unoccu-
pied since early in the spring. AT the
time Delay was married the house was
being remodelled. No one who had