The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-17
PAVVNS HER JEWELS
AND IS REBUFFED
Aged Wife of General Sickles
Fails to Effect Reconcilia-
ton With Husband.
TURNED BACK AT DOOR
Housekeeper Accused of Hav-
ing Undue Influence Over
Veteran of Two Wars.
TURNED BACK AT DOOR
BY International News Service.

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-There will
be no reconciliation between Major
General Daniel Sickles, the aged vet
eran of two wars, and his wife. This
was learned today when 1t became
known that General Sickles refused TO
see the woman from whom he had been
estranged for twenty years and
who recently pawned her jewelry to
prevent the sale at auction Of her hus
bands personal property, and turned
her away from his home.
Late Thursday afternoon Mrs.
Siclkles, accompanied by her son, called
at % Fifth avenue, the splendid home
Of General Sickles. She was smiling
as she rang the front door bell. She
bore good news. A few hours before
she had effected the liquidation Of her
husbands debt, amounting to $4,000,
owed to the Lincoln Trust company.
The money with which this debt was
cancelled had been obtained by pawn
ing her jewels
Stopped by Butler.
Her face lighted as the door to her
husbands home opened. The high
spirited Spanish woman forgot the blow
her pride had suffered In her trip TO
the pawnshop as she announced her
self and made as if to enter. She was
stopped by the butler; the smile left
her face as she was told that she must
not enter; that there were orders to the
effect that neither she nor her son
shSuld be permitted to walk through
the door.
These orders had been issued by Miss
Eleanor Earle WiImerding, housekeeper
for General Sickles for fifteen years.
husband the aged woman asked to SEQ
[ Miss Wilmerding, but the latter sent
out word that shc could not be dis
turbed. With largo tears in her
world-weary eyes, Mrs. Sicklcs returned
to her apartments in the Hotel Marlton
with her son. There Stanton tele-
phoned John Rellly, his attorney. When
Mr.. Reilly appeared Mrs. Sickles told
him to inform the general Of the iqui,
dation of the $4,000 debt.
Lawyer Is Called in.
"It is my earnest wish that be be
told not TO worrv about the auctioneer
tomorrow. Flo will not be there because
the debt has been paid" she said.
She explained to the lawyer that she
did not want him to tell Mr.. Sickles
how the money had been secured "Jugt
tell him that there is no need to worry;
that everything is all right.''
Mr.. Reilly obtained admittance Il
the Sickles home. He was not knowr
rs the attorney for Stanton Sickles
Miss Wildmerding declared that Ssh,
knew all about it, when the lawye
informed her of the good news h.
brought for General Sickles, Their con
versation was stopped by the telephon
bell. Miss WiIruerdipg answered it.
"Isn f it fine." cried the housekeep
er. "One of the generals old soldie
: friends has come forward and paid tn
r $4,000 to the Lincoln Trust"
Tells the True Story.
8 Lawyer Reilly, when informed tha
the party at the other end Of the wir
was the generals counsel, Daniel T
Hayes, who had called up from Pleas
antville, expressed desire to speak t
. him. This WAS granted.
n "It is untrue, Mr.. Hayes" he .sait
It "that an old soldier paid General Sicl
It les Is debt. IT was paid by Mrs. Sickle
: his wife, who pawned her jewelry to gt
{. the money. I tell you this because
L. think it only just that you shoul
=. know
az When Reilly had begun speaking ov'
o. the telephone to MIR. Hayes, Gener
le Sickles had silently entered tho roor
~ r. He heard everything that was said Ou
20 side in the hall Mrs. Sick1es and Sta
ID ton. her son, also heard 1T. They hs
90 como to the house and had succeeded
ia passing the servants. As Mr.. Reilly b
no gan speaking to the general Mias w
merding cried to him to stop, that
g, would "kill him"
he Then, crossing over to the general
IN side, she told him, f'it is all a lie. 81
did not pay 1t. It Was paid by one
your friends"
;. Aged Wife Rebuffed.
- Mrs. sickles, longing vainly +
speech with her husband, hearing tn
,ix cried out:
;es "Mr. Reilly, Mr.. Reillyi Does
ito know-does he knows Is il all right
CIV "1t is all right. Mrs. Sickles, I'll
ID there in a moment" replied Reilly a
ire left tho room. :,
ad- Miss Wilmerding was charged tod
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