The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30
CLAIMS HE'S SON
OF GEN. S|CKLES
CAR 0ILER ON THE LACKAwANNA
RAILROAD MAKES PUBLIC
STATEMENT.
OLD VETERAN AT BAY
REMAINS IN Ills HEADQU -ARTERs
WHILE AT TRUCE WITH HIS
WIFE AND THEIR
CHILDREN.

was much annoyed today because of
etatements Of Stanton Sickles, who
linked her name with the digiculties
he is having with his father, Major
General Daniel f.. Sickles. Clvil
war veteran.
The use of Mrs. Payne's name is
wholly unwarranted,r said u friend.
She had decided TO make no state
ment at the present time, and in fact
is much worried over the unkindly
ms nuations."
Mrs. Payne is a relative through
her husbands family of Miss Eleanor
Earle WimerdinE. housekeeper Of
Major General Sickles The general
first met Miss Wilmerding through
Mrs. Payne, his son says. The house
keeper was then slip OF girl, just
fourteen years old.
Before her marriage. Mrs. Payne
was M.ss Mary Field. She is a
daughter of the late Augustus Field,
and a relative of the Princess Bran
caechio. She was very popular and
considered one OF the smartest
dressed young women in New York
before she married Mr.. Payne. She
lived abroad tar several years, spend
ing her time in southern France, or
in Rome. In this latter city she was
frequently presented at the Quirinal.
Truce IL Unbroken.
The armed truce between factions
of the Sickles clan, which ii was pro-
claimed on Frlduy. would last until
next Tuesday. remains nnbroken.
The aged general renamed In his
headquarters. % Fifth avenue, and
his son, Stanton, took "a cruise on a
friends yacht The iatter's lawyer,
John Reilly, was the only marshal on
the picket line and what he said re-
sembled more the exchange Of to-
bacco for a silver of bacon between
two opposing sentinels, than hot
shot from a masked battery.
'On sunday the public must give US
a rest" he said. NO one is talking
today, and anyway / am not consulted
at all when il comes to giving out
love letters. stanton 'Sickles gave
those out without my consent. / know
of no reason for their publication.
either for as far ms / know there IL
no. legal action started,
The uain attack upon the, heru. OF
Getty sburg, and the man who for $50
many years was the most prominent
figure ut theatrical first nights here
Is expected TO commence when Mrs
Crackenthrope gets here from Toxic
She il a daughter of the generals by
his present wife. and will side wiie her
brother, stanton in the fight over the
estate Of the eighty seven year-old
veteran. Several hundred thousand
dollars are involved.
New Son Appears.
II Alfred Summers MolyneuS, car
oiler for the Lackawanua railroad.
over in Hoboken is correct in some
deductions made public tonight, he Is
the son by the first wife of General
Daniel +. Sickles, the famous war
veteran and dipiomatist. After twenty
seven years spent in an effort TO solve
the mystery of his birth. Summers.
who was found drugged in a carpet
bag on train at South Amboy. n. j..
caused to he inserted in a newspaper
in New York few days ago, per-
sonal requesting the present address
Of Teresa Bagioli, daughter OF Antonio
Bagioli, a famous Italian musician.
who, at the age of seventeen. WAS mar
ried to General Sickles. 1t was through
this advertisement that the story of
the car oiier became public.
MolYneux believes General Sickles
has not the slightest idea of his {Moly-
neux's) existence.
For reasons that must be obvious, -
said Mr.. Molyneux, Il am convinced
that my mother, who am now certain
was Mrs. Sickles. concealed from her
husband every fact in the case. This
would have been possible as Mrs.
sickles was left much TO herself for
months before / came into the world
and the deception. with the aid OF
trusted friends. would have been sim
Pile
Mr.. Molyneux, for twenty years, has
been employed by the Lackawanna.
and is now attached TO the personal
staff of tie general foreman of the car
department.
Although classed as a car oiler. his
position is a responsible one, for it is
he who passes upon the condition Of
the coaches attached to the fast trains
running from Hoboken TO Buffalo and
Scranton.