Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-23
TRAGEDY SEQUEL
TO ELOPEMENT
OF MRS. LEWIS
Los Angeles Shooting Over Di'
yOrced Wife of Vice.
Chancellor.
ELOPED WITH BOER
SOLDIER DE VILLIERS
Paterson Bankers Daughter
Married for Third Time After
Quitting South African.
Especial TO the Newark star


PATERSON. Dec. 23-In the tragic
end which befell Daniel De VII
liers, hero of the Boer war and SOL
der of fortune, who was shot to
death in California this week. is seen
the elimination Of an unhappy do
mestic relationship that began in
this city some years ago.
De Villiers, as told in the Newark
Evening Star last night. was slain
by Roy l.. Glover in the doorway OF
the Glover residence at Los Angeles.
Ii was said in the dispatches con-
cerning the shooting that the cause
Of the murder is a puzzle 30 the
police of the California city
The story from the West also says
that Mrs. Glover was formerly the
wife Of De villiers II this be SO.
then Mrs. Glover is the daughter of
Henry G. Campbell. a Wall street
banker, whose home is at 592 Park
avenue. Mr.. Campbell's home is one
of the finest in the State of New Jer-
sey. It is situated adjacent to the
East Side Park. Mr. Campbell is a
Wall street broker and one Of the
hest-known men of this city.
Noted as Golfer.
PrS. GloVerS first marriage was
to Vivian NJ. Lewis. now vice-chancel-
lor and who was Republican NOMINEES
for governor against Woodrow Will
son. now President of the United
States. She won honors in golf and
tennis at the grounds of the exclusive
North Jersey Country Club and was
frequently a guest of prominent So
ciety leaders.
! AS Miss Jean Campbell she met the
handsome young Paterson lawyer.
/ who afterward was elevated to the
| rank of vice-chancellor by Governor
| Wilson. They We're married here and
the event was one of the society
/ functions of all North Jersey
+ Several years later there We're whis-
/ perings regarding happenings at the
North Jersey Country Club. One of
i tho names mentioned was that of a
/ relative of a man now a national Of
fetal. Then came divorce proceed
/ ings instituted by Mr. Lewis. His di-
vorce petition was granted and the
official separation was duly fled at
Trenton
II Was in 1906 DE vilIiers came
to Paterson. lie was one of the great
cavalry leaders OF the Boer forces
that drove the English troops into the
depths of despair during the South
African struggle that resulted finally
!. liant little republics.
De Villiers was with General Botha
/ and General De Wet The latter, the
! most famous cavalryman of the
Beers, who harried and hampered
the mighty forces of England for a
year after the I3oer cause was hope
less, had De Villiers for one Of
his chief assistants. The intrepedity of
DE Vflliers brought to him the high
est honors from his superiors. lie
was elevated to generalship. and
only surrendered when the last rem
nants of the lost cause received the
honors of war from their opponents
and were permitted their freedom
After the Boer war, De Villiers
came to this country with other of
his countrymen, the pick of the Boer
cavalry. They gave performances at
the st. Louis Exposition and the next
year were brought to Coney Island
TO continue their exhibitions.
Conducted Riding Academy.
De Vfliers later conducted fash
ionable riding academy here and
trained the first squad of mounted
police officers in Paterson.
II was while she was a pupil at
his riding academy, located on East
/ Twenty third street. near Broadway,
Paterson, that the then Mrs. Lewis
became acquainted with De Villiers.
The meeting eliminated in their de-
pafture from the city together some
time later. as a result of which action
| NiceC Chancellor Lewis secured a d.
1orce and custody of their two chill
dren a boy and a girl. They are at
! present living with their father at SIG
Park avenue. Paterson.
According to dispatches. the former
| Mrs. Lewis and De Villlers were mar
ried in New York city in 1907. The
couple went to Cotulla, La Sale
county, Texas, where De Villiers
bought a ranch. They were divorced
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