The chronicle=news., 1914-11-20
B EAUTy LEFT
NJ |EtI0N- BY
!. HER SOLDIER
!. :. LOVER
Strange Story of Love and Romance
Connects Niece of Famous
Playwright. II .n

vi u
Fitch Conger, niece OF the late
clyde Fitch, has fallen heir to 8
legacy of a million dollars. which
comes to her unexpectedly from the
man for whose sake she has, for
seven years. sought to divorce aeI
present husband, Roy w. Conser, q
wealthy broker, of the firm of Biee-
low x Co., 10 Wall street.
The man, whose name is jealously
guarded, is said to have been ma
ior in the territorial forces of :he
British army, who was killed at the
front on September 10.
| y friend Of Mrs. Conger tells of the
Conger told the Denver Post of the
amazing love romance and it's mil
lIon-dollar sequel She speaks with
the authorization of Mrs. Conger,
who is now lying at the Woman 8
/ hospital critically i'll with nervous
exhaustion brought on by the news
Of her soldier lovers death.
This story said this friend.
dates back seven years. At that
time Mrs. COnger, who is now &c
years old, and has been 10 years a
wife. had Just separated from her
husband and cove to live in Europe,
where she moved in fashionable Pa
ris and London circles.
During a season spent at Monte
Carlo. where she had taken mod
est little villa. she met the man
whose recent death in France las
Frustrated her. He was prominent
Londoner. figure in the financial
world and the holder Il huge estates
in England. His fortune. have
heard Mrs. Conger say. was many
times over a million dollars.
The fact that this man was more
than twice the age of Mrs. Conger
did not prevent firm affection
lspringing up between them. They
, were together a great deal, riding
and motoring. He was widower
and free to marry, but Mrs. Conser,
though she no longer lived with her
husband. was not actually divorced.
ITO clear the way to their mar
riage. Mrs. Conger. shortly after
/ leaving Monte Carlo. came to Amer
lea and commenced divorce proceed
ings. Conger. for some unaccounta-
Bile reason. fought her every step o:
the way. Twice she filed s1iit against
him. Finally, through the aid Of de-
tcctives. she gathered evidence
which should have freed her from
him. Size filed suit q third time =
this was in 191h, believe - and a
referee recommended that her plea
be granted.
Just before the hearing OF the
case by Justice Morschauser at White
Plains. however, the one material
witness for Mrs. Conger disappeared.
What became OF him VIC never knew.
but his disappearance ruined her
case. and her plea was quashed.
'Since that time she has been Nv
ing in miserable circumstances on
the inadequate allowance her hus-
oand has made for her. She had in
stituted last July yet another suit
jacainst him. and appealed for all
mony and counsel fees pending the
trial. when on September 12 she re-
ceived cable from London telling
Of the death two days previous of .hc
man for whom for seven years she
had waited steadfast!y.
The shock broke her completely.
She had been in failing health 'or
more than year. and her corsti,,l-
tion was unequal to the terrible
weight of her grief. In a dalnd con-
dition she left the rooms after TIE
death message reached her. and NO:
lknGwing where she was goins,, Pick
ed her way across the city 20 the
pier of the Italian line at the foot Of
West Thirty-fourth street. There
she was found distracted and sent by
the police TO the psychopaLhic ward
at Bellevue hospital.
1T was at first thought by plivsi-
clans that her mind was permanently
deranged. but after 10 days observa-
ton she was discharged and taken
to the home of her mother. where
she lived until last Tuesday, when
she was removed to the Woman's
hospital. There physicians said her
condition was critical.
| 1T was on the day of Mrs. Con-
gers removal to the hospital that the
cvcntful letter from firm of solicit
0rs in London reached her with the
news that she had inherited a for
tune which approximates s1,000.00
and makes her Independent of the
alimony for which she 50 lGrg has
| been suing her husband.
Her only hope now is that she
will survive her illness and ne Tbl1
to go abroad and live among her
| friends | myself am afraid that she
cannot pull through this illless.''
| --S----
Horr-r mr. yyrSnYA