New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-16
TANGO LURED WIFE
AWAY, SAYS SHAW
BlameS "InOrdinate Love of
Flattery" for Her
Departure.
THREATS FOR MAN
WHO SYMPATHIZED
Richard Darling, Whom Husband
Accuses, Has No Fear
Thinks It's BlaCkmail.

The case OF little Mrs. Robert Marsdcn
Shaw. wife OF tho broker who has
charged Richard Darling, the youns pres
ident OF the Acme Safe Coz 'pany. with
Turing from him his eighte,n-yesr -old
briGc appcais TO be much the same as
others OF that character-it has two sides.
Shaw. the Young husband has declared
hat ne will have Darling arrested urGcr
the white slave law and that hc viii do
him bodily harm. Darling has said that
the case was merely ono OF blackmaiL
that his friendship with Mrs. snaw Was
platonic and that II Shaw wanted 10 lind
him he would be at his office. The woman
in the case has had nothing TO say.
Darling IS q dapper. neat. rather hand
some Young man Of about twenty -four
years He has his Office AZ No. 203 Broad
way. and its 4 very nice Office, too. The
story rs gathered from all manner o.
points is that Darling met the Shaws at
a little tango party" The following day
this is tho story of Darling-young Mrs.
Shaw called him up and told him. quite
out OF the sky that her husband was
no, all that she would wish. They sym
ia ANllfH'ls IL a'fliirs anu AN' Af'-fN N's N''
two enjoyed dinner at the Ritz. where
they exchanged further condolences.
81 felt = great sympathy for her. said
Darling. land our relations were such As
man might have with his sister II
Shaw has anything on me let him come
to the front and prove it.
Darling appears to have not thing 10
say about any hotel scene but the hus-
band Of the young woman-"a Young
girl who has always been susceptible
10 nattory." he calls her-has a great
many. His story is much as follows:
Had il not been Tor my lawyer. Joseph
\. Shay. Of No. % Broad street, ! should
have committed a crime. katherine has
been led away. no doubt. by the lure Of
the tango Also. that she might have
now sensations and things that appeal TO
one Of her vanity The girl has an in
ordinate love for flattery apd admiration.
Il had not seen my wife since Dccem-
Der CT. I traced her 10 the Hotel Ansonia'
where she registered on Tuesday under
her own name She left on Wednesday
night before 7 got there. feel sure she
was Struggled out
she came from her mother nome Jul
Morristown. y. j.. on December 81 and
was met al the Hudson tube station, at
23d street by Darling in an automobile
At the hotel a man answering Darling
description signed for meal checks and
things"
The story Of Darling IS not yet conn
plete because he said:
The poor girl has no home. She does
not want TO live with Shaw. Her mother
will not take her in. / decline TO say
whether 7 know where she is or not.
Shaw appealed to Harold \. Content
Assistant United States District Attor-
ney. concerning the possibility OF arrest
ing Darling under the white slave ia"
but Mr.. Content did not encourage him.
There is nothing that I can do No
said. we can't do anything until Inc
Digs -Caminetti case is decided.
Ljttle-and rather pretty-Mrs. Sha" Is
daughter Of Mrs. E. Lyall Drummond
Of Montclair She was married to sha"
last May.