Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-02
Leave Suddenly, Following Al
legation That He Was For
mer Texas NeWsboy.
MARRIED TWO WOMEN
WORTH MANY MILLIONS
Eastern Society Startled at Story He
Is Not Scion of Ancient
French Family.

Special pispa Oh to Tho Star.
PALM BEACH. Fla. February 2.-As
result of sensational stories which
have been published in the last few
days about him. Jean Harold Edward
Saint Cyr' and his wife, who was the
widow of the multi millionaire Silent"
Smith and the mother of the Duchess
de BraSanza. whose father-in-law is
the pretender to the Portuguese throne,
have left the fashionable colony here
and are on their way to New York
few days ago society people of New
York, Philadelphia and Boston. who are
also the regulars at Newport, Bar Har-
Dor and the Florida resorts were as
founded at the allegation that St Cyr
was not the scion of an ancient and
arlstocratic French family. as he has
claimed ever since fashionable New
Workers took him up but was really
James Henry Edward Thompson born
in Waco. Tex. 1t is now alleged that
ne was at one time a newsboy there
and that afterward he became a hotel
clerk and later a chorus man in Broad :
way shows. His chief characteristic
mas been his lavish spending and his
extremely loud clothes
a recent development here is the ar
y d
silver belt buckle which bore the letters
Cow He explained it stood for Clark
oakley Woodhouse of New York. He is
one OF the five young men who occupied
VIVA on the lake front here last win
Ter with Saint Cyr when he met Mrs.
smith, whom he married He saws he
is cousin of the late Mrs Stuyvesant
FISH He talked for three hours about
trip with Saint Cyr to Rochester.
where there is a Mrs Nan Thomson
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affldaVlt that she had a brother, Jack
Thompson of Texas. whose stage name
was Jean Saint Cyr, and that Mrs.
James Henry Smith Saint Cyr's hus-
band is not her brother
Identified by Relatives.
Allegations are that Saint Cyr's reIa :
tlVes in Texas came on to New York
to identify him as Jack Thompson, and
did SO under oath Woodhouse said he
has known Saint Cyr Immediately fo-
two years.
Mag. %. Gray Pendleton, when asked
ABOUT the circumstances under which
ne presented Jean H. E. Saint Cyr to
ms TREND of long standing. Mrs. Annie
smith now Saint Cyr's wife, said:
Since I have been charged with re-
sponsibility for the marriage of Mrs.
Smith and Saint Cyr l feel I should dis
mel that Illusion. While I did introduce
Saint Cyr 70 Mrs. Smith-the introduce
stood as social sponsor for Saint Cyr
and his friends Sven and Woodhouse.
they were acquaintances of my son,
Edward Pendieton. and as such were
welcome to my home"
Knew Nothing About Him.
When the major was asked what he
really knew about Saint Cyr. he said:
Now that I think it over, never did
know anything about him just took
him for granted-as it seems every one
else has done. While I have been
friendly with Saint Cyr and his friends.
SVEN and Woodhouse. on account of
my sons liking for them. / always re-
garded them as being-well, rather pc
cullar. No one was more astonished
than when ! heard that Mrs Smith
had married one of them
Saint Cyr explained he had seen me
around Palm Beach for two years and
had tried to get acquainted with me,
but without success. Now / see it all.
He knew l was acquainted with most
OF the people who winter here. and he
just wanted to Use me to break in.
SAINT CEr insisted that ] allow him
to give dinner for me- More to please
my son than anything else. I agreed.
and Mrs. Pcndleton, Ned and | attend
ed the dinner
heard and thought nothing more OF
SAINT cyr until the following winter.
when he wrote asking if I could helm
nm lind cottage at Palm Beach for
the season | recommended a place near
our own cottage on Lake Worth Saint
Cyr his wife and Robert Sven came
down that winter. and as we were
neiShbors my wife and Mrs. Redfield-
Saint Cyr became acquainted
me Following winter we met in New
YORK, and Saint Cyr told me they were
all coming back to Palm Beach. They
had taken the Clarke cottage on Lake
worth and had paid $500 rent Then
Mrs. Redf1eld- Saint Cyr fell i'll and
died. ! received a telegram from Saint
tyr asking me if | could sublet the
season was well advanced. and / ad-
vised him to occupy the cottage, which
he did
Said He Would Never Remarry.
Saint Cyr would say. oh. my poor
dear wife, I will never remarry,' and
then weep copiously. My wife is very
sympathetic, and she insisted that she
was going to have Saint Cyr and SVEN
as her guests because she felt SO sorry
for him. While / was friendly with
Saint Cyr, | always suspected him, and
OF late more than ever.
Saint Cyr once told me he was of the
famous de Saint Cyr family of France.
and that he had an income of 100000
year. This year he has been saying the
income ceased on account of the war
He always loved to brag about his
wealth. He told me that during Mrs.
Redfield-Saint Cyr's lifetime. when
they occupied the Boldt houseboat, he
paid $4,000 rental for it. and had eight
Japanese servants on board.
He told me that when he married
Mrs Redfeld his distrust of lawyers
was SO great he took course in Il