Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22

Negotiations with the firm of J. P.
Morgan & Co. for a loan of $50 100000
for the King of Spain, bilking of w.
E. D. Stokes, the proprietor of the
Hotel Ansonia in New York out of
$500 for entertainment of the French
ambassador are all part of the tale
which has amazed the police and
populace of the metropolis.
When Miss Mayher heard that the
pseudo Marquis, chum of crowned
heads, diplomat and ambassador and
plenipotentiary extraordinary, had be-
come entangled in the meshes of the
law through alleged violation of the
espionage act and using the mails to
defraud, she hurried to the Tombs in
New York and offered to bail the
young man out. She expressed great
fondness for the accused Marquis
$4,000 she would sacrifice anything
to get him out of trouble.
1t will be remembered that when
Miss Mayher lived in Bridgeport she
resided with the family of William H.
Perry, at the Perry mansion at the
corner of Noble and East Washington
avenues. Mrs. Perry was Miss May
hers aunt and showered great atten-
ton upon her favorite neice.
When William H. Perry died, he
left Josephine Mayher 100000 be-
side considerable property among
which is the block of yellow brick
houses located between Harriet and
William streets.
Justice George W. Wheeler of this
Supreme Court and Judge Morris B.
Beardsley were the executors of the
Perry estate and after they mad set
tied the affairs of the deceased CAPT
talist and had handed over $780, 900
to Josephine Mayher she took her de-
parture from Bridgeport and became
resident of Manhattan. At the time
of her uncle's death Judge Carl Eos
ter, Of Ills Main street, was Miss
Mayher's attorney. but beyond her
receiving rentals from her property
here, she did not keep up much I'm
tercourse with the large number of
friends which she had in this city.
When she met Edmond Rousselot,
the alleged swindler, has not been re-
vea.led, but from her actions since his
arrest it is evident that she became
infatuated with the Marquis
Friends say that she became ac-
quainted with him when he SOLD her
some oil stock for $4,000, and from
subsequent events it appears as if
this is tho case.
When he sold the stock to the
Bridgeport woman, he apparently had
some fear of detection for to further
assure her he gave her a written
claim on the ancestral relics of The
de Castillo family in case the oil
stock was not satisfactory.
Apparently Rousselot followed up
the sale of the oil stock with a per-
sistent love suit for, although Miss
Mayher discovered that the stock was
value1ess she still continued to cher
ish a feeling which, although it could
rot be described as the "grande pas
SION" yet was bordering on the edge
of romance. Miss Mayher is in the
neighborhood of so years Of age
while the object o. her infatust1nn
gives his age as 80, although he does
not look more than rs.
When living in Bridgeport, Miss
Mayher was one of the most popular
of all the smart set and counted her
friends by the score. Since leaving
here she has entertained in lavish
manner in New York and her social
activities have the substance of many
columns of news from the metropo-
IS. She hes figured prominentlF
lso in the social life of the European
apitals.