Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31

! nance with Major Fahnestock was
quite accidental. / had also met
him through friends. One evening
as was leaving the apartment house
he drove up to the door in his car.
l was astonished. becauss>I thought
he was calling upon me. and l did
not know him very well.
An Embarrassing Moment
''He looked a trifie embarrassed, as
/ asked why he was visiting me. He
answered that he just wanted to
know If still lived there. Then he
left in his machine. l happened to
look up and / saw Miss Packwood
standing at the front window watch
ing him.
THE next time 1 talked with her
1 asked her if she knew Major Fab
nestock. and she replied that she
did. Then / learned that they were
firm friends and were, candidly.. very
fond of one another. l saw Major
Fahnestock call, oh. great many
times. Whether they have been mar
ried since / do not know, but it
would not surprise ME. At the time
he visited Miss Packwood here he
lived at the Union Club. for she told
me so.
~ remember that all the time he
was visiting her. although he was
medicine There is no doubt in my
mind that the major mentioned is
Major Fahnestock. l have not heard
from or seen Miss Packwood since
she moved from here. 1 did not
even have her address"
other stories Confrm Hers
Mrs. CazeauN's story comedies with
the known statements and actions of
Miss Packwood before she committed
suicide. She told Mrs. Bradford Ellis
worth, a Lieutenant in the Red Cross
Motor Corps. that her husband" had
died in France in October of pneu-
monia and the he was major. but
she did not mention his name. 1t is
a matter of Official record that Major
Fahnestock died in Paris in october.
Hugh Cameron, superintendent of the
apartment house at 20 East 18th
street, where Miss Packwood lived,
told that he handed her the telegram
announcing some ones death. This
he said was during the first part of
October.
The name of Major Fenton." men,
toned in dispatches from Tampa,
Adelaide L. BaWiss of II East 66th |
street, Captain of the Red Cross Mo-
tor Corps. She had written to George
from him for information concerning
his daughter. He said that he had
not heard from her for a long time.
Miss Bayliss at her home yester- |
QaN ucCIuEeu SUE ndu never
as quoted in the Florida dispatches. |
that she knew Miss Packwood's hus- |
band was a major.
All that I knew was very little"
vaguely that Miss Packwood had |
married a man named Fenton. l did |
not know who or what he was. In |
fact the information was very vague. |
l don't even remember where il came
from. 1 believe it was just a bit of |
gossip that l heard around the rooms |
of the motor corps. do not know |
whether he was soldier. marine or
Il civilian"
Not Mentioned in His VIII
Whether Miss Packwood was mar |
ried here or abroad remains a mys- |
terry. There is no hint from any
quarter that she had been married to |
Clarence Fahnestock. on January 90 |
his will was admitted to probate in |
Carmel, Putnam county. y. Y. by Sur
rogate Bennett Southard. There was !
valued at S5,0OO,00O. was left to Mrs |
Helen Campbell. a married sister |
William Fahnestock, a brother, and |
the children of Gibson Fahnestock. |
The War Department in Washing
ton could find no trace of any Major
Fenton yesterday who had died
abroad or here. There Were several
Major Fentons in the army. but all
were reported alive. Colonel Sorley,
Commander of Camp Merritt, which |
has BEEN named as the camp from
which Major Fenton sailed. said posi-
lively that no major by that name
had ever been a casual there. 1t was
understood that the Major Fenton
supposed to be the woman's husband
had been back and forth from France
several times. II this was true and
he went to Camp Merritt, there would
be record of his name in the per-
sonnel office
Added interest was given last night
TO Miss Packwood's 5 statement that |
she had been married secretly for |
the reason that Major Helen Bastedo. |
head of the Motor Corps of America,
said Miss Packwood once had been a
member of her organization and had
requested a leave of absence to get
married. Miss Packwood, according
to Major Bastedo. Joined the organ-
rgat ton at its formation. She resigned
nat Mrs. Bradford Ellis
worth did, both joining the American