The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-06-05

the court room of Palais de Justice
ever was intended to hold requested ad-
mittance.
Judge Aubertin was the presiding
Justice. Count du Marin was the pros
ecuting attorney. Mr.. Deacon was rep
resented by four noted attorneys of the
day. including Maitre Demange. Mrs.
Deacon. who had been cited to appear.
was not present. At the trial 1t was re-
vealed that Mr.. Abeille had been
friend of Mr.. and Mrs. Deacon since
1887. The trial lasted only one day. In
half an hour the jury reached a verdict.
which was that the prisoner had In
f1icted upon Mr.. Abeille wounds result
ing in death but without the intent to
kill. Mr.. Deacon was sentenced to serve
one year In Jail. He remained in prison
until December 81, when he was par
doned by President Carnot.
For several months following the re-
lease of Mr.. Deacon nothing was heard
of him or of his wife and daughters.
For several years they lived apart and
In retireme 1t. There were frequent re-
ports that Mr.. and Mrs Deacon had be-
come reconciled. and mutual friends OF
the couple believe to-day that If Mr..
Deacon had recovered his health their
serious differences would have been
Strengthened out His eccentricities be-
came so marked that he was brought to
athis country and placed In a sanatorium
In Waverly, Mass. That was In January.
1898. His death followed a few years
later. and two years ago Mrs. Deacon
died In Rome.
Society Forgets Easily.
Society Is broad In its sympathies and
purposely forgets easily. The Misses
Dorothy, Edith and Gladys Deacon were
not allowed to believe that the tragedy
OF the Hotel Splendid would be per-
| mitted 10 cast cloud over their lives.
They passed much of their time with
Mrs Baldwin. their step-grandmother.
| In New York and at Snug Harbor, New
port. a house aptly named.
Their charm, beauty and vivacity made
them the toast of society here and
abroad They were as popular In Lon
don and Paris as In New York and
Newport. The shock of the tragedy
had not passed sufficiently by the time
Miss Colsuelo Vanderbilt was married
to the Duke of Marlborough in St
Thomas's Church. this city. I'm Novem-
Der. 1895. to permit Miss Gladys Deacon
to join the wedding festivities. Other
wise she would have been one of the
bridesmaids. but the childhood friend
ship between them was resumed after
| the American Duchess had taken up her
residence in Blenheim Palace, Wood
stock. She passed part of each year
abroad and since 1900 has given most
of her time to her foreign associations
1t was a source of wonderment to
her friends that she seemed to prefer
spinsterhood rather than accept any of
the frequent offers of marriage the talk
of society laid at her feet. IT was while
| she was i'm London In 1900 that the first
engagement Of this tall, wllowy blonde
was reported II was said that Mr.
| Claude Lowther, member of an old
aristocratic family and described as the
handsomest man In England, was her
fiance. Six months later her engagement
to young price of the ancient house OF
Lichtenstein of Austria was reported.
Then society selected as her fiance. Lord
Francis Hope.
In the summer of 1902 international
society made its most famous guess as
TO Miss Deacons future in the Crown
Prince of Germany, whom she met at
Blenheim Palace. In this instance Miss
Deacon spoke She called the report
perfectly ridiculous" The gossips re-
manned silent for time. but London
society could not stop talking about Miss
| Gladys Deacon. The Duke of Norfolk
was mentioned as her fiance. then Lord
Brooke, son and heir of the Earl of
Warwick. and then Mr.. James Hazen
Hyde.