"DUKE OF ST. OMARS."

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 89, 17 April 1911, Page 2

"DUKE OF ST. OMARS."

! MISSING MAN AND A .WILL. A "DUCHESS" DISILLUSIONED., (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, 3rd March. When Madame Gabrielle Suffolk, oi Ampthill-square, St. Pancras, was summoned at Clerkenwoll recently by Ellen Mackenzie for detaining two tin trunks! and contents, a curious story was disclosed. Some months ago Mrs. Mackenzie be-> came the wife of a man who represented! himself as "Surgeon-General Mackenzie, of Mackenzie, Ross-shire, Duke of St.' Omars." She had nursed him through a critical illness, and then maiTied hint at Surbiton Registry Office, afterwards going to live at Madame Gabrielle Reffolk's. The "Duke" got possession of hi^ wife's money — some £600 — and de-* camped. It was stated for the defence bhat Mrs* Mackenzie would be allowed to fetch her | own property (wearing apparel), but that the trunks and the remaining content* were being detained te cover the bill for lodgings, which the "Duke" liad neg* lected to pay. "I only wish I knew th«i whereabouts of the man," said the land* lady, and the deserted bride ethoed tha wish. The "Duke's" will, ■which was found in one of the trunks, was handed to the magistrate. It began : "This i* the will of Surgeon-General Mackenzie, Duke of St. Omars," and included the phrase: "I give and bequeath to my wife, the Countess of St. Omare, £6000 a year and all the family plate." In reply to the magistrate, the complainant said she let him havo all hell money; before marriage, on his repre-i sentation that the extravagant of his nephew made him short at the time, bub that they should have a "joint banking account" in future. "It's all a mystery,'^ concluded the woman. "Not much, mystery about it,"' commented the magistrate; "it'si all ai swindle." Tho summons was adjourned for the woman to get back her property,and to consider the question of ft, warrant for the missing husband's arrest.