Show GENERAL FAITHLESS WIFE BECAME AN EXILE IN california los angeles cal jan 23 the war in the transvaal has brought to the surface a story which but for the present prominence of lieutenant general william gatacre of the british army would probably have been permitted to sleep where it was burled in ireland several years ago As the facts are being related in some of the clubs here and among acores of eng lish born families in los angeles santa monica and elsewhere in southern california they have recalled what at one time nearly culminated in a high life tragedy in dublin some years ago general gatacre then colonel of the eighty eighth connaught rangers was stationed with his regiment in his wife was a most brilliant and dashing woman in taff dublin garrison at the time was a handsome captain murphy by name with an irish pedigree extending back several hundred years and possessing a fortune walh other accomplishments which made him a social lion captain murphy as he Is recalled here was a typical british guardsman tall and straight athlete and a thorough man of the world he and the wife of general gatacre were thrown much together so much in tact that people began to talk the husband was loath to believe that all was not just as it should be until the evidence became of such a pronounced character that colonel gatacre finally taxed his wife for an explanation the lady Is said to have then boldly declared her love for captain murphy upon which the husband sent for the handsome captain to whom he daiil down one of two alternatives either captain murphy must n sign his army commission and deal out of the country taking sirs cat acre with him or he would bf hilled colonel gatacre added in a sart of incidental ci fashion that if he ever en countered captain murphy anywhere in the british empire his life would not be worth the snuff of a candle captain murphy accepted the condi eions and sought to flee with Gat acrea wife as far away as possible tin couple came to southern california colonel gatacre now general be cause of pride never sought a divorce and the facts as they are here related as such things usually do followed captain murphy and tha lady to los angeles the couple lived at one of the hotels here for several months and tried hard to break into their country peoples set here and in the surrounding sections they were snubbed however right and left and then captain murphy whose purse appeared to be very long purchased an orange orchard near duarte there the couple liec cd in solitude and presumably hap py until early last year when the iad died she was affected with seme sort 0 pulmonary complaint her remains were embalmer embalmed ed and sent to eng land captain murphy following a short time later word readied los angeles lately that captain murphy has now married and settled down on his arish estates he still owns the duarte arango or chard purchased years ago general gatacre as soon as his wife and her lover had left ireland exchanged into a regiment to colonial service and was sent to india his rise in his profession has been rapid and was won because of his ability he vowed when he left england thai never again would he serve in the mother country the death of the ex lie in southern california twelve months ago may however result in a change in his former resolution especially ally if his work in the south african campaign advances him so as tu leave him no alternative in tha matter of future duties |