Show mystery as to his identity reported as dispelled ALLEGED TO HAVE ake ot one el alerre servant be aall en in fiock for such identity of woman william toffey and george F perkins of jersey city have begun the appraisement of the Ron cocas stock farm in burlington county N J the part of the estate of pierrc lorilard Lo which was left to mrs lillian B alllen all the mystery surrounding the identity of the who the husband of mrs alllen has just been dispelled by the discovery that he was a woman says the new york tribune the person who went through a barnea was the wife of one of mr Loril lards employees after alie ceremony she simply took off her mans attire and resumed a gown which fact explains why no one has been able to discover who mr alllen was or what became ot him the conflicting stariea that mr al lien was an englishman who to become the husband of miss bames and thea conveniently digap pear that he had gone west immediately after the ceremony and had con died that he had gone to europe africa and other countries under the sun are thus explained ome reason had to be given tor his disappearance but the accounts of various people in explaining his absence did not always agree this explanation ocar alllene All lens identity also explain the peculiar wording the will lorillard in the clauses in which bar bequeathed property to mrs aluen she Is described as lily A barncs also known and sometimes known as mrs lily B alllen it Is obvious that mrss la B alllen or mrs lillian barncs alllen in a legal sense and a bequest to her would have been void or of doubtful validity so the bequest was made to the woman under the only name which she could legally claim aa her own and to that nacre was added for purposes of better identification the name under watch she was generally known the story Is that a number of years ago mr Bori liard became fascinated with tho barncs woman and bis attentions tent ions were so constant that her parents seriously objected to their daughter being seen so much in the company of a married man people in orange N J remember that there was considerable sid erable talk caused by the affair about the time of this talk it was announced that miss Barne ivae about to marry a mr louis or lewis alllen the prospective bridegroom appears to have been as much out of sight and as mysterious then as at a later date people who heard the report that miss baloes was about to be married to a mr alllen never saw the intended bridegroom although aboy frequently baw miss barncs the marriage took place not ion after the first announcement was made coupling the names of miss baloes and mr alllen how much of the plan to have a marriage ceremony performed between herself and woman was originated by miss baloes Is not know the tact seema to be that bhe at least fell in with the plan apparently she was not deceived as to the sex of mr alllen for after the ceremony was performed she went with mr lorillard on a long cruise on his yacht it Is believed that mr barnes did not know anything about this plan and that he thought his daughter was to be fo aa real mr AT lien it was of course to avoid an open scandal that this plan was con and carried out the people most interested wished to avoid the talk which an elopement would cause and the plan adopted covered up the real purposes for the time being this plan too was much safer than the one which it has generally been reported was pursued many people have wondered why a man of mr and judgment would take such a risk of becom lug the victim of a blackmailer as he would evidently run in arranging a marriage between miss barnes and in his employ any man who would lend himself to such a scheme for or any other sum and conveniently disappear leaving bis wife behind under the conditions suggested by these stories would not be likely either to be satisfied with that sura or to hesitate in bis demands for more no doubt these dangers were all appreciated precia ted and to avoid them the ceremony with a woman wag arranged this of course would be absolutely void as a matter of law while it prevented unpleasant talk neither the identity nor the name of the woman who impersonated the putative husband Is known except tsat she was the wife of one of mr servants |