Madcap May: Mistress of Myth, Men & Hope by Richard Kurin

Author:Richard Kurin [Kurin, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Music, 19th Century, Mental Illness, Nonfiction
ISBN: 978-1588343277
Publisher: Smithsonian
Published: 2012-09-04T00:00:00+00:00

I vowed to myself that he should come back to me.

—May Yohe1

CHAPTER TEN

Betrayed, Again

WHAT STRONG AND MAY DID NEXT IN 1902 was more sensational than their elopement and hit the front pages of every major paper in the nation. The drama began with headlines such as these in the New York Times:

MAJOR STRONG IS MISSING

Left Miss Yohe on Tuesday, Wrote

He would Kill Himself

PAWNED SOME OF HER JEWELS

Brooch on Which He Got $10,000 Located

In Pawnshop—Deposit Vault to be Opened 2

Strong had been with May in New York on Tuesday, July 15. She had seen the doctor, and then they lunched at Delmonico’s—the same place May had originally met Lord Francis. Strong said he had to go see his mother, who was gravely ill and probably needed surgery. He packed some things from Hastings for his trip to Lenox, Massachusetts, where she was staying, and dropped May off at the 125th Street train station to return home.

The next day, she received a note from him. So did Mrs. Strong. The note to May was succinct:

Dear Maysie,

When you have received this I will have committed suicide. I have stolen all your jewels—the tickets you will find at the Knickerbocker. BRADLEE.3

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