Béatrice Winans

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BEATRIX WINANS MARRIES PRINCE

THREATENED DUEL DOES NOT MATERIALIZE DE BEARN DROPS TITLE

Romance That Promised Violent Termination Reaches Culmination In Secret Ceremony Before Parisian Mayor

Special Cable to The Herald. PARIS. June 22.--The sensational romance of wealthy Miss Beatrix Winans of Baltimore and Newport and Prince Henri De Bearn de Chalais culminated today in their secret marriage by the mayor of the seventh arrondissement.

Incidentally De Bearn avoided a duel with Prince Hely de Sagan by dropping his title when the ceremony was performed. Prince Hely De Sagan had asserted that he was the only Frenchman living who had a right to the title of Prince De Chalais and that if De Bearn made use of the title when the marriage ceremony was performed he would challenge him to a duel.

De Bearn evidently notified the police that De Sagan intended interfering with the marriage and demanded that he be arrested if he made any disturbance. De Sagan went to the races unusually early today, avoiding the four detectives who had been assigned to search for him.

Los Angeles Herald, 23 Jun 1905, page 1