In his application for divorce, Deacon claimed that "at St. Moritz, Switzerland during August and September, 1891, Mrs. Deacon was guilty of improper conduct with Emile Abeille, known by the assumed name of Edmond Adam and Payella. It is also alleged that Mrs. Deacon was guilty of improper conduct with Abeille at various places in Italy in 1891, at 12 Rue de Penthièvre, Paris in December 1891, and January, 1892; at the Hôtel de Noailles, Marseilles, in January and February, 1892: at the Hôtel Windsor at Cannes, in February, 1892, and at the Hôtel Splendide, at Cannes, in January 1892."[5]
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Lo scandalo venne "aggiustato" mettendo in moto lo stesso presidente francese Sadi Carnot. Il sg. Deacon ebbe un anno di carcere leggero e poi pote divorziare e tenersi le figlie. Ma la vendetta del destino fu precisa e le figlie tornarono alla madre nel 1996
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