A short newspaper clipping published in May, 1936 suggests Mayo Methot might have had a paramour during the final throes of her marriage with Percy Tredegar Morgan, Junior. That’s because use of the word palpitator in the story implies a possible extramarital relationship caused an abnormally rapid or irregular beating of the young man’s heart. Percy and Mayo married in 1931 and finalized their extended divorce proceedings in 1937.

Mayo’s potential new romantic interest was Paul J. Lannin, a handsome and talented young man. The Lannin family was very wealthy and is pictured below, circa 1926. It’s important to note that purported communications between Mayo & Paul Lannin may have been strictly business.

On the left is Paul Lannin next to his sister Dorothy Lannin, Byron Bancroft “Ban” Johson (1865-1931) founder & first president of baseball’s American League, Hannah J. Furlong Lannin and John Joseph Lannin (1866-1928), owner of the Red Sox.

There’s one very good reason to believe the story linking Mayo Methot with Paul Lannin. That’s because Mayo & Paul worked together years earlier in 1929 on the Broadway play ‘Great Day.’ Paul was a musical director of the project and Mayo had a leading role, singing the song ‘More Than You Know,’ now a musical standard. Paul Lannin passed in 1953 at the age of 59.