New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-31
WAS ITPRoCURED BY FRAUD'
,,, ,,ps "EPHp SIMMONS GOT ADTvoRcE.
-up FATHER or THE MAN SHE MARRIED I'M
IN" TO HAVE IT DECLARED VOID.

,, p.rIER or THE MAN SHE MAfhiEo ihiio
INN To HAVE 1T DECLARED VOID
,,os Grifiths Henry married the divorced
~, q, "Eph simmons, the lottery man. y" JAM
W. ,e 1882 and OH September 2S' 1859, uo uiou' i0"
nts fortune OF 100000 to her. his VIII was "o'
I'D 70 probate and his father, Evan D. henry, no"
m't' haro the probate revoked on the ground that
enc " used undue influence ana ''a' sue n'' oD'". n
,,lept divorce from her nrst husOshu' roopo"
,ha case for the purpose OF taking testimony was
~" -, no the surrogate last June. -Four months ia'er
~, s,rlh Henry. ia whose favor the VIII "a'
de caused the arrest OF Mrs. Ca'neIino 10
80. who was formerly her housckeeper anu WIN
law In the Surrogate's Court gave damaeipS 'o'
-, rcg,rdpg the divorce proceedings ana the mar
ii ufs of the couple with whom She had hNeu' hioi
-, ,y,s made on charge Of grand larceny. ID RETAIN
'o,evs with which her former mistress said sue hau
, her TO pay grocers bills. She was released on p'
90 avs the arrest was made to dscredit her testimony
in this case. ,,,od with
Mr. Moore testified that she had been acquainted WIN
Mrs Henry The young widow. who Is ABOUT tnr n'o
CO... of ace had lived with Eph Simmons since She
,as about eighteen until her marriage with MI. hohi'
- ,.rriod summons In 1879. While with her hnsDanu
eo ri,l she met Henry aud they became III ILL.,
They afterward went to fIorua, pc InSy Branch to-
weeks there. and then they were az the Palisade
sether for some time. Trey went I i Learning
Hem with warrant they lett mere at Mrs
Afterwards n ,nt6ers house, where Mrs simmons was
r The latter asked the witness 10 aiu hci ~ IT,
cnrng divorce that she might marry 'ns tniI
mat oinuo t6aI hs would like IL well enough" Mrs
Summons aferward said with augn .ha' Mr. ' sim
s he;ng asked II he had been served lanSmeu' syS
~ %as rather novel service by bis wile ice nf a
~ M" s Inv Mrs Simmons to go to the ohco Vi d
lawyer She did SO Oh December ~ ioo ,asthronk and
syed before Referee T. BeekIlah NeSu1 hthar shs
Pered two questions in the h ,, e
ahSSeIe y, Elashing l. L. and whether she had theLe
ssn Mr. Simmons commit Improper " ~1ics Roth
and Mrs. simmons were III tI h tn Give this evidence
;S th referee and both made her presents NE ~
ward Mrs Summons promised 70 sN0 va to,d her that
tue estate nei soft head" and sue could turn him
a,.n,,d her fingers whenever she chose. .,od n,
Nhen tno pI nl"cemher 81 1881 Mrs Simmons accord
H. r. the witness, greatly pleased, s4 H.:
III excr lid in our lives" Three weeks afterwafd
iJcsry and Mrs Simmons were narreM i ,e~ , naI
before marriage Mrs summons toiu co ~ d nor
was arother man whom she would marry II ne uu nvS
a. lie wished and ante nuptia contract was lnen
drawn up aud signed by which he oound hlhSe 20
her certain mortgages. The couple trVeneu &
Nj Henry died september %; 1883 In all tns,r
travels they constantly squa1bng. WINE oo NJ
Wrury brought to the witness linen and plated
belonging to the Soes and ner sent mother ns
Erom III ii ofman House she took fifteen salvers -FOUR
or five dozen towels two small table cloths tea ana co.
fee sets and wine cooler Wherever she stayed she
, the only way to get even When Mr. enrys father
endeavOrsa to him at the ana raFA called
him an old rascal and said he had met his match wheh
he met her, Before Mr.; Henrys death MIS- hemry toid
fhe witre>s that he had left everything 10 nerse au
child MIR Henry being asked about it, said: nave
done as Sarah wanted me to- Mrs Henry treated MN
Tina hearing was adjourned to Friday next A q;
Kcasbey. of Newark, and Richards q Heald apPeareu
f HE ant and Charles H. Woodbury. ana Charles
O. Cr0pn both OF whom were witnesses 10 the WILL anu
Colonel George Bliss for the prepayment