New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-25
HE SAYS HE WASN'T MARRIED
unN.i A son OF COMMODORE KlTTsOM.

.,.wrr.SG THE woMAN'S C0MPLAlNr-AfFIDA-
WIS OF THE YOUNG MANS PARENTS.
A woman who has been known as Mary hlng
- Minnie Clark has sued Hercules L. ki;son son OF
Commodore y. W. Kitison, for limited divorce claim
Co.. IN have been married to him on Apri 20 Young
,1t,.sons father is the wctknOwn Northwestern mon-
~ v,ho,e home is in Minnesota, but who spends a
go, ac,l of time in NewYOr& He has become noted
lo for his stock farm at Chestnut Ill., near FhIaoe
lila where his race horses are cared Tor
qr,raugh her counsel Charles Steckler, an Application
,vos made yesterday Ivy the plaintiff before Jns'lco
Donohuoin Supreme Court Chambers asking t"r 40 Il
ap alimony pending tho suit aud 5000 counsel Fee In
her complaint she says in part:
The defendant man OF wealth ma has means ana
ranertv amply sufficient to pay for and toward your
petiijoners support aud maintenance durinG the pend
- nj tins action and TO derAY the costs ana expenses
81 iRe mr. ccuon thereof that this defendant 10 now
i iyas a a OF money for his hoard lie is
man Of extravcant aabts and spends large sums OF
money freely upon himself and IN dissipation; thit the
defendant has large income from ms business a.
stock breeder and ever since the oth OF July ne mas ot
Contributed or paid anything whatever toward te sup
bort or maintenance Of yOur petitioner but on said day
abandoned and deserted her
The plaintiff further that she has no means of her
U that she is actual need OF money for her support
AMI maintenance and cannot defay the costs and eX-
penses OF pi OSecung this action . 49,, -,
d. NJ Porter, who opposed the application on Mr..
Eitson's behalf presented his answer i'll which he says
hat the plaintiffs is Mary King and not Mary
Kttson and that for the last year ana mali 10 ni
repute under the OF Minnie Clark AT Nos 81? ana
5li Sixth ave- and makes plenty OF monel,~nle ne Is
yithout urOperty kind except his clothing aud is
NOT able To support himself and has always been ana Is
naiutaned by his father and living with his parents o.
the Windsor Hotel He says that be does not slelu
large sums OF money freely himself nor IN
tion" lie declares that he is informed 10y the pia
FIAT he wac married to her on April % - out nc
hns neithcr any knowledge any other Information
~ snnh alleged marriage except tine planIlh stare
o,,nt >" on tle night Of April 81 he admits that he
,c bcr hnuss but that at that time there never
bJ 6een anv promise OF marriage between him ana Inc
iainttn and the subject had never been mentioned; our
M the night he says that she gave MIN liquor ana ne
became so drunk that he was unable 10 IcaNe iuc
ouse": that in the morning she gave MN more llhh
and Inc was so intoxicated to be mentally lncoie
cnt 10 understand what he doing He states tnaI
No did NOT see her again until some time IN JGpewheh he
ne. her I'm the street and she told him that he was
larried to her. .,. A. go,
Mira Mary Kittson. mother OF The defendant. In an
,hdarit says that she never heard OF the ALLEGED mar
iae until on or ab October IS when the painfwbo
.as very much intoxicated called at her residence AT
Midnight aud insisted seeing her, stating tht sbe was
~ son's wife The voting woman was accompanied ny
nerro EOman and she reced and staggered through tt
,om aeclari:g that she had PAID the lhlnister VINO
a-red them SD She further AYERS that the palntll
1IIed AT her huuse again November 20 hetweeh ~
nd IL o'clock at night, and stated that me was married
The defendant and she refused To recognize ier
nd ordered her leave the house she threatened 10
70 deponent and the defendant, and tnat the pa!huI
as then intoxicated. -, .,.--..
lore Kittson deposes in affidavit that his sou
as a minor on April % and has always been supported
: him Justice Domohuo declined 10 permit the plain
as counsel to reply to these ahdavits ana reserved NJ
decIsOu Ii was stated by counsel that the marriage
ceremony was performed by DR.: HdsAnOFe o. Inc
Little Church Around the Corner.