Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-25
LORD DUNLo AND HIS WIFE
Suing for a Divorce From the Notorious
Singer, Belle Billion.

The long-looked-for sensational divorce casa
OF Dunlo against Dunlo began Wednesday morn
ing before Sir James Hammer and special Jury
in London. Lady Belle Billion Dunlo and her
handsome sister Flo. who both enjoy a noto-
riety as midnight music hall singers. sat at one
END Of the solicitors bench and yiscount Dunlo
at the other. The sisters Billion looked, in the
words Of their most audacious refrain at the
music halls, ''as fresh as the morning" Bellies
clear-cut beautiful face and bewitching ewes
were not concealed, but her face was refined
by the lightest kind Of a white veil. She wore
a pink dress with white braid trimmings. Flo
was dressed In a lady-llke sporting fashion
wearing tsilor-made costume with Jacket cut
open at the collar like a mans coat To see
Lord Dunlo was new experience for most Of
the spectators. That young aristocrat whose
fun name is William Frederick de la Poer
French rs the eldest son of the Earl of Clancarty
The latter is also Niscount Dunlo of Dunlo and
Balllnasloe, Baron kilconnel OF Garbally, a
peer Of the United Kingdom. and kiscount
Clancarty and Baron French of Garbally and
Marquis OF Hensdon IN the Netherlands. Young
Dunlo Is a weak-eyed, weak-faced beardless
boy, with reddish hair and a head that runs
back at angle.
Dunlo seeks divorce on the ground of inf
deity and lsidore Mertheimer is named as the
correspondent Belle, in her answer denies
from abroad whose places WertheImer and the
correspondent visited, testified that they never
saw any improperly in their conduct The
servant OF Lady DunlO, however. swore that
she saw NertheImer come out Of her mistress
bed room. That was before her marriage. Az
the point the case was adjourned
Belle Billion. the defendant IN this unsavory
case. Is one of the Billion sisters, who chirped at
a midnight music hall called the London Sup
per Club. There she became known as the
hai,, 49, Al,
affinity Of scamp named Alden Weston, who
posed as the Baron Loanda, aud who was subse-
quently arrested for trying to sell forged bonds
ana sentenced TO hard labor for eighteen
months. Belle pawned her iewelry TO assist her
lover IN his defense. but she soon forgot him
and took up with Niscount Dunlo a youth OF
twenty, who, under threats of exposure for
breach OF promise, married her before a regis
trar.
Lord Dunlo's family sent the viscount of 20
Australia and investigated Belle Billions career,
with the view of elicIting facts on which 20 base
the pending suit for divorce. Ii was soon dis
covered that she had lived a grossly immoral
lie, Nerthelmer being only one of a full half
score OF men about town on whom she had be-
slowed her favors.
EVIDENCE GIVEN YESTERDAY.
The case was Resumed yesterday in London
before Sir James Hannen- Mr.. Randall Clark,
a detective. swore that according to instruc-
her and Wertheimer together on many occa-
sions at the Cafe Royal, in Regent street. at the
Brlsto! hotel and elsewhere. On one occasion
he saw them leave the Empire Music Hall to-
gether at ll:l5 at night and drive 70 the Hotel
Constantinople, where they remained until
las am. On his crosse ANIMATION the wit
ness said that he had destroyed his original
note book containing a memorandum of the
occurrence, because there were other cases i'm il
Justice Hammer told the jury that the report
WAS M pnr alafaFa
but that the original report would have been,
bad II been brought into court
Lord Clancarty Niscount Dunlo's father then
went into the witness box. He swore that he
had first heard OF his sons marriage ON July l5
and that he at once insisted on his sons going
TO Australia He had ordered INQUIRIES made
regarding Lady Dunlo's habits and moyements
He saw Mr.. Lewis on July p ami learned from
HIM that his son had incurred heavy debts. He
dennd that ne had promised 10 pay the debts
on the condition that his son would sign a petit
tion of divorce against his wife. lie added that
he had never had interview with Lady
Dunlo, although she had asked for one. IL
was then proved that Wertheimer visited Lady
Dunlo In her apartments on Hanover square
and elsewhere, but no evidence was produced
to show that he ever remained in them over
night
Another witness was Alexander Lumsden,
the dramatic agent. Lumsden swore that
Nerthelmer kissed Lady Dunlo four or five
times in his presence, and when playing on the
piano together he had frequently seen her
rest her head on Wertheimers shoulder while
upon one occasion in St. Johns Wood he had
detected the lady raising her check for her
companion TO kiss, while at the same time they
were both smoking cigarettes and drinking
champagne.
When Mr.. Lumsden got into the hands Of
Lady Dunlos attorney IL was speedily discov-
cred that he had spite against Lady
Dunlo and her sister. and SO, as he ex-
pressed it. he felt justified in giving his evil
dence against her. The last witness was
Charles Num-, formerly Werthemer's COACH
man, who testified to having driven his master
and Lady Dunlo in a cab aud during the drive
he noticed that his passengers we're locked in
each others arms