The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-12
ROMANCE AND MYSTERY.
uo-aeca's suit TO Recover a
e4ne T-,,,e Left by Her Husband.
F,ou the Nelo York SUM-

A-o-deca's suit TO Recover q
9o-,une Left by Her Husband
Fyorn the Ne,c York SUM-
,rxCr Aug. GILLIAN Morton,
NJ ,-ao1vn as Mime. Nordeca, the oper-
O9'''- has begun in this city suit
Inst her husbands brother, george L.
90 N recover fortune left to her nus
- svbicb she alleges. is being unIaw-
E 1a held from her. The question WIN
Lu; ;ts as 10 the Whereabouts OF her nusoenu,
FREQ a. in an airship from a place on
ne $500 $3.50 ~ France with the intent lon
tne .-sing the English channel Inc
OF - Iii he replete with romance aud mys-
terry. go tho missing husband. was
a-li+orial staff of the Star Whe Pro1.
Oh ,I e. began his experiments IN TINS city
Der &c telephone. Cover became deeply
wiz. ---.s+i in the invention, and torseeing lts
!-'oortance. he obtained from pen hcense
III Zinc. --' the telephone into Europe. his
10 lutI - nhenomenal, and in few years
suco 1as I'D TO DE worth S3,0OO,OOO. Miss
ne 5,, maS Norton and her mother we're IN
i1a's a, tne time for the purpose OF finish
+ba daughters musical education.
Ing had sweet voice and a
ta-dsone figure and face, and tower
ma llao1,7a Infatuated with her. The Norton
s,'rds had given out, but Cover came TO
+bair relief and paid all the bills, IL Is
oD Ioged and brought Lillian out as Nine.
Nordeca. Then he married her, ana spent
~ n,onev with prodigality in keeping up
us 70 hIishmept which the wife fitted up
On of cost for the source of supply
sS'aarod inexbaustible. Others Of the
S spPjiTiv were rememb red, and there was
90 Stint until a relative wanted
exc O0O with which to go into
S"s;nass when a halt was called.
There must have been some words, for the
wife went to the Netherlands, and soon
sfterward the surprising information came
that she had filed a petition for divorce IN
Roston. and had alleged lnhdellty ana GRIM
mol acts Notwithstanding this suit Fred
dover came to America and expended
small fortune in bringing out the new
singer here. The wife, however, insisted
on divorce and demanded a fabulous sum
for alimony. An attempt was made to get
at anv property the husband might have in
This country standing clear in his own
name, but without avail.
In the meantime George Lewis Cover,
another bright journalist, an attorney at
law later. also the clerk of the House of
Representatives, and finally Judge advocate
general of the state militia, induced his
look out for Fred's interests. Fred gave
him an absolute power of attorney in all bis
affairs. Fred went back to Paris and took
ND the study Of ballooning. In short time
he made the ascension which has been the
talk of the world, because, so far as is
known. be never came down. After
waiting reasonable time his brother
and Nine. Nordeca, his wife, chased
each oth4r from England to France,
hunting for the fortune Fred was known
to have left His baggage was found,
but the fortune was not there. At length
the banks in Paris and Londen where Fred
did business aud kept his deposits were
canvassed. He had made, it was said,
100000 and was not only. interested in
the Fars telephone exchange service, but
Lad made heap Of money out OF sa es or
leases of his telephone to European govern
ments. Strange to say there was no money
10 be found. he had Systematically drawn
out his funds, and just as he was to make
his big balloon trip his accounts were
closed, and there was nothing to his credit
His wealth had disappeared at the same
time he did. Where, no one could tell.
George Cover returned to Rhode Island
was defeated IN the contest for election as
clerk Of the House, and another succeeded
him as judge advocate general. He then
went to Washington territory, where he
invested $4,000 IN Tacoma real estate On
tliss based the law suit referred to. George
received this money, it is alleged, from his
brother, as partial return for the help ne
mad given him on ma y occasions. But
Lillian Norton, claiming that it was her
husbands money which George invested,
no" claims the property, which is estimated
t. be worth close upon 100000
Two very important questions arise:
FIRST, Is she a widow in fact, or one under
the la", which IN tais state declares a man
deal after he has been missing seven years,
aad allows his estate to be administered !:
secondly, is frederick A Cover dead? No
one can swear to this. The wife alleges
mat he Is dead and desires to be made al
nlihStratri1. Whether Frederick A. Cover
Is dead or not, what has become of his
money! 1t is a conundrum to which even
tne SUIT against George Lewis Cover can
not furnish an answer