Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-11-25
is DECLARED ILLEGAL.
The Divorce of Lewis A. Yorke by
& Judge Mcconnell at Fargo
a Last Week.
He and the Countess Zychlinska
Are Therefore Not Legally
Married. E
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Yorke,s Divorce Set Aside.

News.
Yorke's Divorce SGT Aside.
There have been OF late some develop.
ments in the Yorke-Zychlinska case,
which are, to say the least, d~isagreeable
to several OF the parties concerned. The
divorce of, Captain Yorke from his first
wife has been set aside by Judge McCon-
nell az having been obtained by fraud,
and his marriage with the Countess
Zychlinska is, therefore, illegal. :.
Some time in the early autumn of
1891 there came to Bismarck a strange
lady, accompanied by two sons and sew
eral servants. Previous to their coming
to this city they had resided in Dawson,
and the, name of the lady was learned to
be Zychlinka, and that she bore the title
Of countess soon came to light, also.
Possessed Of an %undeniably exceptional
beauty, of wealth reputedly great and of
'an ancient and proud lineage" it was
but natural that her presence should
excite comment and remarks. A house
on Prospect: height was rented by the
countess, and there she lived with her
two sons and their servants. .
Had there been nothing further than
these facts to warrant remark it is prob
able that nothing more would have been
thought of her coming. But the coun-
tess seemed to have a certain desire for
social Solitude and secrecy. And in the
event Of the calling of anyone upon her
she politely and respectfully informed
the caller that she desired no callers and
wished to return no calls. @5t -
Not long after her arrival, there came
to the city one Lewis A. Yorke, ex-pay-
master inlthe navy, who seemed to be
on intimate terms with the family of
Zychlinska. And or the 6th day of
October he made application before the
county Judge for a marriage license for
himself and Adelyn,C Countess Zychlinska,
giving his age as As and that of the
countess as 81.
Here the same secrecy was main
tanned al before. Yorke requested that
the matter of the license be kept as
quite al was possible, and although it
was rumored that their wedding was to
occur, no one could be found to sub
stantiate the rumor. An on the 18th
day of October the licence was returned,
showing the marriage to have been per-
formed by the Rev. T. w. Thurston, who
had been summoned from Dawson, and
in the presence of James M. Raft of
Dawson, and the countess two sons, W.
D. and Witotd Zychlinska.
Some months after the marriage, the
countess and her husband moved from
the city, and nothing further was learned
of them, until it was found that an at
tempt was being made by the first wife
of Yorke to have the divorce set aside,
claiming fraud in the service of the COM
plant. A Fargo special to the Mime
apolis Tribune tells the rest. This
says:
Judge Mcconnell on Friday heard argu-
ments on the motion of Attorney Rose to
set aside the divorce granted Oct. Is, 1891,
in the case of YOrke VS.. YOrke, on the
ground of fraud, because due legal notice
had not been given to the defendant, Mrs.
Yorke. so she was unable to appear and
defend the suit. A divorce wa granted on
the petition of the husband, who was
formerly paymaster Of the United States
navy, charging his wife with desertion n
adultery. The husbands attorney was M.
Mrs. Yorke knew of the divorce being
granted was through a dispatch from
Fargo ito the Minneapolis Tribune. Mr..
YOrke married again about a week after
The divorce was granted. Mrs. Yorke at
once took steps to have the divorce set
aside. Judge Mcconnell granted the petit
ton to set aside the divorce. The lady
Mr. Yorke married after the divorce and
who is now declared not to be his legal
wife is Countess De Zychlinska, and is very
marck.
The grounds on which the charge of
fraud IS based are as follows: Attorney
action for a divorce on the part of Mr..
j 5Dies Rose e@o at yam ganestow w. ali Hs!1ls
desertion and Mrs. @Yorke's attorney,
Sprague Of Philadelphia, filed an answer
denying the allegations. This action
never came to trial, and Mr.. Yorke's at.
torney wrote Sprague that he would be
notified before further action was taken.
In june 1890, Attorney Hildreth filed an
order at Jamest0Wn% naming himself as
Mr.sYorke's attorney: instead Of MahDken,
and onrthe same day filed papers dismiss
Ing the suit He2then at:once commenced
another action before Judge Mcconnell at
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