Smyrna times., 1892-06-08
The story of Two Divorces.
ONE OF WHICH COST MRS. ZINN's NEW
HUSBAND 5000, 600.

HUSBAND $2OO,OOO.
TIE receipt Thursday of IL cablegram
from William Dupont of Wilmington,
dated London, England, and announ-
cling his marriage to Mrs. George Zinu,
also of Wilmington in St. Michael p.
+. Church, London, is the sequel of
much sensational gossip.
The bride in this London wedding is
the daughter of Theodore Rogers, of
the Rogers Locomotive Company, of |
Newark, N. j., and the granddaughter |
of Colonel John w. Andrews, the hon !
Ored organizer and commander of the |
first Delaware Volunteer Infantry in !
the War of the Rebellion. She il the
neice of General James H. Wilson, the
famous Cavalry general who served
under Sheridan in Virgiuia, and who
captured JEFF Davis during his flight
| from Richmond after the fall of the
| Confederacy. The bride sued for and
| got a divorce through the Delaware
Court on the ground of desertiOn. Her
husband left her nearly five years ago
William Dupont's name being mixed
up in the scandal. This divorce was
secured for Mrs. Zinn about two
years ago. Since that time she has
received $111,000 from her fathers
estate and has been a notable figure in
the social life of the city.
The groom in this wedding at
London was the son of General Henry
Dupont, the late head of the great
Dupont Powder Works, on the Bran
dywine near Wilmington and himself
the head of the RepannO Chemical
Company. He is also divorced. His
wife was his cousin and the daughter
of the late Victor Dupont, who is a
we'll known lawyer and at the time of
his death the president of the Union
National Bank, one of the strongest
. banking institutions of the State Cos
$ sip rejecting upon Dupont and Mrs.
Zinn caused an arrangement between
II him and his wife and finally resulted
in 81 divorce secured about six month";
ago in the Courts of South Dakota
r Previous to sueing for this divorce il
II South Dakota rumOrs were current o
l. an approaching suit in the Court O
e this State for a separation of Dupon
). from his wife ia which a well-knOwI
y lawyer of Wilmington, himself the sol
ID of the family noted in the politics c
)U the state, was named as the prObabl
N correspondent. While these rumor
es were current, William Dupont with
drew from his city residence to hi
country house. Mrs. Znn, in tn
10 meantime, had quietly gone to EurOp,
m Soon afterwards Dupont quietly lie
90 the city and there was much specula
:, ton as to his whereabouts Then
to was discovered that arrangements fC
"a the divorce which Was granted
Dakota had been made. The annouc
ment of the granting Of thls divorc
IN revealed the fact that Mrs. Dupol
~ had secured the services of ex-Secr
% %Ia tary of State Thomas J. Bayard, an
a. under his directions she consented
-, allow the divorce suit in South DakO
ar go to IL conclusion without ObjectC
- on her part on the withdrawal of a
49, charges of against her and her husbal
in making deed to her of his city re
M idence and settling upon her the su
of 100000, the money and the pro
erty being estimated at 100000. III
err transfer of the property is a matter
,ed record in the Court house and N
he Bayard was attorney of Mrs. Dupo
va in the matter. He held the deeds
in the property and it is alleged t
set Vouchers for the money accOmpanyil
it the transfer, and when the granting
las the divorce to Dupont in South Dakc
the was announced he caused the nee
ept sary records to be made. Neither i
f a pOnt or Mrs. Mrs. Zinn have been
nd Wilmington since thai time, and it b
oss been understood that they were in +
)od rope together The annOuncemt
NC of the wedding confirms that story.