The evening world., 1893-11-15
TURNER WEEDS AGAIN.
he Was the Correspondent in the
Bloomfield Divorce Suit.
His Wealthy Wife Obtained Freedom
on the Same Testimony.
Ills New Bride the Daughter or
Mrs. FrAsces A. May.

The formal announcement in the adj
vertising columns OF The World to-
day Of the marriage of Thoma NJ. Tur-
ner and Miss Maude May caused some
thing of a sensation among clubmen.
men about town and others.
The announcement gave no date, and
the question arose, Who was the bride
and when did the weuuin~ take place?
There is much mystery about the mar
riage, and diligent inquiry by an Even
ing World' reporter. failed to discover
when the ceremony was performed, or
the name of the officiating clergyman.
Thomas NJ. Turner, until a week ago,
occupied the second floor at II West
Twenty-seventh street. No one lived
with him, and when he left he gave no
future address to the janitor of the
there for him since, but they have all
been returned to the Post Office authori-
ties, marked mot known"
Mr.: Turne. Is supposed to have sailed
for Europe YESTERDAY or, rather, SUCH
a statement was made this morning at
the establishment of his father, ]. Spen-
GER Turner. l09 Duane. street.
Miss May is the daughter of Mrs.
Frances A. May, proprietress OF a fash
ionable clearinghouse at l25 West
Forty-ifth street.
MT. turner Is known better as 4 man
about town who attained considerable
notoriety a couple OF years ago as co.
respondent in the noted Bloomfield di-
vorce suit. Prior to that time he had
who procured a divorce from him as the
result of his intimacy with Mrs. Bloom
field.
Many will remember the case. Turner
was the intimate friend of James NJ.
bloomfield, the wholesale jeweller. They
were chums as boys and continued he
intimacy In manhood days. Both mar
the same locality in Yonkers.
Mrs. Bloomfield was Miss Martha +.
Oliver, daughter of Richard Oliver, OF
Brooklyn.
Turner and Mrs. Bloomfield were to-
gether to such an extent that gossips be-
gar. t" talk, On June Z, 1890, Mrs. Bloom
held asked her, husband to wait at home
he began divorce proceedings. naming
Turner rs correspondent.
Turner retaliated by having Bloom
picture in his finger ring.
Tho divorce trial showed that Mrs.
Bloomfield visited the Berkshire Hills in
male attire, smoked cigarettes and rode
Turner. Mrs. Bloomfield went under
the name of VIII Clafin.
A three days trial resulted In a decree
for the husband, and the custody of two
children.
Turner was Immediately served with
papers in a suit for divorce brought by
his wife, who was then in, Nice. Italy.
He decided at first to fight the case,
claiming that much of the evidence in
the Bloomfield case was perjury, He,
however, changed his mind and the di-
vorce was granted without opposition,
the Court giving to the wife the GUS
tody of the two children. The decree
was granted on the evidence offered in
the Bloomfield case.
An Evening World" reporter called
at 1876 West Forty-ffth street to-day, but
Mrs. May. mother of the bride. declined
to be seen. The statement was made
that the bride and bridegroom left yes
Mrs. May also sent out word that her
lawyer, Police Commissioner Mclean,
would give out all the facts necessary
When the Police Commissioner was
seen later in the day by an Evening
World reporter, he seemed surprised
that he had been referred to.
II do not know much about the mat
ter" he said. II have known Mrs. May
for a great many years, and have known
Maude ever since she was a littel bit
not yet being twenty years old. She is
a lovely looking girl and innocent,
81 do not know much about Turner:
time a few weeks ago. Ny only knowl;;
edge OF him is derived from what /
saw published about him in the news
papers concerning the Bloomfield matter,
Frenchman. and died in Paris while she
was an infant. Her mother was at one
time worth a lot of property. but she
did not seem able to hold on to 1t. She
II do not know how Maude came to
know Turner. ! understand she was
introduced TO him some time ago, !
knew nothing whatever of the marriage
until her mother came into my office
and said:
"Do you know Maude is married?'"
Commissioner MaCLean was unable to
give any explanation of the secrecy oh
served about the marriage, nor could he
explain why the date OF he marriage
and the name of the Clergyman who
'iSomebody has made a blunder," he
added. 81 know that they were married,
and / was told when IL occurred and the
name Of the clergyman. I have forgot
ten both, but could tell you later"
About how long have they been mar
ried-a week, a month or n day. =.
"Oh, only a short time-a few days"
yet, although they have only been
married a few days. you have forgotten
the exact date and the clergyman's
YES"
Have they gone to Europe, and II so,
II believe they did start for Europe.
but cannot say when-a few days ago, ]
think"
The Commissioner seemed surprised
when Informed that Turner was at his
fathers office yesterday.
Mr.. j. Spencer Turner, father OF the
bridegroom, is successor to the firm of
Brinkerhof, Turner a. Co, cotton brok-
ers. 109 Duane street. He Is out of the
city. The employees seemed much sur
prIsed at the marriage notice.
Young Mr.. Turner, they said, was at
one time a member Of the firm, but had
not been there for some time.
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