The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-29
col. SIM BRINGS SUIT,
IyD MRS. CORA TANNER sLNN rs THE
DEFENDANT.


r.. rour,n,ut Not Indicated and Much Ret
,,.neo over it-Not for Divorce, but May
he for nm Annurment OF the Marriage.
II has been known in Brooklyn for several
uonths that n serious disagreement had
.nrunp up between Col. William E Sim, tho
theatre manager and his wife, Cora T. Sim.
vhose stage name is Cora Tanner.
Az far back as September. after The failure
If Mrs Sims Western starring tour in "Hus-
hand and Wife, 1t was rumored that q separP-
tion had taken place. and that divorce pro-
~c.edings would soon be instituted by Mr..
Sim.
Tbese rumors we're strengthened by q state
ment from Mrs Sims mother. who had lived
~itb her daughter and Col. Sim at their
home. 3l9 State street. since their marriage
about six years ago. She said that her daugh-
tar vas only 80 years old and Col. Sim double
hat age. and. being q man Of very strong will.
he was inclined to act In too dictatorial q
manner.
She instanced the efforts OF Col. Sim to have
her daughter leave the stage. although such .
step was directly opposed to her inclinations.
She also said that hor daughters success as
an actress had been often marred By the inju-
dicious selection Of plays BY Col Sim.
When this statement Of his mother-in-law
appeared In the Brooklyn Eagle. Col Sim de-
MED that thore was trouble between him and
his wife. and that on her return from the West
abe would return to the State street house.
A few weeks afterward Mrs. Sim got back to
Brooklyn. but she said nothing in reference to
the controversy which her mothers story
had started. She has been living with her
mother ut the State street house. but Col
Sim has been living elsewhere.
Nothing further was said OF the Sim COM
plications until yesterday. when 1t was dis
covered that the suit Of W. Z Sim against
Cora 7. Sim had been set down for trial in the
City Court on the second Monday in February.
In the notice on the City Court calendar there
is nothing beyond the title OF the suit to indi-
'H Thomas y IL. Troy. a son Of, sx-Judge Troy. is
q. Ingersoll. for the defendant. It would APP
s Ssas ' sns nature aas is"o q the "H suit Until the C court
DrsoffeS Sas.s az ~ sb Rlast eh,s L eSss at p prese sfld 1ar.
Col. Sim is not for divorce"
sio W s.. S s5I1. s d4sv :, The ea nan tel! S pssthGls ef'
fngersoll Is the counsel in, the case. and when
he returns from the West he MAY be willing to
i1II; ~ ! F sHpP Ss the case will be called for
n1 Go H. Sim son, T %n1tss = te Sims, make sbs p z s sssosI.fsd,
mus ask to be excused from ticking
have nothing. TO say. until the cast, m uD
for or, trial. rs ,o and then he OF course the n whole story
the t eS tG pelsti 4. = IN = p ne %ay tn %a them ee eTotssa
s St%aftis, nv @y isth XII has IS n nsss Ssi Sis j. a iHd1 POT q
p i j. j WI say this. however. that it is mott
Of ri, ,bs i n an sssio p f %l sG sInp Ros or s.s s "a. .ns 1t
s FL I ssv. to T say Is sa asss / c AMI S ana Viii 9 not
This statement b.. a close personal friend Of
Of. the parties 70 the suit.
or DECLARE invalid = marriage between people.
one o. whom had no right to marry Irsy when the
= Ss "a 1slia ssts s;S si% ss & the : Fsis g.. n 4 nsss
edge Of the party affected. who thus Innocent
.s sssS%sa / f, do nat say H shs e t ths h Is the nc 9s a'sas
foE the scsion brought X Goh; Sim against his
ii His first vile obtained a divorce from Col.
Sim several years before his marriage to Cora
shs f..i M T snsisss was and 7 s sSn s aps s atniiHlT ali:s. s b,
veil ss their mother. who lives with her son in
visitor to the performances In the, Park Thea.
80 far as could be learned they have never
conversed with each other since that event
aration from his wife. that Col. Sim was
greatly infatuated with Miss Tanner. and
IN spite OF the disparity in their ages. n It
was not until September that tho knowledge
disclosed.
The second Mrs. Sim is tall and handsome
and il u striking figure on the stage. It Is un-
Gerstood almost all ofthe starring tours which
Col; Sim arranged for her resulted in fnan-
eial loss, and that one season 1t cost him over
$4,000. Mrs. Sim. has not appeared on the
stage since last spring.