The evening world., 1894-01-23
BETT|AA CAN'T FIND HARRY.
But Her Divorce Suit Is on To-
Days Supreme Court Calendar.
The Actor stays In Boston and
Evades the Actresses Summons.

on the alendar OF the Supreme Court
to-day appears the suit Of Be,tina Wolfe
Williams against Harrison Wolfe VIII.
lams for absolute divorce. There Is little
In that notice to Indicate that Bettina
Gerard, the ~weli-known actress. has
grown tired Of the bonds OF matrimony,
and that she has asked the Court to
sever the knot which ties her to her
actor husband. who In at present trave.-
ling with the Hands Across the sea"
company, now playing in Boston. Such.
however. is the fact.
Some time ago rumors OF this suit were
actively circulated, but all the parties to
1t who could then be found vigorously
denied It. Now, however, the story is
out, but although the case is OF the
calendar, the papers have not been filed.
Three days OF married HE appa rentiy
proved enough for Miss Gerard. Accord
ing to the complaint, which In itself Is
a somewhat peculiar document. on ac-
count OF It's free and easy admissions
and charges, Miss Gerard and her actor
husband crossed over to Jersey City Sept.
is last and got married, whether by a
minister or Justice does not appear.
NliSS oCtutu INN " - cCSotO
count of her complaint that at the time
of the marriage she had been living with
the defendant. Before marriage every.
hing haa gone on smoothly. but after
wards. II was quite . different matter.
At the expiration Of three days they
mutually consented to separate. From
that time until she brought suit the
couple never met.
Oct. e. a little more. than Ave weeks
after the marriage Miss Gerard swore
the statutory grounds: The first knowi-
edge she had OF her husband wandering
away from his marital vows was dur
after the marriage. when she ciaims
he was guilty Of many discretions in
she also makes wholesale charges
been committed between Sept. 10 and
The date when she swore to the com
plant. 1t was her first discovery In
inves,isat T%,en resulting suHinS IN ner the &c d msks ae
transferred his affections to another.
lawyers Friend 4 House. Of the Pull.
for Miss Gerard, but how to serve the
sided to give it to. the Sheriff OF New
sss IS foSS esSSi;,e ana .s a. lssssr IA had an a d Rp%
iney failed to find him. Misc .Gerart
then tried her hand at II. herself,
One OF the actor's Intimate frien6,
was Edward A. White, also an actor. o
q. West Twenty-sixth street. Williams
when IN the city. stopped at that house
and his.mail was forwarded to him. Mr.
White was appealed to and he undertook
to watch, for Williams. and in the even
Of his returning to the city, to hant
him a copy Of It. But Williams. uniik,
the cat, did not come back. He insistet
on remaining in Boston with the Hand.
Across the Sea- company. and he ha.
v been served with any Of the pa
pers in the suit.
How the suit will terminate Is prob
lematical. The Supreme Court OF thii
State Is not In the habit of giving di
vorces for the mere asking, and, !
service can be made in no other way
1t is probable that publication will b.
ordered.
No one is named az correspondent il
the suit, as Miss Gerard swears she doe.
not know the names or any ~ tb'
women whose relations with her hus
band brought about the suit.