St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-11-27
Suit Begun Which Will Be a
Nine Days Sensation for
the Bon Ton.
MRS. ADDICKS' DIVORCE SUIT
And the Claims on Which She
Bases Action Are De-
cidedly Racy
WOULD BE SENATOR
But the Airing Of His Family
Linen Makes His Chances
Slim.

Sllm.
PHI ADELPHIA, Nov. 26.-The news
that Mrs. j. Edward Addicks has begun
suit for divorce from her husband will
undoubtedly create sensation III social
circles, as we'll as business circles i'll
New York, Boston and Newport, where
both Mr. and Mrs. Addicks are we'll
observed by the attorneys representing
the wife, and very little can be learned
as to the nature of the allegations con-
tanned in the libel which was fled in
court in Wilmington, Del, more than
month ago, and Immediately I'M
pounded. The news would not have
become public today were it not for the
fact that the court rules required that
service should be made. and the notice
in court be the last Monday in Noyem-
Der.
Summons to answer the charges was
therefore served upon Mr.. Addicks on
Saturday, aud he acknowledged the
service, notice thereof being filed today.
Mr., Addicks was found in the Union
League this afternoon by reporter.
who showed him the dispatch from
Wilmington containing the news that
suit had been filed. In response to a
question he said: "The charges are
Entirely False;
trial of the case will demonstrate this.
That is all 1 have to say"
Mr.. and Mrs. Addicks were married
in this city in 1879, the bride being
daughter of the late Washington Butch
er, one of the best known merchants in
Philadelphia. They have never had
and children, but Mr.. Addlcks has a
former wife, who was the sister of the
present Mrs. Addicks. The daughter,
who is very fond of her step-mother. is
said to favor the latter in the present
controversy.
Although living most of the time in
different parts of the country, Mr.. Ad-
dicks has for eighteen years claimed
ClaymOnt, Del, small town just over
the Pennsylvania line, about ten miles
north of Wilmington. as his home. He
has, however, always lived portion of
each year at his country seat at Clay
mont. Adjoining the Addicks place is
the magnificent estate Of Mrs. Ira Carr
Wilson, who is named by Mrs. Addicks
as the correspondent in the case. Mrs.
Wilson, who is said to be a talented,
fascinating woman of forty or forty
five,, once a leader in society, is the
widow of Joseph b. Wilson, late a
prominent man in Delaware affairs, who
died in 1886. The Addicks and Wilson
families, living on adjoining estates,
naturally became intimate, and 1t was
this intimacy that caused Mrs. Addicks
to leave her husband.
Mrs. Wilson's place. to which she
gives the romantic name of Mirat1OreS,
is described as being handsome house.
with every modern improvement. The
stable is well stocked with fine carriages
and number of driving and saddle
horses.
Maintained by Addfcks.
The libel filed by Mrs. Addicks al
leges that this establishment is main
tanned at the expense of Mr.. Addicks.
and that he has for years spent much of
his time in the company of Mrs. Wilson,
neglecting his wife and finally by hts
conduct compelling her to leave him.
What effect the action of Mrs. Ad-
dicks will have upon the senatorial as
pratiOns of her husband can only be
conjectured. Up to the present time,
all signs have pointed to Mr.. Addicks as
the successor of Anthony higgins in
the United States senate. The legiSla-
ture of Delaware will elect senator on
Jan. Is. The divorce case will be re-
ferred to a commissioner who will
Ia . ff1nf i'm rix
he files his matter in court. it is not
likely that much will be known of the
allegations of Mrs. Addioks and the
testimony she has to support them. In
addition to Herbert Edward, of Viii
mIngton, Mr.. Addicks has as counsel
George l.. Crawford, now acting as
master in the various suits against the
Reading railroad, and il is said he will
also employ Senator George Gray.
Henry S. CattelI, of this city, who is the
leading attorney for Mrs. Addicks, DO,
Iiteiy, but firmly, declined to say any
thing about the case. He expressed
regret that even the fact that the suit
had been brought had become public
property. He said that he did not con.
slider that in cases of this sort an attor-
ney should make any statement for
publication. Mr.. Addicks is at present
bIOppiLB WIN lCAdtltSo III q cubuID VI
this city.
The Petition.
WILMINGTON, DEL, Nov. 26. The
petition, which covers several closely
written pages of legal cap. is on file IN
the prothenotary's office here, but so
closely is it guarded that its contents
can only be oonjectured.
Mrs. Addicks and her step-daughter.
Florence, young woman of eighteen,
have been in Europe for the past year.
They were in this city Saturday, the
day on which the libel was filed, and
visited the Gables, their former home.
1t is said they are now in Philadelphia,
but their address cannot be learned.
The gossips have been whispering
abo1t the case for many months,
and it has been repeatedly stated
here that it was merely question
OF time, but the proceedings were
conducted so quietly that every one was
taken by surprise when the facts be-
came known today that definite steps
had actually been taken. Now that the
case has become public property, it is
recalled that much adverse comment
was current about Mr.. Addicks' domes~
tic affairs about the time that Mrs.
Addicks went to Europe, and some OF
the most intimate friends of the family
assert even then that the couple had
separated permanently. 1t Is now as
serted that since Mrs. Addicks' depart
urs for Europe her husband has speui
SO much of his lime at MifaHofes Is ia
set all the spngues in the neighborhood
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