The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-19
FROM HI DIVORCE COURTS
mi MARRIAGE OF MARoUIsE UN-
GFRO ULLED

Albert True Tsstines Against Himself On
HIs wifs'- suit-sbe Wanted 60 Mary
Edmund p. Thurber. who Gs Now In
BIoomingdaIe-Dr. DOVE Predicauent.
Divorce day In the courts, which Wednesday
has become. regardless OF the lore In which It Is
called wedding day. was enliyened yesterday
with several interesting cases, Incidents, and
persons.
Fannie Glare True was before Justice Pryor,
who had the divorce calendar on hand, for nm
absolute divorce from Albert c. True. Yester-
day was the anniversary OF her marriage, which
occurred seventeen years ago. They have one
child. Nellie Alberta True. IL years old, who was
q witness for her mother. She Is the woman who
was said to be seeking n divorce in order to
marry Edmund +. Thurber, the wealthy young
man from Providence, r.. l.. who Is now In
Bloomingdale Asylum.
Mrs. True is a tall brunette and apparently 30
years old. True Is nearly 80. He Is a short man.
with hair turning gray. lie did not defend the
case, and his wife called him AZ q witness to
prove the charges against himself. He could
have resorted to the excuse that his testimony
would tend to degrade him. but he gave much
of the evidence required.
He was charged with going to the Hotel de
Paris on Jan. 81 last with an unknown woman.
He was called as the first witness. When asked
II he was at this hotel, which is In Brooklyn, on
that night, he said:
~ think l was at that hotel about that time"
with a woman not your wifef"
"Sho was not my wife"
He identified on the register OF the hotel his
writing of an assumed name. Their daughter
Nellie identified the writing of her father In n
letter written to her mother q week ago in
which he admitted his guilt. Decision was re-
served.
The mothers chase after her daughter. Mabel
Eaton. and the wife's pursuit OF her husband.
Clarence Edwin Holt, an actor. last July. are re
called by the action Of Adele Durand Holt for
not defend. 1t was understood that Miss Eaton
had furnished the money. to start the Holt
d dss0 shs sGn Hoii sn Hn Misc \ lSu Ea, Of T hsd ' oeSupi yed't tho
same apartments at different hotels. They
learned that the mother and wife were on their
and Holt and Miss Eaton went to a farmhouse
near tho city. The mother and wife pursued
closet of the farmhouse. They were called out
and lectured. Holt came to this city. Mabel's
down to tfhe' vessel nsel he saw Mis-. Eaton leaning
on the rail of the moving vessel beside William
Evidence was produced toshow that Holt had
also been intimate with. an actress named Clara
Wilbur at 25t West Thtrty-ninth street, in Au,
gust. 1902. Mrs. Holt married him in 1884 and
served.
Marpuise Jennie Calderazzo Ungero wanted
an annulment OF her marriage to the Marquis
Henri ungcro, on the ground that the marriage
She is an attractive woman OF about 90 years,
short and rather stout. She 10 q granddaughter
OF the Duchess de Castelluccia, whose will she
Is contesting In the Surrogate's Court. The
Duchess died about a year ago, leaving an estate
Of about a million dollars. including the Bur-
ME gets 81. 900 n year from her grandmother.
She married Cngero on April z 1891. They
in Europe. Decree granted.
DR.. Frank. Le Compile Dow, who was the 90
Hansen. a jeweiier. for an absoiute divorce from
gustics Pryor yssterday with LSsgsr Samuel
acter in the case. Mrs. Hansen did not defend
the suit, and the main evidence against her was
% &siShsd all with the De- Son1 6o"!" Mrs Mrs. that Hansen shS a Sss
c siys very fS 5ii'H'3s' atr sGn' a F EsGtor $'' ge E;
fsssioa the wh fHi'S ass m sstoF re ADJUST 'nS al isSsl s SS.:
tice Pryor said at the time of the trial that
owing, to her religious and emotional nature
with DR.. Dow as shining"
DR.. Dow submitted an AFFIDAVIT Yesterday
had been the family physician of the Hansens
down TO the summer of 1891 He declared that
never drove with her to q certain hotol 10 the
annexed district. as testified at the trial. He
case to the ruin Of his reputation. Justice
Pryor said:
The case was imply one upon an alleged con-
I ession made out of court, and the confession
was very family proven. The confederation
was susceptible Of a very great amount OF In
credibility. and II did not M itself to me
at the time. This doctor Is in a dilemma from
which he can hardly hope to Escape. He has no
right to appear. as he is not n party to the action.
BY n confession OF Il wife which was partly pre-
arranged he Is to be destroyed in his reputation.
IL is deplorable that a mans reputation should
be assaiicd and no opportunity given 10 defend"
Justice Pryor said that Notwithstanding the
practice, he would reopen the case SO that DR..
llnN cal DFpsPnt his Rvidanpa nnEf w ed naHlAy
Helen NJ. Swezey wanted a decree of divorce
from George w. Swezey. whom she married in
1864, on allegations OF his intimacy with Emma
Hayes in the, summer of 1894. Swezey. was
connected with the Census Bureau In Wash
ington, but has lately heen a foreman In the
Street Cleaning Department: Mrs. Swezey
said that her husband had left her five years
ago. IL was shown that Swezey had met Emma
Hayes during the six months he spent at White
Plains taking the gold cure for alcoholism. and
had been out o. nights with her there. Emma
was employed at the hotel where he boarded.
One OF the witnesses testified. when asked by
the Judge what sort of a fellow Swezey is:
lie is a fine. jovial, good-hearted fellow, but
q spendthrift."