The morning times., 1896-12-03
SURE ENOUGH BARON
SUED FOR DIVORCE
Nine. Won Galiwitz Has a Long List
of Correspondents.
Both Are of Aristocratic Lineage.
ElOped and Now Live In
This Country.

New York, Dec. 2.-Baron Herman Won
GallwitZ, who, IL may be worth mentioning
in these days of varied deception, is Il
veritable baron, Is to appear as defendant
in a divorce suit in the supreme court next
month.
The baron's wife, Josephine Won GallwitZ,
who is daughter OF II member of the Ger
man Imperial household, Is suing him for an
absolute divorce on statutory grounds. She
names Miss Emma Dudley, actress, rs the
cuief Offender Saiust her domestic felicity.
But Miss Dudley has plenty Of company.
| Six other correspondents are mentioned.
Another correspondent named more sp,ci-
| fically is Miss Helen krickcl, formerly of
| No. IL West Ninety-fOurtn street. AIiss
| krckel's letters to the baron are to figure
| IN the case.
Herman L. Roth, Nine. yon Gallwitz's
counsel. has more Than a hundred letters
from these women 10 the baron, some Of
| lhem containing cStravagant pro.cstatiouS
Of arfec on and others upbraiiing him for
q, his attentions to other women.
| Baron Won GailwiIZ lis thirty Years old
| and the sol. Of the baron OF the sa inc name,
| who Mr.. 80 h says, sprolninent in German
| public life and Il member uf he RciChstag.
| Young Won Gallwitz was always a spend
| thrift, and when lie fell in love with
Josephine on Waldon, whose fal her. Barren
| Won WalGoa, was master of the horse t.
| the imperial household, the Baron Won
| WaldOn fiowned on his suit. Baron Won
| Gallwitz the elder approved of the match,
| linking that the marriage might cause his
| son o settle down. b,
| The young couple elpped from Eerin
| little more than TWO wears ago. and were
| married III Detroit Oh September 20, 1894.
| Two months later ' un Gallwitz received
| letter from his father advising him o come
home and seek rec oaciiiation with his
| ia atherin-law
Won Gallwitz sailed for Europe leaving
| his wIEe III i'ctrott, pR lie ncyei sSuG ~ -
| as Geriuany. He stopped in LondDn in
tending To stay only Il few days, and there
| fell in with Miss Etnn,:t Dudley an actress,
! who was then playing with an American
company at the Lyceum Thea,rr. He
| fingered so long in London that Hls vile
became anxious. and .cabled to him 10 re-
turn TO her. II. wrote back that he was
| ill. but would start as soon as he was able
to travel. In June, 1895, Nine Won
| GallwitZ went to London and found him in
| eXcelle mt health
| what she learned there of his relations
with Miss Dudley she says caused ner To
threaten To leave him, but a recon ,iliaiion
was effected and they returned TO America
| together. BY this time their money was
| exhausted, and Raron Won Walden was
still obdurate.
Baron Won Gallwitz, the cider had
heard OF his sons London escapIde and re
fused to supply lin with money unless he
returned To Germany ana settled down. He
had met Miss Dudley acain in New York,
however, according to his wife's state
ments and he refused to 20 and obtained
| employment on a German newspaper in
Brooklyn.
Suit was begun by his wife about six
months ago and Won Gallwitz was order
ed to pay $500 counsel fees and S25 week
ilimony lie promptly disappeared. and
his wife's lawyers are now trying to locate
him. They have heard that he was seen
lately in Key West, and have received let
tiers from him from different points in
Florida, offering To compromise. All these
offers have been refused
Nine. Won Gallwitz is now living in West
Forty-fifth street, near Fifth avenue, on
money sent by her father. who wishes her
to return to Germany. She viii not do SO,
however, until her suit is decided.