The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15
WILL COME BACK TO SAVANNAH.
Mrs. Albert j. Graeffe, Formerly Miss
Mcintosh of This City.


Mrs. Albert j. Graeffe of New York city,
formerly Miss Mcintosh of this city. it Is
said. will return to Savannah within
few days, having secured a divorce from
her husband in the courts of New York,
and has also brought another suit for
$4,000 of her money, which she alleges
he has spent
Mrs. Graefre is related to'Mrs. Florida
Fish of this city, and also to other well
known Savapnahians. Her family came
originally from Darien, and she herself
was a daughter of Judge Mcqueen McIn-
tosh of the United States ceurt in the
Florida district.
Albert j. Graeffe, lawyer, who had an
office until recently at No. S5 Pine street
has been twice married and twice divorc-
ed says the account In the New York Her
aid Both his wives belonged to excellent
families and had money; each of them not
only sued him for divorce, but also 20
recover funds that, 1T was charged he
had handled. The first divorce was grant
ed in Ulster county in 1883; the second de-
cree was signed by Judge Russell of the
supreme court last Friday.
Graeffe was first married on Dec. 10.
1859, In Garnerville, N. Y, to Miss NJ.
j, Garner, whose uncle, Commodore Gar
ner, was lost on the yacht Mohawk, and
whose cousins have married members of
the nobility. Miss Garner had fortune
of at least 100000 in her own right. With
her money she charged that he purchased
property in his own name. and after his
separation from her long litigation re-
suited. She obtained judgment against
him for the amount that she said he had
taken. After getting her divorce she re-
sumed her maiden name and settled down
In this city
The second Mrs. Graeffe was a daugh-
ter of Judge Mcqueen Mcintosh of the
United States court in the Florida dis
trict. Her family originally settled in
Georgia, and gave its name to Mcintosh
county, of which Darien is the chief
town. Gen. j. b. Mcintosh and Commo-
dore James Mcintosh. U. S. N, were her
great-uncles. One of her ancestors was
| Sir James Mcintosh historian, whose re-
| mains lie in Westminster abbey, and the
family tree in Scotland runs back to the
| time of William. the Conquerer.
Mr.. Graeffe met Miss Mcintosh soon
| after his first divorce. Her mother was
| opposed to him and she went abroad.
where the lawyer followed. and succeeded
so well in his suit that he married her
| on July 2S 1890. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Charles Neal Field,
| rector of st. Clements church, Philadel-
| phia. For six years the second Mrs.
! Graeffe always supposed that her prede-
| cessor had been divorced on her hus-
bands petition. She finally lost faith in
Mr.. Graeffe, discovered his inhdelity and
| obtained a decree.
| l saw her yesterday afternoon, in the
| office of her counsel, Boese q Carhart, In
! the Lords court building She was re-
| luctant to talk about her suit, and de-
| clared that she wished to say nothing
unpleasant about the man whose name
| ~. i ..Hrr Il
with whom she had long been very happy
| 1--WE had many tastes in common said
| she 1--WE had lived abroad and we con-
versed usually in the foreign languages.
He made me happy, and l do not care 20
say anything disagreeable."
Mrs. Graeffe said her husbands conduct
had changed in the latter part of their
married life. He remained away for weeks
at time, but when she heard that he
was living with a woman in a Seventh
| avenue resort, over a saloon, she re-
fused to believe it. She followed him in
disguise one day, and saw him enter the
place. She returned later In her coupe to
| investigate. IT was a foul place, as she
| described it, with an odor of stale beer,
an entrance through a saloon-the sort of
| spot where a woman of refinement hesi-
tates to enter. She did not say she was
inquiring about her husband, who had
forsaken home with five servants, per-
fumed baths and every luxury; she was
inquiring for her lawyer.
There was no danger of mistake in
Identity She had magnificent Irish set
ter that had taken prizes In the bench
show and that generally followed Mr..
Graeffe. The man with the fine red dog
was well known. The woman with whom
he was associating was described as "a
bleached blonde. about sixty years old, and
pretty hy."
Mrs. Graeffe declares that she would
never have parted from her husband be-
cause he had used her money, but she
could not tolerate his dissolute life She
retained Charles w. Brooke as her lawyer
to sue for divorce, and when Mr. Brooke
died she placed the case in the hands OF
Quincy Ward Boise She saw Mr.. Graeffe' &
first wife. had a pleasant interview, and
discussed with her mems shortcomings
Mrs. Graeffe has a suit pending TO re-
cover $4,000 from Mr.. Graeffe, alleging the
conversion Of her property. She will press
this action on her return from the south.
She viii sail for her home in Savannah,