The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-20
SAYS HIS BRIDES TOO OLD.
SUIT ~ BEHALF or NJ a. COLLINS TO
ANNUL HIS MhRRIAGE.

His Father Says tho Young Man Is Only 20
and That tho Bride, Minnie Methot, n
Concert Singer, IL 37-she Says He swore
He Was 20, and Declares She IL Only 30.
On behalf OF James Sanford Collins OF 729
Carroll street. Brooklyn, Us guardian. Lawyer
Henry 8. Davis Of the Temple Court Building.
Is about TO bring suit In the Supreme Court in
this borough to annul the marriage OF Mel
VILE g. Collins to Mrs. Minnie Del Mathode.
a concert singer. whose stage name Is Minnie
Methot. Notice OF tho suit was served on Mrs.
Collins on Saturday ut her homo in the Curtis
apartments at 161 West Thirty-fourth street.
Tho older Collins AYERS that his son
was tricked and coerced into marrying
Mrs Del Mathode. she being q woman many
years his senior. He declares she Is at least
81 years old and is the mother OF a dauRh-
ter who is on the stage. He further
AYERS that his son is minor. being
but 20 years old. that he Is going to college. and
that Mrs. Del Mathode married him for his
money and not because OF love for him. Young
Mr.. Collins says he was introduced to
his wife at reception given in Man
haitian and they became fascinated with one
another. He visited her afterward on two
occasions and later, when they were at another
those present that they had become engaged.
Collins AYERS that the defendant said they
and he accordingly agreed to It. After the an !,
nouncement she made him hold to his agree
Mrs Collins is a pretty woman and certainly
does not look within several wears OF the age
she owns up, TO, which is 30 YEARS. She has no
stage. Mrs Collins told this story OF her
, second matrimonial venture:
when my husband SAYS he was coerced into
marrying me he says what he knows in his
heart ia false. I met him a year and a half
81 m # 1 We were at fss asl
70 me and was ~ very attentive last
sa wsre on 70 BY
Rev. pr; Houshton in the Little Church
secret one BY any means. AZ least forty
people Witnessed II. They were all my friends.
nns. Of x hs 9 ,Ss The 'O2s
him agains, the consent OF my friends
w o s listen fnkod hum and had f SIs the
need Of protector ever since my first husband
didn't marry him for his money because
knew he didn't have any. He never told me
The suit Is brought because It is alleged that
he was not OF age. II he is a minor he lied to
me. He told me he was ~ years old and he
adding more Yea to my age he Is - as he
locks and swore he was. there is not so much
After our marriage we, lived together four
any more OF his bills. There was nothing for
him to do but clear out Our Anal till was over
my refusal to pay hat bill My check book will
one cent to my support Would you believe 1t.
he never even paid my car fare2 The only thing
he ever bought me was my wedding ring I
couldn't AFFORD to support him longer. How
could ! eosrce great big fellow over
marrying mer There Ia nothing to him except
bulk. He Is what l call an impossible man I
haven't decided yet whether or not II Is worth
while to contest the suit"
Melville Collins has been living for the past
two month. In the bachelor apartment house
aCartments OF Francklyn Howes. a milliner OF
2g5 Filth avenue.
The Rev. DIR. Houghton said last night that
he did not recollect the marriage OF Mr. and
Mrs Collins. but OF one fact he was certain
that IL he married the couple Collins signed n
sworn statement that he was Of legal age and
that there was no impsdiment to the marriage