Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-06-02
ROMANCE OF A BEAUTY
Society Again Interested in
Famous Burke-Roche Case.
SECURED DELAWARE DIVORCE

CASE HAS NOW ASSUMED A NEW
PHASE.
New York. june 2.-All apprehension
q on the Ou vive as TO wheth.r or not
drs Burke Roche, ahe beautiiml hau2h-
ter OF Frank Work tbs wel.-knOwn
banker and hoTseman. WILT appear t--I
day in THE Supreme Court jan answer
TO a heaheas corpus writ. Her iormfr
husband, James Boothby Burke-Rocha.
obtained the VIII. II requires Mrs.
Burke-Roohe to produce in court their
daughter Cynthia, who Is 10 years of
age, Roche contendlng THAI the young
girl is kept under restraint by the
m-eher
VALUE OF THE WRIT
When the writ was issued MRS
3mrke-ROohe ,eilt. thh city. Her iniends
ay that She knew nothing about The
writ when SHE stanaed Anyhow, sihe
was at Newport, r. l., the next day,
nd a few days afterward was, and
yet. ii is believed. in Wilmington,
Del. Now. the fact THAT SHE went to
Wilmington adds a double interest,"
this case white il is just now settling
society all agog Ii was In Whining
ton I'm 1891 THAT Mrs Burke-ltoohe ser
CURED a divorce from her husband UNI
der the laws OF Delaware.
IL the New York writ was SERVED
upon her no lis probable that no court I'm
Delaware has recognized il. II the writ
has not been served upon her person.
ally III may be Tackled on to the door
of her New Ork home Then III no
return lis made TO IL she will, % rs said
by ROCIhe's friends, be I'M contempt Of
cunt and liable TO Imprisonment. On
NE Otlher hHnd. her frienls cOnteHri
hiatt she has MO New York home, and
hat her fatlher's HOUSE. where SHE Lives
when In New York city, cannot legally
e held as her hrme.
THE BURKE-ROCHE MARRIAGE
Behind all This cegal fight. which
nny hevdlOp in court some startling
c0thres There is a great story on many
extraordinary phases Before her
marriage airs. Burbe-ROChe. known
Nhcn I'M society as Fannie Wsrk, was
considered without question ONE of tine
preuiest girls OF THE very prettsest In
New York. And SHE is stll. one OF uhe
famous beauties ~ the day. Wherever
ehe goes, at private or public society
vents, she always attracts attention by
her beauty. The fact that SHE ranks
also as ONE OF THE moat fashaonably
dressed women In New York but adds
10 her fame as a ieaddr In soCiety
WIFE LEAVES HUSBAND.
Miss Fannie Work was masrifd to
Burke-Roche I'm 1880. From the first.
Frank Work was deadly opposed to his
handsome daughters marriage lO "tlhat
oreigner,' as he called him, lie did
everything he could TO staVe of THE
day OF THE marriage His chief OBJ
jecNon was THAT Bugke-ROChe had
newer done anything 20 learn a living
81 don't believe In man depending
upon his wife for a livelihood" ne
sneering.g said one tiay 10 "A frienh oil
kmrke- Rodhes. Whether Frank Work
made mistake i'm mis- opposition 10 Uht
marrage ON such a ground as that
uhe Seader can judge for himself fur.
ther on. Despite THE fathers Opposi
uion. Tine marriage took place, ala TN,
same II eneated great talk i'm New
York society, but not half the talk THAI
followed i'm 1886. when II was learnes
that Mrs. Bprke-ROche had left he
usband
AT ilrst Ii was regarded as an id'.
umsr But Ct was a fact. Mrs Burke
Roche, soon after the story mad go
aE1ut, arrived with HER little girl from
Lsnldon. They WENT went at once Ia
Frank Works home en- East Twenty
sixth street Frank Work WAS I'M
tonpiest man in New Yirk that day.
After a years residence in Whining
tom Mrs. Burke-Roche was erantsd
divorce by the Delaware courts.
ALI ABOUT AN ALLOWANCE.
What had caused THE separation. 50
ciety asked. Mrs. BuHdke-ROche mad
no concealment OF the cause. She sal
her husband had failed to support he
Aioue than that, Frank Work made pull
lic tlAe tact that after uhe marriage I
us daughter he allowed her $500 a yea
This amount he speedily. for her SAX,
Increased TO $4,000 pen year But thg
did not prevent, said Frank Work, hi
BILLS coming 10 him from the Bunk,
ROdhe lamily. Indeed, he asserted thr
things had al one time come TO sue
a pass that the furniture In his daugl
ter's home i'm London was seized b,
CAUSE certain bills were not paid IN
situation finally 50 enraged Fran
WIN Ut Allo uiuElllSlS nuHDdIll Ill
he cut OFF her allowance. His aim Wi.
at the man Who, he alleged. live
without working because of that ALLOW
ance. The result was The inevitable.
Mrs. Burke-Roches return for shelte
as il We're. to her fathers home.
Two months after Mrs Burk
Roches arrival in New York ,lhe hn
bamd arrived He brought with hi
his twin boys, who were born in 1SS
Frank Work says that the faith.
BurlOe-Roche, actually placed tine U
little tots in the vestlbr,e az q
Crank Works. house on East Invent
sixth street. then rang THE door-be
When the door was opened. Fra
W-rk adds, Burke Roche thrus. the 3
We Fellows into the hall and dalibara
iy strobe of without saydng a wcuil
Was there ever stranger socit
story than this Burke Roche affair
a novel-taksng 1T from the marria
OF the pretty girl that was opposed
ne father till her return with her
ie girl and the fathers strange rea
With THE little boys?-And in court
day-there may be another chap
added.