New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-21
BROOKLYN NEWS.
DEATH ENDS DIVORCE SUIT.
THE PLAINTIFF IN The 'AhHN LAVE
CASE DIES AT HER SUM-
MER HOME.
.rr,rps OF HER ESTATE NOT YET
sTRAIGHTENED oUT-A WE'LL kNo"N
yrMRER OF PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

.,,oh come 10 Mrs Marie Antonette
storrs valentine. well known resident az g..
Monroe Place, ut her summer NOME III ,,na
80 On Saturday night ended the suit for divorce
80, ber husband which she had Deen preo''"e "
lroin Nv r,o case came up about three weeks
w .,ore Justice Lambert in the supreme Coui
Ia vos postponed until the SepteNoe' -,
o,rt Mrs Valentine who was meinoo' 20 60.
,h church as her daughters hau "1'
% .r,ords who sympathized with her IN her uo'
Va ,roub,es Her husband Benjamin H. Naen-
,ipe lawyer by profession. but VINO mas ho' p.a o
~, octiveIv for some time. had spent great
doai NJ his time In the management Oh NfS'
,,ro.a estate which had been LEFT 10 her Wy ~"
,o,ber the late Augustus Storrs, Formerly ~ 10,
,,,ort resident Of Brooklyn. Husband anu "ne wv
not agree about the management OF inc p'opv.y
80 In other matters Some months ago MIS-. war
,,o ,hroueh Thomas G. Shearman as counsel
odoovored through the courts to get an accounting
NJ the estate from Mr.. Valentine. II is sa'u 'na'
the money involved is more than soo"" ~
ueved that 1t will be a most difiicut tasA "
straighten out the affair N
Iater Mrs Valentine decided 10 sue for an an
solute divorce from her husband Her tr'enos soy
that she would not have done this af'er 81 'ip
wears but for the fact that she believed she owrd
it to her daughters. OF whom there are orented il
would the better secure the property Tor the ch a
dren. The case came up In the Suprenise 900 Mr.
I Vaie1ine appeared for himself At that time he
so,d that no was not ready to go on with tne
amt and asked for adjournment. ne ~
mated that II the trial should proceed ne H ne
have to read affidavits which Woun o.iiIs s
outsiders into unpleasant publicity Inc nhhe IT, W
the cores pondent In the case was not s'ei
lawyers for the plaintiff objected 10 an auJo 80
ment as they said Mr. Valentine wanted ld ,nOrs
time in order that he might learn what eVlae enc
his wife had against him. MI Valentine denied s,
After he made sworn statement 10 the eaJ M.
that he would not attempt TO approach tne VIZ
nesses for the plaintiff Justice Lamnert sonsen ,r
70 allow the case to go over until the September
term Of court. 1t, o
Nv the death Of the plaintiff the case Will now
he thrown out OF court. II Is not known 1ust
wiii he some time before things are Strengthened
out so that the property can be turned over 70 te
children. There are four daughters, all OF "hoin
lived with the mother In Monroe Place. only one
is married. she being the wife OF george haino'
The body OF Mrs Valentine was brought 70
Rrooklyn from Connecticut on Saturday night anu
The funeral will take place this afternoon me
pubshed but later IT found necessary TO post.
none II until 4:30 o'clock. Friends say that 'at
FAMILY do not know where Mr. Valentine Is az
nresent For some years he has spent much Oh
~ Mrs Valentine. who was fifty years old, was
born in Brooklyn. Her father, Augustus St Us
conducted a large wholesale business IN New, h4r X
with his brother Charles Storrs both men nVlhS
in Monroe Place in BROOKLYN me h pr Sn Mr.
storrs went to live at his country nome. near r
WonsAeId Conn with his brother, Mr. StorTs
nmrnbnr OF wears ago gave land buildings and an
endowment to establish the Storrs oa az
School in Mansfield. The school has since come 10
he known as the Connecticut Agricultural CoIeses;
and It's Storrs Experiment station ls known az
over the country The name OF the town IN WnCh
a. - ,nroted has since been changed from Mansfield
TO storrs in honor Of the founders OF the inst'u-