The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-09
A PECULIAR DIVORCE CASE.
Snit In New York Results in strang.
Complications.

MOUNT VERNON. N Y, March 8
Charles A HOLSTER. the young civil en-
| gineer, of this city. who yesterday learned
that his efforts TO set s4side as void the
North Dakota divorce secured by his for
mer wife, the wealthy heiress. Naomi
VERGE HOLSTER, or Valentine. as she has
been known since she remarked last sum
ner, had finally been fully sustained bv
the Supreme Court OF this State. is in
clined to be lenient with the young wo-
man If she viii live Gpart from Mr.. Val
entine- HOLSTER emphaUcalIy sayS that
there can be no reconciliation and that
he has no present intention of Insrituting
an action for divorce against her. The
future conduct OF his wife. he says. must
determine his course of procedure.
Although MI HOLSTER and T7js. coursaI
Judge Bennett, refuse to discuss the nos
sibility Of a criminal prosecution for big
amy. II was learned on good authority
that this radical step viii only be taken
as 4 last resort, after all other rniIder
methods 10 separate her from Valentine
nave been exhausted On the other hand
some lawyers question the Dos.sibiiity ~
successfully cOntesting an action for big
amy III the State Of Connecticut where
Valentine and Mrs. HoifisUer were mar
RED They say that the Connecticut
courts recognize the validity Of the Mort n
Dakota divorce and that. therefore the
decision Of the New York State Courts
declaring II void, is Of HO effect there If
| this Is true, the minute the woman and
Valentine enter Connecticut they are Is
gaily man and wife. but in this State her
marriage TO Valentine IS invalid and she
IS HOLSTERS wife II IS a cOmCIiCated
case and there is reason to believe thar
HolliSter VIII let the whole matter rest
as = IS until the courts have sustained on,
reversed his judgment of 81 GoO which a
jury awarded him lew weeks ago on his
suit for $1,000 dana geS against Valentine
for the alienation OF his wife's affections
In addition TO this. It is said that he
VIII at once institute an action for $50
900 damages against Mrs Naomi Dun
comb, his WIIeS grandmother whom he
alleges was responsible in 4 large degree
Tor the alienation OF his Wits affections
In 1891. when she WAS barely nineteen
years old. Mrs. HOLSTER eloped with and
was married TO HOLSTER, at Newark y
J This marriage which was bitterly on
posed by the girls grandmother, Mrs
Duncomb. the widow OF Alfred H. Dun
comb. millionaire real estate Spectator.
was apparently a success until some
eighteen months later when the iDauenca
Of Mrs DuucOmb. which HOLSTER saws
was always strong with his wife finally
led he's to secretly leave her home For
several months her Wherea bouts was IN
known, but finally ii was announced she
was IN Mandan. n. Oak. where she had
secured a divorce from HOLSTER on the
ground of cruelty.
IN the spring OF 1899 she returned "a This
city ana went TO 1--we with her mother
where she IS at the present time, as Val
entlne WIFE A few months later ir was
authOritatively announced that she was
engaged TO be married 10 Dr. Werner of
New York city How CT why this en-
Sagement was broken has never beer. 4.x-
planned, but in the winter Of 1SS9-IggD Val
entine who comes Of what was once a
wealthy NOnkerS family, appeared ON th..
scene and very shortly therea fter hi on
Sagement to Miss VERGE as she was then
known, was made public IN July of 1900
valentine and Miss VERGE. or Mrs. Hollis
ter. according to the courts decision. Wis
tied Stamford, Conn, where they were
married BY a clergyman OF that city. Last
fall, Hollister. who had quietly bided his
time, instituted the suit for damages
against Valentine and the action for the
annulment of the Dakota divorce against
his wife as already mentioned.
It is said that Mrs. HOLSTER will con-
test Justice MaddOx'S decision declaring
her divorce Illegal in the higher courts.
and, II worsted, viii remove with VaIen-
tine to some other State where the iii
yOrce viii he valid.