The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-27
Court Refuses to Vacate the Order
Obtained by Wife, Who
Seeks Divorce.
WANTS TO KNOW HIS INCOME
Judge Sustains Her Contention,
and Progress Is Made To
ward an Application for
Heavy AlimOny.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, Jan. a.-Henry Goodman
We'll. the member of the New York Stock
Exchange yho was recently, by the YER
dict Of jury in the Supreme Court,
found to have been guilty of such conduct
with Gerome Edwardy and CIarisse Agnew,
two actresses. as entitled his WIFE Mary E
Well to an absolute divorce, must submit
to an examination touching upon his finan-
cial condition on an application to be made
by his wife for alimony.
Justice blanchard. in Special Term. Part
l. OF the Supreme Court to-day refused to
vacate an order obtained by Mrs. We'll d.
recting her husband to submit to the ex-
animation.
The order which Well asked to have va
Gated was obtained by Mrs. Well several
weeks ago. She set forth In her petition
that she did not know what her husband 3
yearly income amounted to. but said Il
must be very large. as their household ex-
penses while they lived together were a.
o00 a month. She said that her husband
was a member OF the New York Stock Ex-
change and owned many valuable stocks
and other securities.
She set forth that his father, Joseph We'll
late of st. Louis. died on December ls. 1883.
and left valuable estate, of which her
husband inherited the greater part. She
said that it would be necessary that her
husband be examined as to his financial
ly income, before she could make an appli-
cation for alimony.
We'll asked that the order for examination
be vacated, asserting that such an exami-
ton would be improper and an injustice to
him, as ii would make public all OF his
financial transactions and business details.
In his decision refusing to vacate the or
der for Wells examination Justice Blan-
chard said:
Il think an examination of the defendant
is proper at this time under all the circum-
stances or the case The motion to vacste,
therefore. Is denied. The examination OF
defendant will be limited to all proper Ques-
tons touching his property, its kind. ioca-
ton and value. An order may be presented
providing for the appointment Of q referee,
before whom the examination shall be held.
Settle order on notice"
Mrs. Wells suit for an absolute divorce
was tried before Justice McAdam and a
jury in Trial Term Part Of the Supreme
Court recently. Sne asserted that her hus-
band had been guilty of improper conduct
with seven women whom she named as co..
against all OF the correspondents, except
those against Gerome Edwardy and Clarisse
Agnew, wero withdrawn.
After hearing the evidence In regard to
Wells alleged improper conduct with Miss
Asnew and Miss EdwIrdy. the Jurors found.
been guilty as charged.
The findings of the jury have not as yet
been confirmed by Justice sitting in spe-
cial term of the Supreme Court. which will
be necessary before Mrs. Well can get a
Ceclee OF absolute divorce. Miss Edwardy
Daniel B. Reed. president of the American
Tinpiate Company, denied the charges
MADE against them. They said that there
was not the slightest foundation for the
charges, and have declared 1t to be their in
tention to oppose the confirmation Of the
findings of the Jury.
Wei, filed an answer denying his wife's
charges. but did rot appear at the trial
The witnesses who testified in the alleged
wrorg-ooing OF Well ard Miss Agnew ard
ierome Edwarcy were negro servants who
had been employed by the two actresses
ir HLmmel said an appeal would be taken
from Justice Blanchard's decision.