The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-11
Mr.. FLACLER
IS ACCUSED.
millionaire Named as CO.
respondent by Mr.. FoOls.
Mr.. G'BANN0N IS ALSO SUED.
Fouis Claims Hs atasnaisd Mrs. Foote's
Affections, and That the Divorce The
Woman Obtained is Invalid.
Mr.. G'BANNON IS ALSO SUED.

New Ofks May D.-Clarence w. foOte.
Of Syracuse through his lawyer. Samuel
Marcus. OF this city, has served summons
and complaint upon his former wife now
Mrs. John w. O'Bannon. in a suit for di-
vorce, naming Henry NJ. Flagler, the
Standard OH millionaire. as one OF the CO.
respondents.
Besides the suit for divorce Mr.. FoQte
simultaneously brings action against
John w. o'Bsnnon for 100000 damages
for the alienation OF his wifes affections
MIR. FOOTE'S STORY
The complaint in the divorce suit re-
cites that tho plaintiff, who now lives I'm
~ racuse, married the defendant under
her maiden name of Helen Mary Long. at
Fayetteville. OnOndaga county ~ y, on
or about April -, 1881; that between Dec.
j, 1896 and June /, 1897. Henry 81. Flagler
was almost continuously i'm the society OF
his wife az the Clarence. an apartment
house az Fifty-eighth street and Sixth
avenue, her splendid apartment there be
ing furnished and maintained by Mr..
Flagler; that between June !. 1897. and
Aug. | OF the same year Mrs. Footc was
on board Mr. Flagler's yacht Alicia and
. that the same summer they were together
= great deal Ia the White Mountains of
New hampshire, particularly at the
Mount Pleasant house. Mr.. Foote fur
ther asserts that Mr.. Flagler bestowed
upon Mrs. Foote many valuable gifts onh
being the house No. - East Fifty-sev-
enth street
John n. Maiden. New York Central
clerk, Is also named as correspondent.
IL Is alleged that from January to No
Vember. 1896 Maiden was almost contin-
uously in the society OF Mrs. Foote I'm
hF sPshh,mbea, at SiS,h SIX, avenGs ana
the time mentioned with reference 90 Mr..
Flagler.
John W. O'Bannon. to whom Mrs Foote
was later married. H. likewise made "A CO.
respondent the validity Of their marriage
being attacked. MIR. Foote saws his wife
went 10 South Dakota and secured di-
a summons i'm the suit the divorce was
illegal
oBANNoN ACCUSED.
I'm the suit for $4,000 for the alienation
of his wife's affections MIR. Foote claims
that through O'Bannon's influence eX-
erted for several months from October,
1897, at No. % East Fifty-seventh street
No 80 West SiXty-hfth street and No as
Central Park West. his wife went West
and got void and fraudulent divorce"
Lawyer Marcus, who has an office at
No. 20 Nassau street, said yesterday that
summonses had been served on all the
parties concerned, but that no answer 10
the complaints i'm either case had as yet
been returned.
The summons .sio Mr.. Fiagler was
mailed by registered letter. receipt for
which Lawyer Marcus says he holds.
Mr. Flagler is now on his way north
from Palm Beach Fla At his office at
No. 26 broadway an agent OF Mr.. Flag
Ter said
1T is AN OUTRAGE"
II am not prepared to speak for Mr..
Flagler i'm the matter. but | can say
that IL is an outrage upon am innocent
man and that there will be no proof 10
substantiate the allegations"
Mr.. and Mrs. OBannon declined 90 be
interviewed. They live in a weIl-appoint-
ed apartment ut M, ~ West F1rty=etghth
street. Mr.. % Bannon IS at the head Of
the j. W. @ Bannon company I'm Duane
street and is Independently rich
John +. Mcintyre, attorney for the
O Bannons admitted that they had been
served with the papers in the case. and
said he would In due time send his
motive behind the cases. he said which
would be shown up when they came 10
trial