Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-09-05
LEEDS Ex-w|FE TO WE'D.


Friends of Mrs. w. b. Leeds In New
York have received word that the for.
mer wife Of the millionaire tin
plate manufacturer. to whom was
paid 81 100000 by Leeds on condition
that she obtain a divorce, is to marry
again, says dispatch from New
York.
Mrs Leeds No. lives In Rich
mond, Ind. She was Miss Gaar, and
was wealthy woman In her own
right when the president of the Rock
Island railway led her to the altar
about eighteen years ago. Mr.. Leeds
was not then as wealthy as he Is to-
day and not so much In the public
eye. A beautiful woman, Mrs. Leeds
was n social leader in the west.
For years the family lived In Rich
mond and there was, o all appear
ances, no more devoted couple than
Mr.. and Mrs. Leeds In community
where millionaires are not as COM
mon as they are on Fourth avenue or
In Wall street, they were much In the
public eye in a social way.
She Charged Desertion.
Three years ago there was shock
to the people OF Indiana and to the
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Leeds due to
the application for divorce by Mrs.
Leeds. She alleged desertion. which
In the Hoosier state is a ground for
divorce. When the case was called II
was ali over in thirty minutes. II
was proved to the satisfaction OF the
-. ko. a tal tvt,.
self away and had not been home for
long time.
MIR. Leeds married again, and the
rivalry between his two wives has
for some months been one OF the
reigning topics among the smart set
all over the country. Last winter both
met at Palm Beach. A feminine duel
OF the bitterest kind was the result.
Il was fought with gorgeous frocks,
brilliant gems and unique Ell .ortain-
ments. Each did her best to outshine
the other. but at the end OF the winter
neither had triumphed. 4.gain at Sar-
contest has been renewed and is still
waging hercely.
Cost Him q Million.
The gift OF William Bateman Leeds
OF a $4,000 string Of pearls to his
bride In Cleveland was not the most
costly part of his second marriage
three years ago, nor the interesting
feature The groom was divorced on
ly three Gays prior to the wedding
The cap to the climax OF events wal
furnished by the announcement tina
Jeanette Irene Leeds. his first wife
demanded and received sl,0000o'
IRON her husband before consentinl
to the granting OF the divorce whicl
enabled him to wed Mamie Ma,
Stewart Worthington, Clevelan
divcrcee. The amount Of the consid
GRAFTON IN said to have been paid 4
stocks and bonds
Leeds wedding expenses, not In
GLIDING a magnificent new yacht, o.
which the couple enjoyed their hor
eymoon. was 81 500 900. His gifts I
the bride cost $500, 600.
The story goes that Mrs. Leeds NJ
l declined to accommodate her hui
band by going into court and prayin
for a divorce when he made the n
quest of her. She knew Of his engage
htuN W lut sohnk &ttftiabu WVne
and to his entreaties for divorc
only smiled. FINALLY, when ne threa
ened to go into court himself for
divorce Mrs. Leeds said Co" b,
he did not GO For Ave years he hs
not lived with his wife. Why the
separated Is a secret that both ha,
kept. Friends guessed at II, but Mr.
Leeds said nothing. She was absorbe
In the education OF her hoy, Rudolp
now l6 years ola.
Leeds Was Once Poor.
IL Is seventeen years since, as
poor young man in an obscure In,
ana town. he was married. Leeds II
ed with his wife twelve years. FC
tune smiled on Leeds. He got on 4
in the tin plate industry and ca
trolled a number Of the steel plan
that were absorbed by the tin pla
combine and became chairman
the executive committee of the po
He was all business until he met Ma
ME May Stewart, the divorced WI
OF George II. Worthngton. Clevela
IL a steel center and much OF
time was spent there. II was the
four years ago he met Mamie NJ
Stewart Worthington. a beauty, a
married. There developed an AFT
ton between these two which fore
two divorces and cost Leeds am'
100000.
The woman obtained her freed'
In time. but the first Mrs. Lee
would not accept divorce until {
saw her husband was irretrieya
lost. then she demanded terms VIII
only Crossus could comply wi
Croesus-like LEEDS, who had not li'
with her for FIVE years, showered
gold at her feet.
The hrst Mrs. Leeds was approa
ed Inv her husband and asked To ma