The sun., 1903-11-26
MRS, VLASTO GOES ON SUING.
rms TIME SUES HER HUSBAND,
"YNCLR" TO THE CULVERS.
.uer Long separation at 500 Month
seeks One for DesertiOn--Mrs. Cul.
yer's Counsel Ridicules Suit Against
Her--Culyer Divorce Expected at Once.

Auer Long separation NJ 0iVV uOhth
seeks One for DesertiOn-Mrs. Cul.
yer's Counsel Ridicules Suit Against
Her--Culyer Divorce Expected At Once.
The vlasto Culver vlasto litigation took
, new turn yesterday. Mrs. Elizabeth r.
vlasto. wife Of Solon j.. the Greek friend
~ Mrs. Everett Mallory Culver, daughter
~ United States Senator William A. Clark
and wife Of Dr. Everett NJ. Culver. directed
ber attorneys, Howe Il Hummel. yester-
dov 10 bring suit against her husband for
senaraion on the ground of desertion.
She had already sued Mrs. Culver for
rife Of $500 900, for alternating Vlasto.
Mrs. Cllves 10 suing DR.. Culver for divorce.
Papers were served on Vlasto at his Office,
. stone street. yesterday afternoon and
were turned over by him to his attorney,
1ouis +. Dovle. Next Wednesday Howe 4
pummel will make application to n Justice
of the Supreme Court for counsel fees and
slmony pending the decision Of the separa-
ton suit
Mrs ylasto has said that an offer of
large amount of money was made to her
II she would not begin any litigation against
her husband or Mrs. Culver. Mr.. Doyle
said Yesterday afternoon that il Mrs.
ylasto, in any papers served In the separa-
ton suit, had made statements rejecting
unon the character Of MIR. Vlasto, all such
statements were wholly untrue.
Henry G. Atwater, attorney for Mrs.
Culver discussed rather freely yesterday
afternoon Mrs. Vlasto's suit against his
client for $500, 900. Among other things
Mr. Atwater said:
Now that this suit has been begun and
the other side has rushed it into the news
papers, | purpose bringing it to trial just
as speedily as possible and having 1t tried
IN open court and before a jury. l want
everybody to have the opportunity to hear
what the testimony will be. l shall draw
nv answer this afternoon. serve 1t on
Friday and have it put on the calendar at
the earliest possible moment.
II do not believe that Mrs. Vlasto's at
torneys will make any particularly active
move to bring the case to trial, but we
want 10 get this woman into court as soon
As possible and find out who's behind her.
A. the trial calendars are nearly two years
behind however, I don't suppose this
action can be tried much before the latter
part Of 1905
Il believe could make a pretty shrewd
guess IA to the source Of the womans
Inspiration A certain publication in this
town has been sued by Vlasto for libel
The attorneys for the publication are Mrs.
vlasto's attorneys in the alienation suit
Somebody was certainly instrumental
in bringing Mrs. Nlasto to New York. For
several years, during which she has been
separated from her husband, she has lived
al Wollaston, Mass, supported by themoney
which she received regularly every month
from her husband-SlOO a month. ] be-
eve am right in saying that the woman
because if she had she would have begun
to spend it long ago. She and her husband
haven't lived together for a long time"
Mr. Atwater was asked il there was any
thing in Mrs. Vlastos reported statement
that ylasto and Mrs. Culver had. under
the name Of Mr.. and Mrs. Vlasto. occupied
the same room at a European hotel.
"Why," said Mr.. Atwater, that story
i. the rankest kind Of fasehood. Vlasto
and Mrs Culver never put up at the same
hotels in Europe or anywhere else In
the first place. Vlasto couldn't AFFORD to
stop at the kind of hotel at which Mrs
culver would stop. So far as that story
is concerned, the facts are these Mrs.
Culver was in Paris with woman frlend,
her little daughter and nurse and two
maids Nlaso. who goes to Europe every
summer was there, TOO. He learned that
Mrs Culver was in the city and he lost no
time in calling on her He ia rather active
as a dinner guest. Do you suppose. there
fore that he would lose any opportunities
for dining at good Paris hotel at Mrs:
Of Senator Clark. of DR. Culver and the
whole Culver and Clark household for
years They called him uncle and he
Is the most amiable soul you could
imapne
"vlasro is not only an amiabe fellow,
hu' he is a good talker and a good story
teller The Culvers are most hospitable.
and he drifted in and drifted out and no.
body paid much attention to him one way
or the other Whenever he was on deck
and never made the slightest objection to
anything that he was asked to do. He
never deceived either Senator Clark or
DR. and Mrs. Culver as to his status. They
knew he didn't have any. money. but he
was handy to have around. and so he was
regarded "a sort Of movable fixture OF
tho household
He is still friend Of all Of the family,
including DR.. Culver That there was ever
any sort of an affair between Vlasto and
Mrs Culver is too absurd for moments
discussion. believe Vlastn is older than
Senator Clark. All there is to this aliena-
ton suit is the desire Of somebody to get
even with somebody and to get some money
ont of Senator Clark through his daughter. v
Mr. Atwater was asked il it was true,
as has been stated, that the Culver-Culyer
divorce suit is what is sometimes called
friendly suit,
"Bv no means" was the reply. when
tho limit of endurance was reached ana
Mrs Culver told her father about it. Sena-
tor Clark told her that she must get di-
vorce at once and he brought her to me-
We could have named many correspondents,
but Mrs. Culver had no desire to cause
DR. Culver any more pain or unpleasantness
than was necessary to secure her freedom.
Therefore, we named only one correspondent
ard that case was 80 strong that the only
defence that could have been made was
adpnial that Dr. Culver was the man. That
was impossible, from the very nature OF
our evidence, and so the defence was what
is known as a nominal defence. / expect
that, within a week or so, the decree, will