The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-31
IAN ALABAMA WOMAN
THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE RE-
 TWEEN THE BISHOPS.
Mrs. Elliott of Huntington. Pa, Was Brought Up in Mobile and Was Flrst Mar
 ried There.


 The charges made against Bishop | Talbot of Central Pennsylvania by Rev. | Dr. I. N. M. Irvine are of interest to many Aiabamians because their trou- bles originated about an Alabama wo- man. Mrs. Emma R. Elliott of Hunt l ingdon. Pa, was brought up in Mobile | as Miss Desha. and was first married there. The following sketch is made up from accounts appearing in The Bal | timore Sun and The New York World: 1 PI iladelphia Special to New York World.
 Married to one man upon the evening she secured divorce from one hus- band, married to another after she had been on terms of warm friendship with his wife. heiress of five fortunes. her life filled with interesting incidents, Mrs. Emma D. Elliott of Huntingdon, | is again pushed by fate into promi- nence.
 Possibly it was the knowledge of the adventures of her fathers first wife | that stamped upon Mrs. Elliotts mind I the early impressions that may have | influenced her future life. Her father. General Deshea of Kentucky. married early in life beautiful Kentucky | belle. Several children were born of the marriage. but one day the wife dis | erals favorite nephew was missing. Those who know of the case say that the wife died some years later under distressing circumstances. General Deshea secured a divorce, married again, and the woman, now Mrs. El- | liott, was his favorite child. Possibly | it was the memory of his first wife's act that influenced the General in mak- ing the will by which all the fortunes loo ht- Ltl fxf. tfz N.&x reverted to Mrs. Elliott.
 Mrs. E1Iiott's First Marriage. 1 After his second marriage, General | Deshea moved to Mobile. and there Elm | ma Desha was the toast of the city l from the day of her coming out. Her | first marriage to James Anderson was arranged for her by her relatives. The girl had little part in the plans. and the match proved an unhappy one from the first the family finally arranging for the separation as they had for the | marriage
 The death of her father and of | wealthy uncle left Mrs. Anderson most desirable match. and as she mov- ed to Philadelphia at once, 1t was not | long before she was one of the most popular young hostesses of the city l She was not an independent woman, however. but constantly sought aid and | played a considerable part in arrang- ing her marriage to MT. Cochran, a member of one of the most prominent Philadelphia families.
 | Their marriage was one of the great social events of the year They went | to Europe and were entertained in Pa | ris at the residence of George Peabody | On their return to this country a son | was born. The wife had frequent trou- | I. .1- L.
 friends. Affairs became worse and one day she suddenly departed for Europe
 Reconciliation and New Quarrel. | Her husband followed her to Paris where a reconciliation was affected, | and they enjoyed a brilliant social sea | son there. Soon the husbands friend appeared. and soon after husband and wife had another quarrel. She hastily decided to return to this country and engaged passage for herself upon a steamer.
 Upon going to the dining saloon for | the first meal out she was surprised to | find her husband aboard. Another rec onciliation followed and the two re- turned to this country seemingly good | friends. This did not last long, how ever, and finally she began suit for divorce.
 While the suit was pending she lived
  were several families in the house. and the wealth ard generosity of Mrs. Cochran soon made her a most welcome | addition to the circle. She at times invited ten or more of those in the house to go to New York as her guests at the opera. and in other ways she 1 showed that she had great command of ready money. Among those in the house at the AV son. The son soon became devoted to Mrs Cochran as 1t was known divorce proceedings were pending. Mrs. Cool | idge favored her sons suit, and the day the divorce papers were granted an en- gagement was announced, and that | same evening a clergyman came to the house and there was a quiet wedding. Her Third Separation. The husband had been interested in d gold mine in the South, and Mrs. FL liott says that she sank $S0,000 in the mine within a week after she was mar ried. Her fortunes began to run low and as she had never got along we'll with her husband they separated. There was a reconciliation, followed by another semi-separation, and Mrs. Coolidge went to live in Spruce Street
 There she met the first Mrs. Elliott, who was stopping at the house, and
 
 officer. MT. Elliott came at times to the house, and as Mrs. Coolidge and her husband became more friendly. the two families went to Atlantic City to- gether one summer.
 MT Elliott Is a quiet. rather sedate man. and his wafe was fond of society. By almost imperceptible degrees the husbands and the wives began drifting apart Neither Mir. Elliott nor Mrs. Coolidge cared for social excitement, and seeing their partners drifting away from them, they naturally were much in each others society, each feeling sympathy toward the position of the other.
 Finally the first Mrs. Elliott insisted upon leaving her husband MT. Elliott, after trying vainly to affect recon ciliation, gave his wife $6,000, and later began suit for divorce.
 When some time later Mrs. Coolidge secured a divorce, married MT. Elliott and moved to Huntingdon, her friends predicted that she could never endure life in a small place.
 Has Had Five Fortunes. Baltimore Sun.
 She has had five fortunes left to her,