The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09
WIFE ACCUSES FAMOUS MODEL.
CLiRi METZ MADE CORBSPON-
DENT IN DIVORCE SUIT.

Woman whose beauty whistler Praised
Denies, as Chauneey y. Hutchinson
Docs. That There IL Any Ground foI
Mrs. Hutchinson's Grave Allegations
The beautiful face aud form Of Clam
Betz, tho artists model Of whom whistler
Is reported to have said Heaven at last
has sent me a perfect woman have 90
UPSET the domestic felicity OF Chaunoey
T.. Hutchinson, who IL president Of the
Crawford shoe makers. that Mrs. Hutohin-
son has begun an action In the Supreme
Court for a divorce. But, while Mrs. Hutch
inson insists that she believes Miss Betz
TO be the woman In the case, both the model
and the shoemaker assert that she IL not
Mary Frances Hutchinson and Chauncey
+. Hutchinson were married at Crown
Point, N. Y, in January 1890, and have
four children, two boys and two girls,
ranging in age from to IL years.
Hutchinson who comes from Burlington,
VT has been in the shoe trade for years In
various parts Of the East and some time
ago purchased a controlling interest In
tho Crawford firm. His wife says that
he owns t42O 900 worth Of stock in the con-
Germ.
About two years ago, Mrs. Hutchinson
alleges on information and belief, her
husband became infatuated with Miss
Betz. The wife has in her possession a
bill from a fur firm charging Hutchinson
1925 for a set Of Russian sables, and Mrs.
Hutchinson declares that he made a gift
Of the flrs to the model, who afterwArd
posed in them.
Last year, Mrs, Hutchinson says, her
al Wa
Betz with him, and paying all her expenses.
At present, she says, he Is maintaining
the model in luxury, while he refuses to
support his family.
Mrs. Hutchinson IL living at present at
400 Eighth street, Brooklyn, house owned
by her husband. He is allowing her 81 900
year for the support OF herself and the
Oh ildren.
Theodore Z. Chanler Of Paterson, a cousin
Of Mrs. Hutchinson, and Edwin s. Wright,
a friend, say that on March IL, accom-
panied by two detectives, they went 70 the
st. Denis Hotel and, by a ruse, managed
70 obtain admission TO the room where
Hutchinson was. They turned up the gas,
they say, and discovered that there was a
woman In his company, but they don
know her name,
Hutchinson's defence is vigorous denial
d ell his wifes allegations. In addition
ne QtOlhItS NlAk ulo wiz - lAAraAlgAg Jaw =
and full Of baseless suspicious. II Is wickC d
and cruel, he says, TO drag the name OF
Miss Betz into the affair, for there Is no
reason TO link her with the alleged occur
renee Of March IL. IL is only TO satisfy
her wlA.h and jealousy that Mrs. Hutehin-
son mentions the models name at all, he
asserts, and, az far as he knows, Miss Betz
is a young woman Of irreproachable mo-
rality.
His life has been made so unhappy as TO
become unbearable, Hutchinson says, by
the constant nagging Of his wife He in
stances specifically her conduct on May 4,
1908. He came home that night he says,
at a quarter TO -, tired to exhaustion with
working overtime IN his office. She re-
ceived him, he says, with the remark that
she would kill him II she could, and only
wished she had the power. But, he says
she added she had brother who was able.
Five months later, he says, when he came
home at o'clock OF the evening OF Oct 10,
she told him that she was not satisfied with
him, and they had better separate. Not
outstanding this, he says, no has always
tried TO be a faithful and dutiful husband,
and has never refused to support her as
well as his means allowed. He adds that
she has an exaggerated idea OF his pos
sessions.
Hutchinson's counsel. Howe 4 Hummel,
have obtained an AFFIDAVIT from Miss Beta,
IN which she categorically denies that she
was ever indiscreet with Hutchinson on
March IL OF at any other time. She has
known him, she says, in business way
for four years, having tirst met him when
he was anxious to desgn some novelties
in shoes. Later, she explains, she wanted
to buy a set Of Russian sables on which she
had set her eye. and knowing that Hutchin,
son, through his trade connections, could
procure her a considerable discount on the
retail price, she asked him to buy them for
her, giving him the money. In this way
she says. she saved a considerable sum.
Il is true, Miss Betz admits, that she and
Hutchinson sailed for Europe last year
on the same steamer, but she calls II De-
NbeTate and Wilful falsehood TO say that
he accompanied her or paid her expenses.
When they reached the other side, she says,
they separated and went their various ways.
She also denies positively that hutchinson
IA now maintaining her. She living
Clara Betz is probably the best known
model In the world. She has posed for all
most every artist Of any prominence, both
for Photographic purposes ana Tor IDEAL
pictures. Her living picture Poses some
years ago in yankee Doodle Dandy are
still remembered along Broadway. She
posed for a statue exhibited by George Bar
nard at st. Louis Whistler often painted
her and she was the model for Carl
Be9neT P,s Spring SRd He9see She C @Ps
also model for some Of the exterior statuary
UVACharles NJ. SChwab's Riverside Drive
mansion, and for several panels in the Wal
dorf-Astoria.
Bonn in Kentucky, she was educated in
BROOKLYN. While still a school girl at CO.
lumbia Heights she married in 1892 Robert
o. Betz, but the union proved unhappy,
and in September. 1902, she procured
divorce in Milwaukee.
Her measurements, as recorded Tour years
ago, are az follows:
Height, S feet inches; weight, 1856 pounds;
bust 80 inches; waist, Is inches; hips, 81
inches; thigh, Is inches; calf ll{ inches
ankle. s inches; hands. ca inches; feet
q inches.
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