New-York tribune., 1905-01-10
SUIT TO ANNUL WEDDING.
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their hands before they left the Park Avenue
Hotel on Saturday.

their hands before they left the Park Avenue
Hotel on Saturday.
Mrs. Duke did not answer the subpoena In
person. She and Mrs. Desplaines left the hotei
at Northumberland -tenth-st. and Park-aveH
where they had been staying over Sunday IN the
morning and when Mrs Desplaines appeared
before Mr. Lord In the Criminal Courts building
she said Mrs Duke was i'll from nervous pros
tration in the care of DR.. Maurice A Sturm' OF
No. 1929 Madison-ave Mr.. Lord had taIh
over the telephone with DR.. Sturm VINO declared
Mrs. Duke was too i'll to answer the Subpoena
Mrs. Desplaines admitted that she had been
summoned as a witness before the Lexow Com
mittee in 1894, but she denied that she hao
been the keeper of the House of All Nations.
She said she was called before the Lexow Com
mittee because she owned a Raines law hotei'
Mrs. Desplaines declared that Mrs Duke would
answer a subpoena when she was well enough to
testify. and that she would not run away. as
she was a business woman. The witness re-
ceived another subpoena to appear on Friday
when II is believed Mrs. Duke will submit TO
examination.
G. H Mallory the attorney who was assisting
Mr. and Mrs. Duke IN the negotiations for the
purchase OF Texas lands, which were broken on
by the arrest of Mr. Duke. talked with Mr. Lora
about the case. He said later that he-was no'
Mrs. Dukes attorney. and did not know II sne
had any thought of asking for writ or haOeas
corpus So far as could be ascertained last
evening, Mrs Duke had not started any lesaA
proceedings.
A statement made by Mr. Lord about the case
indicated that the investigation had not reacliee
a. stage where any criminal prosecution coulo
no started and that the District Attorneys
office had been called into the case on the theory
that Mr.. Duke was irresponsible and was liKeIy
to souander his remaining fortune. MI LoFu
said the Duke family had been informed thdt
Mr. Duke was so drunk at the Park AYehue
Hotel that he was creating scandal ana thaS
Mrs Duke and the Desplaines woman reslsteu
all attempts by representatives or the faInny
to see him. When the commitment papers were
served he said, Mrs. Duke was found almost aS
drunk as Mr.. Duke
6r Sturm said last evening that he was
ready to testify that Mr.. Duke was sane man.
"I was attending Mr.. Duke until he was taken
away" he added, 'and ne was no more crazy
than 1 am Mrs. Duke is under my care now
She is in nervous state and am not going
to tell where she is at present Tor 1 DO n0I
want TO have her annoyed. think she VIII
make fight, but do not know II she has re-
tanned counsel to begin habeas corpus proceed
ings for getting her husband back.
The proprietor of the hotel at One-hundred-
and-tenth-st and Park-ave.. where the Dukes
were staying for some days after their mar
riage said he did not think Mr.. Duke was IN
sane although he drank considerably while he
was at the hotel and was attended for time
by DR.. Sturm and nurse.
SAYS SHE MADE S1.OO0.OOO.
Chicago Jan. 9.-Mrs. Brodie S. Duke. for
merly Miss Alice L. Webb is known in Chicago
as a member of the firm of Taylor, Webb & Co,
Her partner is Charles L. Taylor and the con-
Germ deals in tobacco lands. She also is pres-
dent of the exas-Cuba Tobacco Company, of
Nacogdoches. Tex.
In Chicago Miss Webb lives at No 427 Forty
seventh-st with her maid. She said to be
the wealthy divorced wife Of E. H. Powell.
southerner To-day her partner. Mr.. Taylor.
said:
Mrs. Duke is the daughter of William T.
Webb who a wealthy corporation lawyer Of
New York When her father died ten years ago
ne left her 100000. and she engaged in busi
ness. She proved to he a very shrewd business
woman She told me that her first husband,
Powell. had squandered her fortune
Since forming the partnership have been as
sociated with Miss Webb in many business vent
ures. Mrs. Duke is extraordinary woman,
and attends strictly to business. have known
her fourteen years, and have been in business
with her two years.
l can safely say that Mrs. Duke has made
fully S1,O00.00O in investments