The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-05
DUKE SUING TO
OBTAIN !. D DIVORCE | d [. !: !.
Head 81 Great Tobacco Trust
Wants Separation From His
Wife.
MARRIED ONLY Wy SHORT $ \, 3, TINE ''I
Process Server, Disguised As Gas
Inspector. Gained Entrance
to House.
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tSSEN&iNl 10 i Ie A~'Sl'.>S.-''
NEW YORK. September 4.--Reticcrncec
es.srasssrixes the attitude yesterday OF
I; y.n persons connected with the Duke de
\ y,,ry,e s,si,. james B. Duke. who has
brought, suit In New Jersey for absolute
" divorce from his Wife formerly Mrs LII
4 ltan ". McCreiy. was reported to De on
his hts farm III SomeNilleS N. j.. Mrs.
Duke remained secluded In her house,
\ Nd, IL West Sixty-cghth Street, where
she denied herself to MI callers.
Through friend she authorized q
denial OK Mr.. Dukes charge that she mad
been inasscrcet. and requested Il suspen-
sion OF Judgment until she wns ready 70
si,c out her side of the story.
g. Frank II. Huntoon. who Is mentioned
In Mr.. Dukes suit, left New York ana
\ kept in the background in Southampton
II L.. /. .s .t
Richard Y. Lindauhury, counsel Tor MI v :,
Duke, was communicated with IN ms
summer residence in 1scrnardsvlle y.
], Hc declared he did not know Inc
wherea bouts Of Mr.. Duke, and said Mrs.
Duke had been served with note Of the
suit
Mrs. Duke, 1t was told yesterday has
been aware for some time that her nus
band contemplated 81 suit for divorce,
and she had kept resolutely within doors
for n week. The process server assumed
the disguise Of q gas Inspector, ana ana 81
gained entrance to the house.
Her First Divorce.
Leo Levin, an attorney who repre-.
scented Mrs. McCrely in her first divorce
suit in 1893, is understood TO be hcr
attorney In this case.
She went into court seeking q gllm1ted
divorce from her husband, William y.
McCredy, and counted upon victory
4 when the case was tried before n referee
appointed by Judge Gicgcrich. the nus
band introduced startling love letters
from men, md produced testimony from
acuuaintances. servants and policemen
which staggered the woman The result
was a decree of absolute divorce awardeu
to the husband, the wife being permitted
to resume her maiden name, Lillian N.
Fletcher.
s5 Mrs. Duke IL n woman In the early
forties, Of graceful figure and fine fca :
Va lures. Her eyes are deep blue and her
hair golden. She is cultivated and q
musician Of rare attainment. AZ the
time Of her first divorce she was Just
thirty. During the eleven years OF nor
married life she had occupied expensive
y y. apartments in the Hotel San Reno. Sew
enty-f fifth Street and Central Park, West
III She had horses and carriages, costly
gowns and expensive jcwelry. She wa!
an accomplished horsewoman, and was
often seen driving n tandem team or tool
ing four hand from, the box OF
coach.
During the progress OF tho counter. suit
! with her first husband remarkable evidenc
was submitted to prove that the then AlrH
that Mi. McCrcdy had obtained compromising
correspondence and had driven the won anl
from his presence He learned that Mrs
McCrcdy kept private letter box in Saratoga
Among the correspondence introduced by IN
husband was 4 letter beginning MY dea
wife" begging for an early interview. II, IT,
letter was forwarded to Mrs. McCredy In Phila
delphia. and anidayts were Int roduccd accus
Ing a former member Of tho Produce Exchange
one OF the woman's admirers, with being tn
author Mrs McCredy declared the letter wa
Intended for her sister, Mrs. Bail, of Philadel
phia, but that young woman took the stane
and Indignantly repudated the letter.
Other Men Named.
Another man who figured in the divorce wa
broker who made n specially OF Eettinl
''ladIes accounts Mrs. McCredy had specu
lated In the market through his firm.
The most scnsat onal evidence, however, wa
that connecting Mrs McCrcdy with a youni
Cuban student Jones' c car age. man no9 o. n
appearance each day after Mr.. McCredy hat
gone to business and that Mrs. McCredy ha
q code OF signals with the shades in her room
which appraised the young man Just when t
put in an appearance.
Mr.. Duke is the son Of poor former 9 1ss!
BY the time yoWns Duke vas eighteen s;e NJ
hess In tobacco:' IIt offered to send the boy