The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-31
DIVORCE GRANTED
MRS. coREY HAS CHARGE or SON.
Wife or Presidcnt Of Unfsed states Steel Corporaticn Gets Decree In
 Court At Reno, Neyadn.

Court At Reno, Nsv.da. .-.ss Reno, New. July so.--Mrs. William
 Ellis Corey. wife Of the president of the '. S Steel Corporation, was award ca divorce in the second district court of Nevada, sitting at Reno at o'clock this afternoon. The case
 was submitted without argument and
 the Jury took but one ballot. It was out but a few minutes.
 Mrs. Corey was in tears when told that she had been given decree and the custody of her sixteen year old son, Allen Corey She. drove at once 10 her home on Riverside avenue, where she says, she will continue tol reside NO evfdence was submitted by the de- Tense and there was no argument
 The question of alimony was not introduced. Mrs. Corey made an in teresting admission. however touching upon this phase Of the case. stating that in May 1906 several weeks before her petition for divorce was filed. she nesotiated though her attorneys a financial settlement with her husband. She was not asked what the nature of this settlement was
 T am resident Of Reno. Nevada" said Mrs Corey when placed on the stand and the wife of William Ellis Corey. the defendant in this action.
 We were married on December 1 1883. at Pittsburg. Pa, and lived together
 until May 1. 1905. At that time my husband deserted me and went to New
 York. followed him and held cons versaticn with him in the Hotel Lor-
 rain. It was there that he told me that he had decided to live apart.
 .He said that 1t was impossible for | Ire 4e fDa ox.A would never see him again. He stated that he, intended going to Flu rope for several months. There was no scene. talked with him about the matter and urged him to again resume his place in our home, but he refused. I have never seen him since"
 Mrs. Corey added that she came to Reno for her health and that she had no intention of bringing an action for divorce at the time she took up her residence in Nevada She stated that of her sister -in-law, Miss Addie Corey. that they considered this place. their future home and expected to live here in the future. She stated that she was best suited for the custody of her son and asked the court to place him In her cara
 Mrs Corey was .visibiy affected while telling her story. She testified without evasion and In clear voice Her att torneys feared she would collapse as her health has suffered since separa- tion. In his opening statement her attorney. J. R. Bedding of New York, 1 stated that she had been driven to l separation and the divorce proceeding | by the sensational stories printed in 1 the newspapers
 Tt is true that newspaper notprtety ! was thes principle factor in your separ- ation from Mrs Corey and is responsi-l be for this divorce pFoceeding2" asked | Ben5iman curier. another of her at 
 such is not the case. The stories that may have appeared in the press had nothing to do with 1t said Mrs. Corey.
 Miss Addie Corey, sister of the re- | spondent, was an interesting witness. | She corroborated Mrs corey's state ment thate Corey had deserted his | wife and told how she and her aged | mother had made several ineffectual | to effeet reconciliation.
 Her brother, she said, had lost sight | of his home, being absorbed in busi | ness and infatuated win the fast life of New, York.
 DO you consider Mr. Corey propersl cuSIOQldn 1Or HIS 6oIt Sne was dSAeu. Il T do not..g she replied
 ''whyT
 For the reason she said, that he | Is not proper person for his son to | associate with. He has no home and | his associates are not it companions | for a young man of Aliens age. do not think any New York man Is fit l to have charge of a boy of his age" 2 "Do you mean all New York men, Miss coreygy continued the attorney.
 T mean wealthy New York men,
 Allen Corey stated that at the time of the parting his father called him to his office and told him that he had de- cided to part from his mother. "Hel said was too young to uIlderstan the He then said that my mother was 8 good w oman and that my placel was at her side"
 Several witnesses were introduced to establish the residence in Nevada oil the plaintiff, all being citizens of Reno.
 At the conclusion of the trial Attor- ney Sardis Summerfield of Reno statedl that his client. William E. Corey, wasI as anxious for the decree of divorce asI his wife. If the decree Is granted he said, Mir. Corey will be entirely sat- isfied. He has consented to the di- vorce. This understanding between Mir. Corey and the attorneys of Mrs Corey was reached some time ago"
 T.. R. Chadbourn of Pittsburg also as counsel for Mr. Corey .h-.- I