The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-17
New York City Furnishes An
other Piece of Scandal
Which Involves
PEOPLE OF HIGH SOCIAL
AND FINANCIAL STANDING
Theodore Roosevelt Pell Sued for
$25,000 Damages for Alleged Breach
of Promise-A "Maiden Lady" the
Plaintiif-Memphi> Society Woman
Sues for Recovery OF Necklace.

New York, Dec 11.-Scandal, that
most prolific Of all news sources in !,
great city has furnished two interest
ing topics of conversation for New
Workers during the past week. This
time, as frequently is the case law
suits have served as a medium to bring
the stories before the public. In one
of them young married man OF the
highest social standing is being called
upon to pay $4,000 for breach of pro-
mise. He is Theodore Roosevelt Pell
and the woman who claims the dam
ages is Miss Alma Roberts of IS West
46th street. Not the least interesting
feature of this case as the excited dis
cussion as to the lady's age. Mr.. Pell
declaring that she is 35 or 40 years old
while Mrs. May, her sister. with whom
she lives, puts it at 25. She is only
g." said Mrs. May, has baby blue
eyes, a wealth of golden hair and a
figure gracefully slender and girlish."
According to Mrs. May, Mr.. Pell. who
by the way is only 90 years old himself
was a frequent caller on Miss Rob-
erts, toward whom he always was very
affectionate "It was love. love. lover
and kiss, kiss. kiss all the time he was
here until it made me SICK" said She
Mrs. Pell added that it was long time
before her sister learned that Mr.. Pell
was married. Mr.. Pell's wife is a
daughter of Edwin S. Cramp. Of tn.
celebrated ship building firm of Phil
adelphia. Mr.. Cramp believes entire
ly in his son-in-law's innocence and
has given out a statement in which
he says: "My son-in-law has told me
everything and believe him absolute
ly. We will fight this woman to the
end. We will spends thousands for
defence but we will not give her a
cent" If trial in open court is ever
reached in this case 1t probably will
be the sensation of the day.
The other case does not include any
one in society. Mrs. Helen Dwelle of
Memphis seeks to recover necklace
valued at $4,000 from Adolph ]. Davis
a wealthy mining Spectator, who. she
claims. obtained it from her on the
pretense that he wished to sell it for
her He claims that he was engaged
to be married to her; that he gave her
$4,000 tobuy trousseau and that lat
er he decided not to marry her ana
demanded his $4,000 which he did not
get. Thereupon he took the necklace
he said, as an indemnification. The
novel law points raised are yet to be
decided, but some of the incidents so
far brought out are highly interesting
1t appears that Davis first met Mrs
Dwelle at Saratoga. He was smitten
at once, followed her to New York and
was extremely ardent in his atten-
lions until he had agreed to marry
her. At the first hearing Mrs. Dwelle
testified that all the zine Davis was
counting her she lived at various no.
tells with another man She said, how
ever, that this had nothing to do with
her necklace and that was what she
wanted, she said.
Both these cases show side of city
life which is becoming all too prevail
emit Nearly every day some phase of
the night life of that flashy, gaudy
part of the town known as "The Great
White Way" develops into open scan
DIAL, sometimes unprintable-even I'M
speakable-in it's details. There are
so-called hotels in the side streets of
the tenderloin filled with adventures
ses and confidence women of the most
dangerous type. They live expensive
ly, dress deliberately, wear beautiful
jewels and often are extremely hand
some. Rich men are the game they
stalk and when one is ensnared he is
made to pay dearly for his experience.
Many. of course, part with large sums
of money rather than give publicity to
their episodes and it is only compare
lively few that permit their stories to
reach the public print. That there are
SO many Of the Comparatively few"
shows that the number of those who
are caught but who make no cutlery
must be legion