Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-31
MRS. W. {. COREY
SECURES DIVORCE
DECREE GRANTED AT RENO,
NEVADA
President Of United States steel Cor
poration Falls to Appear In Court.
Wife Secures Custody
Of Son
Rv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
RENO, New, July 3O.-At o'clock
this afternoon Mrs. William Ellis
Corey, wife of the president of the
United states Steel corporation, was
awarded divorce i'm the second district
court of Nevada, sitting at Reno
The case was submitted without ar
gument and the jury took but one bal
lot. 1t was out but a few minutes.
Mrs. Corey was in tears when told
that she had been given a decree and
the custody of her 16-year-old son, AL
Ian Corey. She drove at once to her
home on Riverside avenue, where she
says she will continue to make her
home. No evidence was submitted by
the defense and there was no argument.
The questiop of alimony was not in
troduced. Mrs. Corey made an interest
ing admission, however, touching upon
this phase of the case, stating that in
Nav. 1906 several weeks before her pc
tition for divorce was filed she nego-
tlated, through her attorneys, tinan-
cial settlement with her husband. She
was not asked what the nature of this
settlement was
Married in 1883
"I am a resident of Reno, Nevada"
said Mrs. Corey when placed upon the
stand, land the wife of William Ellis
Corey, the defendant in this action. We
were married on December l, 1883, at
Pittsburg Pa. and lived together until
May /, 1906. At that time my husband
deserted me and went to New York. 1
followed him and held a conversation
with him in the Hotel Lorraine.
cit was there that he told me that he
had decided to live apart. He said that
il was impossible for us to live happily
together and that / would never see
him again. He stated that he intended
going to Europe for several months.
There was no scene. talked with him
and urged him to again resume the
place in our home. but he refused. L
have never seen him since"
Mrs. Corey added that she came IL
Reno for her health and that she had
no intention of bringing an action for
divorce at the time she took up her resi-
dence in Nevada. She stated that she
selected Reno upon the advice 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
care.
Denies Accusation
In his opening statement her attorney,
John ReddM stated that she had been
driven to separation and the divorce
proceedings by the sensational stories
in the newspapers.
'Is it true that newspaper notoriety
was the principal factor in your separa-
tion from Mr.. Corey and is responsible
for this divorce proceedings" asked
Benjamin Curler. one of her attorneys.
.'Such is not the case. The stories
that may havs appeared in the press
had nothing to do with it.
Miss Addie Corey was an interesting
witness. She corroborated Mrs. Corey's
statements that Corey had deserted his
wife and told how she and her aged
mother had made several Intellectual
attempts to effect a reconciliation. Her
brother, she said, had lost sight of his
home, being absorbed in business and
infatuated with the fast life of New
York.
"Do you consider Mr.. Corey a prop
custodian for his SOM" she was
asked.
81 do not" she replied.
''Why?"
"For the reason" she said, that he
is not proper person for his son to as
sociate with He has no home and his
associates are not fit companions for q
young man of Allan's age. I do not
charge of boy of his age"
Means Wealthy New Workers.
'Do you mean all New York men,
Miss Corey?" continued the attorney.
81 mean wealthy New York men,"
Allan Corey stated at the time of the
parting his father called him to his of
flee and told him that he had decided
to part from his mother.
He said he was too young to under
stand the reasons. He then said that
his mother was a good woman and that
his place was at her side.
Several witnesses were introduced to
establish the residence in Nevada of
the plaintiff, all being citizens of Reno.
At the conclusion of the trial Attor-
ney Sardis Summerfield stated that his
client, William e. Corey, was as anx-