The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-06
Appear to Be Badly Tangled and
Hard to Unite.
roo YOUNG TO BE SUED
L Guardian Is Appointed for the
Woman.
After Starting Divorce Suit
Leaves for Europe.


have been robbed of $4,000 worth of
! diamonds, and who recovered the gems
| in q. mysterious manner, is on the ocean
bound for Europe. The alleged robbery,
it was claimed. was part of a story of
matrimonial difficulties involving the
suit of Halsey Corwfn for divorce. Mrs.
Corwin kept to the limelight until she
boarded the Amerika for she was near
" killed in a collision of her auto with
an express wagon while she was driving
the machine herself on the way to the
Americas dock.
IIalsey Corwin is the son of former
comptroller of the old city of Brooklyn.
Another twist was given the matri-
monial troubles of the couple when Mrs.
Corwin sued for absolute divorce. Mrs.
Corwin. it developed, was Roberta Gar
rett Menges. of Baltimore, and she al
leges in her suit that her husband was
too friendly with several young women,
whose names for the present are kept
secret
It developed also that Mrs Corwin
takes her middle name of Garrett from
Robert Garrett, the late president of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. who was
intimately associated with the late viii
liam H. Vanderbilt in railroad enter
prises. Mr.. Garrett was acquainted with
Mrs. Corwin's mother for a long time
prior to her marriage to Morris c.
Menges. Of Sheepshead Bay, she being
q great beauty. Menges and Garrett
were also on friendly terms. Upon the
birth of their first child. now Mrs. Hal
sey Corwin, The parents named her for
their friend
Told of Her Father.
Mrs. Halsey Corwin's intfmates in the
White Light district recalled hearing
of her suit that she had frequently said:
My father was The handsomest and
best known man in Baltimore
On July u Corwin discontinued an
action that he brought against his wife.
| This was the eve Of the famous dinner
party. following which Mrs. Corwin told
the police that her jewels, valued at 500
000 had been stolen.
It has developed that the discontin-
uance Of Corwins suit was because
of the discovery that Mrs Corwin is
under the legal age at which a person
may be sued other than through
guardian ad Item. No application for
the appointment of such person had
been made, and the festive dinner party
Immediately followed the announcement
of the end of the suit.
Mrs. Corwin's lawyers, Battle &
Marshall, within four days went before
Justice Blanchard of the supreme
court, and secured his signature to an
order appointing Russell H. Landa1e as
Mrs. Corwin's guardian ad Item for
the purpose Of enabling her to bring
suit for divorce.
The petition. which bears the sigma
ture of Mrs. Corwin. recites that she
was born at Sheepshead Bay, Deem
Der 4, 1885. She says that her father
Is Morris Menges of Sheepshead Bay,
but that during her minority she has
no legal guardian.
Wants to Sue CorVxin.
Mrs. Corwin next sets forth that on
February 20, 1902, she became the
bride Of Halsey Corwin. and that she
asks for the appointment of a guar
dian to enable her to sue him for an
absolute divorce ION the ground of in
tfmacy with several wcmen whose
names are unknown to her." She also
adds that she has not lived with Mr..
Corwin since she discovered these al
legged 1apses, and never has condoned
them.
Halseys Corwin inherited $3.50. 600
from his father, and his marriage to
Miss Menges was a sensation He had
been spending money lavishly at Coney
Island following the receipt OF his in
heritance. and was Familiarity known as
the Angel of that resort. At a din
ner at one of the Coney Island hotels
IN December, 1901, Corwin first met
Miss Menges, and he became infatu-
ated With Ter Inc young woman Iall-
ed to return to her home. whereupon
Menges notified the police. with the
result that Corwin was charged with
abduction. This matter was amicably
settled when Corwin married the
Corwin rapidly ran through his for
tune and he and his wife separated
some time ago. A prominent and
wealthy New Yorker of ancient family
has frequently been mentioned as hav-
fr4r~ ID enuSfffera HE attention to Mrs
CorWin
Russell H. Lindale. who has been als
pointed Mrs. Corwin's guardian, is
lawyer associated with the firm of Bat
tie & Marshall, of No. 10 Broadway.
Debar sthe Husbands Action.
Inasmuch as Mrs Corwin has nov
taken the initiative, Corwin is de-
barred from bringing an Independent
action against his wife. Under the law
his sole remedy is, should he conteuG-
plate such course of procedure, TO
make a counter claim in reply to her
allegations, denying them and setting
up such facts as might justify him in
seeking a trial.
Robert Garrett, it is said. took
great interest in the daughter of Nj.
Nenges when she was child.
Mrs. Halsey Corwin has sailed Tor
Europe. She said she did not know hosv
| long she would be gone
Mrs. Corwin. with her father Maui
rice Menges, and two women friends
was driving an automobile through
Sixth street, Brooklyn, on her way to
the pier when at Lincoln place she dis
covered she was about to be run into
by two express wagons.
AS she quickly turned the steering
wheel her machine crushed into an ex-
press wagon Of the New York Transfer
company. The shaft pole injured her
arm. Mrs. Corwin barely escaped re-
ceivfng the shaft direct in her face. Fer
some time the party wrangIed in the
street. but finally Mrs. Corwin pro-
ceeded.
Given seven Years at Auburn.
Warsaw, n. z. Aug. e.-Former