The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02
Her FIGURE HIGH.
Pat McCarren, New York Poll
tician, Is Sued.
hrs. Nary Dixon Wants @~OO'
600 for Blasted Affections.
PASSED AS HIS WIFE.
She Weeps When interviewed
About the Action.
Hoped the Matter Might be
Settled in Private.
PASSED AS HIS WIFE

New york Aug. within few days
mrs No., n Dixon. Of No 80 Leno&
800 FTlatbrsh win move in the SUI
prenne court Brooklyn. for 1uogiilsHs
by default in the sum Of S2V0'OUO AZ 60
Patrick H McCarren, state senator an
Democratic leader in Kings county
Through her attorney, Manton NJ
vvvveu of No. $40 Broadway MIS- LIZ o.
on in a complaint verified July q lso0'
ALLEGED these grounds Of action:
That in october. 1902. she was INTRO
aueed to Senator McCarren, who IN the
following three months called upon neI
freouenflv. and in her company Visit
ed restaurants and places Of pupAc
amusements-
That after he had frequently declared
his love for her a mutual agreement
TO marry was entered into.
That in January, 1906. upon his rep
reservations that he could not af1oro 20
marry her publicly, she agreed TO I'VE I'VE
with him as his common-iaW Wlls- -
alleges that the representations A1duS
~ ber tn induce her to assume the con
dition OF a comm0n-law vie were ina.
although he had been a WldoWeI mo- -
than 20 years, McCarren was SUM- ~
reDllte true to his first wife, ana tndl,
as a Il v-yer- and a senator. he was able
to assure the plaintiff that common
law marriage was valid
was Introduced as His Wife.
That. subsequently, she lived with
NIcCarren at the Kenmore and Zen
T,vcJS hotels. in Albany. at the Hoffman
House and WaIdorf-Astoria and the
Clarendon hotel in Brooklyn, and at
each was presented as Mrs McCafFsH
and passed as such.
That on August 26, 1904, while at the
Clarendon hotel son was porn 70 llei
and Senator McCarren, and was AFTER
ward christened Patrick H. McCarren'
That in February. 1906 McCarren
agreed to furnish a house IN Brooklyn
as a home for her. her child and a nurse
but he failed to do So
That she was and still is ready to
marry the defendant and has frequently
requested him to marry her, but he mas
refused and still refuses to do so.
That she is advised by counsel that
the relation of cOmmon-law husband
and wife is no longer recognized by the
laws Of this state and that the defend
ant knew it at the time he persuaded
her to live with him.
The summons in the suit. Mrs DIXON
LAWYER says. was served on Senator Nc
Carren st Democratic headquarters in
Brooklyn on June %. He had not ap-
peared in the case on July IS when ms
time to do so expired. It is understood,
however, that he has retained attorneys
and viii fight the case
Attorney Wyvel described his client
as "a very beautiful woman, devoutly
religious and wholly unworldly."
A reporter called on Mrs. Dixon at
her home on LenOx road. The house is
a colonial cottage surrounded by
lawns and flower beds The furnishings
and decorations of the house are very
luxurious Mrs. Dixon is strikingly
handsome Conspicuous on the drawing
room walls are several portraits Of Sen
ator McCarren-
poor, Poor Pat" She Said.
At the mention of McCarren's name
Poor, poor Pat" she said. did
you see him today, and did he speak
of me2 But what cOl.zd [ do when he
deserted me? refused to allow
judgment to be taken until yesterday
when ] instructed my lawyer to pro-
coed as there was nothing else to do.
But the father of my boy shall recOg-
nize him. 7 swear It. All. how I have
hoped this ugly matter could be set
tied in private.
Here is something [ want to you
deny for me. There have been stories
that at one time. more than a year
before my boy was born, I was or
dered from the Waldorf Astoria in
New York. The statement is false. I
was III there with appendicitis at the
time ana ldL AE0Lu OIUEfilB me away
the hotel people said I was a welcome
guest at any time and a perfect little
lady. Also, please print that Mr.. Dix
on, my first husband, has been dead
more than six years.
Mrs. Dixon said she was a native Of
Canada, where her people were in
good circumstances and position. AS
Mrs. McCarren," she said she had
been introduced to many of McCar-
ren's friends, and such of them as she
came to know well were all religious
and of literary tastes.
And, she said in conclusion, lift
ing her two-year-old son in her arms
there is my best evidence. Don't you
think he is the living image of PATTI
Senator McCarren was less conmu-
NEGATIVE than the woman who sues
him. He smiled grimly when the
matter Of the suit was preached. but
Dixon. and that she was a "ver1
charming person" would say nothing
at all.