The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-09

have been unfortunate in their. mar
riages And they can scarcely make
Adams excuse and say, THE woman
Thou gavest men, oh. Lord" for in
most cases 1t has been the wife who
has suffered wrong at the hands of the
husband, or at least the evidence in
the divorce courts seems to have borne
out this theory.
Through a long series of years there
has been string of divorce cases on
trial here in the Allegheny county
courts which attracted attention
throughout the country
List Led by a ThaW.
One of the earlier Thaws. his name
has been forgotten just for the moment
started the list. That was the famous
Indian princess" trial. Glorious old
Tom" Marshall Allegheny countys
most famous criminal lawyer, made his
reputation in the trial of that case
Cuba U. Quit was the Indian princess.
She married Thaw. At least the
world recognized them as married, and
the man never made any denial of it.
She knew little of her husband or his
antecedents. When he died she was
advised TO sue for her Widows dover
of his rich estate.
Only the older people of the nation
remember that trial today, but it was
one of the most remarkable ever tried
here. The Thaws won, although the
popular verdict was in favor of the
dusky Indian girl who had pledged her
life and her honor to the scion Of the
Thaws. All that remains in Pittsburg
today to recall that famous trial is an
alley named for the Indian princess.
1t was a rich scandal while it lasted
w he Of
two generations in the Allegheny county
court house are the records of the IA
nous Cuba u. Quit" claims. To his
dying day tom" Marshall maintained
the Indian woman had been wronged
because of her color.
Legend of Indians Curse.
There is a legend that when denied
even the honor of wifehood, the Indian
woman pronounced a curse on the name
of ThaW. Whether she did or not, the
family has certainly suffered from its
share of tragedies and scandals.
Old William Thaw, founder of the
family, never went through the divorce
courts, but he had his own troubles.
He is known only as a Christian gentle
man, philanthropist, business man of
remarkable ability. The fact that his
wife did not live with him for years
because of his fOndness for the So
ciety of other women, particularly
young girls. is not exploited so much
as his good deeds. He maintained a
\ big house down in Fifth avenue, where
ne carried on as suited his tastes, while
his wife and the children lived out in
\ the East End. The family visited him
often.
Some Recent Sensations.
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Corey, president of the United States
Steel corporation; Harry Kendall Thaw
and Augustus Hartje, the millionaire
paper manufacturer of this city are
just now croWding the newspapers.
They are each sensational enough in
every way. Corey, lifted from cOmpar-
alive poverty as clerk in u coal office
at $40 month to a position where he
presided over the business of a billion
dollar corporation, lost his head over
a chorus girl. The wife he had married
when she was a house servant for his
father woulG not do for his exalted sta
ton. He wanted to be rid of her and
the divorce suit recently filed by the
wife in Nevada is the result.
August Hartje is now endeaVOring to
prove his wife is a moral degenerate
and has named a negro as correspond
ent in his divorce case.
Blaine Jr.'s Troubles.
James c.. Blaine, jr., was a Pitts
burger. His father was born and raised
but few miles outside of the city and
he met and married his first wife here.
She was Miss Marie Nevin of this city.
She was a pretty actress with bril-
liant career ahead of her. She prob
ably thought an alliance with the son
of the first statesman Of the dey would
brings laurels to her she could reach
no other way. 1t broght heartaches
and she sued him FOR divorce. She
married DR. Bull, a famous surgeon OF
New York. Young Blaine entered the
matrimonial market again and welded
Miss Martha Hitchcock. daughter of
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock. She
is now suing him for divorce.
Lawrence c. Phipps, nephew of Hen
ry Phipps, partner of Andrew Carnegie,
is another Pittsburg millionaire whose
married life did not prove happy. There
was much sensational testimony could
have been brought cut in the trial OF
that case. but it was not. The divorce
was secured quietly, and now it is said
the divorces are casting sheep-eyes
at each other, and if they were re-
married it would not surprise anybody.
Romance of Hart Mckee.
Hart Mckee, son of the millionaire
glass man and traction magnate, mar
ried Ida Sutton. She stood it as long
as she could and sued for divorce on
the grounds of gross cruelty negligence
and nonsupport. He settled that by
paying her $4,000 and not contesting
the divorce. 4 messenger waited here
the day the decision was handed down
and the instant it was over he started
with a transcript for New York. Ar
irving there he placed the transcript
in Hart McKee's hands at z o'clock the
next morning. That afternoon license
was granted Mckee to wed the beau
tful Denver widow. Mrs. Tevis. They
were married and started at once for
Europe. sailing that afternoon. They
have not disturbed the serene pool of
NPittsbarg society since.
James King Clark and his violet
BRIDE are known wherever divorce pro-
ceedings are read. He was son and
heir of the iron master. Charles Clark.
He married Miss Edith Bartlett. and the
honeymoon never ended, for the divorce
suit began too soon. Mrs. Clark testi-
fed in the trial of her divorce case
that her husband became repugnant to