The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-31
Wife Of President Of United.
States Steel Corporation ss5
4 Secures Divorce.
DRAMATIC SCENE I'm COURT CO j ! |
sister 81 Defendant Took Side OF
3SWife and Denounced New 3 n
York Men.
(By Associated PrcssD

RENO, New July 3o.--A decree Of d..
& yorce was awarded Mt o clock this az
Sfernoo,, AZ, the Second District Court OF
Nevatins to Mrs William Ellis n Corey,
Wis of the president Of the United States
Il Sfeh1 < Corporation. The K case was ! stub
#fniueti, without argument, and the jury
tobokS but ono ballot. The jury was out
8but few minutes. Mr.. Corey was not
present Al e &, II 5 W
VI. Mrs, Corey was Il III tears when told
4 that she had obtained a decree and tho
custody Of her slxteen-year-old son, Allan
Corey. She drove ut 4 once 10 her home
\ on Riverside Avenue, vii ete she VIII con-
8tinue to reside No evidence was sub.
united a by the defense and there was
mo argument. i5 .tS !. IL
~ rho, question OF all1nony was not in-i
stfodhced. Mrs. Corey made an Interest,"
Ing admission, however, stating that In
T May, 1906, several weeks before her pc
@tltlon for divorce was filed, she nego-
stinted through Il her attorneys financial
settlement with her husband. She was
Stnot asked what the nature OF this set
Element was.
8s Story Of Mrs. Corey.
IT am a resident Of Reno, Nevada =
8Ssuid Mrs. Corey when placed on the
stand, sand the wife Of illiam Ellis
s.tQreyt Inc ueleHuaHL ~ luAS thSI'o1i' 49,
/; We're married on December l, 1883, at
g$Pfttsburg, Pa, and lived together until
SfAi4yS81 "a 905. At that time my husband
deserted me. and went to New York I
Followed him, and had a conversation
,y;thfhiu mt the Hotel Lorraine. u He told
/ ne lie had decide to alive apart. Ilc said
& that ltS 4 was impossible for us to live
happily together, and that would never
asee53hlm again, IIe stated that he in-
TENDED going to Europe for several
4 months There was no scene. talked
u With him about the matter and urged
&him5to again resume his place IN our
home, but he refused. ! have never seen
SIlinlss since .''
s3;s Mrs. Corey stated that she was best
suited lfor$lthe custody of her son. and
III asked " the court to- place him In her
care. Mrs. Corey was visibly affected
n while telling her story. tss ~ g
S$$ Isy.it true thatfnewspaper no oriety
wa tho principal factor in your separa-5
;Stions from Mr.. Corey, and is responsible
for this divorce proceeding r asked Ben
sjamin Curler, ano ther Of her attorneys
Isa Such is not the case. The stories that
may have appeared In the press had
nothing to do with IT, said Mrs. Corey
MISS Addie Corey, sister Of the respon-
dent, corroborated Mrs. Corey,s sta te-s
35nent that Corey had deserted lhIs wife.5
and and told how she and her aged mother
had ~ made several intellectual attemnt,t
8ttpN .seffect q reconciliation. Her brother,
u sbo Said, had lost sight Of his home be.
4 3, ~ absorbed In business and infatuated
WIN 3S' IN the fast life of New York.
',l- 70 you. consider Mr.. Corey proper
custodian for his SOM she was asked @
After New York Men.
i$ss do not" she replied. ..He$ is NOT =
sSfp lH1 person for his son to assocIate#
With He has no home and his associates
u are re not fit companions for a young man
II g "A an's age. II do not think any New
$aa ork man Is ut to have charge OF a boy
8# offihise a ge." sbss, 81 a ~
35s2D o1you mean all New York men, Miss
~ Coz Corey RI continued the attorney. dl ISL
l.s ''lg mean wealthy New DIRK men,"
Allan Corey stated that at the time
gBof the parting his father called him to
H his office and told him that he had de-
II eided ITO part from his mother. "a
,3s 3s He said I was too young to understand
81 tile reasons continued the boy. Tie
then said that my mother was a good
n woman, and that my place was at her
N Side 6i, 5sis KS q a
3 Attorney sardis Summarized, Of Reno
{ stated that his client. William Z. Corey,