Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-31
MILLIONAIRE NOT AT THE TRIAL
Sister of tho Responder. Asserts
That Tie lie No. a FIJI Person to
Care for this BOY Because he Leads
Too Fast Lilo In the "whlto
Light" of Gotham. /
(By Associated PreHa.,

T.
RENO. Nl1V July 3U.-Mrs VIII. 4
nam Ellis Corey, wife of tho prosl-
dent of the Uniled Suites steel cor.
porhtion WINS awarded divorce In
the Second District Court OF New.
an sitting ut Reno today.
The cnsc was submitted without
argument and tho jury took but one
ballot. The jury was out but few
minutes. Mr.. Corey was not present.
Mrs, Corey was in the tears when
told that she had been given do.
cree md the custody of her 16 ycnr s
old son, Allen Corey. She drove at
once to her home on Riverside Ave
me, where she will continue tn 1.-Two.
No evidence was submitted by tho 4
defense and there was no argument 3!
Almony Not Mentioned.
The question of allniuny was not
introduced Mrs. Corey made an In. y
tcreating admission, however. statlng
that In May 1906, few weeks ba-s
fore her petition for divorce was ftlses
ed, shel negotiated throngh her att
torneys ss aE Financial ttisnsH tssssit tssl
her islaband. She was not Sasj
Whit the nature of this ssttiemsntss
was y ~
am u resident Of Reno, New
said Mrs. Corey whom placed on the
stand, "and the VITO OF William Ellis
Corey, the defendant in this action.
We were married on December, 1,
1885 ut Pittsburg. Pa, anu lived 10. 4
sether until May 1905, At that
time my husband deserted me anu IS
went to New York a /.
Corey Deserted Her.
followed him and had CONVEX
sntion with him In the Hotel Lor.
raine. He told me he had decided
TO live apart, He said that It was,g
impossible for US to live happily to-
gether and that would never see
him again. He stated that he intend-#
cd going to Europe for few months.
There vas no scene.
81 talked with him about the mat
ter and urged him to again resume
his place IN our home, but he refus
ed. have never seen him slncep
Mrs. Corey stated that she was u
hest suited for the custody Of herr
son and asked the court to plnce5S
him In her care.
Mrs. Corey was vislbly affected Il
while telling her story. s3
Notoriety Not the Cause.
Is 1t true that newspaper
notorIety was the principal
factor in your disagreement
with Mr., Corey and is 1t res
sponsible for this divorce proceed
ings?" asked Benjamin Curler, an.
other of her attorneys. IS
Such is not the case. The stories
that may have appeared In the press
had nothing to do with 1t" said Mrs.
Corey.
Miss Addle Corey, sister OF thes
respondent corrobrated Mrs. Corey's
statement that Corey had deserted
her, his wife and told how she and
her aged mother had made in-ef1ects
cal attempts to effect reconcilla
ton. ss,s
Corey Liked Fast Life,
Her brother, she said, had lost
sight of his home, insbeing absorbed
in business and infatuated with the
fast life Of New York II ~ .ss slsa.
DO you consider Mr.. Corey q
proper custodian for his son?n she
was asked.
II do not she replied. Z. "a
iHe5is not proper person for his
son to associate with, he has no
home and his associates are not fit
companions for q young man Of Az
lan's, age. 1 do not think any New
York man is fit to have charge Of S|
boy of his age.
'tDo You mean all New York men
Continued on page seven.