The Washington herald., 1907-05-02
MISS GILMAN COMES
Actress and Steel Magnate
to Wed Nay II.
TRAVELS INCOG FROM EUROPE
Gives Out Announcement of Mar
riage Day - Millionaire AdmireF
Calls on Her at Hotel fn New York.
First Wife Divorced Since Last
Year-Was No Surprise.

New York. May 1--Mabelle Gilman. the
actress. who got back TO the United
States this morning, gave out brief
statement late this afternoon 20 the effect
that she was to be married TO William
Ellis Corey. the steel magnate. on May
l3, and that although, ia general, she did
not think that her affairs were the pub
He's. she would trsnsgress her safle for
once to give out that Information. She
said. furthermore. that at the wedding
would be present members OF her family
and those Of Mr. Corey. too. She did not
say where the wedding would take place
but It is understood 1t Is likely to be at
Sherys, where Mr.. Corey is now stop
ping
Miss Gilman saw Mr. Corey az the Hotel
Gotham. where she is with her mother.
Mrs. jeanette A. Gilman. and her two
younger sisters, Pearl and Eunice, be-
fore she gave out the statement Mr..
Corey was there from before 4 until
after g.
Miss Gilman came in this morning on
the Kaiser Wilhelm de Crosse, which
arrived al HohOken. She did not appear
under her own name on the passenger
list She had "a cabin de luxe and trav-
eled with Miss Frances Shaw. a daugh-
ter of Frank Shaw. Of san Francisco. a
friend Of Miss Gilman's father. Charles
H. Gilman. who also is from San Fran
cisco. They were registered as Frau
Shaw and Frsuiein Shaw. Miss Gilman
was "Fraulein Shaw"
Passengers in Ignorance.
During the trip she and Miss Shaw
kept very much to themselves, and the
passengers did not know they were or
board Miss Gilman was seasick much
Of the trip over and when she was able
TO get out on deck to take a walk it was
always in the evening.
/ The marriage thus announced is what
/ has been expected for some time. evel
since Mrs, Corey got a divorce from bel
husband last year.
William Ellis Corey first became prom
/ inentIy known TO the general public wheI
/ in August, 1903. he succeeded Charles NJ
! Schwab as the head OF the Steel Trust
1 It was later in that year that Mabeli'
! Gilman visited Pittsburg as a member o
/ the ''Mocking Bird" company. Corey Oc
/ Cupied box at the theater on the frs
night, and was seen with the actress FIRE
| quently throughout the stay of the com
pany.
Trouble Patched Up.
Any disagreement that there nigh
have been between him and his wife
laura Cook Corey, over his intimac.
with the actress, was supposed TO hav
been patched up. But in December o
1905. a New York newspaper printed
picture of Mabelle Gilman in her room
at home displaying at the same time al
easel with a picture of Mr.. Corey on Il
That made the break between husbau'
and wife inseparable
However, all reports of a serious dis
agreement were stopped when on Christ
mas Day, 1905, Corey met his wife Il
Braddock, Pa, made up everything an
gave her "a present of y1,000.O00 In June
1906. Mrs. Corey filed suit for divorc
in Reno, New. and It was granted July 3.
1t was understood that in consideration
of naming no correspondent and aIlegin
merely desertion that a sum of $4,000
was settled on Mrs Corey. and that pro
vision was made for Allan, the sixteen
year-old son Of the steel man.
After the divorce even Pittsburg Wa
disposed to look coldly on Corey.