The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-29
MRS. MINER FREE
TO MARRY AGAIN
JUSTICE GUY OF N. Y. SUPREME
COURT GRANTS HER DECREE
OF ABSOLUTE DIVORCE.
MINER IS FORBIDDEN TO MARRY
He Doesn't Care to-'I've Been
Through the Mill and I've
Retired"
MINER IS FORBIDDEN TO MARRY

laide Yerkes Miner is free to MARI,
again, should she desire to do so
Justice Guy in special term of tn,
supreme court today signed the fina
decree divorcing her from Wilson
| Miner. She was married to Miznel
shortly after the death of her hus
band, Charles 7. Yerkes, the stree
railroad magnate, and within a few
months sued Miner for an absolute
| divorce. She charged him with i'm
proper conduct with woman whose
| name was not disclosed.
A few hours after Mrs. Yerkes
Miner had been granted final de
cree of divorce, the man whom she
married after Charles Yerkes' death
made the astounding statement that
she is in financial distress. Miner
in his Rand hotel at No. 142 West
Forty-ninth street, said, when he
heard the news of the decree:
81 am glad that it is all over and
the trouble has ended. And | am
sorry for this woman, for | know
that she is in the hands of friends
who have heeced her, forced her to
the wall, and caused her to practi-
cally depend upon the charity of 9th
ers for her subsistence.
The man who, with the widow OF
the great tunnel builder, commanded
hundreds of columns in the newspa-
pers after his secret marriage, took
the situation philosophicaly, and as
sumed mein of intense relief. He
lolled back in his chair and said the
world will some day know more re-
gardinp the lannon's affair
There are many Incidents, many
things, many phases of what you call
the celebrated cases that | could tell
if wished" he remarked. But this
is not the time, neither is it the
place, to make revelations.
II have been accused of marrying
Mrs. Yerkes for her money. nose
who so charge are not aware of the
true circumstances. Why, when | be-
came Mrs. Yerkes' husband, her af-
fairs were so tangled that they de-
fed analysis. The will of Mr.. Yer
kes was most remarkable docu-
ment so far as the distribution of
wealth that does exist and imaginary
riches was concerned.
"Just one-third of the estate, such
as it was, had been allotted to Mrs
Yerkes. But then came the friends,
who have reduced this woman to the
pitiful financial state in which she
now finds herself. They coddled and
cajoled her. They drilled into her
mind the necessity, as they called it,
to relinquish her claim to this one
third.
when Mrs. Yerkes acceded to the
demand of these friends she found
that she had been mulcted. These
supposed kindhearted persons had
induced he'd to lay claim to one-hali
of an estate that was so tied up that
litigation would be necessary to ac-
quire any part of it.
GAS a result of the plotting being
done by those interested in her af-
fairs, Mrs. Yerkes was unable to dis
cover Just what this estate consisted
Of She derived no income from il
to practically throw herself upon the
charity of real friends. She has lit.
tie money now, and little hope of get
ting much.
There was no mercenary motive
back of my marriage to Mrs. Yer
kes | married her partly to protect
her against the clique that sought tC
accomplish her financial ruin-the
clique that has succeeded. | want
ed to guard her against the machina
lions of certain John Doe ant
John Smith | succeeded in this re
spect, but | cannot now tell the en-
tire story regarding it."
Miner leaned back YEARLY in hi
chair and calmly puffed a cigarette
weighing every word he said will
great care.
"You know" the reporter remark
ed, that by this decree you are for
hidden to marry until Mrs. Miner
now Mrs. Yerkes once more-i
dead
Eyes, l know that" replied the
young man, but I have no intention
to re-marry. Yet, if did want to ge
into the marital game again, you
know it costs only three cents to ge
over to New jersey
Miner laughed significantly as HI
said this, but, becoming serious
again, said:
mo, I'll never marry again. fv'
been through the mill and I've re
tired"
MlLutI was dohCu IL Iou
idea that Mrs. Yerkes intended t.
| marry again. He said no.
"She is lucky to be able to liv'
comfortably" he added. land no
body can be accused of wanting tt
marry her for her money.
Questioned as to the published ri
NOR that he contemplated marrying
certain New York newspaper writ
err. Miner laughed and said:
Nothing to the rumor. Absurd
I told you l shall never wed again
| am perfectly happy up here in m,
| own place, and am not looking TO
any more turbulence. | never wisl
to hear any more rumors about thu
young woman you name, eXceptin!
that we are good friends.
you may say finally, that | hav'
profound pity for the poor. misguid
ed woman who is duchess of a bant
| of rogues and has been mulcted o
what little was due her.
LINER would say no more except
| ing to say, "Some day the true story