The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-03
ROMANCE OF MRS.
M|zNER IS OVER
WIDOW or MILLIONAIRE WANTS
DIVORCE FROM HANDSOME
YOUNG HUBBY.
NAMESMANY MATTRESSES
In Her suit Which lie viii Not Con-
test--st 100000 said to Have
Beer Given Him to Call
Marriage Off.

I New York, May q Mrs, Charles 7.
yerkes. Mizner has sued for absolute
divorce from Wilson Miner 70 whom
he was welded suddenly one night
lin her splendid Fifth avenue mansion
few weeks after the dea b Of Mr..
Yerkes. She has named several yoHng
Iwomen of tho stage as cn respondtnts
Iit IA alleged. but theil identity could
lpot be discovered tonight as the
iuapeIs in the case are being cen
cealed by the court officers and the
LAWYERS on each side, and neither Nr.
Miner nor his wife cares 70 discuss
that portion Of the proceeding
The fact that Mrs. Yerkes-Mizner
Ehad begun action against her husband
disclosed the news that Judge Bis
choT, On the application OF counsel
for Ms. Miner, had appointed Louis
IB Hasbrouck LAWYER. as referee,
"lts All Over" Says Mizner.
"Yes. its all over" said Mr. Miner
tonight .The case was sen to a
referee and she win obtain her de-.
cree. The testimony IS all in and The
paners have been taken to the Judge
II denied the alleeatioas Of course,
but shall not fight the suit"
Mr.. Niznor was informed that just
hree hours before he said the suit
HAD been ended the referee had as
gerted positively the case had not
come before him; that no date had
lbeen fixed for The taking Of testimony
lana that 10 testimony had been taken
IN the suit. bus he reiterated his state
meat
II decline to disclose the names OF
the alleged correspondents" said the
young man, drawing himself mp to his
Ifull height of feet 4, and assuming
Ethe air Of one always ready to per-
lure himseifdiEe gentleman e spare
the name Of woman Everything
has been amicably arranged and that
lis buried forever" he added
"Bu the reports have it that sew
eral yonng women Of the stage were
named by your wife" he was re-
minded
well. isn't It usual for a number
of persons to be mentioned in cases
Ike this?" he asked.
Silent in Grlgsby Matter.
"As a matter of fact. did you not
call upon Miss Grigsby when that
Young woman was in town recently.
to sue he Yerkes estate for mil
lions?" he was asked.
"That I decline to answer" he re-
plied with dignity Il also wish TO
deny that any money passed in this
case. duesty or indirectly"
AT Mrs. Miners house in FIFTH
avenue today it was said she WIS ont
Of town From other sources it was
learned hat the papers in the case
had been served on Miner at the
Grand Central Hotel about two weeks
ago that both parties had agreed to
keen the case a secret and that Miz-
ner flied answer to the allegations Of
his wife denying them in toto. It was
also said authoritatively that MIS-.
Mizner had employed detectives to
fellow Miner almost from the day Of
ihis marriage. She was extremely
jealous Of a young actress whom she
described as a blonde.
Widow Wants Yerkss' Name.
Tae day after Miner fled from her
house within less han two weeks OF
their marriage. Mrs Miner declared
to friend that an She wanted was TO
have the name of Yerkos restored 10
her
Il hate tho name 0f Mizner" she
/ said. "and ] would give anything to
Get my own name hack again. ] am
not going 10 give Wilson sioo0,ooo." !"
.he added. 4 wouldn't mind settli3e
ny Chicaeo house on him, but
wouldn't give him ANYTHING more.
That is valued a about $50. 800"
Along Broadway where Miner is
! well known. 81 T. asserted tonight that
he had obtained 81 .e000 zoe. the settle
meBt which Mrs. Miner had prom
ised him before the marriage. and
that he intended 20 we'd another
woman worth millions. Miner denied
lboih these reports and declared en-
Dhaticaily he had never received a
b cent from his wife Rumors that
there Rad been collision in the mat
ter ne also emphaticslly denied. and
1eciar cd The statements that he had
been seen recently at the head Of HE
; wife's dinner table in her Fiifh ave
luue palace were also gross fabrica
fiCns.
The Miznefs were married a liitle
more than a year ago within a feF
3 weeks after Tho death af Mfs Ml--
uer's frs husband Charles 7 Yerkas
? ir the Val5orfAsf9sia. Ycuns Ni7
. liner had been Introduced 70 Mrs
p Terkes br q mutual frienf ab0ut a
p wear before be welded her. From Tie
day be was presented ~ her he paid
b sidfous attention 20 her and made
ldaily VISITS st her home.