The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-07
ABSOLUTE
DIVORCE FOR
MRS.. YOUNG
Wife of New York Million
aire Banker Freed in
Trenton Court.
ON DESERTION GROUNDS
Defendant in Humble CircuW-
stances at Marriage, Says
Master-Found Wealth and
Companions More Con-
genial to Condition.
DESERTTON GROUNDS
Especia! to the Evening start

Especial to the Evening Start
TRENTON, Jan. Mrs. Natalie B.
Young. wife of George w. Young. a
millionaire banker of New York and a
member of the firm of George w.
Young & Co. SO Cedar street, Of that
city, has obtained an absolute divorce
from her husband on the ground Of de-
sertion. The suit was uncontested by
Mr.. Young, and the decree was signed
by Chancellor Magic after testimony
had been taken and a report rendered
by Special Master Frank Van Cleve, Of
Paterson. The decree leaves the ques-
ton of alimony, counsel fee and the
custody of the two infant children 20
be determined upon an application by
Mrs. Young to the Court of Chancery
after the entry of the decree. The de-
cree was granted on December 80.
Special Master Var Cleve's report
shows thai Mr.. and Mrs. Young were
married November &c, 1889, at the home
of her father, 565 Pavonia avenue, Jer-
sey City. The maiden name of Mrs.
Young was Natalie B.. Bray. The re-
pogt further shows that Young de-
serted his wife May 2s, 1906.
: The special master, in giving the
reasons which caused the desertion,
says:
II have ascertained that the petitioner
and the defendant at the time of their
marriage were persons In moderate cir
cumstances. and that the defendant, after
his marriage with the petitioner, accumu-
lAIe0 great wealth.. and anDaIAnTlV nAQ
formed other association more congenial
TO his then financial condition. And from
principal reason for the defendants deser-
ton of the petitioner was loss of affection
for her, caused by his fondness. for other
women, whose names have not been men
toned"
According to the testimony of Mrs.
Young her husband is a member IF the
New York Stock Exchange, in which he
bought a seat in 1906 for s 5000. After
their marriage they lived together three
years at the home of Mrs. Young's
father in Jersey City. The next winter
Mrs. Young lived at Lakewood, and in
the summer they went to Belmar,
where Mr.. Young had purchased a
house,
Following that they continued to re-
side in the summer at Belmar or Deal
Beach and in winter rented a home at
2e West S~eventy.third street, New York
city. They kept their legal residence
in New Jersey. In 1900 Mr.. Young pur-
chased a home at Deal Beach. This
was a tract of 1,100 acres n was con-
sidered one of the most beautiful places
on the New Jersey coast. The home
was burned in January, 1906, causing a
loss OF $50. 900.
Mrs. Young further testified that the
cost of running their two establish
ments during the five years that they
were maintained was $50, 900 q year, not
including Mr.. Young's personal expenses.
She claimed further that their married
life from 1895 to 1906 was very unhappy.
She charged that her husband avoided
her and did not treat her properly.
He was habitually way from home, and
If he was home, brought other people
there and avoided being alone with his
wife. When asked for an explanation
of his conduct, Young, according TO his
wife,s testimony, said he had ceased to
love her, that she annoyed him, that he
did not care to live with her longer
and, wanted his freedom from her.
1t was shown thai in 1903 Young took
separate apartments in the Hotel Lor-
raine, New York city, and from that
time up to the desertion they practical
ly lived separate. The winter of 1903
and 1904 Mrs. Young spent in California
at the suggestion of her husband, be-
cause he said he did not care to live
with her. She returned to New York
upon receiving a telegram from her
husband that he wished to see her and
the children. Mrs. Young says the
meeting was not demonstrative, and
that there was no reconciliation.
At the suggestion of Young, Mrs.
YOUNG went to Europe in June. 1904,
and remained until November. Young
also went abroad, but stopped nly
five days with his wife and children.
Mrs. Young said that he tried to in
duce her to remain in Europe and
offered to give her a $4,000
if she would do so. Mrs. Young cabled
her husband of her return in Novem-
Der, but he did not meet her at the
steamer. She was met by other rela-
tives and friends, who rendered her a
luncheon at Sherry's the day she
landed.
While the party were lunching Young
entered. He sat at a different table,
not speaking to his wife. The wife
saws she went to where he was seated,
when he at once left the table. He left
the RESTAURANT without recognizing his
wife in any way.
The wife claimed that her husband
has never made any provision for her
support since the desertion. she testl-
fed: HE left me in debt in Lakewood
and I had to use my own money LOT
doctors bills, my boys pony, Tor
horses and drug bill, and other ex-
penses. It took $1,100 to pay the DEBTS
for my support and that of my chill
dren."
Mrs. Young is now residing at the
home of her brother-in-law, Frank H.
Hurd, in Bogota, n. J.
The suit was started June Is, 1907,
and the papers were served on Young
ct the home of his brother, Charles L.
Young, Deal Beach.