The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-13
.SYMPATHIzED With
HER LONELY LIFE
Permitted Spouse to Live in
City Five Days ID
the Week

New York, March 13.-George Van
Duyne, building contractor, who
has been patronized extensively by the
Vanderblts and who is associated, in
a business way, with Billy" Muldoon,
physical rejuvenator to the elite, is
preparing an action for absolute di-
vorce. 1t is said the case will furnish
startling surprises
Van Duyne alleges that for more
than year his wife, Sophia, has been
known to one circle of friends as Mrs
George Dayton and to his acQuaint
anceg as Mrs. George Van Duyne; that
for a part of the year sne even main
tanned two establishments, and that he
has been innocently supporting Mrs
Van Duyne, Mrs. Dayton and the
spurious Mr. Dayton.
Mr. Van Duyne's business is largely
in White Plains, but, because of his
consorts partiality for city life. he has
kept his residence in Manhattan. He
however. has been able to spend only
Saturdays and Sundays at home He
lsympathized with his wifes lonely
existence without him through the re-
manning FIVE days OF the week, but
consoled her by leaving a check with
her name signed in blank whenever
he made his weekend visit
Several times when he visited his
wife he says he found man there
who was introduced as George Wal
lace. Mrs Van Duyne 1t was said,
was attempting to reduce household
lexpanses by renting a room, hut Mr..
| Wallace occupied il only. during the
day. as his business called him away
at night
The last time he returned home Van
Duyne discovered that his wife was
gone and had left no trace Of her des-
| tination
Tire startled husband made an inves-
| litigation, and says that he learned that
! the roomer had been a cordial friend
/ of his wife's for four years and that
the pair spent FIVE days Of each week
| in a fiat at One Hundred and Sixteenth
lstreet and Eighth avenue under the
name OF Mr. and Mrs. George Dayton.
When he came to look for his fur
lniture Van nuyne asserts that 1t was
i'm storage with a mortgage on II, his
wife having borrowed money on it to
help pay for the expense of the elope-
Iment The Adelphia Realty company
lof No. 116 Nassau street, holds an
lahidavlt signed by the missing woman
in which she is said to have sworn
tnat she was a widow and therefore
could mortgage the property without
her husbands consent.
when learned these things said
Van Duyne, Il put a gun in my pocket
and started for Newark. where ! was
Informed the couple had gone, with
the intention of killing booth of then
land myself ! repented OF my folly
Ion the way and tssreW the weapon
oyer the side of the ferry boat. But
II found her, confronted her with al
II had learned and she admitted IT, She
said she wanted 10 go and see oni
daughter, our son and her father tel
them goodbye and then be gone for
ever"
subsequently his daughter received
a letter, pOstmarked Washington, ID. G
in which Mrs Van Duyne declared
she had begun earning her own Twins
as damonstrat0r for a chocolate
; house.
IN his search for his wife Van Duyni
says he discovered that "Mr and Mrs
Dayton" often went TO a certain hous
in Newark He went there early on
evening, engaged the fandlady in cor
| versation, and, while listening TO he
; story about the missing pair the door
bell rang When he heard the nam
Wallace" sound through the speal
5 ing tube the enragad husband mad
{ a dash for the door, but he was intel
j cepted and the thoroughlare was $
T. lent and deserted when he iinall
I reached the street.