The San Francisco call., 1908-04-08
LAYS WRECK OF
HAPPINESS TO
JULIA MARLOWf
Mrs. Karl Won Hermann
Blames Actress and Society
Woman in Divorce Suit
Handsome Wife Who Posed for
Harrison Fisher Would Free
Her Author Husband
Writer Is Former Familiar Fig
ure in Bay Cities. Where
He Was Called Count"
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SALEM. Mass. April Julia Mar
lowe. the actress, and Mrs. Maude
Thornton Backus, a we'll known Brook
iyn woman. are named as correspondents
in sensational divorce suit brought
in the Essex county circuit court this
afternoon by Mrs Clara Louise Won
Hermann against her husband, Karl
Stephen von Hermann She is a
former well known artist model and
he is a former newspsperman and
magazine writer. He is widely known
in cities of the south and west.
In her complaint Mrs. Won Hermann
says she was married June :. 1899. at
Hamilton, Mass, and that their matri-
monial cafeer has been stormy. Several
times they separated and started pro-
ceedings for divorce, but each time her
husband prevailed upon her to with
draw the action The complaint names
at least 20 places in this country and
abroad where Won Hermann is alleged
to have been in company OF Miss Mar
lowe and Mrs. Backus.
The actress is the more prominently
mentioned of the two. Won HERNIA mn
is alleged to have acted as deputy
manager and press agent for Miss Mar
lowe. His wife has posed for Harrison
Fisher and many other artists.
Karl Won Hermann WAS connes ted
with the San Francisco Examiner from
April. 1905. 10 september. 1906. He
had traveled ss.tspsis.sly While in
Naples some years ago ne met Julia
Marlowe. With her, he made an ascent
of Mount yesuvius and he described the
experience in a story written for the
Ladies Home Journal. Always attired
in the latest fashion. afable. good
looking and fond of adventure, he at
tractec a great deal of attention about
town and was Familiarity known as the
count"
He was educated in Harvard. and in
the early days of Stanford university 5
history he attended classes in that in
stitution. Besides his newspaper work
he contributed to many monthly maya
zines and several local weeklies
TRAINED ON NEW YORK SUN
He received his early newspaper
training on the New York Sun. At dit
ferent times he was connected with the
editorial department of Cosmopolitan
and the Smart Set
At the time of the Cans Nelson fight.
In September. 1906. he was sent to Gold
field to describe the scenes of the bat
tie. He became acquainted with Larry
Sullivan and Graham Rice OF the L. NJ.
Sullivan trust company and accepted a
position with the mining concern, TAX
ing charge of their correspondence and
writing their weekly reports He was
taken sick a few weeks after associar-
ing himself with Sullivan.
For a time his life was despaired Of
He wrote to many friends, who came
to his assistance financially. Later he
moved to Sargents and remained there
for some months convalescing. He took
sick again in Oakland. and on regain
ing sufficient strength returned east.
This was early in last May
Mrs. Won Hermann was with him in
San Francisco at the time of the earth
quake Shortly afterward she went
east, while Won Hermann remained on
the coast. She has not been on the
coast since.