Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-10

Miss Helen Maloney.
NEW YORK. August 10.-The compli-
Gated matrimonial affairs of Miss Helen
Maloney, the Philadelphia heiress who
twice eloped, each time with a diff erent
man. and was adjudged by the courts to
be. after all, unmarried, will be finally
Strengthened out within few days.
A week from Thursday will mark the
expiration of the three months which
must elapse between the rendering of a
decision of annulment and it's final con-
firmation. On that day the girls father.
the papal Marquis Martin Maloney, will
ask for the final confirmation of the an
nulment. and will no doubt receive it.
Miss Maloney will then be clear Of the
mock marriage" which she went through
with young Arthur Herbert Osborne, at
Mamaroneck. 1t has always been denied
that she even went through any form of
ceremony with the young Englishman.
Samuel B. Clarkson, with whom she later
ran away to Montreal so the courts de-
cree will leave her free to wed ClarksOn
whenever she wishes.
To Wed Clarkson Soon.
This ceremony will not be long delayed.
it was said by friends yesterday. In fact,
the Maloney family have already begun
preparations for it land it is possible that
the wedding will take place within a week
or two.
W. j. Tanning. lawyer and confidential
friend of Martin Maloney, freely discussed
the case yesterday.
Mr.. Tanning said that, having been out
of touch with the family for the past two
months. he knew nothing of the coming
wedding ceremony between Miss Maioney
and the Englishman. But he assumed that
the courts, having declared the alleged
marriage with Osborne null. there would
be wedding.
From the first" Mr.. Tanning contin-
ued. the family had always contendei
that there had been no marriage with Os-
borne. The courts proved they were right
in that contention.
The application to the courts for its
annulment was in no way an admission
that there had been marriage. That
was merely the legal form which was
necessary in such case. There was no
other method of procedure. In the strict
sense, this was not an annulment be-
cause there was nothing to annul. The
courts decreed that there had been no
marriage.
Only a Christmas Lark.
There had been some sort of ceremony
between Miss Maloney and Arthur H. Os
borne before Justice Boyd, but it was
only part of Christmas festivity lark.
There had been no intent 10 marry 1t
was therefore no marriage. and had new
er for a single moment been considered a
marriage either by Miss Maloney or Mr..
Osborne.
There was no need for her to wait for
the confirmation of the courts decree.
Had it been an annulment in the ordinary
sense, delay for the confirmation would
have been necessary But Miss MalOney
might have married the day after the
co.. ho6 hn r,1n
time before. for that matter. The court
held that she had always been free to
marry Clarkson.
There has been no trouble with the
church which could cause delay. 1t is not
true that the pope refused TO grant a dis
pensatiOn. There has never been any Pc
tition to the pope. There has never in
the opinion of the family. been anything
to petition the pope to dispense.
The petition for the annulment of the
alleged marriage was brought only be-
cause of the notoriety the elopement
brought to the family. 1t was merely to
satisfy the public by means of the highest
legal authority that there had never been
of such declaration. except to put an end
definitely to the statements that had been
made that a marriage had taken place.
Always Free to Wed.
Miss Maloney is now, and always has
| woman seeking to enter matrmony fol-
| the first time.
IF Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia
| ever said that he would refuse to marry
the young lady and Clarkson. and thai
| the church would not permit them TO mar.
ry that was because the archbishop was
not then aware OF the facts. Maybe the
| archbishop had said something Of the sort
when guided by only what had appeared
in the newspapers. But / don't believ>
| he did.
Certainly. because of the rumors tina
| there had already been a marriage, the
| church would want to be satisfied tina.
| there had not been one. In this case, the
| church would hold a sort of court of it:
own. 1t would examine the evidence upor
| which the civil court had declared there
| had been no marriage, and it might wan
more evidence, or II might be satisfied
| with that which had been given.
| Perhaps it is on this account that the
marriage is waiting until after the for
| mality of the confirmation Of the decret
| by the civil court
| Mr. Tanning said he didn't know wheth
| err the ceremony would take place at Phil
| adelphia, the home Of the Maloneys. Oh
| in the chapel at Spring Lake. their sum
| mer place on the New Jersey coast, where
| they now are staying.