The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-06
HER WEDDING
| IS ANNULLED
Countess of Yarmouth
Granted a Divorce.
THE HEARING WAS PRIVATE
Earl Was Not In Court to Defend
Suit.
The Ceuntess. Formerly Mise A1ics
Thaw, Of Pittsburg, Testiaea
Marriage was Never
Contaminated.
THE HEARING WAS PRIVATE

President OF the Divorce Court, today
granted the Countess OF Yarmouth
who was Miss Alice Thaw. OF Pitts
burg, decree multiplying her marriage
to the Earl OF Xarmoufflth.
The case was heard In private. At
the time fxed for the commencement OF
the proceedings. every one not actual
ly engaged on the case, was excluded
from the court room. The case was
practically unattended and the hear
Ing lasted for only half an hour. The
Countess. attired In fashionable black
gown. was present, but the Earl OF
Yarmouth was not in court.
The papers In the case are being
kept secret and any information re-
garding the nature of the charges has
been carefully withheld. The state
ment was maze. however. that the
character OF the medical evidence to
be given. made public hearing In
advisable.
II has been well known for two years
past that the domestic affairs OF the
Yarmouth's were unhappy. The Barrie
companions and his manner of living.
Il was said. were such that he could
not give his wife the place in society
which she had right TO expect. she
| supplied large sums of money 20 da-
fray her husbands extravagances, ana
her friends say that she has conducted
herself with dignity throughout the
troubles resulting from this unhappy
| union, and the difaculties Of her bro
Their. Harry X. Thaw.
The fact that the Countess had de-
cided Aefnltely to seek an annuiimsnt
| OF her marriage was made known Jan-
nary 3, when she applied 70 the divorces
court for q decree.
Promdas2 81 NehAlstx.
| The Hartford family the head q
which ii the MARQUIS ef HertteEas
| whose heir the Earl Of Yarmouth ~
| q one Of the Oldest and proudeNt of the
| british mobility. The Marchionezs Of
| Hartford stood by her daughter-in-law
! fhrauWhout the troubles and @xereah
/ heraaIf 10 reconcile the couple. but "
vain. fhs family 81 the Earl Y ulairh
| distressed a. tbs notprsety orou8ns " !.
~, A a. q result 81 the aston 81 tns
Ssatsnteea. since her maFFlAge TIE
COUNTESS has made her home N Ing
| nnIv sour witnesses were examined.
| Thav were the Countess OF Yarmouth
| herself, her maid 4 doctor appointse
| by the court. and an American AVE
| who proved the marriage. The Count
| ass gave evidence in support ~
| allegation that the marriage had never
| haer1 contaminated and the maid tes~
| tif,ed that the Earl and Countess naa
been living as man and wire. Acoosu-
| ing to the evidence Of the doctor, the
4
suInmating the marriage but counsel tor
| the plaintiff commended that this did
| NOT AFFECT the allegation that the mar
| riawe had not been contaminated. and ne
| polntsd out TO the Judge that Il was
l within the discretion OF the court 70
annul the marriage II u was proved
| that IL had not been contaminated.
The Earl of Yarmouth did not defend
| the case, his lawyer satisfying hirn-
self with pointing out that the evt-
| dsnce Of the doctor removed any att9-
| ma placed upon the Earl by tha evil
dence OF the plaintiff and that there
was no ground upon which the Count
| ess could have sued for the divorce.
Divorce IL Granted.
The Judge pronounced his decree an
nulling the marriage without comment.
| In the ordinary course OF events -
/ will be made absolute I'm six months.
No mention YES made OF mar
rage settlement and It was learned
| from an authoritative source that, con-
| trary to certain published statements.
| the question OF revising the settlement
| had not been discussed by the princi-
| pals or their solicitor and that II II
| not likely to be discussed.
The brevity OF the proceedinss came
as a surprise to everybody except
those engaged on the case That the
hearing would be short was arranged
! when the application was made last
week and the trial set for today, coun-
| sci then undertaking not TO occupy
| more than one hour OF the judges
| time. The fact that at q council or
| the family OF the Earl Of Yarmouth.
| II was decided not to defend the action
| of the Countess made this pos
sible. This change from the previous
| determination is said to have been fn-
| fluenced by the evidence given recent
! ly In New York at the trial Of Harry
/ X Thaw, brother Of the Countess. for
| the murder of Stanford White. with
| regard TO insanity in the Thaw family,
] as well as the verdict of the Jury that
| Harry ThaW was insane when ne COM
| mitted the crime.
Married In PittsburK.
] Alice Cornelia Thaw, daughter OF the
| late William Thaw, OF Pfttsburg, was
| married to George Francis Alexander
Seymour, Earl of yarmouth, at Calvary
| Church, Pittsburg, April IS, 1908.
The marriage followed 3 rather briea
| courtshIp and stopped the Earl's stage
| career, which had begun in private sos
| ciety theatricals at Newport and had
later been more or less successful in
a. professional <-ay.
me Countess OF Yarmouth was pres
emit all through the frst trial OF her
brother, Harry X. Th&w, for the MUIR
der of stanford white, but did not go
TO New York for the second hearing
The wedding OF the Earl Of Yars
mouth and Miss rhaw was a notable
happening in Pittsburg. Mrs. George
Lauder Carnegie was matron OF honor.
and Lord Edward Seymour. brother Of
Der OF the GarPs relatives came over
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