The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-18
ANOTHER DENIALO OF
HAY-WORPICK
MARRIAGE
Revival Of Story Involving Son
Of Late John Hay.
WOMAN'S FIANCE INVOLVED
Young Mans Family Produce Evil
denee Showing He Was in South
Africa at the Time.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-The revival
Of Mary Ryland Worrick of Philadel-
phia Of the story that she was mar
ried in 1900 to the late Adelbert S.
Hay, son of the late secretary of state
John Hay, has evoked an emphatic de-
NAL on behalf of the Hay family here,
which includes statement from the
records of the state department show
ing that young Mr.. Hay was in Pre-.
toria, South Africa, at the time the
alleged marriage is said to have been
performed.
1t was announced in Philadelphia
Wednesday afternoon by Or. Krout,
the fiance of the woman who calls her
self Mrs. Hay, that he had sent law
yer TO Washington to consult the Rev
William Taylor Snyder, the clergyman
who was said to have performed the
ceremony. No lawyer has yet called
on Dr. Snyder for that purpose. DR..
Snyder denies emphatically that he
ever performed such a ceremony. In
letter to Mrs. John Hay, written
Dec. II, he says:
Referring TO the articles appear
ing in the newspapers Of this city this
morning, wherein It is said that | per
formed the marriage between the late
Adelbert S. Hay and one Mary Rylard
Worrick NOW residing in Philadel-
phia at Atlantic City, n. j.. in the
month of Auguest, 1900. | would say
that at no time or place whatsoever,
did ! ever solemnize such marriage.
/ would further say that / have only
seen the said Mary r. Worrick on two
occasions and then both in this city
IL never saw her before the month
of February 1902 to my certain know
ledge. l have never seen your son.
Adelbert S. Hay, in Atlantic City OF
elsewhere TO my certain knowledge,
nor have | ever performed a marriage
to which he was a party.
ANY statement that / ever perform
ed such marriage to which your son
was a party is utterly false"
Mrs. James W. Wadsworth Jr.. who
was Miss Helen Hay. sister OF Abel
bert $. Hay, has issued a statement
about the claim OF Mary Ryland Wor.
rick in which she says:
There is not a word Of truth In the
story. AT the time the marriage Is
said to have taken place my brother
was the United States consul at Pretc.
ria, South Africa, and was at that
place
It appears that the claim to be the
widow Of Adelbert S. Hay was first
made by the Worrick woman in 1902
only few months after his death AZ
that time Il was investigated by Sec
rotary Hay himself who found that
the story was impossible The WON
an was then represented by II. b.
Mouton, a Washington lawyer who
undertook the case upon her presen.
tation of It TO him. He subsequently
found It entirely unsupported and with
drew. He has now written the follow
ing letter to Mrs. John Hay regarding
Il;
81 take pleasure in advising YOU that
in the matter Of the claim Of Miss
Mary r. WorriclS to the effect that at
one time your son, Adelbert Hay. mar
ried her at Atlantic City, some years
ago at her request made a careful IN
yestgation Of said matter and after
seeing your husband and examining
the records of the state department
and also seeing Or. Snyder / became
convinced that ehero was not a shad
ow Of foundation for her claim and
that Miss Worrick was never married
to'Mr Hay"
my father went over the whole
case carefully at that time" said Mrs
Wadsyorth, and the result Of his In
vestigatlon proved that there was new
er any certificate OF marriage. The
woman has always claimed that my
brother took the marriage certificate
but he could not have done this In the
absence OF one. My father offered Ia
do anything that was reasonable In
the way OF providing for the woman
II any evidence OF a marriage could
be produced, but there was nothing
in the story. The story Is annoying
TO the family and Il has been author
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