Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-09
GOT A DIVORCE AND
NOW WANTS HIM BACK
Mrs. GuggeRheIm Claims Not to Have
Known The Real Conditions
al The Time.
ONLY MARRIED THREE times
Member Of the Celebrated Family OF
New York Millionaires, Since Mar
ried, Must Show That His First Wife
Was Really and Legally Divorced
She Claims Not.
ORy Associated Pressl

CHICAGO. Ills, June S.-William
Guggenhe.m. of New York, and Grace
b. Guggcnheim today were ordered by
Judge Honore to show cause why
their divorce procured In Chicago tx
1901 should not be set aside. Edward
+. Dunno l., presented the complainant
Grace II. Gugeenheim, ana appeared
in court with ave atiidavits alleging
that the Il VERGE was Obtained by
fraud.
Mr.. Dunno declared that the decree
was fraudulent. as sither party was
legal resident oil Illinois at the time
Il was granted and misrepresentation
had been made to Mrs. Guggenheim
to get her TO sue for the divorce.
The complainant also AYERS that Mr..
Cuggenheim and his w,fe's supposed
attorney, Louis Werner. of New York.
conspired 10 practice a fraud on the
court
She further states that alimony OF
$l50,O0O WAS given her and that her
attorney got $l2.5O0 of the amount.
Mrs. Guggenheim AYERS that 1t had
been represented TO her that the de-
PENDANT was THE weakest and least
important member of the GuggenheimI
family" while in fact he is the ablest
of the seven brothers and the chief or
eanizer and business head OF the
great combination Of mining and
smelling interests owned by the FAM
lily.
She Has Three Husbands.
The complainant has been married
three times and has figured in an
equal number of divorces. After IT.
1901 divorce MIR. Guggenheim married
Aimee Lillian Steinberger The COM
plainant's first husband was William
c. Herbert, a naval officer who got
divorce on the grounds Of desertion.
Mr. Guggenheim was married TO her
her on November 80, 1900. Less than
four months later they were divorced
in Chicago. The compainants next
husband was Jules Roger Wbal. who
obtained an annulment of the con-
tract in France on the ground that
the Chicago decree was invalid.
The complainant tells how she met
Mr.. Guggenheim in June, 1900. He
followed her about until she finally
consented to marry him, she says. She
MAS forced TO keep their marriage a
secret, as Guggenheim's family were
orthodox Jews and she was a Chris
tian. They lived at the Hotel Manhat
tan in New York until December 81
1900. when Guggenheim told her he
| had decided to leave her as his fam
a., ily was still unalterably opposed to
their marriage.
After many efforts TO get Guggen-
helm to return TO her, The complain
ant says. she finally consented 20 sue
for a divorce on the advice of Daniel
Guggenheim. one of the defendants
brothers IL was finally decided tn;
the suit should be fled in Chicago.
Comes to Chicago.
She arrived in Chicago on February
IL. 1901, accompanied by Miss Mary
iSesan. She returned to New York
while the divorce suit was pending
and revisited Chicago in the latter
part Of February and in March.
Attorney Werner. she AYERS. sait
that when she was asked where she
lived she must say in Chicago and
explained that this would BE- perfectly
true.
After the decree was obtained the
complainant gays. she returned 70 New
York and soon afterwards was mar-
ried 20 Whai. When he later obtained
an aanulment 81 their marriage she
SeI'evcd herself free TO marry again
On consulting her present attorney
she was advised that the Chicago d.
vorce was void and that she vas sii