The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-13
me T. Ashbrooke Accuses
Husband, Also an Editor, Of
! Falling to Support Her.
ne MAKES CHARGES.
Denies Having Any Improper
/ associations and Says Wife
: Wants to Marry Again.

Alice futile Ashorooke, editor Of the
} Nstbuah Lfe, and president and treas
ursr Of the corporation known as The
Uatbush Life Publishing Company. in
vhiah she 10 recorded as subscriber for
: twenty Of the one hundred shares Of
Otsek. y suing John Thomas Ashbrooke
n, WAo edits = fashion magazine, for
% shosiuts divorce,
Tha motto Of the Flatbush Life "a re-
vssisd BY Vol. l.. No. 49, cresente> as
ssxhihit A" BY the husband Is; III
Stands for . Square Deal"
M. Ashbrooks charges that her hus-
lard visited tho Hotel Van RENSSELAER,
WITH ~ undecided woman oct, &c last.
Che accuses him Of flirting witt. various
women from the day OF their marriage
b. The Rsv. Dr. S,ryker, at Passaic,
n. j.. on Dec. g. 1902, down to the day
- Susd foe divorce-i'eb. |. 1909. He
6snkSd al hsr charges In his answer.
but. not daunted. she asked Justice
, 0'Dornan In the Supreme Court FOR an
0rdsr directing han TO send her so
weekly alt.nony psnd!ng the decision Of
AR sur. Justice OGorman to-day
soaled down her request and allowed SO
weekly
The Wife's Charges.
In her application for almony Mrs,
Alice futile Ashbrooke charged that
hor hlaba nd hn.
since they separated on Aug |. ls0s.
and she has been compelled to support
herself. She said on the report OF
Charles Sesssel thnt he met a woman
al Eighth street and Broadway oct. IL
last and took her to the Van Rensselaer,
Hotel That Jose Soberano Informed
her that Mr. Ashbrooke was at the
Cafe Martin last election night drink.
ms with a woman and tina, he had his
arm about her waist
Jose Soberano said in an AFFIDAVIT that
he witnesses the cate Martin incident
and also thai Ir "a along Wien the
paper, were served on Ashbrooke, at
No. West Thirtv-se'uni street. ard
tina, there were TWO women In ,Ae
room
seessrl told about the Hotel Van
R'nssf iier ar'llr IN an AFFIDAVIT. saying
he did not know the woman.
AshbrouEe ispoSes ~ them all sum.
marty lie says that Seessel himself
introduced To him the woman. whose
Identity he says he does not know,
ard well knows lsr name; that she has
since married honorably, lives In this
city snd FOR these reasons he refra.ns
from dyulging her name. that he went
with Seesse and \this woman to the
Rhineander, in FiftI avenUr. where he
left her and SeoSsel IN - reception
room.
As for Soherano's story. Ashbrooke
said he was at the Cafe Martin elrc.
ton night as escort TO two young
women. that they We're OF lhc highest
character, and lie did not, and would
not. for million dollars, put his arm
about the waist Of either OF them,
though he admits they may have had
little wine.
He Turns Accuser
Then Mr. Aslbrooke had a word to
say In his own behalf. 1t began with a
story under oath that his wife con-
fessed to him on July 20, 1905, that an.
other man had made love to her and
that she ha returned his love, that she
no longer loved her husband, and that
Il was the desire OF the other man 10
marry as soon as they could be free to
DO So
prior to this confession We had al
ways lived happily together, and there
Was nothing in her conduct to warn me
Of any clandestine conduct on her part.
aaid Ashbrooke, as a consequence OF
the confession II was agreed To break
up our hume, and this was done Aug.
/"
Ashbrooke alleged his belief that his
wife instituted this suit supposng he
would let It go by default and then size
could marry the other man. AS for her
allegation that she was penniless and
helpless. he declared that she is en-
gsgsd In a highly profitable publication
ct No, 8l Flatbush avenue. Brooklyn.
her paper commanding hGh rates FOR
~ advertising space, and that the space
y In demand.