The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-09
ATTORNEY FOR MRS. GUGGEN-
Helm SAYS DECREE WAS
SECURED ILLEGALLY.
A SENSATION is SPRUNG
Lawyer Declares That Neither Party
Was Resident of Illinois When De-
cree Was Secured and That Mis-
representations Were Made to In
duee Woman to Seek Separation.

Chicago, June S.--Charges that a
decree Of divorce obtained by Grace
=. Guggenhem in 1901 from William
Guggenheim, head of the so-called
sinelter trust, was obtained through
fraud and colusion were made here
this afternoon, and an order issued on
the principals to show cause why the
divorce should not be set aside.
Mr.. Dunno, representing Mrs Gug-
genheim declared that the decee was
fraudulent, as neither party was a
legal resident of Illinois at the time
and as Misrepresentation had been
made to Mrs. Guggenheim to get her
TO sue for divorce. The complaint
also charges that Mr. Guggenheim
and his supposed attorney, Louis
Werner of New York, conspired to
practice fraud on the court. She
further states that she was given ali
mony of S150,o0O, Of which her attor-
ney obtained s12.50O.
Mrs. Guggenheim further AYERS that
it had been represented to her that
the defendant was "the weakest and
least important member of the Gug-
genheim family" while in fact, the
complaint says, he is the ablest OF
seven brothers and the chief orig
inator and business head of the great
combination of mining and smelling
interests. She also adds that his
personal wealth is probably more than
49, 500, 900.
Three Times.
The complainant has been married
fit,,ac nd hoe 10,
equal number of divorce suits Both
parties to the suit remarked after
the 1901 decree, Mr.. Guggenheim
marrying Aimee Lillian Steinberger.
The complainant's first husband was
William c.. Herbert. naval officer,
who secured a divorce on the grounds
of desertion. Mr.. Guggenheim mar
ried the complainant on November 30,
1900. Less than four months later
they We're divorced. The complain-
ants next husband was Jules Roger
Wahl, who obtained an annulment of
the contract in France on the ground
that the Chicago decree was invalid.
The complainant's affidavit, attested
to before a New York notary, March
%. covers is pages. She says she
met Guggenhem in June, 1900, and
that he followed her about until she
consented to marry him. She was
forced to keep their marriage secret,
she says, as Guggenheims family
was Jewish and she was 1 Christian
and that he was afraid his family
would not give its consent. They
lived at the Hotel Manhattan in New
York until December 81, 1910, VIXEN
Guggenheim, she says, told her he
had decided to leave her as his fam
lily was still unaltcrabiy opposed to
I heir marriage.
The defendant then went to Europe.
Finally Consents.
After many efforts to get Guggen-
helm to return to her, the complain
ant says she finally consented to sue
for a divorce upon the advice Of
Daniel Guggenhem, one of the de-
fendants brothers. 1t was suggested
that she go to South Dakota for four
and sue from there, but she
refused. 1t was finally decided that
the suit should be filed in Chicago.
After the decree was obtained, the
said she returned to
New York and soon afterWard mar
ried Wahl When he obtained an an
nulment of their marriage she be-
lieved, herself free to marry again. On
her attorney she was ad-
vised that the Chicago divorce was
void and that she is still Guggen-
helms Wife