The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-24
love DREAM HAS
RUOE AWAKENING
ked Heiress Who Was Wooed While
*Dickering for Headstone for First
Husband Wants Union Annuled

SPRINGFIELD. MISS, June 80
Mrs. Mary A. King York has fled 4
petltion for the annulment of her mar
fiage to Fred ID. York. or Fred r.
[<Yorke. OF New York. Mrs. King IS
descendant Of one OF New York. Mrs
N King is descendant OF one OF New
"A England's Oldest families and mas
* property estimated at from $4,000
b 70 $250.000.
Her first husband. Frank II. King.
n died in September, 1907 She met
a York In December last when he called
At her home in Dartmouth-st. 10 sell
her a headstone for her husbands
grave. They were married in Hart
\ ford six weeks later. Mrs. King is
| 81 years old and York is AZ and 43.
Mrs. Kings first husband was tor
4 many years turnkey at the county iail
and superintendent of the County
| Truants' school He was one of the
i Ave heirs OF Theodore Reynolds, a
. millionaire wooden manufacturer OF
4 1fonson. The domestic life OF Mr..
and Mrs. King was seemingly without
q cloud. and when the former died
the grief OF Mrs. King was so poignant
that her relatives feared she would
lose her mind.
From Somber 10 Gay.
4 Although the allotted period COR
mourning had passed Mrs. King was
still wearing black when she met
bYork. A transformation followed her
second marriage. Sombre black gave
k6lace to radiant colors and Mrs. King
cultivated the graces of a bride OF
bwenty.
Mrs. King.York's relatives did not
approve OF the marriage and York, In
. spirited retaliation, proceeded 10 as
eert his authority. He ordered The
foexton OF the village cemetery IN
tBrimfield to discontinue care Of the
.family LOT which time time immemor-
f,2al had been scrupulously kept He
kconceived a dislike of Mrs. Kings
Sbruther, Pliny Haywood, whom her
FIRST husband had installed as super
2 lntendent of his country place in
EBrimfield. At a days notice York
a started Pliny on his way 10 Oklahoma
5xwtth an outfit consisting OF a ticket
.kand $50. York was at the station 10
{Gee that Pliny did not lose his train.
5f"Good country to grow up In. Pliny,
4 ne said sententieHsly sorry you
Snust leave u.s."
Lastly York cancelled the order for
A The headstone for his wife's first hus-
4 lband.
4 Early in April the dashing young
II husband of Mrs. KingYork left the
/ city. His strange disappearance has
since been a source Of endless specu-
aation in Springfield society circles.
Accuses Him Of Biaamy.
Mrs. York represents in her petition
that she was in form OF law, but not
n legal effect. married 10 York. she
asserts that she contracted the mar
rfage in good faith. and in full belief
that Mr. York had a legal right TO
marry her She further says that
prior to the pretended marriage n
Hartford. namely, on Sept. %. 1883,
Mr.. York. under the name OF Fred Z.
YoTkc. was married TO Lena W. Nc
I<eugan at Reading. Pa, where both
lived az that time.
She also maintains that al the tiue
OF the pretended marriage 10 Mr. York
/ IA Hartford. Lena W McLeugan York
was the lawful wife of Mr.. York, and
tfnit at the time Of the pretended mar
rage in Hartford Mr.. York could lot
contract marriage under the laws CT
this state.