The evening world., 1909-03-06
. W|FE'S DIVORCE
SUIT A DELUS|0N,
SAYS DR.. GOBLET
Physician HaStenc to St. Louis,
Where Woman Was
Found Wandering,
BELIEVES MIND IS UPSET
Former Husband Tells of Odd
Outcome of His Legal
Sacrifice.
BELIEVES MIND IS UPSET

D.. Augustin II. Goelet left his Of
flee at No. 2030 Broadway. early to-day
fer st. Louis, to take care Of his wife.
who was found on the streets Of St.
Louis I'll, yesterday, and sent to the
City Hospital there. After Mrs. Goelet
NJ sent to the hospital 1t was learned
that she had entered suit for divorce
against her husband in Missouri. on the
ground Of Cruelty and mistreatment,"
The news dispatches contained the
ifirst news OF this divorce action, so DR..
Goelet said before leaving for st. LOUIS.
Robert Stepens. Of Orange, an officer of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Mrs Goe-
lets father, went to st. Louis with the
physician.
Mr.. Goelet Is about sixty years old.
His wife 10 only little over thirty.
They we're married about twelve years
ago. under circumstances that at
kracted considerable public attention.
iOf late Mrs. Goelet has spent little
time in New York with her husband
she was here during the Christmas
holidays after an extensive trip
through the South Since then she
has been In the Southwest
Deny Enlargement.
But her husband and his friends UNI
aerstood that her desire for travel and
constant change wac responsible for
her wanderings. and say that they had
not the slightest idea she was estranged
from him.
In 1897 Mrs Goelet was the wife o.
Adrian l., Henry, a wealthy stable
owner. Of No. 234 IVES, One Hundred
and Eighth street She was then ex-
cssdingly beautiful. After a year and
. half OF happy married life she be-
came Ill and went for treatment to DR..
,Goelet. He was Obliged to operate upon
her. She went to the surgeons office
so much that her husband became un.
easy. Mrs. Henry said she had an in
durable malady and It was impossible
for her TO undertake domestic duties,
and went to live with her mother.
Soon after that she informed her hus-
band that DR.. Goelet said she had a
chance for restoration for health IL she
went away TO live In TIE country. Then
she asked Mr.. Henry to let her get q
divorce from him. He acuulesced.
within week after the granting Of
hsr divorce on my evidence" said Mr..
Henry to reporter tor The Evening
World this morning, Il learned thu,
DR.. Goelets attendance upon her had
been SO asslduous that 1t had caused
him to forsake his other practice and
go to the town where she was sim.
posed to be taking the rest cure. Then
! realized wha, had happened to me-"
First Wife still Living.
In the mean time DR.. Goelers mar.
riase to his first wife had been an.
nuiled. He had married this first wife
. score Of years before, after she had
obtained a divorce from her husbon nd
John Graves, In Chicago. At the time
OF the annulment DIR. Goelet told the
newspapers that the action OF Mrs
Graves Goelet was that OF highminded
and conscientious woman who found
that her divorce from Mr.. Graves was
not valid because OF faulty service OF
the papers on Mr. Graves.
Mrs. Graves. Goelet. on the other hand |
came forward with the statement that
Or. Goeet's lawyers had found the
raw In her early divorce and had |
forced her to get the annument bv
threatening to cut of all OF DR., Goe.
lets financial support from her. When
she obtained the annulment, Dr. Goe.
let made her an allowance She Ia still |
living in Brooklyn. '
DR.: Goelet said before his departure
for 81 Louis that he could not under
tshd now now, MIS-. GoeIet came to be sent
20 . public hospital. as she has many
friends with means in st. Louis
This fact. taken with the news OF her
application for 4 divorce. convinced him
that she must be suffering from some
temporary alteration.
Or. GoeIet ls dstantly related to the
financial affairs Of New York He and
the late Ogden Goelet had the same
sreat-grandfather. In 1894, DR.. Coe,at |
came before the public Oh account OF |
the suit Of the heirs OF one Of his
patients. Christopher Lally, who
charged that, with smother physician,
uc Hdu Sduoeu Lazy Is ueatn under an |
operation by oyer administering chloro. |
form against the patients will.
The suit was dismissed on the Ground
that the death was caused while the
patient was under ether. and that the
patient had not prohibited the use OF
ether on himself
Or. Goeles Is also the inventor OF A
process for resuscitating persons
shocked by electricity, similar 10 that
used on drowning persons including
the administration OF oxygen.