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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-30
EMARKABIE STORY OF tom" PIERCES TRANSFORMATION
LOVE WAS LACKING.
SAYS ADELE RICHIE
Feminine Damon Who Saved Mrs. Pierce From Mad
House and Opened Door Of New Life to Her.
Tells Fight She Made

J tives raised a hand to help her. In
stead, they tried to down her.
Child or
Another Fight.
Mrs. Pierce is in Beverly Firms, and
VIII shortly join her there On June
iittle Tom is due to come back to her.
IT Tom Pierce does not give aim up
there will be another asht.
Il pitted my brains against one reia-
tive. and beat him. and if Tom pierce
tries any funny business he'll have a
fight that Will be real hsht. for I
propose that Mrs. Pierce shan have a
square DEAL
It has already been told that Mrs
Pierce is sportswoman in the very
best sense OF the word. Through all
that has been reeounted. she has gone
right along, fighting her enemies, anu
now that she has won virtually every
thing she smiles serenely and lets It so
at that. She Is not embittered. and y
as kindly and pleasant a woman as one
| could wish to see. she IS still giving
people the benefit of the doubt.
It is refreshing to talk with her. 10
see that a woman can endure what sine
has endured. and be so free from malice
and hatred She is not --sndietive and
does not, probably. really believe that
Tom Pierce will try to restrain her from
possession of little Tom
II can laugh now, since Il is all over
and I have been the victor az everv
stage of the game. But II wasn't -
| funny at the time, can tell YOU" she
cor fessed. leading the way TO the tiny
| froEt room with A graceful apology for
the disorder, which, By the way, didng
exist
II thought New York was something
/ OF place, but just imagine being kid
naped right in broad daylight and car
Continued on Fifth Page.)
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Given Clue
By His Statements.

Then ne began TO sidestep and said
thar ne had never known me and did
not Intend to hurt my feelings, and that
certain doctor had stated his opinion
that she should have a rest-and with
the mention OF the name Of the doctor
had my first clue.
II Immediately hired detectives 10
shadow both men and went 10 see the
doctor He told me that he could not
possibly tell me where Mrs. Pierce had
Eeen taken, that it was a professional
matter. that he had been paid for il,
etc Try my best 1 could get nothing
from him.
Then 7 went TO my apartment and
proceeded 10 sew notes into her cloth
ing, place them under the inscles of her
shoes. everywhere / could think that
she might ind them, and still not be
apparent to the people where she was
committed.
DAY after day ny detectives reported
that they had followed the doctor all
day, had tTailed the relative 10 and from
Lcng Island, and declared that neither
Of them could have gone near Mrs.
Pierce / had sent her clothes to the
man. too. and they had not been taken
away.
Then ] saw the relative again. and,
as before, he refused to tell me any
thing / had enlisted the services of
another physician, and he had written
TO every ssnitarium lie could locate
nearby. lie told me that she could not
be confined in New York 4'ithout an
order of the court and 2 trial, so we
felt sure she must he in Connecticut
Then / saw the doctor again 4 fold
/ him I vas sure Mrs Pierce had writ
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tongue. looked deep into her eyes. and
then they laughed some more.
Then came the backdown. The rela-
tive came TO me, in the corridor OF the
court. and said:
Miss Richie, can't we settle this
quietly? I'm damned near crazy my
self. I wish some one would put me
away. At least six newspaper me:s
heard him say it.
Asks a Fight
Out In the Open.
Settle nothing. I told him. You
have been hunting trouble, Now lets
have il. If on have any reason to
show why you should treat this poor
woman in such an inhuman way. CONF
across. Let's fight this out in the
OPEN
''Well. this Is long story He finally
became so abject that we. who were
nut really DESTROYS of singing mud if
we could avoid it, agreed 10 a settle
ment quietly, out Of court. And Mrs.
Pierce and myself. like a pair of soft
fools. signed papers about a yard long.
agreeing not u prosecute him or any
one else connected with the case.
Just as quickly as we could GET
away We came 10 Philadelphia and ]
underwent an operation, Mrs. Pierce
going to my mothers house. You saw
Mrs. Pierce, and you know she was IN
strapping good health.
"AlI that woman wanted was little
bit Of love from the reople whom she
loved, and she did not get It. I have
had more experience with the world
than she, and am probably better able
to take care Of myself.
"She Is to me now just as my OWL
sister would be. She cares for me. She
knows that when she was in the great
est trouble OF her life I saved her. Yes
saved her, and not one of her reIa-
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TO dine with him a the Plaza. They
left his Office. entered a taXicab, and
when they were somewhere or their
way the cab stopped and several men
entered and seized her
she knew that something unpleasant
was going 10 happen. But she had
sense enough TO know that Il she
screamed It would be a very easy mat
ter for her brother and the men TO
say, She Is crazy, and we are taking
her away and probably get away with
Il. So she kept quiet.
They went 10 garage on 10th
street, and there the relative consented
10 permit her to telephone me. provid-
ed he was in the booth with her
she called me and said: Doll Chat
is my nickname - IS taking me
away somewhere. don't know what
I, he is going TO do. but he has me here
and some men are helping him. I m
about to get into another automobile-'
81 asked hurriedlSs Where are your
and she answered, Somewhere orr 10th
street. and with a bang the telephone
was hung up. The man had torn the
receiver from her hand and yanked
her out Of the booth.
Il did not have sense enough to do
really the right thing. That would
have been 10 jump into n automobile
and scour 10th street 10 locate the
garage from which she was talking.
For the time being I was nonplussed.
and did not make move until the
next morning. She was, kidnapped No
vember Z.
"Tben J telephoned to the relative
/ and told him I wished to see him inn
mediately AT the Hotel Belmont. and
/ he came around. I asked hin. what he
f mad done with Mrs. Pierce, and he said
/ he done what was best for her, lie
said ne had placed her where she could
1 hs.o a good rest, and all that sort OF
/ thing
When I pressed him 10 tell where
/ she was he refused to tell me. saying
/ that she could not see any one.
/ knew that she was in very good health
and / was becoming more angry every
minute lie said that he would take
have every comfort. and then ] pressed
him TO tell me just why she had beer
I taken away.
He would not tell me. and then
lost my temper completely. / said t,
him.
See here. Mr.. ---. you have kid
/ mapped Mrs. Pierce while she was m,
guest The inference is pIain-that sh,
has not been behaving properly. anC
/ that is the grossest kind OF insult I,
/ me. No man ever insulted me and go
away with il, and III find that cir
and release her and fight you TO a IN
ish'
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Tells Story
Of Remarkable Escape.


Thereupon she told the following re-
markable story Of the rescue OF Mrs.
pierce from her Jail. II is another ex-
position how much stranger truth may
be than fiction.
When / met Mrs. Pierce 7 was ar
ranging for house party al my cOun-
try place at Msmaroneck- was at
tracted by her. and asked h-r TO be
one Of the party. She refused, saying
that she had TO drive some horses for
her brother at Mineoia at about the
time the party was scheduled TO con-
vene, so I told her to come up later.
After she attended the meet at
Mineola she did come to Mamaroneck.
/ was the only member of the theatrl-
cal profession at that party. There was
a woman present who Fbehaved very
badly the very day Mrs. Pierce ar
rived. and ! was forced TO ask her TO
leave.
without any proof, I feel certain
that she Is the person who soon after
write defamstory letters 10 some Of
F the newspapers concerning Mrs Pierce.
When the party was over. and the
other guests were leaving, Z asked Mrs.
/ Pierce why she was spending the sum
mer in New York. II IS hot and dusty,
and If one can get out Of the city one
usually does So
She said: on. / am anxious to do
/ something. / am studying art and
sculpture. and that sort OF thing. and
really / want something 10 occupy my
mind
Very we'll I replied. Study all you
wish, but make this your home. You
can easily run up here every evening.
and go TO the city in the morning. I
shall be entirely alone, with the excep-
ton OF the servants
"She answered ga some wondermeEt
that she had always been under the
impression that ] always had a house
fun OF guests. ana was very raw. told
her that she would soon see that that
was Incorrect that as soon as cooler
( weather arrived / intended to undergo
an operation, and that I simply had to
take a GOOD rest prior TO IT,
"She was not exactly a forlorn figure
, for she is very bright and cheerful Bu,
: she was lonely, and, besides, I liked hei
and was glad to have her with me.
had some lonely weeks ahead Of me
And why should I not entertain q
charming gentlewoman at my house,
She agreed TO stay. and in October
when ! was about to 60 TO Toronto 4
be one of an automobile party, TO which
, had accepted an invitation long be-
fore. ! told her 1 would take her along
Q NY friends are welcome W'th mJ
friends.
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kidnapped"
Upon Their Return.

Almost Immediately on our return
she was kidnap ped. We had gone to
my place in New York and were pre-
pairing 10 come to Philadelphia. I was
there 10 undergo an operations and [
argued with her that she could study
her art Just as well in Philadelphia as
In New York.
Then she was stolen away. She told
me afterNard that she had gone 10 a
relatives Office. and that he asked her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-30
Trouble Begins
With Her Relatives.

Then she began 10 have trouble with
her relatives.
They ali made the same mistake made
by Tom Pierce-tney tried 10 drive her,
10 compel her to do their viii, and she
fatty refused. Then they began 10
quarrel. and one by one their differences
became more pointed.
II must not be forgotten that during
the interval Of her divorce and her alb
duction, Mrs. Pierce had had possession
of her little son, and there can be no
doubt that she loves the boy dearly.
A an indication OF his feeling toward
Der. it has been marked that he takes
especial care OF the toys and gifts given
him By his mother. seeming TO prize
them very highly. And she is continual
" giving him gifts.
one day N August, 1909 sine vas call
inE on 2 woman friend living ~ one Or
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specialists
Examine Mrs. Pierce.

And so we came into court, We had
our own specialists. and when they saw
Mrs. Pierce-she had frightened up
lot-they laughed They tested her
heart and lungs with a stethoseope or
something. made he8- stick out her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-30
HOW WOMAN'S HELP
CHANGED HER LIFE
Vivid Description of Dashng Society Leaders Transition
Into Bread Winner-How She Was Dragged
Through Divorce Court and Asylum.

Continued from First Page)
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One Door Kept
Closed By Attendant.


HE fell for il and steered her ali
around the place, Opening one cell door
after another. but she noticed that he
did not open one particular door. She
demurred at everything. and finally
asked him TO show her the cell he had
not yet opened.
And he told her that the occupant
was q horsewoman whose relatives
had ordered that she should not be
seen by anyone save her attends Mt
She knew i'm a second that 1t was Mrs.
Pierce, but still found fault with what
she had seen.
Then he suggested that she inspect
the other quarters, minus the iron
bars and the internal click-clock OF a
KEY every time the attendant came IN
or out. and for AT least another hour
] Was forced to remain in the carriage,
knowing nothing
Returning. Miss Stewart fell behind
the man q pace. and Indicated the win
dow where Mrs. Pierce was confined.
TIE man mad Just told her he had to go
10 the station to meet some one, 50
when she got int, the carriage and told
me. I knew what to do.
We permitted the man TO pass US in
his automobi'e, turn curve. and then
We raced back to the sanitarium. /
simply forced nv way into the door
though some orderlies tried TO stop me,
and demanded that 7 be permitted 10
see Mrs. Pierce. They refused, and one
of them started to call up the man at
the station.
Just at that moment a woman came
ont Of the very door in question. but
| mad closed and locked it before / could
/ get TO her.
81 viii give you 800 TO open that
door I said.
/ She said she could not
! ".I VIII give YOU $20o, and she said
/ ' i dare not
/ II Glanced 10 look out OF nearby
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-30
Famed For
Daring Horsemsnship.

She VAS soon famed for daring cross
country rides and spectacular horse
show exhibitions Tornado and
humping Jack, Two of her favorite
horses, became almost as widely known
as their brilliant mistress On one or
the other she followed the hounds Ike
the wind.
1t is told Of her that when at home.
and sometimes when visiting, she fire.
quentiy rose at . in the morning,
breakfasted hastily. set out on horse
hack with her husband and rode all
day.
The FIRST cloud that appears TO have
crossed the domestic horizon came
shortly after the birth OF little Tom
Pierce. so soon to be the hone Of con-
tention between MS parents Especially
fond of outdor life. and full Of activity,
It has been strongly limited that Mrs.
Pierce was not anxious to have chill
dren-
II this be true. then q potent reason
may be assigned. by scientist or psy-
chologist. for some Of the differences
that soon came TO mar the happiness of
the formerly very cOngenisI young
couple
There never was a hunting set where
more or less drinking did not exist. The
set in which Mrs. Pierce moved was no
exception 10 the rule It's members
rode hard. hunted fast and furiously and
many OF them drank with equal energy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-30
Evidence Given
At re Divorce Trial.

one witness at the divorce trial
vas john J. Kelly, eoachman, who
testified that he had seen Tom Pierce
shove his wde down over an embank-
ment, and otherwise handle her very
roughly.
Following the divorce, Mrs. Pierce
remained in salem for a while, and
spent considerable time on Long Island.
One OF her favorite stunts was 70
take "A green hunter, or an unbroken
colt. and train him. Many a time she
cot HARD falls, and once broke her leg
Even at that she sat upright IN the
automobile that carried her away and
refused TO faint.
when the summer OF 1905 arrived,
little rom went 10 his father for SIX
months Mrs Pierce took up quarters
in New York and 20 amuse herself
began 10 study art and sculpture, though
she still continued 10 run down to Ions
Island for all OF the racing and hunt
ing events or the Meadowbrook crowd
she continued 10 associate with het
friends in the theatrical profession
many OF whom are exceedingly popular
ard are entertained widely.
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mighty fortunate meeting, as later
events proved. Each was attracted 10
the other. Mrs. Pierce is slender and
brunette in color Miss Richie is petite.
blonde, and both are very pretty.
Pass over a lapse of time from
August, 1908, until May ?, 1909. On
the latter morning Mrs. Pierce and Miss
Richie were at Atlantic City. follow
ing their custom or going down 10 the
shore every Sunday during the spring
months.
News Comes
Of His Engagement.
From Boston came the news that Tom
Pierce was engaged TO be married 10
Miss Gabrielle Dexter. Of New York
Called on the telephone, Miss Richie
talked for Mrs. Pierce. and declared
that Mr. Pierce's actions were of no
concern to Mrs. Pierce; that she had
separated from him long ago, and that
she was not in the least concerned in
his movements.
That same evening they returned to
Philadelphia, were seen at one of the
cafes the following night, and on Tues
day night Mrs. Pierce gave a box party
at one of the fheaters. They had be-
come familiar figures in Philadelphia.
and made .strikingly good looking pair.
On the following night Mrs, Pierce
vas declared to have collapsed. This
has been Steadfastly denied by both
Mrs Pierce and Miss Richie. The ex-
PLANTATION given for this collapse was
that it was simply the violent awaken
ing of Mrs. PieFce's first love, declared
by psychologists TO be the only real
| love OF the womans life.
But on the very day when Mrs.
Pierce was declared TO be IN sani-
tarium on South Twenty-fourth street
/ she appeared in Beverly Farms, hav-
1 ing motored there from New York.
| Then came the report, published in a
| New York paper. that Mrs P:esce had
| just emerged from a sanitarfG1n. and
that Tom Pierce proposed 10 restrain
her from possession of little Tom, be-
cause of her association with Adele
Richie.
/ There was one good way to get at TIT
facts in the case, and that was 10 set
the women. Miss Richie returned Z
/ Philadelphia last Sunday evening, Mrs
| Pierce remaining at Beverly Farms
Miss Richie was entertained there bl
the correspondent of The Evenins
Times
Asked fatty, Does Tom Pierce objec
TO your friendship with Mrs. Pierce p
Miss Richie replied:
7 did not become acquainted wit
Mrs. Pierce until last August, long
! long after she secured her divorce.
do not know Tom Pierce. He does no
know me. I know that / have bee
named as one Of the causes Of thei
trouble, but it is not true.
Mrs. Pierce was kidnapped while sh
was my guest in New York, q gros
insult TO me. I rescued her and hav
defended her TO my utmo>. ever since
No newspaper has ever asked me I
tell the whole thing before. and 1 wi
! tell you"
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One Quarrel
Follows Another.

soon the Pierces had one quarrel after
another The lady had become &C
quainted with a number of Theatrical
people. She liked a Bohemian life, and
began more TO associate with her the
stricaI friends The consequence, say
those VINO know his wife best. was in
evitsble
Mr. Pierce objected to this. Tom
Pierce might have persuaded her to do
almost anything lie desired. But ne
failed, and every one else has always
utterly failed 10 drive her to do ans
thing.
Estranged beyond hope or reconcilia-
1lon. Ms. Pierce filed papers in divorce
proceedings. January II. 1907. Consider
able surprise was occasioned in that she
applied for the divorce. 1t was gener-
ally understood among their friends
that Pierce would make the applica-
tion. and il is declared that he did
intend 10 do so. having made his Drepa-
rations 10 file papers January II, but
that his wife beat hin by three days.
Alleging cruel anG barbar0us treat
meE,t. Mrs. pierce vas awarded a de-
cree April >. 1907, by Judge J. II. Hardy
in Salem Ii was generally known
that much of the trouble was occasiOned
by his objection 10 her increasing friend
snip with certain actresses.
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ter to me. and that ! was equally sure
the very guarded letters I had writer
her. and placed IN the relatives hands,
had noe been delivered.
Il jumped fer my friendly physician
and asked him If he knew where a
man named - conducted sanl-
tarium. He consulted a book and told
me about one Of the places 10 which
he had written.
with four minutes to spare,
caught a train FOR there. accompanied
BY Miss Resale Stewart Arriving
there. I secured a trap and was about
20 start when. after inquiring the way,
one of the station hands told me that
the sanitsrium proprietor had just left.
I had seen him and noticed that he
looked a me curiously.
when we arrived at the sanltarium
we drove ali around It, looking intently
at every barred window in the hope of
seeing Mrs. Pierce. Then Miss Stewart
went in and played her part we'll She
told the superintendent that she was IN
poor health and wished to find good
place to recuperate-
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xlrl-she was only tWenty-one years old
on her wedding day-her wIllfulness and
intensity had been restrained Now they
we're LEI loose
Husband Was
Equally Reckless"
Tom Pierce and his bride held the
reins with equal recklessness- The
Bostonian brought to the new home he
was making for his girl-wife the habits
OF a youth Of highly elaborated pleas
ure hunting. He had his own hunters
and jumpers His stables were filled
with FLOODED stock. sought out as eager
" as other men had sought oppOrtuni-
ties in business, he had made the pro-
gram of his life depend upon the pro-
sram of that society in which he took
part. and he had already made himself
easily a leader in the circle upon whose
gayeties Alice Rogers had looked visit
fully from the outside.
His beautiful young wife chose the
same lie. Beside Tom Pierce 5
horses soon stood another group equally
fire. With these Mrs. Pierce sprang
into instant prominence as an equeS-
trienne in and around Topsfield and as a
leader in the circle CT the Meadowbrook
hunt of Long Island, beside such other
daring women riders as Mrs. AdOiph
Ladenburg and Mrs James P her
noehan.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
CHARGES
DECLARED UNTRUE
PawnbrOker Denies Obtaining
Legal Separation by Fraud
and Misleading of Court
Former Husband Says Spouse
Left Him and Later Took
Money to Settle Claims

Mrs Eva Leyy's testimony that Max
Levy, her former husband. now a pawn
broker in San Francisco. deserted her
in New Jersey several years ago, and
by defrauding and misleading the local
superior court secured a decree of di-
vorce, was denied in every detail in an
answer filed yesterday by Levy to his
ex-wife's suit to have the divorce set
aside. Since he got his final decree, 1S
months ago, Levy has remarked and
child has been born Of the union
Mrs. Eva Levy, in her complaint,
charged that he deliberately withheld
from the court knowledge of the fact
that her place of residence was 3O5
Exeter street, Baltimore, and filed an
affidavit setting forth that her last
known place of residence was Norfolk,
Va Notice to her that divorce had
been instituted was published in the
Mission Journal, and she declares a
newspaper of limited circulation was
chosen in order to conceal from her
the fact that she was being sued. The
whole proceedings were fraud and a
mockery on the court, Mrs. Levy al
legged. as the fact was that her husband
deserted her. and not she him. She
set forth that she had made two trips
to London, Eng, besides visiting many
other places, in the endeavor to find her
spouse.
All these allegations Levy denies in
his answer. He says the Mission Jour
nal was a newspaper of general circu-
lation, and asserts that his wife de-
serted him in 1897. He denies exercis-
ing fraud or conspiracy or secrecy in
obtaining his divorce. Levy denies
that he is worth 100000, as Mrs
Levy claimed. The defense is also
set up that last April, when his
former wife came to San Francisco
and found him, he paid her $500, which
she accepted in full satisfaction of all
claims against him.
Suit for divorce was filed yesterday