The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-10
wife LEO
ASTRAY BY NOBLE
RUSSIAN CHARGED,
Now They're Back in New York,
and Alleged Misconduct
Will Be Aired.

New York, March s.-The tangled,
love tale of December and May is to be
! reduced to the cold calculation Of the
divorce. court through the action taken
by John Wright Hunt, %"turpentine
king" against his beautiful young wife,
from whom he has been separated since
last summer.
Their romano lasted nearly eight
years and extended over a large part OF
Europe and America. Had their trav-
els been less wide it is possible the
even tenor of their way would have re-
manned u~ndisturbed by the advent OF
Alexander de Tcherniadien, variously
described as a ~Frenchman, a Russian
and a cousin of the Gear. But meet
them he did, and when he left, the hus-
band charges, the young wife left too.
Then followed a series of pursuits and.
retreats which kept France and Amer
lea interested. Finally last November
Mr.. Hunt returned to this country, in
sisting hat not eve If his wife begged
for forgiveness on her knees would he
forgive her. Two days later the young
| woman came back. but she showed no,
indication Of performing the act mem
toned by her Spouse; on the contrary,
she was smilingly ignorant OF the es-
capade charged against her. Her faith
er, who met her at the pier, announced,
hat he was going Ito take his little
girl back to the farm where she could
play with the Shetland ponies"
Attention was again focused on the
tice Stapleton in h supreme court.
Brooklyn, signed an order appointing
former Justice Dickey referee to take
testimony in the action filed ~ Mr..
Hunt. Through his counsel, Reeves,
Twain & Todd, he accuses his wife of
tween May and July of 1909, at the
Grande Hotel de Condo in Chantilly,
France, at the Hotel des Alpes, Territet,
Switzerland; at the Hotel d'Iena, in
Paris, and at San Sebastian, Spain. He
had previously begun an action in the
French courts which is in allegiance be-
cause of an attempt at reconciliation.
Mrs. Hunt contented herself with a
categorical denial Of the allegations.
She appeared through her attorney,
Philip Carpenter. Neither counsel was
willing to discuss the suit.
Mr.. Hunt. who is 81 years old, has
tracts of t%urpentine lands in the south
and a chain Of hotels in that part of the
country, as we'll as around Los Angeles.
California, where in recent years he
has been making his home.
Mrs. Hunt. so far as known. is still
playing with the Shetland ponies on
her fathers estate nea Brookfield, N.
Y. She married Hunt, who was di-
vorced from his first wife, in Detroit,
her father being a resident of that city
tACh III SRllS VI lAS 6lOOIllyE PISulC-
lions of those who saw only unhappi-
ness in such a disparity of age, the cou-
pie seemed to have more than the Or
binary share of bliss. They made trips
to and from Europe every year.
Last year they went over in the
spring, accompanied by a retinue of SER
wants and takinKstbeir autopobile. At
ter touring on theSatontinent they were
at the Hotel Crillon last June. where
Mrs. Hunt met de Tcherniadieff. He
was 80, tall, blond, and handsome.
Thereafter the fascinating Russ was a
constant member of their party.
and a cousi OF the Gar" Hunt is
less polite in his nomenclature; he de-
clares him to be a Russian adventure
er who previously ran away with an
other mans wife"
One night, while the elderly husband
was dining with his wife she complain
ed Of feeling i'll and excused herself.
When he returned to their apartments
a laconic note pinned to the pillow
Informed him she left in search of free
/ dom.
simultaneously with her departure
the Russian departed, and three days
later they were found together, Mr..
Hunt says, at Chantilly. A stormy
scene followed. Hunt insisting that his
wife return to him $4,000 in Jewels he
a given her. Then he returned to
this country. He announced he would
not get a DIVORCE; instead he would cut
her off in his will.
Later in the summer he went abroad
again, and there were reports of a re-
Cancellation. But that these were UNI
founded was proved when he returned
to this country in November.