The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-05
FINAL DECREE TO hrs. ASTOU
Va MENTION or ALENONI'
SAID TO M SSSO.O0s 4 YEAR.

80 WWe 70 Mea4tme uaef NmaMeW N1N1e 80
90 Rave -ahe Care q the DaashssE
HUSBAND olay Not RsmaPVy IN HeV
IAGe ana WIN Nave Sen IN wa rharse
~ the terms ~ anal decree 81 divorces
which Justice Mills in the Supreme Court
at White Plains granted yesterday morn
inG TO Mrs.. Alva willing Ast0r from her
husband. Col. John Jacob Asaor. Mrs. AstoE
has the custody % their daughter. AIics
Muriel. while Col Astor retains charge n
their son. Vincent
The decree 10 IN tho usual form and
contains no mention OF ahmony. II 10
said that Mrs. Astor and her husband
reached en- agreement on this point before
the suit was commenced One report
was that she 10 10 have an income %
$50. OOO q year and to retain tho fortune
that was settled upon her at the time %
her marriage IN lieu Of dover rights
The court was crowded with spectators.
a. many persons thought that Nrs. As,or
might he there She 10 in Europe
II was the fourth case on the calendar
% the Special Term. which Justice Mills
COW sned at 10 O'Clock A. 1918 Lawyer
Hugh Bayne ~ The firm Of S,roag 4 Cad
walAdsr moved for the confirmation Of
the interlocutory decree which Judge
Mills granted to Mrs. Astor a. New City In
Rockland county on November Q last.
Mr. BAyne told the Court that he had an
daviis from q clerk in the ofics Of Strong
a CaAwalader and the Clerk Of Dutchess
county that an inteFlocutory decree had
been granted on November and fled in
the DutchS-s County Clerks otIAoe in No
vember. He then went on TO say that the
necessary three wonths which must
elapse before a final judgmsnt can be
granted expired on February 10. 1910 and
tina, the thirty days extra allowed ny
statute thereafter within which the final
decree must be applied for win not be NJ
until March y. Ne then moved for final
decree and said that notice of the motion
together with a copy Of the form Of the
order had been served on the defeadant's
attorneys.
Commodore Lewis Case .sdys I'd. repre-
aenting Col AstcT then arose and said:
The proposed form Of nnsI decree con-
forms vita tho provisions Of tho final
Judgment The - p-rs we're then handed
zap to Justice Mills. and the lawyer tor Mrs.
Astor sKnsctsd that Ne would @iGn them
but instead he aid ne would
lOOS Them over and syn ,hen before he
left the bench
Tho lawyer vas forced 70 vet until
~ p. when Justice Mills aNiH~d his =, gna-
turs aud ssye the final decree TO NJ
L..
Ne would not shOS u to the = sportsr.
hut he did AAy that "a would he sosn whom
ne hled u IN the Dltsheaa cauniF ClaEkia.
Once a. P0uehkeepsis y expect 70 staTt
for PouGhkeeps.e Immediately
There was a surprise for the lawyers
- hen they examined tae Judgment. az
Justice Mills had de- erin. aed thst thers
would he no seerecv at,our the Astor
matter my LONGER. to' ne 'ndcrsed on
The pager these words
Ihs Clerk OF Dutchsss county . hereby
ordered no, &c seal she suo,s nnsl yI6g
ment l%snedl Y Hua.s. !. = -
lawyer Bayns va, -ksd II the decree
contained any mOnet.'v stiuu'st on aud
sll he would saw vas don't want to
tsih about the css~ ~ - ne orlV safe
~sv 10 do
The lawyers coun~c, sd stth tue case
are. sscregv "a. O.!d not
sAV q word about ,'-.s'''sn"t' v'.yE I"l
A-tor had made ugou - wife onmC
dore Iyedya I'd onld SIMPLY -, don .
lslk about private H@aig-
The Indignant. among o'hsr ,'ing- 70
% de- that Mr. A-,or N'l' resume her
maiden nafn- Snd tua. ia" can remsr ry !
q "a a. though her h"s'and were dead |