The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-16

| registrar today the now famous pre-
nuptial agreement exacted Of Robert
w. Chanler, the New York million
| aire, before his acceptance as hus-
band by the beautiful diva. Accord
| Ing to the terms of the document.
! the grandson of John Jacob Astor
made over to his bride-to-be prac-
| tically all of his earthly possessions
She, in turn. temporarily placed the
property I'm her husbands hands in
order that he might act as her agent
and In consideration of her leaving
the property in his management she
| accepted from him a guarantee of
$4,000 n year to be paid in quarterly
installments of $4,000 each.
The agreement is one of the most
| ironclad documents ever filed In. Il
| New York court of record. 1t makes
| four big typewriter books and ap-
parently was drawn with great care.
| Under it sprovisions not only is the
! designated realty of Chanler turned
over to his wife, but she Is given an
| ironclad first lien nall of his be-
| longlngs of every character to en-
sure the payment of her $4,000 a
year
That there VIII be the liveliest kind
of legal battle for the fortune is
certain. BY filing the transfer with
| the local registrar, Cavalier draws
first blood. Her next action will be,
IL is believed, to apply for an injunc-
tion tiemg up all the Chanler property
under the terms Of the transfer
| BY having the transfer sworn to
before the deputy consul general in
| Paris, and both parties acknowledg
ing that thereafter the property laws
| of the state of New York shall be
considered as applying to their pro-
perty Cavalieri gained strong
strategical advantage at the outset.
To set the transfer aside Chanler will
be compelled to prove fraud and the
very nature of the agreement would
seem to preclude his doing so.
Nothing that has come to light
since II became known that Cavalleri
had stripped Chanler Of his fortune
has so accurately demonstrated her
wonderful business acumen as this
agreement.
In the opening paragraph after
describing the parties to the agree
ment it is set forth that the reason
for the agreement Is that, owing 10
their different nationalities a doubt
might exist as to the law governing
their mutual property rights In the
obsence of formal relations and sit is
desirable to remove such doubts" The
agreement then sets forth in legal
phraseology that, after their marriage
the laws OF New York state shall be
considered as applying to both the
Chanler and Cavalleri properties.
1t Is then set forth that for 81
Chanlera transferred to Cavalieri the
following property: Three farms
known as Cole farm, Chowell farm
and Benna farm in Red Hook, Dutch
ess county, consisting of $50 acres
and subject to a mortgage of s6,000i
all the land and buildings at $50, 832
S3i. s36, S3S and $40 Ninth avenue
s31 to S39 inclusive Tenth avenue
$50 to 372 west Fifty-Fifth street
500 TO 5l1 west Fifty-Fifth street
New York City, and all other realty
In which he may have an interest II
the estate of the late Mrs. LauraDe.
lano subject to mortgage Of 100000
cavalier Med with the agreement
power OF attorney whereby chanlei
: was to collect all the rents administer
the estate, pay the taxes, etc.
II, however, he was unable to col
lect the 100000 from the propert,
heid Tor him In trust then he, by th'
agreement gives Cayalieri the powel
70 collect from the New York Liv'
Insurance and Trust company and thu
Union Ir'sl company, both OF New
YORK Clty. all moneys that may b.