Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-04
MRS. DRAM LOSES
HER FIGHT FOR
TEMPORARY FUNDS
Court, However, Admits She Has
Made Ont Case for Recogni-
tion of Marriage.
HUSBAND is SON OF LATE
IRONMASTER AND FOUNDER
Refusal of Plea Based on Ground
That Wife Can Sup-
port Self.

Thomas W. Dram, son n heir of
Dram, by an opinion of Vice-Chancellor
Emery, rendered yesterday, Is not re-
CURED TO pay his wife, Laura Jane
Dram, nee Tyack. of Wharton, main
tenance for herself and child pending
the outcome Of an application for per-
manent alimony, but at the same time
the court states that Mrs. Dram has
made put a case in her fight for recog-
ntion of her marriage to Dram in De-
cember, 1895. The reason for his re-
fusal to grant temporary support Is
because of The long delay in making
the fight for recognition and her ability
to maintain herself and child up to this
time:
The opinion reads:
"On the entire afidavits, and in the
absence of any sufficient explanation
by defendant Of his specified admis-
sions of the marriage. complainant has
shown such a prima facie case of
recognition of the marriage relation
to defendant, after the alleged cere-
mony, as to entitle her to ar allow
ance pendente lite for the expenses Of
ilCI SUN Y CotdOiioli IL lilo iAo6C' "a
denial of means to carry on her suit
might and probably would deprive her
of the right to a trial of her claim,
and in view of the status of the case
as the defendants admissions and acts
In refernce to his marital relation to
complainant, she is entitled to a full
hearing of the claim and to nave from
the defendant a contribution toward
tH1 49, arat;a,, - thu oai1caD
The dispute of the Grams and the
fight of the wife to obtain recognition
of her marriage to Dram in December,
1895, and thus have her daughter pro-
claimed the rightful heir of the inter-
est her husband has in the estate of
his father, attracted much attention
when the CASE came up before Vice.
Chancellor Emery a few weeks ago in
the local chancery court.
Dram is living at the Dram home
stead, just outside of the village, which
is close to Wharton, while the wife Is
living in the latter place. Mrs. Dram
is the daughtersof a miner, and prac-
tically without funds. Among the
peculiar features of the case is the
fact that the marriage was clandestine,
taking place in the rectory of Trinity
Church, Hoboken, and being performed
by the Rev. DIR. George c. Houghton,
now pastor of the Church of Transfigu-
ration, New York, popularity known as
1.-THE Little Church Around the Cor
ner."
Immediately following the ceremony
Mrs. Dram sailed for England and
lived there until her return to this
country, the husband sending money
for the support of herself and the lit
tie girl, which was born the following
| summer. The remittances were sent
to Mrs. Laura Jane Gram" Mrs.
Dram came back in the fall of 1898, and
the defendant continued to support her
until September. 1899, when he denied
the marriage and deied his wife to
prove It.
In relation to this denial, the wife
points to the af1davits Of Robert F.
Dram, brother of the defendant and
mayor Of Wharton. his sister. n a
number OF other relatives. who claim
that Dram admitted the fact of his
marriage to them.
When the marriage was performed,
the husband gave his name as Thomas
| Williams, this being the maiden name
of his mother, and also his middle
name. Dram, on the stand, denied that
| the "W' in his name stood for Will
Jams, stubbornly saying that 1t just
ste OF for w and nothing else.