The San Francisco call., 1910-07-06
.NUPTIAL KNOT IS
tied DOUBLY firm
Willie Collier and Wife Remarry
in Order to Satisfy Laws
Demands
Actor Wants to Be Certain
That Spouse Will Get His
100000 Estate

OAKLAND, July 5.-William Collier,
the actor, whose real name is William
Henry Morenus, and his pretty young
wife, Mrs. Paula Marr Collier, who
We're married in the Episcopal church
of Davenport, Ia, May TO- went
through a second marriage ceremony
at the Metropole hotel this afternoon
at o'clock, when the nuptial knot was
more securely tied by Justice of the
Peace James C. Quinn.
Mrs. Collier was formerly Mrs. c. w.
Gall. She obtained a final decree of
divorce from Gall in this state May 5,
becoming Golfers wife at Davenport
five days later. The ceremony which
took place today was upon the advice
of Golfers attorney. l. l.. Bamberger
or New York, who advised Collier to
nave second ceremony performed
somewhere in the state of California to
avoid any technical question as to Col
ller's bequeathing of his large estate
to his wife in the event of his death.
The actor was desirous of leaving
all his property to his wife should he
die and papers were drawn up after
the church marriage at Davenport in
which Collier willed his estate valued
az 100000 or more to his wife. 1T
was then that the question of pos
slbie contest in the division of the
estate was raised. Numerous cases of
similar nature were cited by Bam-
berger, including that of Mrs. e. II.
Hartman, wife of the dead railroad
magnate, who became involved in
United States supreme court case, in
which Mrs. Harrimans right to the
estate left her was contested.
Circumstances surrounding the Col
lier proceedings making it possible for
contest based on point similar in
character to that raised in the Harri-
man case Bamberger< advised Mr.. and
Mrs. Collier to have a second marriage
performed. The ceremony. it was said.
should take place in the same state in
which Mrs. Collier had received papers
divorcing her from Gall The marriage
was to be civil one, with a justice of
the peace officiating. Bamberger out
lined this policy to conform with the
recent Haggart VS.. Haggart decision of
the United States supreme court, which,
he said would prevent any successful
contest of Golfers will.
Consequently, Mr. and Mrs. Collier
decided to be married all over again as
soon as the theatrical company in
which both appear as the stars reached
California. Los Angeles was the first
city of the state in which they ap-
pedTeO, Dut TIE ceremony was not per-
formed there owing to lack of time.
Shortly after noon today Collier and
his wife, accompanied by A. +. Morgan,
Golfers manager, obtained a license
from the county clerk Collier is SO
years old and Mrs. Collier is % Both
gave residence at st. James, Suffolk
county, n. Y. The ceremony was wit
messed by several of the couples friends
and members of the theatrical company.
Collier said today
II can't see anything particularly un-
usual in this case. The technical point
upon which this second ceremony is
based related to the distribution of my
estate. which ] desire to leave in the
hands of my wife after my death. My
lawyer advised it. His reasons We're
adequate. The thing has happened"
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