The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-09-20
LIMA FILES DOVER
Chanler Gave Her Valu.
able Property.
ALSOPROMISED $4,000 YEAR
By Terms of Ante-Nuptial Agree
ment He Gave the Opera
Singer All He Had
and More.

New York. Sept. 1.-THE pre-nup-
tial agreement between Nine. Lima
Cavalieri. the opera singer and ROD
ert Winthrop Chanler, the artist ana
former sheriff of Duchess county, the
terms of which have been the subject
Of so many widely divergent reports
of Disbursements between the scion OF
the old Astor family and the Italian
diva. has been made public.
II was filed in the registers Office
by counsel Tor the singer.
The agreement was made on the
last day of May. OF this year In Paris
between Mr.. Chanler and the singer,
whose first name is given as Natalin~
II states that, whereas. a marriage
was about to be solemnized between
the two and that doubts might arise
as to their mutual property rights II
was agreed that the property of eacn
of them. both present and future. was
10 remain the separate property ana
under the sole control of each OF them.
The agreement then recites that, in
consideration Of the said intended
marriage and of the sum OF ST. Mr..
Chanler gives to Nine. Cavalieri AL
those three farms. known respectively
As Cole farm. ChOwell and Benna
farm. in Red Hook. New York, approx
mating $50 acres and subject to
mortgage OF $4,000"
The agreement further provides that
Mr.. Chanlor turns over TO Nine. Caya-
lieri the land and buildings in New
York city situated in several parts OF
the city. comprising in all thirty pieces
of property, and ends and all other
realty forming part OF the share OF
the above named Robert Winthrop
Chanler. of and in the estate Of the
late Mrs. Robert Delano. subject to
mortgage Of $4,000
The agreement provides further that
Mr.. Chanlcr agrees TO pay the yearly
sum OF $50. 900 to Nine. Cavalieri dur
ing her life time. by four quarterly in
stallmen,s Of $4,000 a quarter, the first
OF WHICH SAall w idlh NAtNiti N'''''s
days from the marriage.
To secure the payment OF the 500
600 yearly Mr. Chanler In the agree
ment gave his bride power to collect
the amounts due II otherwise unpaid
by him. out OF the money coming to
him from the income OF the Chanler
estate trust fund. or If this money
should prove insufficient. similar pow
or was given to her to collect the bal
ance from the income he receives
through the New York Life Insurance
and Trust company.
Further interesting revelations OF
sheriff Bob" Chambers courtship OF
Nine. Lima Cavalieri were made by
Oreste Cayalieri. brother OF the IA
nous singer. In a new interview he
told how CHAMBER had tried to induce
his bride to mortgage her property.
In this interview Cayalieri told for
the first time why his sister waited for
seven months before giving her sutton
a definite answer to his oft-repeated
proposal He was told that the long
delay revealed the element Of calcula-
ton. He said.
About Chanler there Is one thing
that have not told you. When the
bills kept coming in to him in Paris
he tried to get my sister TO do what he
himself did. mortgage something when
ever he wanted money. He Is a spend
thrift. Whenever he wanted money he
said. oh. well. I'll mortgage some
thing. until there was nothing left to
mortgage.
"My sister refused to mortgage her
house in Paris or her chateau. and he
was incensed"