Evening journal., 1910-02-22
BATONYIS LAST
TIE IS TORN

NEW YORK. Feb. 22-The last chap
ter in one of the most interesting di-
vorce suits that ever made the tongues
OF New York society busy was prob
ably written yesterday when Justice
Mccall signed the final decree Of di-
vorce. freeing Mrs. Frances Burke
Roche Batonyi, daughter of Frank
Work, from Aurel Batonyi
But there will be an epilougue in the
appeal Batonyi will make. Before he
sailed he directed Morris Cukor 10
enter the appeal. On his return he will
viii prosecute the action and his suits
against Frank Work, Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Cooper Hewitt and Frank
Sturgis FOR alleged alienation of his
wife's affections The suits are for
100000 each and Baytonyi has asserted
that he will give the money TO charity
if he wins them.
BY the terms Of the final decree the
plaintiff is permitted to reassume her
first husbands name. She is per-
mitted to marry again, but Batonyi is
forbidden to do so. The costs Of the
court proceedings, $t6757, were assessed
/ in Batonyi Mrs. Burke-Roche, as she
will be called hereafter, will be per-
mitted to apply for alimony at any
time she sees fit.
A question OF great interest now is
whether Frank Work viii forgive his
daughter and take her back, as he did
when she was undergoing her first mari
tai difficulties, those with Burke-Roche.
A reporter for The World called yesterday
at the Work home, No 10 East Twenty
sixth street He found The grillwork door
that guards the entrance covered with
dust. The brass OF the doorbell was tar
nished and black. A man servant who an
swered a summons said Mr.. Work was
not we'll enough to be seen. Though Mrs
BurlSe-Roche Is in New York, the ser
want added, nothing was known in heI
fathers home Of her whereabouts Mr.
Work asserted that he will never forgive
his daughter
! After the marriage OF her daughter
Cynthia TO Arthur Scott Burden, Mrs
Burke Roche announced that a year be
p fore, in August, 1905, she had been married
to Batonyi. the manager OF her stool
farm near Newport. r. I. Batonyi came t.
! America eighteen years ago. He was al
expert horseman and obtained employ
ment I'm a riding school a position whicl
he soon abandoned for the business Of rid
ing and driving show horses. He met Mrs
> Burke-Roche at horse shows, and. afte
J. exhibiting seevral of her horses, he tool
charge of her stock farm.
- Mrs. Burke Roche has always beer
known for big expenditures. having ha
several quarrels with her father owe
her extravaganza, one occasion being
when he said she was spending S375
day. In her divorce petition she allege
that Batonyi had contributed only $50
toward her support since their mar
riage. and that they had been living o
an allowance Of 5000 a month mad
by her family but without her father
knowledge. Shortly before her secon
marriage. Mr.. Work announced that h
had made a will leaving her an incom
OF $4,000 yearly
Her first marriage was most unhappy
She married James Boothby Burke
Roche next heir to Lord Fermoy.
1880. Five years afterward she returne
to her father with her three childre
= The nbegan long litigations for a divor'
and the custody Of the children. She g
decree, but her husband refused
=. recognize the American dicorce. Aft
her marriage to Batonyi Burke Rocl
brought suit, charging her with bgam
on her visit to Europe TO obtain a trou
seau for her daughter Burke-Roche pu
licly announced that he would not
responsible for her bedts She final
abandoned her trip and returned hon
greatly distressed by the notoriety.
Her first suit against Batony was d
Is faulted. There was much gossip abo
revelations Batonyi threatened to mal
Finally evidence was obtained which e
abled Mrs. Burke-Roche TO sue for
vorce. naming several correspondents.
When Mrs. Burke-Roche was asked Ia
night over the telephone at the Hot
Is Gotham if she cared to say anything S
replied: 81 have absolutely nothing
say