The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-16
CHAMBER REALLY
! GAVE UP FORTUNE
Pre-Nuptial Agreement, Shows Diva
Was To Get $4,000 Year for
Letting Bob Act As Agent.

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Attorneys
| for Madame Lima CavalieriCh anler
filed In the off1ces Of the New York
| county registrar today. the now Ia
NOUS pre-nuptial agreement exacted
VI Robt. w. Chanler, the New York
millionaire, before his acceptance as q
husband by the beautiful diva. Ac-
cordlng to the terms Of the document
the grandson of John Jacob Astor
made over to his bride-to-be practic-
ally all of his earthly possessions.
She, In turn, temporarily placed the
property In 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 guarantee or
S20, 900 q year to be paid In quarterly
lnstallments of $1,000 each.
II, however, he was unable to col
lect the $4,000 from the property
held for him In trust then he. by the
agreement, gives Cavalieri the pow
er to collect from the New York Life
Insurance and Trust Co. and the
Union Trust Co., both OF New York
city, all moneys that may be due 10
him from any source whatsoever sur
ficient to make up the deficiency
Chanler also agrees to pay any
transfer or other recording tax and
all expenses whatsoever which may
become due in connection with the
transfer of his entire fortune to the
Italian singer
As an evidence that the agreement
10 legal 1t was sworn to by all of the
parties concerned before Hanson c.
Coke, deputy consul general of the
United States at Paris. The agree
ment il dated May 81. 1910.
Agreement ironciad.
The agreement Is one OF the most |
ironclad documents ever filed In a
New York court of record. 1t makes
four big typewriter books and ap- |
parently was drawn with great care
Under its provisions not only 10 the
designated realty of Chanler turned |
over to his wife, but she Is given an |
ironclad first lien on all OF his be- |
longings of every character to en- |
sure the payment of her $4,000 q |
year.
That there will be the livliest kind |
of battle for the fortune Is certain
BY Cling the transfer with the local
registrar, Calavieri draws first blood |
HDer next action will be, 1t Is be |
lieved, TO apply for an injunction ty- |
ing up all of the Chanler propert.
under the terms OF the transfer.
BY having tn etransfer. sworn &c |
b ythe deputy consul general In Paris |
by both Paris acknowledging that
thereafter the property laws OF the
state OF New York shall be considered |
as applying to their property Caya-
lierl gained q strong strategical al
vantage at the outside. To sc the
transfer aside, Chanler will be com
pelled to prove fraud and the very |
nature OF the agreement would seem
to preclude his doing so.
Nothing that has come 70 llgh
since II has become known that cav
alert had stripped Chanler pf his for.
tune. has so accurately demonstrated |
her wonderful business acumen as
this agreement
Reason For Agreement.
In the opening paragraph after
describing the parties to the agree
ment 1t Is set forth that the reason
for the agreement Is that, owing to
their different nationalities doubt |
might exist as to the law governing |
their mutual property rights in the
absence of formal relations and 1T 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 CAVALIER
properties.
II is then set forth that for 81 |
Chanler transferred TO Cavalier the
following property! Three farms |
known as Cole farm, Chowell farm
and Benna farm In Red Rock.
Duchess county. consisting OF $50
acres and subject to a mortgage OF
$4,000; all the land and buildings $50,
S32, S34, $50, 1913, and $40 Ninth-ave,
S31 and S99 inclusive Tenth-ave., $50
TO 372 West Fifty-fifth-st., SOB to eli |
West Fifty-ffth-st., New York city |
and all other realty In which he may |
have an interest in the estate or the
late Mrs. Laura Delano, subject to
mortgages of 100000"
Cavalieri filed with the agreement
a power of attorney, whereby Chan |
Ter was to collect all OF the rents. ad- |
minister the estate, pay taxes, etc.
IL Ia understood that Chambers at |
torney regards the fling OF this pa |
per as absolute evidence that there |
Is a permanent break between Chan |
Ter and his wife, and that this step |
Is the first toward compelling him 10
turn over to her his American prof.
erty In accordance with the pro |
visions OF the agreement.