The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-11
WIFE SUES ARTIST
 KER FOR DIVORCE
Plaintiff, Daughter of Rear Admiral Sigsbee, Obtains Evidence That Her Husband and His Young Model Lived Together at Darien.

Stamford March 11.-That William Balfour Ker, the artist of New York, is being sued for absolute divorce by Mrs. Mary Sigsbee Ker, a daughter of Rear Admiral Sigsbee, became known here yesterday when a hearing was held to take the testimony of wit nesses who live in Stamford and Dar- fen.
 The hearing was in the City Court here before Attorney Russell Porter Clark, a Commissioner appointed by Supreme Court Justice Pla atzek of New i York. The witnesses were examined by Harry S. Stewart, an attorney of 165 Broadway. New York, counsel for Mrs. Ker.
 i Although no correspondent was
 mentioned in the hearing, the testi- l naony established the fact that she was once a model for MT. Ker, whose draw w ings have appeared in Life and other l periodicals. MT. Ker is now said to be i in Paris, and the woman in the case is said to be with him: The suit is court and yesterdays hearing here was because of the inability of the plain | tiff to get the witnesses to go to New | York to be examined
 The Kers were married about five years ago. They have a son about years old. Mrs. Ker seeks the custody of the son She was In Washington wash 2 m charged that Ker and his model were living in Darien, Conn.,, last Summer. Like her husband, Mrs. Ker. is an art ist, and has done some notable work. It was through their similarity. in l tastes and talents that they met. Testimony was given to the effect that Ker and woman, who was not his wife, lived in a house owned by Edward B. Robinson in the OK Ridge section of Darien, from early May until toward the end of October 1909. Philo Green. the real estate agent, who rent ed the house to Ker, and the other witnesses. agreed on this point. Mrs. Francis Davis, a neighbor, tes- tifed to seeing Ker and the girl to- gether. The girl, she said, wore her hair dwn her back in two braids. She emerged from the woods she beheld MT. Ker and the woman, who was not Mrs. Ker. standing close together by a rustic well. She had her hands on the artists shoulders and was look ing into his eyes. MT. Ker stopped suddenly and kissed the upturned face Mrs. Davis said she hurried away: A little later she saw MT. Ker and the woman seated by the well shellfng peas and laughing gaily. It was pretty picture of domestic happiness Mrs. Davis thought.
 Mrs. Ker dressed in brown, with a gray figured veil over a hat trimmed with gray fur and short gray fur jacket showed little emotion during the hearing, which covered upward of two hours. She identified her own pie ture and that of her husband. Once,
 
 was testifying Mrs. Ker flushed bit.
 Commissioner Clark asked Mrs. Bod dy why she was so certain the pie ture of Mrs. Ker was not that of the woman introduced to her by the artist last Summer as Mrs. Ker.
 Why she said, "that woman he fntrod uced me to had soft brown eyes. and she was very young and, oh, so pretty.''
 cial mark about her?'' asked Commis- sioner Clark.
 inspiration "she had soft brown hair, and this woman, docking at the pie ture), has black hair. And I do not like black hair.'
 The flush died out of Mrs. Ker's cheeks as she joined in the laugh that ran through the court room.
 E. B. Robinson, owner of the cot tage, said he supposed at the time that the woman MT. Ker introduced as Mrs. Ker was his real wife. He said that only part of the house was furnished .They didn't have much more than camping outfit" said MT. Robin SOI1