The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-24
An 4. e. Vanderbilt, Whom he
Threziened 10 Sue
on ALEALTl0A CHARGE.
Papers signed by the Doctor Releases
Her From "Prcsent or Possible
Litigation" a. Well as Her Father
and the Millionaire Mentioned
Above.

New York, Feb. 2s.-All pending
or possible litigation by DR.. Smith
Hollins McKim against his wife who
divorced him: Col. Isaac E. Emerson,
her father; Mrs. Frederick McCor-
mick and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
is at an end. Nor will DR.. McKim
cary out the threat attributed to him
to sue Mr.. Vanderbilt for alternating
Mrs. McKim's affections.
This agreement was reached at a
conference Monday in the law Office
Of Abraham Hirschfield. of Hayes,
Hirschfield and Wolf, No. lis Broad
way, who represented DR.. McKim.
Former Judge Morgan 7. O'Brien
appeared on behalf of Mr.. Wander
bilt. Mrs. McKim, DR.. Emerson and
Mrs. Mccormick. The conference
lasted from 1 o'clock until In the
afternoon, and there the agreement
was signed. 1t absolutely releases
the persons named from any litiga.
ton resulting from Mrs. McKim di.
vorcing her husband. A copy OF the
agreement is in Morgan 7. o'Brien'.
possession. He was out of town last
might.
| In consideration of this release Il
| Is understood that a sum OF none,
will be paid TO DIR. McKim in semi
annual instalments as long as hs
lives; the exact amount could not b.
learned yesterday Should he di,
within five years the money will b,
paid to his sister until five years from
the date Of the first payment expires
Besides Dr. McKim will receive /,
lump sum. This, 1t is reported. viii
be absorbed largely by lawyers fees
Mondays conference was the last o
a series which has kept busy othe
lawyers than those mentioned here
After the conference yesterday al
ternoon. Mrs. McKim and her fathe
left New York presumably to go 4
his hunting lodge in North Carolina
i New Figure I'm MeKim Case.
i Mrs. Frederick Mccormick's nam
is mentioned for the first time in tn
McKim matrimonial difficulties. On
of the attorneys who have figured II
the case said yesterday that Mrs. Nc
| Cormick is young and charming
widow who lives. or did until re
Gently, at Irvington-on-the-Hudson
| Until they quarrelled the McKim
lowned handsome estate near Irving
ton and II is Understood that Mrs
Mccormick frequently visited tn
McKim home and seemed to be OF
very friendly terms with Mrs. Nc
Kim and her father.
II was reported publicly on Jan
nary 30 last that DIR. McKim woull
sue Alfred q. Vanderbilt. when sh
asked for a divorce in Reno Apr
80, 1900. Mrs. McKim announce
that Mr.. Vanderbilt did not ente
into the case. and that she was bas
ing her complaint on the grounds o
cruelty and drunkenness. Mrs. Nc
Kim told Judge Bike, on the day tina
he gave her final decree. that durinI
her Newport residence her husband
had beaten her until she tainted. an,
once at the New Weston hotel ha,
thrown her against a sofa so har,
that IL was broken.
While Mrs. McKim was en- routl
eastward on the Overland limited
Mr.. Vanderbilt left the Hotel seei
back In Louisville, KY, and Il wa
reported that he expected TO Join he
train en- route TO New York. The
arrived separately, however. but wer,
soon seen in each others compan!
at the Plaza hotel, the Belmont parl
aviation grounds, in Central parl
and at the theater.
Mrs. MeKim's is DR.. Emerson'
favorite child; he supported her Il
every move she made to gain a d
voree. SO Il Is easily understood tina
In DR.. McKim's eyes he seemed to b
aiding In alternating her affections.