The evening world., 1911-03-31
PLOT TO RUIN HER.,
MRS. PIERCE CALLS
ANNULMENT SUIT
Husband Not Insane. Declares
Former Stage Beauty, De-
., nouncing Relatives.
WEDDED IN SECRET.
Father of Young Man Is Multi
Millionaire Oil Man of
Texas.
D IN SECRET.

to-day In discussing the action that has
been brought to annul her marriage TO
the son OF Henry Clay Pierce, the mill
ionalre oil nagnate.
The young woman related for the
nrst time how her husband ves torn
from her two months after their mar
riage and confined as a patient in the
Central Valley sanitarium of Or. Car
los +. Macdonald. 1t Is alleged that
young Pierce is insane and that he
was Insane wheu he was married to
Mrs. Bctsey Chapman. a stage beauty,
last November
Mrs. Pierce was seen at her apart
ment or the second floor Of No. 200 West
F!fty-ninth street. where she has been
living with her mother since all her
efforts to locate and bring back her
husband proved Ruthless. The first
news of the marriage came to-day with
the announcement that an annulment
suit had been brought.
Pierce Not Insane. Wife Insists.
While she paced up and down the
floor. wrinsing her hands. Mrs. Pierce
acclaimed
ANY story that Roy Is insane Is .
damnable lie. II is a plot to ruin my
happiness. for We were happy. supreme
ly happy. until that very day when he
went out in response to a telephone
call and never came back. They say
he has paresis. which Is also false.
There la not a grain OF truth In IL.
He was rational. true ard good and l
believe he 10 30 to-day.
srI--. --.A - 49,. -~A -.
al. He never drank and never dissi-
pated. II you want to know o he
wUs taken away from me. how the plot
~ devised and carried out, go own
Apd ask his father. I can't ak abou
Il. II 10 more than I can ear. l have
been silcnt all these weeks to escape
the notoriety. I am not On the stage
any moro and i am out Of the lime
Light. I had hoped to live quietly and
happily. n now rhey have ruined
It all"
Glenn NJ. Consdon Of tbs hrm Of
Parker. Hatch a sheehan said OF the
3iarce annulment suit this afternoon:
Yes. q marriage ceremony was per-
Sormed By an alderman OF Nov. II. 1910,
In New York City. The bridegroom was
thsn mentally irresponsible. An action
has been brought by his next friend.
and through our Arm as his attorneys
TO annui the marriage.
THE details We shall keep po0session
Of until the hour of the trial, which will
take place a. the earliest possible mo-
msnt."
Parting Came Suddenly.
According to Mrs. Pierce. her husband
Che 10 eight Years her junior. was with
her constantly and protested that he
loved her passionately. There was no
quarrel and the parting came upon Mrs,
Pierce like q bolt out OF a clear sky.
A month passed before Roy Pierce
confessed the marriage to his parents.
How the felt about IL Is manifest in
the present attitude. One evening early
an January the young a received a
telephone call and told his wife that he
would be gone for about an hour. He
did not say who called. lie went out
and that was the last his bride saw of
him.
she wAdted all night and then tele-
phoned to all his friends and relatives.
Che tslephoned TO the elder Pierce and
he replied that he had not seen his son
- - -
~ VI "a"
70 ene poioe
I did not know but l ~suspeot~i'
said Mrs, Pierce to-day, 80 deter
mined to wait patiently until the time
came to act. Now W. will Aght this
case IN the courts 10 the bitter end.
No terms OF settlement have been pro-
posed and none will be accepted"
Well Known in Society.
49, p,.x. ,,, q. rour - a.
$500
"s's !" nos'o"' g
Paris' Berlin anu inc WEI ho
beauty has been pIaeeu on canvas oy
noted painters. As Betsey Faulkner OF
Boston, she married 7. Irwin Chapman,
member OF a Massachusetts family. His
ancestors were numbered among the
statesmen of the Bay state. one OF
them having been Governor HIS mother