New-York tribune., 1911-03-04
MRS. JULIA ". CURT|SS
IS AGAIN A BRIDE
Inheritor of Miss Pinckney's
Millions Made Doctor Her
Third Husband, Feb. Ia.
DIVORCED ONCE HIMSELF
DR.. G.. Alfred Lawrence, Nerve
Specialist, Testified in Wife's
Favor When She Sued to
Regain Fortune.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune J

Philadelphia, Mareh 3.-Dr anu MIS-
G. Alfred Lawrence. of New YORK, are
spending their honeymoon quietly AT
hotel here. Mrs. Lawrence, formerly
Mrs. Julia Watt Morris Curtiss. Is inn
mensely wealthy, and her husband, ike
one of his two predecessors, has been
her physician.
DR.. and Mrs. Lawrence were married
with the greatest secrecy in Wilmington
Del. on February IA. DR. Lawrence has
been married once before, and divorced
while Mrs Lawrence has been twice
married previously, and each time di-
vorced.
The courtship of Or. Lawrence began
after he had treated Mrs. Curtiss for
nervous affection. They became en-
gagged few weeks ago. and the we'd
ding was not long delayed. only two
intimate friends went with them to
Wilmington.
Mrs. Julia Watt Morris Curtiss Law
renee has twice before ventured out
upon the sea Of matrimony and regained
the land Of freedom each time by way OF
the port of divorce. Her first husband
was Peter H. Morris. of Boston After
bearing him two sons. Louis and keith,
and a daughter. Hilda. she obtained
separation in 1897. A year later she
married DR.. Rollin A. Curtiss Of Bridge
port. who like DR.. Lawrence. was her
family physician. He divorced her in
March. 1904, testifying at the trial that
she had been Incorporate.
Conservators for Property.
Mrs. Curtiss's troubles did not stop
then. In fact, they were just beginning
This time they were financial in char
acter, concerning the Mary A. Pinkney
estate, variously estimated at from So
100000 to $50OOO,OOO. in one-third Of
which she had a life interest, and GER
tain amount of money which she held
i'm her own right. Her expenditures In
this city during the year 1907 led to
much comment. and finally her son Louis
began proceedings in Fairfield. Conn.
asking that conservators be appointed
to take charge Of her property.
During the examination Mrs. Curtiss
expressed the opinion that 500 a day
was not too much for a woman of her
means TO spend and that S2,10O a month
was a very reasonable amount for her
cab hire. The court appointed Judge
Elmore s. Banks, Of Fairfield, and John
c. Shaw, a New York lawyer, as con-
sciVators.
For few months in 1900 Mrs. Curtlss
regained control Of her estate through a
decision by Justice Brady. of the Su-
preme Court here, which held that the
appointment of her conservators was
Illegal, because her sanity had not been
Investigated by jury in this state. The
ccnservators appealed, and the Appellate
Division. finding that Mrs. Curtiss was
a resident Of Connecticut, declared that
the findings Of the Connecticut court
were final and not open SC collateral at
tack here.
L. Latin Kellogg. counsel for Mrs.
Curtiss in all these actions. said last
night that so far as he knew Judge
Banks and Mr.. Shaw still had charge Of
his clients property. He had heard Of
no proceedings since the marriage. he
asserted, to have them removed.
Dr.. Lawrence a Witness.
Mrs. Curtiss made another attempt TO
prove her competency last fall I'm the
Superior Court Of Connecticut. Or.
Lawrence appeared in her behalf. testi
fying that he had visited her three or
four times every day since January and
found her perfectly sane and temperate.
He acknowledged that she had crying
spells and might continue in the same
nervous state for several years. but be-
lieved her capable Of managing her own
affairs.
When examined as to his relations
with Mrs. Curtiss, he denied that he was
either married or engaged to her. He
also denied that Mrs. Curtiss ever con-
tributed a nickel TO the alimony which
he was paying TO his wife. who had d.
yorced him in May, 1909.
In Julv of last year Mrs. Curtiss was
in a taxicab accident with the doctor. IN
front of the Hotel ST Regis, in Fifth ave-
nue.. At that time Mrs. Curtiss was so
painfully hurt that Or. Lawrence called
into consultation Or. Graeme X. Ham
uond. who is his associate. Dr. Law
renee is himself a professor OF nervous
diseases at the New York ost-Graduate
Medical School and Hospital. member
of the Fencers' and Apawamis clups ana
Of the Sons of the American Revolution.
He is a graduate of Leland stanford
Junior University and of the columbia
college of Physicians and Surgeons ana
has received the degrees Of \. NJ. ana IN
u from Columbia University
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