The evening world., 1911-11-01
AUTHOR CHESTER
HERE WITH GIRL
/, ACCUSED BY WIFE
Occupies Stateroom With Lii
Ian Deremo and Says
They Are Married.
THEN MAKES A DENIAL.
Finally Makes Another State
ment Declaring the Marriage
Took Place in France.
THEN MAKES A DENIAL.
On the passenxe list Of the Kronprinz

On the passenger list Of the Kronprinz
wilhelm OF the North German Lloyd
line, arriving to-day. vas the entry
"a. Chester and wife" The persons
Who occupied the stateroom indicated
were George Randolph Chester. author
and playv right, and a talented young
woman, who formerly made illustra.
tons for his novels and stories. which
were signed by the name OF Lillian
Deremo.
Chester replied: 'oh. just so soon rs
! got the cable telling me that my wife
had divorced me-"
I was then explained to the young
author. whose speciality In writing Is
ID show how shrewdly the fne points Of
the law may be used to defeat the res
spirit Of the law Itself. that the decree
which Mrs. Chester obtained from JUS
tts Erianger on Oct. IL was merely 90,
iiteriocutory decree which could not be
made complete until ninety days had
elapsed.
Chester grabbed his coat over his hear,
add tottered.
r'Bigamy7" he gasped and ran for the
nearest telephone. when he came out
Of the booth he was told that bigamy
was not an international crime anyway
and that a marriage outside the juris-
diction of the United States would not
serve as q practicable basis for bigamy
A.--n.s kArA H. SlakkI,. -.r.
forted and visited the telephone booth
again. He came out with an almost
vbible halo OF gloom over his brow,
Now SAYS HE Is NOT MARRIED
TO THE ARTIST.
,"I only wish to say" he said. that
I may have been guilty OF an e'Aot!ona
indiscretion but that I have committed
Nd crime. | am not married. I was
merely trying to protect q woman,
name"
But before the writer's baggage wa
pessed his attorney. Gordon Gordon, ID.
psared. He had q long and earnes, con
ference with Mr.. Chester. who ran
br1skly to the reporters after 1T wa
over and said he wanted to make /.
statement
.'After talking with my COUNSEL h.
said. Il find tlat ! have committed n
crime In marrying abroad. l wish I
state finally and for certain that ! maj.
ried Miss Deremo In Paris as soon as
I got word that my wife had obtained
Q divorce"
Miss Deremo. who was a highly re
garded member Of the painting class o.
Robert Henri until within n few months
was named by Mrs. Chester as the o.
respondent In her suit for divorce. Mrs
Chester put In evidence the fact that
her husband had gone abroad In tn.
artists company.
Chester was until Ave years ago q
very capable newspaper reporter IN
Cincinnati. His fresh and up-to-dai,
studies OF modern business IF,
brought him sudden success with tn
magazines.
SAYS HE CHANGED WHEN NE
BECAME SUCCESSFUL WRITER
At the time she sued for his divorc,
his wife said;
Il think writer's In a certain sens
are the most easily led OF all persons
Ana they can be led the wrong way JUS
as easily al the right way. Al least thi
was so OF Mr.. Chester. When he 1--we
In Cincinnati and he was a newspape
man. ve were as happy as could o'
But when he suddenly became a success
fW writer Of fiction he changed. III
Imagination became his asset. He owe
fed It and II became diseased. Llvini
~ he was. in that t~houghtless, dream
fashion. he was just as easily swaye
to his fall as he mad been kept straigl
by the people who were around him
his simpler days.
TT was too much New York with NJ
Chesterfield much money TO spend. &c
much leisure. too mu.h fattery. froi
both men ana women. And also to
much showglrl business"
Mrs. Chester has in her custody h,
two boys. who are fourteen and seve
years old She receives 1890 a ye,
personal alhnony and 81. 400 for the su
rAre and .aaa.aaLA. 90 49,.