The evening world., 1911-11-28
HUSBAND DROPS
HIS SUIT AGAINST
ROSE Of PALERMO
Mrs. Samarelli, 'Soulless Bride,
Declares She'll Now Sue Him
for Annulment.

n failure OF the lawyers in the sun
to annul the marriage Of Dr. Gaetano
+. Samare!ll to Scverina Di Giovanni,
10 ffame properly the sensational allie
cations in the case. brought the trial to
an abrupt end at the opening Of this
afternoons session in Justice Green
baum's part OF the Supreme Court
A motion TO discontinue the action was
made by DR.. Samarelli's attorney. d.
rectly, afterward counsel for Mrs. sam
arelli announced she would bring suit
for a separation at once against the
physician. who charged his wife was IS
cold as chilled steel and as uncmotiona.
AZ a marble statue.
Mrs. Samarelli, whom the physician
described as lovely. passionless. virtu-
Gus and cold" was greatly distressed.
during the recess. by efforts OF photog-
raphers TO obtain her picture. The new
est "kissless" bride sought seclusion In
the court Interpreters room and sacrl-
feed her luncheon rather than face a
battery OF cameras In city Hall Park.
The young wife was distinctly disap-
pointed at the termination OF the ply
sician's suit tn annul his marriage to
her. Once he had thrown down his
.gagc Of dissatisfaction with her "a a
wife. she accepted his challenge ard f.
row determined to press her suit to a
rapid end.
Il don't expcc, TO he recunciled to
him. she said. "Still I care for him.
hut I'm not crying about II any more.
Why should I cry about "a man who
has been so weak as TO he removed
from his wife by his evn iriends2 That
Is what hurts"
As was told in the Gambler Ease. the
physician asserts Mrs. Samarelli.
termed the Rose OF Palermo by her in
Inmates because of her picturesque at
Effectiveness and the place OF her birth.
was lavish In her affections before the
marriage ceremony last July 3, and
then followed an air OF GOODNESS ana
Indifference. S%isnorina Chiara Spinelli.
the matchmaker. added an affidavit to
the plaintiffs suit to annul. In which
she swears the bride told her that her
repugnance to the contamination OF
the marriage VOWS was such that she
was inclined TO throw herself over Nj
asara Falls during the couples honey
moon.
Mrs. Samarelli Is tall. .ovely and was
bedecked with the $500 worth of dia-
monds and Jewels her husband AYERS
he bestowed on his bride to win her
love during their honeymoon.
DR.. Samarelli Is forty-two year, old
and his bride twenty-five. The wife's
parents. Antonio and Concetta Di Gio
vanni. are in the drug business in Har-
lem.
The couple wers married after a short
courtship and later were remarked at a
church ceremony, July %. 1911. Directly
thereafter. they went on a f~ifteen-day
honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls. Toron-
to. Thousand Islands. Montreal, the
White Mountains and Boston.
While his bride had formerly oeen
loving and affectionate. DR.. SamarellI
asserts she grew "chilly as ice." She
repulsed his advances and refused to
permit HIN to demonstrate his love. he
says. The physician admits he was In
an ~irascible mood when they returned,
| on Aug. 10. to New York. where M had
fitted up an elaborate bridal chamber
for his wife at No. 3Os East One Hun.
dred and Sixteenth street.
Business cares took him from his
bride during the day. He hurried homs
early that evening to find that his wife
had gone TO her mothers home around
the corner For three days she re.
NAMED away. Then he sought her. She
declined to share the lovers nest he had
feathered at an expense Of 5000. A
once he engaged a lawyer.
When Mrs. Samarelli asked for sup.
port and counsel fees to defend ths
strange suit, he retorted that she coulc
obtain plenty of money with the 500