The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-19
Belts is ACCUSED
Of ABANDONMENT
King of Gamblers" Defendant in
Suit Brought by His
Wife.
HAS PROPERTY IN THIS CITY
Mrs. Belts Tells How He Took
$4,000 Away From
Steel King"
HAS PROPERTY IN THIS CITY

New York. August 1s.-In her sui,
against her husband. Louis l. Belts
tho sporting man, for a separation,
Anna K. Belts tells of the large in
come which. she says. her husband re-
ceives from gambling operations She
mentions one instance in which she
says Belts took $4,000 in one lump
from man whom she described as a
steel kinG." The papers do not give
the steel kings name. Supreme Court
Justice Bischoff last week granted Mrs.
Belts $500 month alimony and $3.50
counsel fees. She asked for $4,000 a
month alimony and $500 counsel fees
Ihe sum named by Mrs. Belts as
having been taken from tho steel king
by her husband recalls the statement
made by Mrs. Cecil Marsten in March
last in connection with an application
Tor alimony and counsel fees from her
husband. Almarin Marsten. Mrs Mars
ten said that Marsten used to tell her
OF moneys he made from gambling,
and that he mentioned one instance in
which he and another man took s14O,-
ooo from man whose name Mrs. Mars
ten did not care to disclose Mrs.
Marsten said that her husband told
her the $4,000 had been won at roul-
cite in the Illinois Athletic Club at
band told her the money had been
obtained through a certain device con-
nected with the wheel.
The statement was made yesterday
by friends of Mrs. Belts that the man
who lost the $4,000 was assisting
the district attorney at Atlantic City
In efforts to eliminate gamblers from
the resort This man, whom Mrs. Belts
calls a steel king, according to these
statements hz
bed of $4,000 by electrical or other
devices which manipulated the roui-
cite wheel. so that he was bound to
lose. IT also was said that in addition
to seeking 10 drive out from Atlantic
City the men whom he accused of get
tins this money by unfair means this
same steel king had talked of trying
TO recover the money.
Not only is her husband one of tho
best known gamblers in the country,
Mrs. Belts says. but he even is called
the king of Gamblers" She SAYS he
owns tho house at 90 West Forty
sixth Street, where she is now living
mas & half interest in house at 10
West Forty fifth Street two homes in
richmond, one OF them particularly
luxurious. and a farm outside Rich
mond. There is still some gamblinr
apparatus. including roulette wheels
and other paraphernalia, she says
stored In the house in which she lives
at 20 West Forty-sixth Street
She adds that her husband runs two
cafes in Florida, one of them in St.
augustine. in which gambling Is car
rieo on and that he also runs gambling
gan In Richmond In the latter
| CITY, she says. he is so veil known
mat II you call up any hotel and ask
Tor him the hotel people will get him
Tor you in a few minutes
MRS. Belts says that her husband
! told her that because Of the nature OF
MS business 1t would be better for
alm not to leave his property in his
own name, and at least part OF the
property she mentions she says is in
the name of dummies. Bctts's income
Mrs. Belts estimates at $4,000 a year.
In addition TO his real estate, she saws
! That he has cash hidden away in places
accessible to him, but not to Others.
In spite OF her husbands prosperity,
Mrs Belts. who charges abandonment,
says that ne has given her so little
money recently that she has had to sit
up nights sewing for her children.
She says that ne several times has
taken her TO sanatoriums under pre-
text OF merely taking her out for an
! automobile ride. In November. 1910,
she says. he took her out for such a
ride and asked her to have a drink.
i"eS sloppeo at Motel, and he
bought her several drinks Then, she
! says ne drove her to Harrison. n. Y,
where ne put her in a sana torium
/ While detained there, she says she was
served with an order to show cause
at White Plains why she should not
De committed as an inebr.ate
She got letter smuggled out to her
lawyer. Jacob Gordon. she says, and
Gordon opposed the proceedings. which
were dismissed Otherwise, she SAYS
she would have been committed to a
! sanatorium for year
In his answer Belts says that his
VIE is confirmed inebriate and has
been in sanatoriums in PHILADELPHIA,