The evening world., 1911-04-01
Perjury CHARGE
IS LIKELY AGAINST
PIERCE AND BRIDE
N Statements Made by Both
h Application for Marriage
License.
INK OF SETTLEMENT.
Son of Texas Oil Magnate
Still in Sanitarium Await
ing Annulment.
INK OF SETTLEMENT.

- . result OF false statements con-
0snsd In the application for Q marriage
nnense made last Nov. "A by Roy Ems
worth Pierce. the son OF the Texas oil
maSnate, and Mrs. Elizabeth Beatrice
chapman, n charge of perjury may he
made against them. II was under the
nam OF Roy Ellsworth that young
Fierce. who is now In DIR. Charles r.
McDonald's sanitarium at Central VAL
10y. ". Y. wed tho former Mrs. Chap
man. who took the name for this mar
RAG OF Beatrice Perry. Both were
Obliged TO swear that the statements
they made In their application we're
true. and that constitutes the perjury.
Mrs. Chapman, who lives at No. 30
West Fif;y-ninth street. to-day re-
fused to make any statement. Her
hwyer IL James II. Hickey OF No. 81
Exchangc place. \ peculiar coin
ce0ence Is noted in Mr.. Hickey's con-
nsction with the case. for when Mrs.
Chapman obtained her divorce from T.
Irving Chapman. the Brookline, Mass.
millionaire in 1904. n James II. Hickey
Tas one OF her lawyers.
Lived In SpIendor Abroad,
THE record OF the Boston Superior
Surt contains a rather ocular record
view Of the statements made that
krv. Chapman secured aiimony OF sS,-
. year as a result OF that divorce
. pvfAcho was granted In 1904 on tho
6rounds OF desertton. Tho records
bnow that the Court ordered her hus-
nond TO pay her a lump sum OF ALI
0uny Of 2,0O n after May / 1906,
~ amount was to be SO a week. Mrs.
/Ohapman lived in royal splendor while
eoroad and spent money lavishly, even
0aa@ne her income TO be gu cientiy
\ hrss to give UP the stage. Her parents
ad been poor.
The application for . license shows
F3eeee gave his age AZ twenty-eight and
~ home Cambridge. w-hile his occupa-
0oo was that OF q merchant. Mrs
Chapman In answer TO the questions
W6Sthsr che had ever before been mar
I'D. divorced. or had q husband iiv-
~. answered In tho negativA She also
ave her age as twmty-e1eht. and she
( eAmits she Is seven years the senior OF
4 Fierce She gave her residence a. No.
u Nswbury street. Boston.
While Glenn NJ. Congdon OF Parker,
aotch q Sheehan. who represents II.
Cay Pierce IN the action TO have the
marriage annulled on the ground OF
Pierce being irresponsible at the time o.
ne marriage. declines TO make a state
mont. a friend OF the Pi-rce family
today said to an Evening World re-
porter,
"Possibly Mrs. Chapman wa. mis-
Quoted when she said that she fitted up
IN apartment renr Riverside Drive and
ne anil her new husband lived happily
G1ore for two months before he was
taken 10 n slH!tarium. for as a matter
Of fact. Pierce never spent a night in
Mn. Chapraan's apartment, being home
Svery night.
Father Learns OF Marriage.
'It was oily a couple Of weeks after
The MARI ne tina his father was In
tosmed of t.. The son made so many
ramb!ing statements that they were not
understood. The father became con-
vnced that there had been a marriage,
but 20 make sure OF Il he sent a lawyer
70 Gee Mrs. Chapman.
1.-THE I; wvcr verified tho maria ge,
and whil" # was performed by Alder
M jar res smith the same day that
the nee 81 was issued, ana under as
sumed IA Ic., 1t of course $ purely le-
al. exec ; ;Nlt tho Family is convinced
that Pic q was not mentally r%es?)nsl-
ole frr i - hc Nad done.
"AboUt the middle of December. on
the appl cation of II physician, Pierce
va con alitted to Or. McDonald's hos
oital and IS there ye'. and will be there
Tor some time. He has made no cnort
70 communicate with his wife, but she
has written TO him and has also tried
TO sec n N. but has been denied ad-
mittancc. The father did not care tc
become Involved In the matter at al
and so Albert Secger, County Judg,
Of Ontario County, is making applica'
lion for the 0nuulment OF the mar
riage. being tho mex friend
A report that Mrs. Chapman had
offered to release Pierce from the mar,
viage In settlement for a large income
vas communicated TO Mr.. tongdon, but
az refused to deny or affirm it.
The witnesses to the marriage were
Patrick Paul and James Weldon. city
Gail emplpN.pg.