The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-02
NOVELIST FOUND
HAD MARRIED
TOO SOON
George Randolph Chester in
Trouble
DIVORCED AND REMARKED
Author Of "Get Rich Quick WaIllnq-
ford" Doesn't Dare Risk Him.
self In New York

New York, Nov. George Ran
dolph Chester. who has made lot Of
people laugh over the adventures of
Get-Rich- Quick Wallingford, had
some adventures of his own yester-
day, which his friends quickly de-
cided to discuss under the title of
the "Get-Hitched-Quick" mystery. To
play the leading role in the mystery
Chester qualified by leading down the
gang plank from the steamship Kron-
prinz Wilhelm, when she locked at
her Hoboken pier, young lady,
whom he introduced to his friends
who came to greet him as Mrs.
Chester"
The friends were not expecting to
greet second Mrs. Chester, as they
had only recently heard of the di-
vorce Of the first one, and were sure
the lnterlocutory decree left Chester
just as much the first Mrs. Chester's
husband as ever for a period of nine
ty days at least. Even then, they
thought, it would take petition
from Mrs. Chester No. /, to whom
the decree was granted, to make IL
final This news was received by
the novelist with anything but calm
After a consultation the novelist's
friends decided that the best thing
for him to do was TO consult a law
yer and that before crossing the riv,
er from Hoboken into the jurisdiction
of the New York authorities, who in
the opinion of his friends, were like
ly to have grounds for action on a
charge of bigamy.
Gordon Gordon of 165 Broadway
the novelist's counsel was called VI
on the telephone and from him Mr.
Chester demanded to know why ht
had not cabled TO him about the in
terlocutory decree more specifically
so that he would have known h,
could not marry again. The lawyeI
hurried over to Hobo1en, and Their,
long conference was held. At Id
conclusion Mr.. Chester and the younl
woman departed, refusings to sa,
where they were going. They wer
not to be found at any OF the forme
haunts OF Mr.. Chester last night
Friends of the novelist urged hin
to board the first outward-boun
steamship and keep away from thi
State until the cable brings wor
that Mrs. Chester No. / has obtaine
a final decree. 1t was suggested a
so, that the pair might remain 4
New Jersey until the nlnety-da
period expires.
The rapidity with which the ne,
Chester matrimonial alliance was Ell
tered INTO after Supreme Court Jus
tice Delaney had granted an interlC
cutory decree TO the first Mrs. Ches
ter amazed the novelist's friends her
They found that less than twenty
four hours had elapsed after tn
granting OF the decree when he wa
married In Paris to Lillian Derimc
the young woman named by the frs
Mrs. Chester in her suit for divorce
Mrs. Chester No. a little woman
with dropping eyes, who wore a fu
cloak, was recognized by several per
sons on the Hoboken pier as a for
mer friend Of the first Mrs Chester
who lived with the Chesters in thi,
city for some time before Mrs. Ches
ter's suspicious were aroused and he
suit decided upon.
The court decreed that Mrs. Ches
ter should have $3.50 annually TO
her own support and $1,000 more TO
the support OF her children.
In the opinion of several lawyer,
who were asked about the case las
night Mr.. Chester's foreign marriag,
will be regarded as illegal even II h,
should live abroad. as the first re
quisite to marriage In any country 4
that both persons shall be free L
marry.