The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-03-02
LOVE LANDS IN
DIVORCE COURT

NEW YORK. Special.-Mrs. Mar
torie G. Lowe. whom Sir Phillip
Burnes-Jones, the aesthetic English
artist. called the most beautiful wo-
man in America" has begun suit for
divorce in the Westchester County
courts. Her husband Is Sidney G.
Love. skyrocket hnancier. clubman
about two and a bali years old now.
NJ L9Ve Who has recouped his fof-
tunes. his friends say. Is somewhere in
the Far West. The papers filed by
Mrs. Love state that since their sep
aration he has lived at Seattle, Wash. !;
Baker City. Ore. and Unity, Ore.
Mrs Love says further in her com
plant. filed In the Westchester County
Clerks Office. that she married Mr.
Love in October. 1907. and they lied
together until March IL, 1909. She
has not seen her husband since Au-
gust, 1899. So Supreme Court Justice
Mills, at Mount Vernon. signed an or
der yesterday directing the service Of
his wife's summons and complaint on
Mr.. Love by publication in two news
papers.
Appealed to Ambassador Reid.
New York society in which the Loves
were prominent. was astonished by a
cablegram from London in October.
1909. IL told that Mrs. G. c. Burnes
OF Chicago, Mrs. Loves mother, had
appealed to Ambassador Whitelaw
Reid 20 protect her daughter from Mr.
Love. who she said. was making life
unbearable for her"
He is trying TO steal their baby
said Mrs. Burnes. and my daughter
is almost distracted"
The Ambassador could not interfere
directly. but he found a small and ex-
elusive hotel for Mrs. Love, her baby
and her mother. Then guard was
set around the baby.
Returning TO America Mr.. Love an
nounced In Chicago that he was going
Zen a new quest for riches and added
in a public statement:
las TO the stories OF domestic
trouble Mr.. Love has nothing TO say
to the public except that he does not
believe his wife will ever state to any
one that he has ever been anything
but kind and considerate to her and
her child.
"As to the story that any trouble
came from an attempt to get his wife's
money. the facts are that Mrs. Loves
money was put in trust with the
Northern Trust Company with his
consent and approval. He is quite sure
that neither his wife nor any one else
can or will say that he has ever di-
rectly or indirectly sought to get any
of this trust fund"
y, But stories have come out OF the
West that Love is pardllelinE his
wonderful rise which started fifteen
years ago when from a SIS clerk in
Keokuk, Ia, he came to be a manipu-
lator in the higher realms Of finance.
Reports of his prosperity have reached
New York and 1t is said that having
redeemed his fortunes he declared his
intention OF winning back his Wifes
love. and that he expects to come East
on that mission within a few weeks.
Mrs. Loves friends say that the
filing OF the divorce suit must dash
his hopes and that she will refuse to
meet him under any circumstances.
Lost Fortune in Squeeze"
After their marriage in Chicago the
Loves came to New York, where they
lived at IL IL West Thirty-seventh
Street. Mr.. Love was head of a brok-
erage firm with offices at 2 Wall Street
and branches in Chicago and else
where. He prospered greatly and was
soon figure with his lovely wife, at
Newport. Palm Beach and New York.
His skyrOckct ascension ended dis
aStrousiy. for he was caught in a
squeeze in 1909 and was confronted
with a two million dollar failure.
William H. Moore, who had assisted
Love in his financial rise, and who 1t
was said felt that in a sense he was
responsible for the young man.
After the failure Love retired from
business and sold his seat on the
Stock Exchange for $72,5oo. Mrs.
Love shortly afterward received a
million dollars in final settlement of
the Burnes estate in Chics 20 and
sailed for London. Seven days later
Love followed her. The episode about
their baby followed. II was expected
that Mr.. Love would set mp business
here again as q broker, but he de-
&ded to take the $5,00e which was
left Of his fortune and so West
This is Loves second experience in
the divorce court. His first wife, who
was Miss Minerva Cool, OF Cornish,
Ohio. obtained 8 divorce from him in
1903 after three years OF married life.
In her petition for divorce she de-
- slared that he had made life rniser-
able for her; that he had refused TO
support her and that she had to pawn
her jewels and sell part OF her ward
robe. She afterward married Will
lam IT. Kemble of Philadelphia.
Mrs Love was said to be staying at
the Hotel Majestic. but there it was
declared that no one OF that name was
~ he