The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-22
r, Y. ALEXANDRA IS BANKRUPT
OWES A LOT or RESTAt RANT 8
AND OTHERS.
40 Assets Named Il the Son of y.
Harry Alexandra and Was Divorced
by Ills First Wifc, who Was sidonya
Il,isseIi. but Married Again Last April.

Francis V. Alexandra. who inherited a
considerable sum of money from his
father. j. Harry Alexandra of tho Alex
andre Steamship Line. filed a petition in
bankruptcy yesterday with liabilities of
S3,iA and no assets named. Last fall his
first wife, Sidonya Bussell Alexandra.
whom he married in 1898 while he was still
an undergraduate at Harvard. obtained
divorce from him. Last April MIR.
Alexandra married again. His second
wife was Mrs. Minnie Henrietta johnson,
widow Of Lieut.. Malcolm johnson. U. =. A.
In the petition it is set forth that there
are seventeen creditors on Mr.. Alexandra
list. Between last January and June he
ran up bills at number Of restaurants
in this oity. There is an item at Louis
Martins for 1926. another at j. B. Mar
tins to the amount OF $500. Maxim's has
him on its books for $50 and ChurchilTs
h named a creditor to the extent OF $50.
Some of the other creditors appearing
in the petition are the Hudson Trust
Company. $500 on note which the com
pany discounted; Tiffany 4 Co, s75 FOL
jewetry; NJ. l.. Goldstone. s27o for
jewery; two clothing stores and haber-
dashers here for $3.50 and Chauvet of
Paris, $3.50 for shirts and ties.
The Connecticut Cab Company, which
has Ia axicabs for hire is his creditor to the
amount of s34. the New York Produce
Exchange Safe Deposit and Storage
Company has an outstanding bill for &25
for a safe deposit box and the Seymour
Beutler Detective Agency is down for
vvhn
pointed referee in subsequent proceedings
brought by the first Mrs. Alexandra. has
$50 claim and the American Shorthand
Company. stenographers, is on the list
for s27
When Mr.. Alexandra was sued for the
divorce last fall he said that he lived at
rs Fifth avenue. bur in the petition 81?
West ll2th street appears a. his address.
Mr.. Alexandra is 35 years old and he
was graduated from Harvard with the
class of 1899 At one time he owned a
racing stable. but few years ago he gave
this up. although he retained his member
ship in the Turf and Field Club He is
also member of the New York Athletic
Club the New York Yacht club and the
Harvard Club
Mrs. Alexandre's suit was brought on
statutory grounds with the name of
Jane Doe in the compliant Justice
Greenbaurn refused at first to confirm
the report Of Referee Stephen Callaghan
| because the court held hat Mr. Alexandra
, had practically defauted the case. Later
| the divorce WAS granted and alimony
| was fixed at $50 4 month Mr. Alexandra
| asked that the amount he reduced Last
June the first Mrs Alexandra made ap-
phcation to the Supreme Court to have
her former husband compelled to file
a bond Of S+5.U0 to insure her 81 800 a
year alimony Mir Riggs. who has the
claim mentioned above, was appointed
referee in this case
| Dir Alexandres marriage TO Sdonya
| Bussel OF Baltimore was kept secret
for thirteen months and when Mrs John
son and MIR Alexandra We're married only
few of their friends knew about it until
several days afterward Thev mot torei
over 10 Jersey CITY one day last March
and were married there by Justice of the
Peace John Kane. In the first Mrs
! Alexandra application she SCI forth
that her former husband had married
the correspondent in the divorce ease
She said that he had spent about s25OVO,
since 1893 and that she was fearful about
getting her alimony Alexandra re-
taliated in his answer by saying that at
| 15s Madison avenue. where the first Mrs
| Alexandra lives there was man who
was known as MIR Alexandra This man
and Mrs. Alexandra denied this.