The Washington herald., 1912-03-03
STORY is GRANTED
DIVORCE BY COURT
Mrs. stOry's Alleged Misconduct
with Stanley b. Forde Deemed
Sufficient Grounds.

New York, March IA jury in the
Supreme Court to-day decided that Allen
Lawrence Story is entitled to divorce
from Helen Hilton Story, his twenty
year-old wife.
The ''other man. in the case was STAN
ley II. Forde, a comic opera singer. The
jury, which was asked tc answer -FOUR
questions regarding the alleged mIscon-
duti of Mrs. Story and Forde at various
times and places, found that they were
too friendly at cottage at NaNeslhS
Beach. N. J., last summer.
Mrs. Story, who was married Thsn
sixteen years old, is the granddaughter
OF Judge Henry Hilton He LETT her an
estate from which she receives an IN
come OF about 800 a month. She VII De
given entire charge OF this estate III
september, when she becomes OF age.
When the verdict was reported to-dny
Mrs. Story was not in the court room.
She had been in court earlier IN the
day, wearing q black satin tauor-maoe 3
suit, tipped with black velvet turban and
brown furS
Throughout the trial she has been
seated across a table from the young
husband with whom she says she vowed
20 live as a wife in name only twenty
months after their marriage hve years
ago. She shed no tears during the trial,
and gave no indication that the testi-
Uony had touched her deeply.
Mrs. w. c. Story I'm Court.
William Cummings Story, mother
.. Allen Story, was again in court to-
day. seated near her son. Since her
sons separation from his wife his moth
er has been his counselor. II was to
her home that he took his three-year-oid
daughter. Ruth King Story, when he
went TO the Naveslnk Beach cottage In
which Stanley H. Forde. the actor, and
Mrs. Story had lived for three months,
with one or two maids, and kidnapped
the baby.
In summing up the case Edmund L.
Mooney, counsel for Mr.. Story, made
much OF the fact that, although the
mother OF Ruth had declared her mother
love led her TO stay in this cottage, to
give the benefit of the sea air to her
child. yet before she made any legal ef-
forts TO recover the baby after the kid
mapping" she went to Reno to get a
Western divorce quietly" and let Mr..
Forde buy the tickets for this trip.
Mr.. Mooney brought out the fact that
Mrs Story said that after her determina
tion to live with her husband only TO
keep up appearances she went TO Nave
sink Beach and lived in a cottage for
:Gree months with bachelor actor.
Brought Suit for Spite.
Answering the claim of Mrs. Story that
her husband had brought his divorce suit
for spite, to get even with her. Mr..
Mooney declared that her charge in court
against her husbands treatment Of her
was manufactured" to suit the occa-
sion. There is not 4 word Of IL, he re-
minded the jury, in the wife's answer TO
the complaint or in any statement that
she made before the trial
Mrs. Story's lawyer spoke with much
emphasis Of the brave and manly part"
that Mr.. Forde had played in the drama
,OC the Story household. He eulogtzed
actors in general and Mr.. FOrde in par
ticular. He also declared that the testi-
mony of several witnesses for Mr.. Story
vas unworthy of belief, because they
we're hired detectives. And Mr.. Mooney.
In reply. called attention to the fact that
Mrs. Story herself had confirmed some
Of the detectives statements about her
presence IN Forde's bathroom