The evening world., 1912-02-07
DIVORCE SUIT ENDS
romance Of TUTOR
AND GIRL HE|RESS
DR.. David n. Holmes Is Suei
After Weddei Life of
-Four Months.
HE FEARED TO MARRY.
His Salary Of s2,4OC a Year
Caused Latin Professor
to Hesitate.
HI: FEARED TO MARRY.

Dr.. David H. Holmes. profsssor ~
Latin 81 Eastern District Hlsh School
and one - the clty's noted educators.
IL the defendant In a divorce action
brought Ia the Supreme Court. to-day.
by his young and beautiful wife. for.
merry Miss GcnrVlevc II. Sloan. daugh-
ter % John Sloan Of Pittsburgh. y mem.
Der u the fsnous millionaire colony ~
that city Justice Gerard has awarded
the wife nlimony md fces
a meeting on an ocean Her. CORES
pondcncc and a proposal by letter.
hcnrt-to-henr chats with his prog
p%ec,ivc fa~thcr-ln.law. the tutors pro.
forston OF poverty before his mar.
rio gc 10 tho heire-s. their four months
married life and the return or the
bride for her wedding presents are ele.
ments OF the blasted
After describing his meeting with
the young and beautiful girl" Dr
Holmes nnively states that from 1906
TO 1908 he n Miss Siosn c~orrerpond-
ed once n month. and that in this way
TIA. question of marriage came up"
Il was fond NJ her ana I felt she was
fond Of me and yet. when the question
Of marriage was broached | felt II was
duty to take the matter UP with
her father" h. states. II met Mr.. Sloan
and told him his daughter entertained
notions Of q marriage with me. ! frankly
stated the entire casc and offered to end
tho correspondence with her. N he
thought best. lie laughed at ia" Idea OF
marriage. saying I had taken her let
tiers too seriously. lilo suggested ron
tinue. for fear It might unduiy offend
her. II discontinued II he found II SER
NJ no said. he would provide ncr with
u years rsvcl me "a change of scenery.
Later he told me his daughter was
In earnest and that ! need not worry.
that he mfH wealthy and she had con-
siderable propert, of her own. To In.
sure her welfare. however. he offered to
Great. n trur, fund for her. which he
later ala"
The profo sror's affidavit gives their
marriage date as July q. ls0s. when
they went TO i've ut No. bl West one
Hundred ana Sevcnty first street. Short
lv a%fterward he lcarnod. de said. that
his brides father had an insanity attack
AMI ws, placed In IA saEltarium. lie
consulted q ply sician. he swcnrs, after
US establishment had abated. What the
~al;cni-t old MN he communicated to
his wife. he sald. with the result thut
abe left him In November aud went to
her fathers home at No. b5Ji Central
avenue, Pittsburgh. Except Tor the time.
shortly a~iterward. when Mrs. Holmes
came Ia New York with her mother aud
gathered up hon wedding presents to
take to Pittsburgh. DIR. Holmes Gays lie
has not seen hts wife. He had not
heard of hsr until her action for III
vorcc Was filed AKA nst lAm.
Dr. Holmes close. his affidavit with a
petition to the Court that his wife's APP
plication Tor counsel fees and alimony
be denied. lte states his saiary In only
81, 40 a yea lie denlca totally tho
charges made by his wife.
Mrs. Holiness grounds FOR her suit
are contained In an affidavit by her
father. John sloan. MIA swears that
on the evening OF Dee. I. 1871. lie ana
"A friend. Leon e.. Withstandiey. MD In
the rear or Dr. Holiness home, at No,
SIS Audubon avenue. About $40 o'clock
IN the evening. Mr.. sloan "a hei M "
through wtndow In Dr. Holiness
apartment. Dr. Holmes, he states. vas
with IA young woman. lie say lie later
followed the young woman 10 an apart
ment house At No Gos West one Hun
dred and Fifteenth street.