Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-11
GUEST
Of alternating
HUBbY'S LOVE
Wife of w ealthy
Merchant Sues for
Alimony.

With round of sensational charges
that promise to rival the interest
aroused in the celebrated Smock case,
of Asbury Park. papers have been
filed in a similar case in Monmouth
county, in which leading wholesale
piano merchant and his wife are the
principal figures.
The first suit which 1t Is said Is
a forerunner of others, was a peti-
ton for alimony brought by Mrs.
Prenetta C. Storck, wife of Frank C.
Storck, a wealthy piano merchant of
Red Bank.
The Red Bank society woman. who
became estranged from her husband
last May, states in her petition that
a young woman from Pennsylvania,
who visited at the Storck home. pre-
cipitated the trouble that resulted in
separation.
The young woman is Miss Rose
Mae Meyer, of Lockhaven, Pa, who
became acquainted with the Storcks
through her brother, who at one time
was empolyed by the piano merchant
$4,000 Suit Hinted.
1t was intimated by Mathew j.
Ready, counsel for Mrs. Storck that
action for damages amounting to
$40 900 would be started against the
Storck guest from Pennsylvania for
alienation of affections.
Mrs. Storck says that everything
would have been all right except for
the visit of the young woman, who
was ordered to return to her home,
according to Mrs. Storck's statement.
"Since that time the bill of COM
plant states, 'he (Mr. Storck) has
acted In cold, cruel and ungentie-
manly manner"
There are other affairs in which
Mrs. Storck alleges her husband has
figured, and which she sets forth In
her petition for alimony.
She accuses her husband of living
at a boathouse near Red Bank While
their 1S-year-old daughter, Laura
Juanita, was sick with scarlet feVer
Never Asks About Daughter.
Mrs. Storck alleges that the father
never inquired concerning the daugh'
ter or took any interest in her dur
ing her Illness. The daughter Is now
with the mother at the old Storcf
homestead at Red Bank.
Mr.. Storck makes a general denia
of his wife's charges, and claims thal
the whole trouble Is his wife's fault
He asserts that Miss Meyer told hin
of occasions when his wife paid un'
due attention to other men. He Is
represented by John S. Applegate.
1t is understood that suits ant
counter suits for divorce will be filed
as soon as papers can be prepared
Mr.. and Mrs. Storck were mar
ried August 22, 1898, at Keans
burg. Until very recent years theil
married life had been harmonious
and agreeable. Mrs. Storck states
that her husband has an income o
SIC, 900 a year. He has music houses
in Red Bank, Freehold and Lonl
Branch and also does an extensive
bicycle business.
Has Given Her $40.
Since leaving home she charges
that he has only given her $40 for th
| support of his daughter, and that h
| has supplied only a limited amour
to her and paid few small house
hold bills.
Mrs Storck claims that the domes
| tic discord in her home caused b,
/ the actions of her husband has caused
her to lose thirty pounds In weigh
in the last few months, and has beei
| the cause Of a nervous breakdown.
In her petition of alimony sh
states that she has no other mean
of support. The motion was heart
yesterday by Vice-Chancellor Stevens
who granted weeks postponemen
to give additional time for the draw
| ing up of other affidavits.