The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-20
SUES FOR DIVORCE.


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The complaint that Mrs. Thomas has
recorded is brief. She explains that s1le
was married on June 20. 1901, and sep
arated from her husband in March,
1910. At that time he decided to re-
main in Paris and she came to Ne"
York. Thomas, she says, returned -
New York for one week in May 1S1i'
and on the day he returned to Lonoch
he told her he intended to reside per-
nanently in Paris. The charge 1nVolV-
ing Thomas and Teddy Gerard as the
diminutive active actress is popularlS
known mentions London as the scene
of the alleged misconduct. From Ma
until September, 1910, Mrs. Thomas as
serts her husband was extremely
friendly with Miss Gerard and divers
other women whose names are I'M
known" ,,,.
A year ago, almost to a day, MISS
Gerard came to New York from Farl
and said, I'm here seeking divorce:
Nothing has been heard about her IL
vorce since that time.
Looks Like Evelyn Thaw.
The musical comedy favorite is sald
to look so much like Evelyn Nespit
Thaw that she has often passed her-
self off for her double Some time
after Thomas and Mrs. Thaw had been
ordered out of the dining room OF the
Hotel Knickerbocker. Mrs. Thaw salo
IF Theodora Gerard: For years she
has taken a delight in telling peopie
who do not know her that she is EVe
lvn Thaw. 1 have known her to DO
this on many occasions; she seems 10
think it a joke. L suppose she mas not
realized that it is tremendously haro
on me-
Miss Gerard has managed to keep
in the public limelight by many
spectacular incidents in her career
on December %, 1909-she was then
barely 10 years old-she was the talk
of Paris as a dancer at the Olympia
At Maxims one night, disliking the
way a Russian stared at her, she
smashed a glass in his face in a
quiet way. In this episode she was
backed by an American visitor 10 tne
famous cafe.
caused the arrest of George Bronson
Howard, dramatic author, claiming
that he had threatened her with a
revolver in some quarrel between
them over a diamond ring. She after
ward announced that she would sue
Wilson Miner to recover SoO,ooO
worth of property that she claimed
had been coerced from her.
Went Abroad in 1909.
Thomas and his wife went abroad
in May, 1909. For an extended pc
riod they drifted on the Nile in
houseboat. The trip was really taken
at the request of Thomas physicians,
who had ordered him to recuperate
from the effects Of an accident at
Long Branch in 1908, when one of
his legs was broken at the. knee. He
has been crippled since that date. On
one or two occasions the doctors nave
ordered an operation, but Thomas al
ways refused He mad an autoInon lle
especially constructed for operation
with one foot and with this motor car
he has satisfied the love of speed in
his blood.
Linda Lee, as Thomas wife was
known before her marriage, was the
belle of the Blue Grass state. Rich
only in beauty and grace, she became
queen of millions in marrying
Thomas, son of General Samuel
Thomas. At the wedding her father
in-law gave her a 100000 band OF
diamonds and her husband presented
her with a $4,000 diamond pendant
Mrs. Thomas is a stately blonde
with a pink and white complexion
and golden hair. She has graced the
principal social functions OF New
York in the past decade.
Thomas, at the time of his mar
rage, was just beginning his comet
like career in banking circles He
had credit without limit and money
to back the paper he signed. When
he decided that a gentleman should
have a stable of fleet horses Mrs
Thomas chose Hermis as the nucleus
for the racers. Thomas paid $50, 900
for the horse and when he and his
wife witnessed Hermis lose the first
race under their colors they both shed
tears Like Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney and others, Mrs. Thomas decided
to have her own race horses. Under
the name of Mr.. Lee" her horses
often brought home the prize money.
Christmas Gift of $4,000.
Mrs Thomas presided in the sum-
mer over Stone Acre, a charming
Newport cottage for which her hus-
band had paid $225,0OO. She made a
name for herself as an athlete and
yachtswoman. Her love of sport led
her to witness a championship wres-
thing match in Madison Square Gar
den and she said she greatly enjoyed
tthe spectacle. In those days money
was so plentiful that she sent her
father a Christmas gift of $4,000.
Her husband, standing over six feet
four inches in height, broad shouldered
and rosy of countenanee and disposi-
ton, went into Wall street at % as the
first boy banker president" He was
at the head of the Seventh National
bank for a time by the grace of his
fathers riches and influence.
Thomas started his financial career
shortly after he came out of Yale in
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