Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
OFFERS To DROP
MACKAY SUIT
IS DENIED
Mrs. Blake to Push Action to
Alienation Of Husbands A.
fectiOns, Lawyer Says.

Mrs Blake's reported statement be-
came public, and held a long confer
snce with his client Train and Mrs.
Mackay refuse To discuss the suit.
and no details Of the conference have
been given out
1t is not known how Mrs Mackay
and her legal advisers regard Mrs.
Bake's proposal to relinquish her
hope Of monetary balm in return for
a reconciliation with her husband. bu.
friends have intimated that there Is
every likelihood Of an amicabIe set
Element before the suit comes 10 trial
In direct contradiction. however. Of
the report that Mrs Blake has made
such a proposal her attorney. George
Gordon Battle, has stated positively
that the papers in the suit viii be
filed with the New York County CLERK
within a few weeks.
Says She Wants Divorce.
He also declared that Mrs. Blake
IS contemplating action for divorce
from Or. Blake. probably before ,he
final disposition of the alienation pro-
ceedings
He said she has plenty o. evidence
to proceed in the action for separa-
ton without depending upon the cyl
dence that will be used in the action
against Mrs. Mackay The name Of
the latter, he asserted. will not figure
in the divorce proceedings.
Mrs. Blake has been living alone for
more than year. and this fact has
caused the circulation Of many ru-
mors Of contemplated action for ii-
vorce and alienation Of affection. In
all OF these reports Mrs Mackay was
named, but not until actual legal pro-
ceedings were started by the service
Of summons on her attorney did her
name figure publicly in the affair.
An attack on the title of "Harbor
FilI," the $4,000, 600 Mackay estate at
Roslyn, Long Island. is planned by
Mrs Blake and her attorney, in the
alienation suit
Claim Transfer is ILLEGAL.
This property was transferred to
Mr.. Mackay and w. W. Cook. as trus-
tees, only two days after notice Of
the suit was served on Mrs. Mackay's
attorney. and Is understood that
the attack on the title of the prop
erty viii be based on this fact.
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George Gordon Battle, Mrs Blakc's
attorney, said. rs Illegal, in nv opin
ion, and it will be contested. Under
the terms of the transfer. the estate
will be held in trust under the old
English system OF primogenlture for
the only son, John w Mackay. who
Is now six years old
THE deed OF trust transferring the
property was filed in the offNe of the
Clerk Of Nassau County. transferring
Mrs. Mackays rights to the property
to her husband and w. W. Cook as
trustees, on February 10. two DAYS
after summons and complaint in the
SUIT for allena Ion were served on
Arthur C, Train. Mrs. Mackay's at
torney"
The suit for alienation filed by Mrs.
Blake is the climax of two years Of
reported unhappiness and marital
strife between the Mackays. IN which
the names Of DR.. and Mrs. Blake have
figured prominently.
The linking OF the names of Mrs
after visit Mrs. Mackay made to the
Presbyterian Hospital. Of which Or
Blake was superintendent, and where
she met the surgeon
She took a great interest in his
work. and he and Mrs Blake were
often entertained at the Mackay
home. The separation of DR. and Mrs
Flake took place about a year after
Mrs. MaCkay's advent in their lives
Clarence II. MaCkay is now in
Europe with his three children. and
Mrs. Mackay evidently expects to re-
main In Portland Maine. for three
yeats, having leased property there
for that period.
This latter fact. and the circum-
stances surrounding Mr. Mackay's de
parture in June for Europe. have
caused rumors that Mrs. MaCkay Is
contemplate divorce proceedings
against her husband. and has taken
up her residence in Portland for the
purpose of obtaining a legal home
there.
Refuses To Be interviewed.
Both Mrs. Mackay and her husband
haVa refused 10 be interviewed re
gaiding their rumorcd divorce. but a
friend is authority for the statement
.nat Imicahie terms Of separation
"aVc been agreed upon