The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-07
YOUNG motifs AUNT
MAKES STATEMENT
-
SAYS ONLY BOYS PARENTS KNOW
JUST WHAT ACTION THEY
WILL TAKE
DIVORCES IN SIGHT
BOVINE, MOTT AND MANNING
FAMILIES MUST SEPARATES
IN ORDER TO STRAIGHrES
DIVORCES IN SIGHT

NEW YORK. Jan. s.-The first
Abatement on behalf OF the family of
Jordan l.. Mott, Sd, who, as told by
abe International News Service yaa-
terday. Is trying love In a cottage In
far-away Hong Kong with the fasci-
mating Mrs. Frances Hewitt Bovine,
was made today by Mrs Marie Mott
MacLean. aunt Of young Mott.
Just exactly what the Mott fam
lily int Observation-Disclosures rherba io-
lily intends to do In this present dis
trassing situation can be told only by
the young mans parents, MIR. and
Mrs Jordan L. Mott, Jr.." said Mrs.
MRcLsean, calmly. Mr.. and AErs.
Mott, Jr., were In New York mn IN
q fortnight ago, when they LEFT on
the yacht of a friend on an extensive
cruise in Southern waters, They will
not return for several weeks.
VIII the family forgive young Mr..
Mott 80 was asked.
Well replied Mrs. MacT.ean slow
~, I'VE are naturally displeased at
his actions. but you know blood "a
So thicker than water, and We are all
OF one blood"
DhsPAGNS III sight
VIII MIR. Motifs wife. Mrs caro-
line Pitkin Mott. divorce him. so that
he may marry Mrs. BOVINE, event
ually ?''
You will have to ask Mrs. Mott. -
responded Mrs MacL4ean. laughing
What her attitude is or what il Will
be ] cannot say. All that / know IL
that I have "A very tender feeling for
the boy and + think I understand
him"
Mrs. 3IacLean took occasion to deny
stories that Hector Fuller young
Motifs Guardian" was to Receive
$4,000 If he succeeded In breaking
up the attachment between the young
man and his actress-charmer
such a story must have been born
In the wild brain of an amateur Bar
num-" said Mrs. MacLean. The truth,
Of the matter is that Mr. Fuller was
given a small sam, enough for his
expenses, and sent out t. locate Mr.
Mott, and bring him back. II posi-
HE. la the event OF his being sue
S,essful. he was not to ba paid S25 000
Or any such ridiculous SUM
Queer Family Middle
The queer Mott Bovine muddle was
further complicated yesterday. when
Justice kapper, Of the Supreme court
of Queens county, granted an inter
ioeutory degree of divorce to John
Pearce Manning, a wealthy broker. oil
Flushing. from his young and beau.
tfful wife, Adelaide Taylor Manning
In June last~-a month after the Mott
Bovine eiopem mt Manning caught
his Wife in the dining room Of the
Hotel Martinique in the company OF
Walter BOVINE. horsaHah II husband OF
Frances Hewitt BOVINE. A fist fight
followed
The divorce was granted on stetu-
tory grounds. upon the report Of e
referee. 1t is not known whether
Bovine was named a. correspondent
Mrs. Manning was represented by
Judge John I. Easton. who Ia also
attorney for Mr.. Bovine. Judge
Taston refused to discuss tho Man.
ming case today, but stated that AIR
BOVINE intends 10 bring suit against
his wife for divorce
Whether Bovine Wilt marry Mrs
Manning when he has been iecaiIy
separated from hts wife WINS some.
thing which Judge Easton could not
tiiscuss II was suggested today thai
a happy way could be- found out al
the present difficulties n young Motto
wife will consent TO a divorce witt
Mrs. Manning the bride Of Bovine
ard Mrs. Bovine married 70 Mott
only MIR. Manning and younr Mrs
Mott would draw "coid hands" IN the
~ards dealt b. Cupid