New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-08
MRS. HEYE'S AL|MONY
MERELY $4,000 A YEAR
Justice ASpinaII Cuts AppIICa-
ton for $4,000 AIlmOny
to Minor Amount.
HUSBAND NOT MILLIONAIRE
Court Says $50 Month Is
Sufficient for Real Necessi-
ties of Wife's Reasonable
and Proper Support"

Justice ASpinall In the supreme Court.
Brooklyn. carried ont yesterday his avoW-
al that no woman would get $4,000 a year
alimony from him. when be handed down
his decision on the application 81 Mrs.
blanche \ W Heye. OF the Hotel Lang
don Manhattan. IN her action for divorce
brought against George - Heye the
barker and standard oil man. Mrs. Heye
has been granted 81 80 a month. Instead
OF the 5000 she asked for and her c"un-
sci receives $50. instead OF $1,000.
tn, court was urged 10 grant Mrs Heye
SIS 600 year alimony that she might
maintain her station In life which
brought forth caustit remarks from Jus
tice Aspinall. It was alleged that Mr..
IIeye is worth at least S2.5oo.0oo and has
an income Of $4,000 year. This was
st-rnuously denied by Mr.. Heye. who stat
cd that the eNtravagauce OF his wife had
reduced his income materially and had
practically driven him to the verge OF
bankruptcy II was claimed by ex-Judge
Oeland. representing MI lieye that Mrs.
IIrve came from very modest family +.
that he gave her parents $500 month
and had bought house for them 20 live
iu and tnat she practically had no station
ln lie" until after he married her.
John Wulett. the attorney representing
Mrs Hove. IN asking Tor $1,000 counsel
fees. said that il would Doe necessary to
take testimony by commission at Panama
New Orleans, Cincinnati and other points
to establish the plaintiff case. Justice
Aspinau said that but one specific IN
stance was necessary under the laws or
New York state. In the complaint Mrs.
ucve named Myrtle Vincent as the CO.
RESPONDENT. The Hey.s were married on
January g. 1901. AT Wellesley HIS. Mass.
and have two children, Mildred, aged
eight years. and Lawrence, four years.
In disposng Of the motion FOR alimony
and counsel fees. Justice Asphalt. tn a
memorandum. says. in part:
Il have carefully read all the papers
submitted TO me upon this motion. and
more particularly the statement made by
the plaintiff that the defendant Is worth
about s. 10000. with an income therefrom
Of $1,000 per aunum. This. however. is
sworn general statement. with no detailed
facts To suhstantiate the same. whereas,
posing affidavit he shows by detailed
abatement. taken from his books ~ &C
count. that the net assets of his estate AT
this time amount 10 only about the sum
Of 1892 600 and that his net income there
from for the last three years has not
exceeded the sum of $4,000. and that he
has been living beyond his income.
Il have given all the facts contained
in the submitted papers serious consid-
Grafton md reflection and as result
thereof ! am OF the opinion that the
sum Of 81 80 "A month il a sufficient
amount to provide for the real neces-
sides Of the plaintiffs proper and reason
abe support. and also that of the chill
dren. pending trial. having due regard
for their station I'm life. and this amount
is allowed. without prejudice to renewal
Of this application upon the trial OF the
Issues involved herein