New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10
SAYS HUSBAND SUES So
HE MAY WE'D AFFINITY
In Answer to Acknowledgements
W. H. Bayer Seeks Freedom
to Marry "HiS Latest"
HYPOCRISY" HE RET0RTS
Two Other Women Use Brute !"
in Their Pleas for Separation,
and One Snaps "Miser!'
in Describing Other Half.

Mrs. Anna L Bayer filed her answer
In the Supreme Court yesterday 10 the
suit which William II. Bayer has brought
against her for divorce. The wife said
her husband was anxious TO marry his
--latest affinity" and therefore wanted TO
get rid of her. She declared that the
charges that Bayer made against her
were false.
Mrs Bayer said she met her husband
IN 1898. when she was sixteen years old.
He proposed TO her. boasting, she al-
legged. Of his financial standing as a Wall
Street operator. They were married
after a courtship extending over three
years Then Mrs. Bayer learned that her
husband was a clerk in a store In AS
toria. receiving s12 a week wages. His
explanation was that he had lost $4,000
In Wall Street. and had to accept the
Job as clerk. Further investigation. said
Mrs Bayer. revealed the fact that Bayer
and another man had invested $500 to-
gether.
Mrs Bayer said her husband was Gun
usually fond" OF other women. This, she
said. interfered with his earning a liveli-
hood When she reproved him for his
attention to other women he tore from
her finger a ring that he had given her
and stamped it under foot Later Bayer
managed small GUNNER hotel at Mount
Bethel, Penn, and while his wife did
the work necessary to the comfort of
thirty guests, Bayer. according to Mrs.
Bayer spent most Of his time playing
tennis and driving with the women
guests.
subsequently. the defendant said. her
husband disappeared and she believed he
went West. She received several postal
cards from Kankakee. H., bearing his
signature. but she learned that Bayer had
given these cards to a young woman to
mail to his wife. to deceive her as to
his whereabouts She next caught up
with him at Mount Vernon ~ Y. where
he had a Job as dentists mechanic. She
alleged that his employer told her that
II he were more industrious and gave less
of his time to women he could earn $50
week Several times after Bayer left
his wife he returned and asked her for
giveness, promising TO be good"
Bayer said that the statements about
him by his wife were tissue of hypoc-
risy and falsehood" He alleged that
Mrs. Bayer urged him TO give her
grounds for a divorce so she could marry
another
Mrs. Annie Baruch is suing Simon Ba-
ruch for a separation. Brute and
. "miser' are two words that figure in
the allegations.
Mrs Baruch quoted as an instance OF
her husbands alleged meanness that he
used TO give his children counterfeit
dimes TO spend and told them TO polish
up the coins to make them look good.
Mrs. Baruch charged Baruch with cruel
treatment. Justice Donnelly yesterday
denied the application OF the wife for
alimony, saying that he doubted If she
would succeed in her action. The court
awarded 50 a week for the support OF
their three children, who were given In
the custody of the wife pending the suit.
Raruch's answer was that his wife was
addicted TO the moving picture habit, and
that was the cause of all the trouble In
the house. He is willing TO again live
with, her If she will promise to step visit
ing the movies
Mrs. Felice Bahrenburg filed suit for
separation yesterday against Frederick
W. Bahrenburg. of No. 596 Riverside
Drive. who is member of the wine I'M
porting firm of Anthony Oechs Co. She
alleged cruel and inhuman treatment
The couple were married on March last.
The wife alleged that her husband struck
her several times and also compelled her
10 drink large quantities Of brandy. She
alleged that on one occasion he tried 10
cut her with a razor The defendants
income Is about $4,000 year, the plain
tiff said and she wants alimony com
mensurate with this income. Baruch
now in q sanatorium at North Stamford
Conn. and Justice Guy signed an order
Yesterday to serve him by publication In
his Uife's action