New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-15
KICKED OUT, SHE SAYS,
IN SUIT FOR AUMONY
Wife of Mining Promoter
Forced to Seek Refuge for
Night in Subway.
.FOILS PLAN TO DRUG HER
Husband, 1t Is Alleged, Hired
a Man as a Decoy So That
He Could Get Evidence
for a Divorce.

Mrs Mabel Eloise Martin. Of No. Wl
West 142d street. daughter OF Circuit
Judge Cullison. OF Council Bluffs. Iowa
has asked for $3.50 a week alimony anu
&. so counsel fees in a suit In the gu
prsme Court for separation from her
husband. Samuel G. Martin. mining
promoter. of No. 1870 Broadway. MIS-.
Martin saws her husband has mines anu
water rights at siverton and EUREKA
col. worth 100000 and owns the ION
Moore mine al Eureka.
In her afidavts Mrs. Martin aAese'
that after their marriage AT cheyenne
Wvo.. in 1878. they came TO Ne" LOT
and uvsd n, No. coo West 1880 street
where their troubles began when Martin
brought 10 the house two children OF ms
Lawrence and Frances Martin oy
,,.o,,,, who had been a cook in his MIN
ing camp
Because she objected. Mrs. Martin a.
legcs. her husband said he would nave
Frances kick her out" As a result oi
the quarrel Mrs. Martin says she was
kicked. beaten and driven from the
house and forced to TAX" refuge In the
subwav station. where she spent the
night -,
ON another occasion when she loon
g from Martins purse TO buy cioIhIhe'
she ALLEGES that he knocked her down,
locked the door OF their bedroom ana
called I'm the police to arrest her. Inc
officer refused TO interfere and she ran
M, She alleges that Lawrence chased
her and tried to take his fathef "a"e'
away In the struggle, Mrs. Martin
said her husbands hat and Wig came
of and he again tried 10 have her ar
rested.
While AZ Hollis. : T., asst fan MIS-
Martin saws her husband knocked "e'
down and she went 10 boarding must
,,.b.ra she met young man. who. she
SAYS told her that he was hired 10y her
husband 10 decoy her to restaurant
drug her and take her away 70 motel
co TIA, Martin might break In on them
and get evidence for a divorce.
Mrs Martin alleges that Martin spends
q, least 81 90 month on himsen anu
his children. as ne has 50 "eeA
apartment In addition 10 his So a month
-,or, at the Hotel McAlpin. she says
he spends from s. 10 SIS on meal Tor
himself and friends. for whom ne usua"F
buvs wire She says she is now living
with her cousin a trained nurse. VINO
Is belpins her pay tuition In business
college 49,
In his afHdavits Martin denies MS
vrlfe.s ALLEGATIONS He SAYS she drinks
IN excess Martin says he and his VIE
were driven out OF boarding house al
No. g West 26th street because OF Mrs.
Martins conduct His mlning property
was sold al foreclosure recently. he SAYS
and he is now trying 10 redeem ~ ou'
is prevented by his wife's conduct
In answer TO Martins affidavit Mrs.
Martin SAYS he told her that he married
a Mrs Parks. the mother Of Lawrence
and Frances. and then put her In an
asylur1. where he divorced her MIS-.
Martin saws she read an article in a Den
yer newspaper about a notorious ahafr.
in which Martin hgured with woman
and finally Martin admitted TO her sne
saws. that 10 DID,. -e--- Si-s. Parks.
She says his property is worth s5'"'""'
because Martin recently organized the
American Mining and Power Company.
capitalized at that sum. and also hold
Ing company. called the Martin Mining
and Power Company. with 10000 capital