The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-10
TOWER IS SUED
FOR ALIENATION
Former German Ambassador
Gets Writ from Girl Claim
ing To Be Sons Wife.
YOUNG TOWER YALE MAN
Reported Marriage Caused Quite
Stir at New Haven and
Among Yale Faculty.

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct 1o-Charle-
magne Tower, one-time Ambassador
to Germany and the wealthiest man
in Philadelphia, is made defendant in
an action just filed by Mrs. Georgiana
Tower, asking damages for alleged
alienation of the affections of Charlie
nagne Tower, Jr., the twenty-six-year-
old son of the erstwhile diploma fist
The action comes a. climax to re-
peated reports current in this city that
young Mr.. Tower had been married
while a student at Yale and repeated
denials by himself and his parents of
the marriage.
The action was filed by Harry d.
Westcott, counsel for Mrs. Georgiana
Tower, who is living with her. mother,
Mrs. George A. Burdtck, at 115 South
Twentieth street. Mr.. Tower lives
with his parents at 1913 Locust street,
but he is out of the city at present.
Mrs. Tower was Miss Georgiana
Burdick. She is twenty-eight years of
age and is said to have been on the
stage for a short time.
According to Mr.. westcott, Mrs.
Tower does not desire monetary dam
ages SO much as to compel recogni-
ton by her husband and his family of
her legal status as a. wife. Judge
James Gay Gordon is counsel for Mr..
Tower, and he accepted service in the
case yesterday afternoon.
In a formal statement Mrs. Tower
says:
.In October, 1870 was introduced
to Charlena gne Tower, Jr: in New
Haven, Conn, by Charles Black, Of
Seattle, Wash. Mr.. Tower did not i'm
terest me at all in the beginning, but
his attentions were markedly persist
emit.
"On the seventh day OF June, 1911,
Char1emagne Tower, Jr., and were
married at % Whalley avenue, New
Haven Conn Whereupon, my hus-
band moved from the Campus to my
home, where we lived with my moth
er, as husband and wife, from June
until August We then moved to New
York, where we had apartments in
West 18th street, and we lived most
happily there. subsequently we moved
to 600 Riverside Drive, New York city.
.eThus we. continued Sto live happily
together until. the beginning of 1913,
when it became. necessary for me Ito
undergo an operation. AS the matter
was likely to be very serious, my hus-
band urged me to come to- Rhiladel-
phia to meet his father, make known
our relations; and provide the means
for the operation which was to tl7T1-
dergo.s My. husband had acquainted
his father Of our circumstances and
his father invited me to come to Phil
adelphia. I came to Philadelphia in
the early part of January, 1913, and
went to the Office OF Charlemagne
Tower in compliance with his request.
was treated most courteously, and
Mr.. Tower. ST.. and reviewed the
whole matter from the beginning to
that time. x
'AIr. Tower endeavored to persuade
me to sign some paper the nature of
which cannot at this moment fully
recall but I think I was to state in
that that there had never been any
engagement or marriage. OF course
this I could not do. Upon my refusal
to sign the paper Mr. Tower became
quite indignant, said he would not rec
ognize the marriage and that he would
d1sinherit his son and threatened all
manner of dire things against me.
stOf course my husband was made
aware of this state of affairs, and he
proved loyal and true husband and
we continued to live together until the
latter part of April Of this year, when
he told me that his father insisted
that he should give me up, that he
had cut off his allowance and he was,
therefore, unable to support me. My
husband then returned to New Haven
and continued his studies" =