Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-05
WOODSTOCK NAN
AGAIN DEFENDANT
IN DIVORCE SUIT.
Wedding of MIR. and Mrs. Au-
gustus II. Fish in 1909 At
tracted AttentiOn--BOth
Are Prominent.

Boston, March 2.-The Boston Post says
that Augustus r. Fisk of Woodstock, Vt.
who was married in this city December Is,
1912, to Mrs. Barbara Knight Cobb OF I'D
Marlboro street, because of his desire to
avoid a Vermont law making the remar-
riage of divorced person bigamous, is
again the defendant in divorce action.
Mrs. Fisk, who is at present stopping
at the Hotel Canterbury, demands 100000
lallmony and charges her husband with
statutory onenses and gross and confirm
ed habits of intoXlcation.
The couple are prominent both i'm New
England and New York, Mrs. Fisk being
the widow of Horace G. Cobb of the Back
Bay and her husband a son of Charles Joel
Fisk. the millionaire New York banker
Fisk and his first vile, formerly Miss
Edith Ceilings, daughter of the Standard
Oil company's representative I'm Cincin-
natl, made their home on farm at Wood
stock, VT. They We're considered an ideal
couple, but after a comparatively short
time Mrs. Fisk brought suit for divorce
and was awarded a decree.
1t was in Woodstock that Fisk met Mrs.
Cobb, a young and wealthy widow, whose
husband had died suddenly, She was a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin A.
Knight, formerly of Vermont, who had
moved to Newton, Mass, where she met
and married Mr.. Cobb.
In 1912 they decided to marry. but as
| the governor of Vermont was about to
sign a law making the rcmarriage OF a
| divorced person bigamous Mrs. Cobb and
| Fisk decided to go to Boston for the cere-
| mony.
Owing to the nve-day period required
between the time of granting the license
and the MARRIAGE ceremony, Fislls mar
| riage permit would not become legal
until after the law had been signed. He
applied to the municipal court for per-
mission to wed immediately, and this
permission was granted. He was then
assured by Melvin o. Adams, his coun-
sci, that the Vermont law was not
| retroactive, and that the couple had
nothing to fear.
| ARRANGEMENTS We're accordingly made
to have the ceremony performed AT
| Kings Chapel, but because of thc
| notorlety attached to the case, the Rev
Howard n, Brown, rector of the church
declined to marry the couple. Will,
a group of friends and relatives waited
outside Kings Chapel, Fisk and Mrs
Cobb sought out Clerk Ingals, at the
Suffolk county court house, and were
made husband and wife
Soon after the wedding, however, FISH
is said to have developed habits not il
accordance with his announcement
In July, 1913, Mr., and Mrs Fisk parted
and she went to Brattleboro End estab
lshed place of residence. In Octobe
Fisk was placed In Dr. laniOerts eXclu
sive sanitarium in New York. and a
the same time Mrs Fisk, protracted b,
the events of the preceding months, en-
tered an institution for nervous troubles
In Brooklne.
Mrs. Fisk remained in the Brooklin'
knstitution two months, and her hus
band stayed in the New York san!tariun
until a few weeks ago, when lie left 10
Texas ranch with an attendans.
Several weeks ago Mrs Fisk retained
Clark G. Fits, former attorney genera
to Vermont, to bring suit for dlvorc
for her, Neither will discuss the cas-
in any way.
Mrs, Fisk maintains a home at 81
Tappan street, Brookline, for ner II
r iyear-old son, william T. Cobb, %, Sh
comes from Brattleboro each week-en