New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-08
"MACCIE YEOMAN'
FIGHTS FOR CHILD
Nobleman's Daughter Wins
Order Setting Aside
Annulment.

Annulment.
Maggie Yeoman," daughter OF an
English nobleman and the plaything
Of fate from birth. who was, was not
and now is Mrs. Marguerite T. Hart,
told the story Of her life last week 70
Justice Blanchard, of the Supreme
Court. to whom she appealed 10 set
aside a decree of annulment Of her
marriage TO Edgar j. NJ. Hart, an in
struc,or at the American Academy Of
Dramatic Arts.
Justice Blanchard issued an order
setting aside the annulment decree and
recurring her husband to bring his ac-
ton to trial again.
Involved in the story Of Maggie
Yeoman" Is, according 10 the affidavits.
Miss Eliza Frederic, formerly of the
3. F. Keith Harlem Opera Stock Com
pany. After Hart had obtained an an
nulment Of his marriage to Miss teo-
man on the ground Of her insanity he
met and fell in love with Miss Fred
eric. For year and half they have
been engaged, as both have sworn
ANYTHING which prevents this proposed
marriage will entail irreparable injury
to Miss Frederic" stated Hart in an
affidavit, and will greatly affect my
own peace of mind"
Miss Yeoman married Hart after a
courtship lasting four years. Besides
declaring his wife was insane when
she married him, Hart, in opposing her
motion, asserted that she was insane
all the time ne courted her, and that
Julius Mahr. her foster brother, in his
efforts to get rid of a lunatic was at
tempting 70 hound him out of New
York"
To Establish Noble Parentaee.
A child was born to the couple with
in a wear after their marriage. 1t is
for this child's sake mainly that Mag
gle Yeoman" has fought for so many
years. She further declares that when
the case comes TO trial she will estab-
lish her own parentage by proving thar
her father, an English lord, married
her mother, a well known dancer.
Stripped of its legal phraseology, the
woman's history is this:
She was brought to this country as
a founding when child. Here she was
put in the st. Elizabeth Home for
Girls. A Mrs. Sterling, fascinated by
her vivacity and dainty prettiness.
adopted her. In the latter's home she
met Hart and he fell in love with her.
The girl, however. rejected his atten-
tions for several years. Rebuffs in
creased his ardor, and after a court
ship lasting four years she married
him. This was in 1906. The following
wear their child was born. and the year
after that Hart, saying she was insane
and had threatened to Kill Mrs. ster-
ling. deserted her, and she was COM
mitted TO the Bloomngdale Asylum for
the Insane.
Hart then sued TO have their mar
riage annulled, alleging that his wife
was insane when they were married.
Mrs. Hart was in no condition 10 de-
fend the suit: undefended ii went TO
trial. and the marriage was declared
annulled.
AIienists Pronounce Her Sane.
Then began her long fight, fight
first for her own freedom and then 10
have set aside the annulment decree.
Eminent alienists have passed on her
condition. While there seems much
doubt as 10 when she became insane,
they agreed in the main that she had
fully recovered her sanity, and ten
months ago she was discharged from
the asylum.
Abandoned. without funds and almost
without friends, she set about her Sec
ond fight undiscouraged. She found IN
Mr.. Nahr. her foster brother, warm
sunnorter. she told her counsel that
her temporary insanity was caused by
the brutal treatment she had received
during the brief time she lived with her
husband and by worry.
Hart. deeply engrossed in his love
affair with Miss Frederic, engaged
counsel and fought bitterly every move
his abandoned wife made. Miss Fred
eric herself made an affidavit, in which
she told Of her attachment TO Hart and
the son born Of his marriage to Mag
gle Yeoman."
DR. Bernard Sacks and Or. Clarence
c. Howard have both examined Mrs
Hart since her release from Blooming
dale. Both declared her normal and
said they could find nothing in the rec
ord of her case to prove that she was
insane before 1905, two years after her
marriage.
Justice Blanchard, in setting aside
the decree, said that Mrs. Hart was
| entitled te a hearing IN court