The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-09
LIFELONG SERIES
OF HONEYMOONS
Mrs. Pence Brings Charges
Against Husband and Mrs.
Lillian n. Duke.
GETS DECREE OF DIVORCE
Will Sue Former Wife OF To-
bacco Magnatc for Alienation
OF Affection.
rsncciol,oTbo T,mes.Disnatch.l

Especial 10 Tho Times Dispatch.]
Ne" York, April S.-Storics OF luXu-
riously furnished apartments on Riv-
crsidc Drive. costly gifts. Southern
and ocean trips and Iaunts into the
country. all Of these shared by La
fayette NJ. Pence, former Congress-
man from Colorado. and Lillian y.
Duke. divorced wife OF the tobacco
millionaire, earned for Mrs. katheryn
Sopcr Pence an interlocutory decree
OF divorce. handed down b. Justice
Scudder 10 -day
1t was not Mrs Dukes nrst appear
ance in the divorce court She was
divorced In isa3 b: William McCrccdy.
Il Harlem coffee broker and in 1906
by James +. Duke. head Of the toba eco
trust She lived with Duke less than
:. year. and he is reported TO have
given her 100000 when they sepa-
rated.
Mrs. Pence VIII begin sui, for
$4,000 against Mrs. Duke. charging
alienation of Fences affections az soon
as hor decree is made final.
IL her complaint and testimony. Mrs.
Pence charged that tho life Of her
husband and Mrs. Duke has been "a
series Of honeynoons.'' ever since they
mot In the fan of 1911, when Pence
opened n law Office IN Washington and
Mrs. Duke became his hrst client
Four days after he met her, Pence
left his wife for Mrs. Duke. and they
have since been together In New York
Washington and various Southern re-
sorts.
EnRnKe. Detective
In September. 1911. Mrs. Pence en-
Eaged detectives. who. through tho aid
Of bell boys and telephone operators
discovered that Pence and Mrs Duke
were living In the Belnord, on upper
Broadway. From there, finding they
were watched, they fed 20 WASHINGTON
p 2 mo, n
House. In tho spring they went to-
gcthcr TO Cuba
Later Mrs. Pence avcrred. her hus-
band came back TO New York with
Mrs. Duke and took an apartment in
tho Clifton, No. ca Riverside Drive
Mrs. Duke, in each case, paid the rent,
anG Pence. so his wife testified. re-
ceived numerous costly presents from
her. Efforts 10 obtain additional evi-
dence at the Clifton failed. as Mrs
Duke had tipped all the servants lib
orally
Their life together" said Mrs. Pence.
was one long series OF honcymoons
They enjoyed themselves at my ex-
pense.
My husband tried TO got ne 10 Sc
cure divorce In 1911. and went so
far as TO bring witness here from
colorado, but ! was suspicious OF his
LAWYERS. and refused TO go through
with it. He offered me $4,000 down
and $4,000 & year
The one reason I hate to divorce
him Is that now Mrs. Duke can marry
MN She has been boasting, hear,
that She VIII be the wife OF an Ameri-
can Ambassador. and / hate TO let her
nave her way Anyway. think am
entitled TO $4,000. 1T least, for the
way / have been treated
Mrs. Pence was Kathcryn Soper. OF
georgetown. ny, one OF the two beau
itui daughters OF Colonel Robert
Soper. She inherited fortune from
her father. In 1883 she married Pence.
,hen member of the Colorado Leg
lsa'urc lie later became district At
torncy OF Denver. and vas e,ccted -
congress on the Populist ticket Hc
Is secretary of the National League
Of Democratic Clubs w