New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-19
MALONEY MARRIAGE
MYSTERY UNVEILED
Daughter of Oil Man Wed
Osborn CiviIly Just to
Bind Betrothal.'
SPENT HONEYMOON
WITH A CHAPERONE
Anuulmcnt Testimony Mace
Known Five Years After Decree
/ alter Welded in Church.

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Tho story Of a honeymoon IN "'l''"
o. cbsporono was always present mas
INST been brought TO light through the
,anors I'm tho suit OF Miss Helen
rnaenio Maloney against Arthur H.
Cshor, for an annulment Of her mar
riaso Although n decree was sran'eu
IN Miss Maloncys favor IN l'No' INC
f,c,s concerning tho couples strange
union were kept secret until now as an
,he ma pors i'm the case were sealeu'
.,,ho circumstances in the case became
publjc through the action or justice
ehman. who has used it as basis IN
doc,dine the action of Miss LiIheh -
Post against George Lester Larry
Miss Maloney is daughter OF Martin
Dto,o~ov Of The Standard Oil Company
and Arthur H. Osborn is a son OF 'he
LAT. william F. osborn Of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company.
The mystery which surrounded me
marriage. together with the prominence
Of tho parties involved, made the suit
notable one. II was heard by Dame'
= Cohalan. as referee, before he went
-, tho Supreme Court bench. He rec
-o-onoendod an annulment for Miss Ma
lonev Justice Mccall granted the IN
,.rlocu,orv decree. Justice Gerard
Now American Ambassador to Ger
MANY. signed the final decree.
Although the marriage was annulIeu
II was made binding some time later by
. ron,arriaee in the Roman Cathohc
church This second ceremony oc-
cprred after Miss Maloney had eioped
- Europe with Samuel GARRISON an
r,c,,sbman who died in London a few
months ago.
Ratified Engagement
=, her action for an annulment MISS
Nalonev contended that the ceremony
which she and Mr.. Osborn went
through before q justice Of the peace
in NIamaroneck, New York ID I'oo'
WAS regarded by both as merely rau-
0cation Of their engagement. As e'I-
dence that she did not consider helseil
che vito Of Mr.. Osborn she said that on
tho dav after her wedding she refused
10 60 70 the theatre with him because
she had an engagement with "ano'her
oerson.' She also testified that she
and .her husband were always az
con,panied by a chaperone.
~ had been 70 Rome with my father
-. ,oo5o testified Miss Msloney, and
,,, were entertained by great many
reople Among them were titled
cune men. and We we're much In their
society. had met Mr. Osborn at
Stirring Lake Beach in July, and he
asked me TO marry him. But / told
him 10 wait SIX months and / would
see i'll cared as much for him then.
He came 10 see me at the convent
I'm Georgetown-that December-and
AGAIN asked me to marry him. I told
him was afraid my parents might
think was 100 young, FOR I was only
nineteen. We discussed the titled for
eigners. and decided 90 go through
marriage ceremony
Refused to Marry Them.
In accordance with this latter inten-
tion. the couple accompanied by
friend OF Miss Maloney, sought out
priest. He refused 10 perform the cere-
roony. whereupon the party went 20
the home a justice Of the peace. who
scceded 10 the wishes Of Miss Maloney
and Mr.. Osborn The bride and her
friend then went TO the Waldorf, where
the Maloney family had an apartment.
That night there was theatre party
and supper.
Continuing her testimony, Miss Ma
lonev said: mfr. Osborn came to see
me the next morning and we had
fuss because he wanted me TO stay and
70 10 the theatre with him that night
when 7 had another engagement /
didn't 20 with him, but went with an
other person" Miss Maloney added
that from the time Of the ceremony
until she began the suit for the annul-
ment OF the marriage, she was never
with Osborn unchaperoned. She said
she never considered herself Osborn's
wife.