The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-03-06
COUPLE IN DIVORCE COURT
Suit Recalls Remarkable Wedding OF
1912

1872
Augustus r. Fisk of Woodstock,
who was married in Boston Dec 13,
1912, to Mrs. Barbara knight COBB
of 222 Marlboro street, because OF his
desire to avoid Vermont law max
ing the remarriage of divorced per-
son bigamous, is again the defendant
in divorce action.
Mrs. Fisk who is at present stop
ping at the Hotel Canterbury, de-
mands 100000 alimony and charges
her husband with statutory offences
and gross and confirmed habits of in
toxication.
The couple are prominent both in
New England and New York, Mrs.
Fisk being the widow of Horace G.
Cobb OF the Back Bay, and her hus-
band son of Charles Joel Fisk, thu
millionaire New York banker.
Fisk and his wife fornerly Miss
Edith Ceilings, daughter of the Stan
dard Oil Company's representative
in Cincinnati, made their home on
farm at Woodstock, this state, They
were considered an ideal couple but
after comparatively short time Mrs,
Fisk brought suit for divorce and was
awarded decree.
1t was in Woodstock that Fisk met
Mrs. Cobb, a young and wealthy wild
ow, whose husband had died suddenly
She was daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin A. Knight, formerly of Yer
mont, 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 alb
out to sign law making the remar-
riage of divorced person bigamous,
Mrs Cobb and Fisk decided to go to
Boston for the ceremony.
Owing to the five day period re-
quired between. the time of granting
the license and the marriage cere-
mony, Fisk's marriage permit would
not become legal until after the law
had been signed. He applied to the
municipal court for permission to
wed Immediately, and this permiss-
ion was granted. He was then as
sured by Melvin O. Adams his council
that the Vermont law was not retro.
active, and that the couple had moth.
ing TO fear.
Arrangements were accordingly
made to have the ceremony perform
ed at Kings Chapel, but because of
the notoriety attracted to the case,
Rev. Howard n. Brown, rector of the
church, declined to marry the couple.
While a group of friends and relat-
ives 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,
Fisk is said to have developed habits
not in accordance with his announce
ment
In July. 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Fisk
parted and she went to Brattleboro
and established a place OF residence
nj the Bates House. In October Fisk
was placed in Dr. Lambert's exclu.
sive sanitarium in New York. and
at the same time Mrs. Fisk. prostrat-
ed by the evtns of the preceding
months. entered an institution fer
nervous troubles in Brookline
Mrs. Fisk remained in the Brook.
line institution two months, and her
husband stayed in New York sanitar-
ium until few weeks ago. when he
left for Texas ranch with an attend.
ant.
Several weeks ago Mrs. Fisk re-
tanned Clark c Fits, former attorney
general of Vermont, to bring a suit
for divorce for her. Neither will dis
cuss the case in any way.
Mrs. Fisk maintains home at 1922
Tappan street, Broolline, for her IL
yearold son. William T. Cobb, I'd.
She comes from Brattleboro each
week end to visit her son, who has a
cook, maids. governess and a butler
to attend him.