New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-18
MARCUS FILES SUIT
TO DIVORCE WIFE
.MOntclair Man, Deserted
by California Beauty,
Now Seeks Decree.
LAWYER HINTS ACTION
WON'T BE DEFENDED
Sudden Departure of Woman
Two Years Ago Caused
Sensation in Society.

After waiting two years, the time re-
uuired by law, since his young wIle'
Dorothy Cooksey Marcus, caused sen
sation in Montclair by deserving heI
home, it became known yesterday tha'
her husband, William Elder Marcus, JIcc
son of the head of the jewelry hrm Oh
Marcus & Coz, at SAL Fifth av.' mas hieu
a suit in. the Court of ChanGery AZ
Trenton. n. j., for a divorce. The ut
most secrecy surrounded the hllhg %
the papers about a month ago, ana
members of the social set IN Montcih,r'
in which the MarcuSes were formerly
prominent. were still III ignorance yes
terdav of the action taken by the young
husband. ..,.,5s
The suit is brought on the grounds
of desertiun under the New Jersey
laws. No answer to the complaint mas
been fled by Mrs. Marcus, and rs II 10
understood the time allowed for sucn
action has expired it is not hkeiy that
she will defend the suit. In That case
Mr.. Marcus will obtain temporary ue-
cree, which nay be made permanent az
the end of six months.
Ralph Lum, of the firm Of Lum, am
blyn, & Colyer, Of Newark. counsel LOT
Mrs. Marcus. refused yesterday to us
cuss the case or disclose the wnere-
abouts of his client. 1t is understood
however, that she is in London with
her father, George b. COOksey, of Pasa-
dena, Cal, where she has spent most
of the time since July, 1912, when she
left her husband and two little daugh-
ters-Jane, now almost three years old,
and Linda. Eve. The children live with
their father in new home in After
glow WAY, Montclair. In his petition
for divorce he asks the court to grant
him the permanent custody OF MS
daughters.
Mrs. Marcus's disappearance from her
home, i'm which she enjoyed all the
Injuries which her husbands wealth
could afford. because, as she said after
ward, domestic life had become unen-
durable to her, shocked Montclair socl-
ETY.. No scandal had ever been limited
at, and friends Of the young husband
knew how he worshipped the attractive
California girl, whom he had married
after u brief and romantic courtship.
which began when they were fellow
passengers on an ocean liner returning
from Europe. Marcus was graduated
from Yale shortly before.
Upon deserving her home she merely
left a note for her husband, explaining
that thai- wedding had been without
love on her part and that she could no
longer endure their married life. She
declared that il. order to be consistent
as wife and mother she felt it duty
to sever the bonds that tied her to
her home life. She expressed no real
regret at leaving her husband and chill
dren.
Young Marcus took the two baby
girls to the home of his father, Will
lam Elder Marcus. at 200 Upper Mont
clair av., where they remained until
they moved into their new house, sew
erai months ago. Mrs. Marcus returned
to her home in few days as sud
denly as she had left. removed her be-
10 .gings and supposedly left the coun-
try. She returned a year ago and
stared an action to obtain the custody
OF her children, but the suit was never
brought into court,
Mrs. Marcus was independently
wealthy. She owned the home in which
she lived after her marriage. Her
friends said that life in Montc!air or
New York never appealed to her. and
she spent much time with her horses
and dogs. Her relatives in California
sought to explain the unconventional
manner in which she shirkcd her fam
lily duties by saying that she had al
ways been used TO life in the open,
and that if she could have continued it
things would have been different.
The petition filed by Marcus at Tren-
ton shows that the couple were married
June s, 1908, at lrvingtOn, n. u, by the
Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, pastor OF the
Clinton Avenue Congregational Church,
Brooklyn. II is charged by the husband
that he was deserted by Mrs. Marcus
July Is, 1912. The petition shows that
they lived at Summit for eight months
after their marriage and then moved
TO Montclair, at 80 Lloyd Road. Linda.
tn .;r first child, was born June A, 1909.
and Jane was born December 10, 1911.
According to an affidavit filed with the
court, Mrs. Marcus is tWenty-seven
years old and lived at "a Church av.,
Montclair. II was said she was here a
short time last summer at that address,
where she was served with tn papers
in the divorce action.
Edwin B. GoOdell, of MOntciair, coun-
sci for Mr.. Marcus, said yesterday that
if the complainant asked for an extern
sion Of time in which to file an answer
and defend the suit, it would be tried
before a special master and the hear
ings would be closed. He was inclined
to believe, however, that the suit would
not be defeh led
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