The evening world., 1914-03-04
FORD'S WIFE CRIES
AGAINST DE!NGKEPT
FROM H|SFUNERAL
Though Divorced, She Says
! He Was With Her Few
| Days Before tIe Died..
. RECONClLED, SHE SAYS.
Intends to Defy Relatives and
! Appeal to the Law-Post-
| = pones an Operation.
SHE SAYS.


. vented IVY the orders Of relatives Of
her divorced husband from seeing the
body OF the late j. Howard Ford, who
died Monday evening at the Plaza
clarsd to-day that she meant to take
Jsgal steps TO assert her right to see
the body and attend the funeral
Friday.
z To this end Mrs. Ford postponed an
operation which was to have been
performed upon her to-day for a seri.
Gus trouble. and despite the warning
Of . traipe nurse who has charge of
her not 70 excite herself or even leave
her apartment at the Waldorf-As-
day to see her former husbands body.
Should her entrance into the funeral
nhamber again be barred she will con-
sult q lawyer az to tho status Of a
former wife In such cases.
TROUBLE WITH HUSBAND A
= MISTAKE.
v, 1T IL terrible. this thing-this treat.
mont Of me. this publicity" exclaimed
Mrs. Ford. almost hysterioally. when
seen in her apartment to-day. She
spsaks with . slight German accent
which II quite captivatins.
II have done nothing to Mr.. Ford's
family. Why shouldn't they grant
me . privilege that they would gladly
Grant servant In the famiy7
: Howard and had .eparated. that's
true, but It had all been patched up
Ne had seen what . terrible mistake
had been made. Why. It was at Mr.
yord's requsst-his urgent request
tnat I came 10 the States 70 have this
s,ssataon pereormsd. He wanted To
80 n bsfoes I had 70 meet the dan.
- e n operation.
We haA ~ together last Friday
sanA Il Was then that hs told me Of
~ plans for the operation. II wal
- have bees performed to-day and
H. vas TO have dined with me. He
We TO have said 'goodby last evening
And now he 70 gonel
ls"But I shall have my rightsl" she
ssxclaimed a. her checks took on
high color and her eyes lighted w
with q CLEAN OF nrs.
II shall SEQ my husband again be-
tfore he is buried II have to evoke
fthe aid of tho law. He would wish
fit, could hs but say 80. and I shall
tcertainly pay q last tribute to ono
Eiove and who died still loving mo.
sWoN'T SPEAK OF HER MARITAL
!. WOES.
"You ask why the Ford famil,
should assume this attitude toward
me. That I can't understand. They
know Of the reconciliation Of my hus'
NHsnd and mo. They knew that w
were still attached to one another
It 10 an awful shock"
.'What Of this terrible mistaks"
Mrs. Ford was asked.
II cannot speak OF that" was hel
reply. 1T IL q personal matter be-
tween my late husband and myself
am 30 tired-so worried"
EThe nurse admonished her to ex'
cite herself no further and tho inter
sview was ended.
~, The late J. Howard Ford and Mrs
, Ford-who was Miss Bertha Norlir
Of Germany-were married In 1906
n the winter OF 1911 Mrs. Ford lef
Few York to visit relatives in Ber
IL. During her absence Mr.. Fore
IL said to have found letters from
q German baron In his wife's trunk
srhen began a sensational chase al
smost around the world. which cul
minated when MIR. Ford obtained
divorce in 1912.
=, James b. Ford, Vice-President o
tho United States Rubber Company
n brother OF the dead man. said whel
no heard Of Mrs. Ford's complaint:
II have given nobody any order L
preyent Mrs. Ford from seeing m
brother's body or to%prevent her from
being present at the funeral. an
INCLINED to think that she may hav
been stopped by an employee of tn
hotel