The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
WIFE COST BELMONT
$4,000, She Says
Ethel Lorraine Asserts Bulk =,
$4,000 Legacy Was Law.
ished by Youth.
FATHER-IN.LAw IN COURT
August Belmont Hears How SON
Met ShOwgirl in D.,
reputable Place.

August Belmont was one OF tho ,.si.....
in a crowded court room In tho >,iir.5,.
Court yesterday when Mrs Ethel /. 7s-.-
Belmont. testifying In her sui; FOR a Som.
ration from his son. Raymond pel,,o,,
said that she first met Raymond IN A,
apartment In West Forty-ninth stree,
which she frankly admitted was no, 4.
reputable place.
Mrs. Belmont. who called herself Ethel
Lorraine at the time she married RAY
mond Belmont in Jersey City In ill2
was testifying to her life before she me.
the defendant under ss-exam.nat,o,
by Delaney Nicoll. She admitted tina,
young Belmont had lavished money on her
before he married her. The defence con.
tends that young Belmont's attentions 20
Ethel Lndner cost him $4,000
Edmund l.. Mooney counsel TO- the
plaintiff. objected to the testimony tend.
ing to dlA,iose Mrs. Belmont's social
status before she married the defend M
b0 the court permitted the exam Sat on
to continue along that line.
Mrs. Belmont said she h-s' r.. r8y.
mond prior 10 1910. and that at a.-t 10
allowed her 5000 a month. Ia i.Iu h,
Increased this TO $3.50. and IN 1917 d.li
$50 a month more ON D,c'ml-. =. 1913
he gave her $4,000 upon her pr,m..- 20
release him from all clam- Sur sad
refused to continue living on q. $500
month.
When Young Belmon: became ~ AZ.
ne inherited Slj0.VuV under hes sod
fathers will. and 1t Va out ~ ,f.s mor.y
that he spent $4,000 on his future ui..
on direct examination Mrs. Belmpa' 'od
Of promises made by ne. husband Mic.
were not carried out.
We talked many times on thr Gu. .t.on
OF money" said Mrs. Belmont. m, hus.
band told me he wanted to iiv" .u tho
country. He said he had an income Of
$1,000 year independent o. any money
his father might give him. lie figured
out on "A piece OF paper while 80 we've
lunching at the knickerbock-r that h.
could marry me and allow me 5000
month TO run the house Wen raise
beagles, he told me. IL, said there WIS
lots OF money IN beagles and that he knea
how to raise them
Did he go into details abou, house.
hold affairs?' asked Mr. Mooney
Yes. he talked everything-from pou
10 pans and vinegar bottles.
Mrs. Belmont said that just before her
husband abandoned her h nskod hgr Z
she would accept 5000 n month from him
for life and let him go his way She
said her reply TO this was
You talk like your rather. don't
care II August Belmont offers me 81 no
year. I want you"
Mre. Belmont said that since her ma
riage her husband has given Yer ory
$50. and that OF the 10000 she has only
about $1,000 left. When asked what lad
become of the money. sh. said sh" had
furnished a house. had taken t;'p %
California. and was raising dogs.
The report OF an audit company show.
ms that Raymond has only about 10000
Of hts $4,000 legacy LEFT. will Sr intro
duced when tn. cas-. s. resumed or Tu.,-
day. There was an impression that 'l'r.
might be settlement out OF court before
then because OF an early adjournment. -.
quested by DE Lancey Nicoli
August Belmont was accompanied %
his son. August Belmont Jr. Et,"r-i
Belmont Is now on the estate 90 ~
Bache Cunart IN England