New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-13
HUSBAND, PUT ON
/, PROBATION, TURNS
FLAMES Mutual Friend" for
separation Agreement
for Month Only.
RECONCILIATION PACT
NOT KEPT, HE SAYS
,..,sss Ex.Assistant District At
torney of Conspiring with
Wife for Divorce.

s,,crinr the suit for divorce Of
Maud T.. Nordcn. I'm which she asks
.ooao q year alimony. Mortimer Nor
AZ, an electrical contractor to whom she
- married On 1905. makes the charge
his wife and Eric l.. Boetzel. former
nenutv Assistant District Attorney.
- INTO a conspiracy whereby Mrs
n Vor5sn was 10 obtain evidence against
hin.
.~., the signing OF separation agree
~, bv Mr.. and Mrs. Norden, which was
:, 10 in effect month, during which
Noraen was on probation.
,vbon Norden visited the apartment Of
Mrs Inch. IN pursuance of an arrange
,,ert which he says Boetzel made. he took
.ho nrecaution. he says. 10 take a friend
,tb him. Not Ions after they reached the
,,srtment. SAYS Norden. there was a
inc at the door. and Boetzel, his wife
md three other persons stood on the
threshold
We have YOU now" Norden quotes
Boetzel as saying.
"Norden's reply was. I have been ex-
,,r,,ng YOU" whereupon. he adds. Boetzel
drew revolver from his pocket. Norden
rushed 10 the telephone and called up
Police Headquarters. Boetzel and his
rarty then left the house.
Norden SAYS he and his wife we're
bsnnv until she met Boetzel. The Nor
dens Med for a time at No. $50 Riverside
Drive Mrs. Nordcn is now living at No
- Fort Washington avenue Mr. Boetzel
/. lived lately at the Hotel McAlpin.
During the term of his probation. Nor
den saws. he sent fruits and flowers TO
his wife. and under the terms of the
agreement allowed her SO a week.
He even brought his wife a bouquet
uben they met TO sign the separation
agreement. Eoetzel. who was made trus-
ice under the agreement and received the
allowance from Nordcn TO his wife IS
now suing Norden i'm the City Court as
trustee to enforce the payment of $50
eth due
Several times while he was living apart
/ from his wife Norden says he called on
{ her with q view to abrogatinS the sep
i aration agreement. but asserts that Boet-
Eel always advised against the move And
hat time. too. declares Norden. Boetzel
4 vas taking tsxicab rides with Mrs. Nor
len charging the fares 10 NOrden.
4 The husband SAYS he expected All inVi-
alton from his wife to resume their lie
ogether but it did not come. While
they were temporarily separated the an
niversary of their wedding arrived. and
Norden says he sent his wife diamond
ar pin. for which he paid $40.
When the term OF probation ended, it is
J LEGGED. Mrs. Norden suggested to her
husband that he give her a divorce. Boet-
b. Norden said. approved of this plan,
eayng that after the couple were divorced
!, would be possible to affect reconcilid-
Ejton and a remarriage. Norden refused
i h. entertain this proposition.
Mrs. Norden said in her application for
Eislmony that the income of her husband
Is more than $500 year and that lie
4 lhss large orders for electrical work. Her
/ lny assets are $40 in cash. a necklace
lsrd some rings. The couple have a
I Iaughter-Maud Electra.
Boetzel has made denial Of the
Ietarses made by Norden. He said that
4 "a friend OF the family his only in
s,srtst IN the affairs Of Mr.. and Mrs.
korden was 10 restore peace in the house
he'd