New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-24
RUSSIAN NAMES
PUZZLE A PRINCE
Nicholas VladimirOvich
Engalitcheff Looks Up
His Birthplace Record.
AMERICAN WIFE
SUES FOR DIVORCE
Noblemau's Alleged Lovemaking
with Another Woman De.
scribed by Her Maid.

W N'A~'
scribed by Her Maid.
A prince, related to the royal family
Of Russia, admitted in the Supreme
Court yesterday that he could not re-
member the name OF his birthplace near
what is now Petrograd, without con-
sulting records. His plight emphasized
the tax put upon a mere Anglo-Saxon
who attempts to recall some Of the
places mentioned in the news. Prince
Nicholas Vladimirovich Engalitchef-
which, in itself, is something 10 remem-
ber-was defending himself against the
divorce suit Of his American princess.
The princes birthplace was impor-
tant, because he disputed the jurisdlc-
ton of the American court in the &C
ton brought by Princess Evelyn Part
ridge Engalitchef. formerly Mrs. Eve
Ign Partridge Clayton, OF Chicago. he
insisted that the case should be tried
in Russia, because he was a subject OF
the Car, which also made his wife q
citizen of Russia. But the prince was
overruled.
Princess Evelyn is the daughter Of
Charles W. Partridge, member Of the
Chicago Board Of Trade, and she has
sl,OOO,OOO in her own right, it is said.
The prince was formerly Russian vice
consul in Chicago, where the couple
were married in 1895. They have son,
Vladimir, fourteen years old
II the contention of Prince Nicholas
to try the case in Russia had been al
lowed, the moving spirit, so 70 speak,
of the action would hardly have been
able TO be present to tell about the al
legged lovemaking of the prince with
the other women mentioned. anyway
her story would have been ruined IN
the translation. This important witness
is Mrs. Elizabeth Gammett, who was a
maid in the employ Of Mrs. Jane Hath-
away, at 200 West Fifty-fourth Street,
the latter being the woman mentioned
by the princess as the charmer OF her
prince.
II was Mrs. Gammett who informed
the plaintiff Of the visits OF her NOBLE
husband TO the Hathaway apartment
where, she said, he made himself quite
az home. The prince and princess were
living at the Hotel Vanderbilt at the
time. They had lived in Paris two
wears, but left there soon after the war
started. q,
The tall gentleman with the curled
mustache." was the way the maid lden-
tilted Prince Nicholas in court yester-
cav as the man who used TO call on
Mrs. Hathaway and "sit on the lounge
and kiss and make love" These calls
Of the prince were made IN the AFTER
room, said Mrs. Gammett. and were
sometimes of five hours duration. Ere
auently. the witness said, she called
the prince on the telephone at a brok-
erage Office in the Waldorf-Astorla 10
make appointments for her mistress.
He had also been prolific in the matter
Of presents to Mrs. Hathaway, said
Mrs. Gammett. sending her wine and
flowers. She explained her action in
informing Princess Evelyn of the al
IL ged conduct Of her husband by say
ing that she considered it "a shame
that Mrs, Hathaway had stolen her
husband"
Prince Nicholas, on the stand, ad-
mitted that he had called perhaps as
many as fifteen times on Mrs. H2tha-
way, but that his conduct was always
strictly proper, characterizing most OF
the seeming damaging testimony OF
The maid as malicious lies"
How did you happen TO call on
Mrs. Hathaway"
After the market closed we would
just pay her visit. You may say,
Just dropped in with friends"
did Mrs. Hathaway ever kiss you"'
"That is n vulgar lie"
The prince said he had met Mrs
Hathaway three years ago on a steam
or, going to Europe. Asked whether
lie ever told his wife about his visits
to the Hathaway apartment, the prince
said, my wife told me she knew /
knew her. Therefore | could not throw
up anything 70 my wife about people
she met"
There was another detail in the tes-
timony of Mrs. Gammett which the
prince wished to correct. 1t was
about liquor that was served in the
apartment Eyes, but the maid di
rot serve the liquor always" said the
Russian nobleman. Mrs. Hathaway
mixed the cocktails for my friends and
myself"
"Oh. I wish ! was out Of here"
Princess Evelyn exclaimed when she
left the stand. where she had been
nervous witness. She gave her legal
residence as Chicago, at present living
81 II Fast Forty-ffth Street. She said
she had not seen her husband since
last May. when he sailed for Europe,
on which occasion, according TO the
prince. she went 70 SEQ him and ladc
him an affectionate farewell. The wife
explained that it was not until right
after he left that she discovered his
alleged conduct.
During the testimony of the princess
II developed that she mad once befor<
sued her prince, but had discontinued
the suit.
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