The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
SUES { TO SET
AS||.D !: DECREE
o. DIVORCE
Woman Says She Got Separa-
ton without Knowing What
Was Being Done.

! NEW YORK, Apr. JOINTS. Doro-
| thy NJ. kehoe has procured from Jus
tice Blur, of the supreme court, per.
mission to serve on Charles #. Kehoe.
| by application notice OF an action to
set aside decree OF divorce she OBJ.
! tanned from him in WeEtchester coun-
ity on February 4. 1850 Mrs. Kehoe's.
! first husband was W;liiam f. Palm en-.
| berg, member Of the firm Of J. r.
| Paine nberg's Sons. 5manufacturers OF
forms. When he died she fell heir
ito nearly half million dollars Then
shortly afterwards, she met Charles
+. kehoe. to whom she was married
III Hoboken on September 30 1908
long complaint prepared by Hen
ry Steinfeld in the action will be
/ filed with County Clerk Schneider. II
tells the story of Airs ISehoe's life
from the time OF the death OF her
first husband and her acquisition of
his fortune I'D to the time she di-5
vorced Mr.. kehoe
She was lonely and full OF sorrow
when first she met Mr. Kehoe. He
comforted her, protested great love
for her, and after he learned of the
contents OF the will that made Mrs
kehoe a wealthy woman. it is set
came more vehement and persistent.
Wants to Play Stock Market.
Mr.. Kehoe made no money of his
own. but he was clever and had ideas
about how. money could be made in
Wall street through dahbling in stock
and bonds. it is alleged. and before
his marriage to the plaintiff, he be-
sought her to advance him enough
money to try out some of his ideas.
r. Mrs. Kehoe says in her complaint
that she was entire1F without business
training or knowledge and SO she was
induced to give Mr.. kehoe $4,000 TO
invest. When she found out that
he had placed the money to his own
credit with a firm of brokers, she was
surprised. but accepted his exDlana
power Of will and resistance had !!
been gradually undermined and she
Was a puppet in his hands
So she resolved to sever all reia-
tons with him and engaged herself |
to marry "a very respectable gentle /
man. Thereupon Mr. Keloe reap
peared upon the scene. re-eneaged the
Dlaintiff's affections and induced her
to break off her enEa cement and to
consent to marry him instead He pro
tested the greatest and most tender
1--we for her ard promised TO love and
cherish her alwsvs
Gave Him Second $4,000.
She was persuaded to give Kehoe
$4,000 for the nurpose OF buying
lard at New Rochelle on which to |
build home for them after they |
were married He built the house, |
but it was in his own name.
After this they We're married and
went a I'M o.
On her return she looked into her ac-
counts and was surprised to find that
her fortune had been depleted great
IL and that she would have to live
very economically if she wanted to
avoid facing actual want Mr.. Kehoe,
according to the complaint. told his
wife tina: he wanted to live as single
man f,r little while II after a
trim! Cf the new way OF living, both
preferred to live together again. they
could resume their married life.
There was good deal Of discus
sion hctwe cen Mr. and Mrs. Kehoe, and
the result OF it was that she agreed
to apply for a divorce on grounds to
be provided by her husband
The Plan Failed. However,.
All this time. Mrs. kehoe says, she
was living with her husband, and
their relations were Of the ordinary
pleasant and marital nature One day
Sue discovered that some papers she
had signed at his request were really
papers drawn in an action for d.
Eorce. She heard nothing more of the
matter until she got decree. Now
she wants to have it set aside.
MIR. kehoe is living In Pasadena.
Cal. Mrs. kehoe lives at the Hotel
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