Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-06-16
DR.. WHITE LOSES
HIS CASE BEFORE
ERRORS COURT
Higher Tribunal UphoIds Vice.
Chancellor Stevens in Deny
ing Divorce.

The Court of Errors and Appeals
has today affirmed the opinion of
Vice-Chancellor Stevens, who declined
to advise decree of divorce to DR.. ].
Louis White, of 10 Halstead street,
East Orange, against Anna G. White.
The divorce suit was productive of
number of sensations which culmi-
mated with the opinion of the vice.
chancellor, who scored DR.. White and
his chief witness, Helen Lacy, a nurse.
The vice chancellor declared that Dr.
White had connived at his wife's mis-
conduct, if she had been guilty of any,
and of Helen Lacy. he declared. "a
more unsayory figure is seldom to be
met with
The decision of the Court of Errors
and Appeals is not accompanied by
any opinion, it being stated that it is
made on the conclusions of the vice
chancellor.
In his petition for. a divorce, DR..
White named two men, These men
were Robert l. Cunningham, of Pitts
burgh, and Robert G. BursS, a whole
sale grocer of Philadelphia. The
proceedings, both before and at the
trial, were marked by a great deal of
acrimony land consumed a consider
able period of time. The printed case,
as presented to the higher court, con-
tanned s571 pages. Judge Henry G.
Hunt, of Hunt g. Anderson, repre-
sented the doctor, and Harry Kalisch,
of Kalisch & KaIisch. made the argu-
ment fVr Mrs. White on the presenta-
tion of The appeal
The vice-chancellor'a opinion re-
viewed the case with great thorough
ness. He first calls attention to the
fact that DR.. and Mrs. White mar
ried in 1899, lived together in happi-
ness until 1910, when they agreed to
separate, and remained apart for
two years 1.-The reunion was not
fortunate" remarks the vice-chan-
cellor.
Knew of Wife's Friendship for Others.
Calling attention to the fact that
the doctor knew of his wife's friend
ship for Robert Bursk, there was a
duty imposed on him to keep her
free from temptation. But, on the
contrary the Vice-chancellor said. he
fostered her acquaintance with
Bursk, and in this he was aided by
Helen Lacy, trained nurse. who
had gained the friendship anu coHH-
dencc of Mrs. White.
A number of letters written by
Bursk to Mrs. White were taken
from their envelopes while Mrs.
White was in the hospital, and after
being photographed were resealed
and given TO Mrs. White. These
letters. the vice-chancellor said. were
sufficient to convince husband less
suspicious than DR.. White that
something was wrong, and adds;
Now, ii is undoubtedly true that
man may watch his wife without
warming her of his intention to do so,
but it is equally true that he may
not actively participate in course
of action leading to her downfall.
KNOWING her attachment to Bursk
and suspecting that her mind was
affected. he ought, above all things,
to have kept her away from Atlantic
City, the place where she had met
Bursk and within an hours ride
from where he had resided. This he
could have done by merely refusing
to give her the money to go. What
he did was to insist on her going"
The e-chancellor then says that
DR.. White escorted his wife to the
station at East Orange, apparently
for the purpose of pointing her out
to two private detectives he had en-
ployed to watch her. and that he en-
gagged HslsR Lacy to spy on her.