New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-10
MRS. VIVIAN BLAMES
TOBACCO And WINE
Husband Smoked Too
Many Cigarettes; Drank
Too Much, She Says.
HE ACCUSES HER OF
LOVING RICH FRIEND
EngliShmau Admits lie Locked
Wife Out Because She Kept
Late Hours with WEIGH.

Too many cigarettes and too mucn
liquor.
Too much admiration FOR Henry u.
WEIGH. "A wealthy and married real es-
tate man of Westchester.
These two counter charges SUM up
the chief grounds on which Mrs. EDNA
Nanderpoel Whan is suing IN the Su-
premc Court for separation from
irchibald Hamilton Whan and the nus
bands answer and reason Tor inc
trouble in the household, which IS re-
viewed at great length in numerous
s!hdavi,s filed IN court.
IN tho skirmish preliminary to inc
Il ial Whan has won technical victory
forIustice Cohslau has awarded TO MS
custody the four-year-oid daught"i,'
Doris. And in lieu OF the sou week
slimouy asked by The wife th" court
awarded to Mrs. Whan so "A week
pending trial.
All through their ten years Of mar
ricd life, MR.. Whan alleges. her nus
band treated her cruelty. On tn" other
hand. he declares their domestic ne
was happy until last September. lie
blames Wclch for .wrecking his do
mestic happiness, and has brought SUIT
for 100000 damage against him lor
ALIENATION OF WITS. W ldu . dHNN''''''
whan Is an Englishman.
Mrs. Whan denies the alleged in
fItuation for the Westchestcr real es-
tate man. and says her husband asked
her to cultivate the acquaintance OF
Welch, because he was man with
much influence.
Whan is an Englishman. He IS IN
the business of resurrectng dead en-
terprises and putting them on their
financial feet. His wife, in asking for
liberal alimony. said his income was
$4,000 a year. Whan said 1t DID not
amount to more than $1,000.
Mrs. Whan says in her affidavit.
"The defendant is an EnglIshman OF
that TYNE which instead of placing
women on parity considers them IN
feriors.'
Mrs. Whan says she was twenty-one
years old when she married Whan IN
1904 and was ignorant OF business
affairs, so that she is unable TO sup
port herself. She alleges that her nus
band abandoned her and left her with
ont means even TO buy pair OF shoes.
"Whan's story OF the final parting Is
that on January his wife returned
late to their home at New Rochelle, and
he refused to admit her. She never
returned, and since then he has heard
only through her attorney.
Have Given You the Best"
Wnan filed "A copy OF letter which
no sent his wife. saying: 81 have al
WAYS given YOU the best ] could al
ford: sometimes more than ! could
afford. But the continuance OF your
present way of living is bound TO end
in disaster for us all.
The husband also caused to ne nied
the affidavit Of a detective VINO trailed
Mrs. Whan and Welch 10 the Automo-
bile Club. The detective said they en-
tered the club at II o'clock, and at
3:15 in the morning, when he go: tired
Of waiting, they were still there.
In her application for alimony, the
plaintiff mentioned that her husband
always selected and bought her clothes
and that he paid as much as Sl2o Tor
a suit for her and S45 for hat.
Il is alleged that Mrs. Whan neg
lected her home and her baby, and that
on November 20 she packed grip and
left. Subsequently there was meeting
in the Office of Louis L. Salant, attorney
for Mrs. Whan. The husband urged her
to return home and all lould be Tor
given. Whan says his wife said she no
longer had any affection for her, hus-
band, but was infatuated with Welch.
Had No Affection Left.
Mrs. Whan denies that she ever eeX-
pressed any such infatuation, but adds
that her affections could not be
alienated from Whan, because at the
time she had none for him.
For the sake of her child Mrs. Whan
returned to her husband four days
after the conference in the lawyers
Office. But Whan alleges she continued
her friendship with Welch, and then
followed the final break when Whan
locked his wife out.
IL do not claim TO be perfect either
in disposition or temperament says
Whan. "nor do claim that may not
have been irritable and quick tempered
AT times; but, none the less, ] have
worked hard and given my wife Jewelry