The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29
MRS. ]. E. ROOSEVELT
SEEKS A SEPARATION
The COlOncl'S Cousin Sued
Less Than Two Years AZ
ter Wedding.

H. spite of unusual efforts "a, secrecy.
II becam. known yesterday afternoon
that n suit for separation was filed in
the County Clerks office on Tuesday
by Mrs Edith Hamersley Roosevelt
AGAINST John Ellis Roosevelt n lawyer AT
"a Pine street and frs, cousin of Col.
Theodore Roosevelt. He IL u son OF
Robert Il. Roosevelt, at one time
American Minister TO The Hague.
The efforts to keep tn" complaint in
the separation case from public view
were made without the knowledge Of
County Clerk SChncider, who announced
l,st night that he would conduct an in
qu'ry to-day To- fnd out why a lesal
napr' which under the rules OF the
Office the public had q right 10 see
had been secrsted.
" was learned thai tho attempt TO
suppress all knowledge Of Mrs Roueo-
Welt, Suit arose through request mad.
by Phoenix lnrraham. who Is Mrs. Roose-
vc!t'r attorney, and = the son of Presid-
Ing Justice lngraham ot the Appellate
Division When II became known YES
terday that the sult had been iicd NJ
lacrahan refused To discuss IL further
than to say TO inIu!rers, Il don't Intend
that you shall know anything about t.
II was then learned that Mrs. Roose-
welt had lsft her husbands home at SIS
Madison avenue some time ago. Mr.
Roosevelt declined To- he seen. but his
daughter. Miss Jean Hammer>ley Eoose-
Net. said over the telephone that her
stefmoiher no longer lived there and
she didn't know whore Mr>. Roosevelt:
could he found When requested later
10 make some statement on the suit in
behalf of her father Miss Roosevelt
said
surely you don't have to ask ia New
York who started the Who'll. thing, and
who is the cause Of II. do YOU, OF
course Mr.. Roosevelt will fight it. bur
that is all We can say about H. You will
have to use Your Imagination for the
rest"
That the separation of the Roosevelts
and the hlins OF the suit may be news
even Ia their immediate relatives was
indicated last night when Robert T.
Roosevelt, brother of the defendant and
husband of Mrs. Roosevclts sister. wnc
was Lille o. liimmcrsey. said at his
home, .u0a Massachusetts avenue. Wash.
lnGtun, -. e., that he was sure Mrs
Roosevelt had not filed suit. He refused
. To discuss the case, but II is known that
not even close friends OF the couple knew
there was any disagreement betweer
them.
Late last nisht il was learned that
Ms Roosevelt and her sister, Mrs Rob
ert u. Roosevelt. had registered at tn,
st. Regis Hotel ON Wednesday, the dan
, after the suit was filed. II was said |,
their apartment that they had nothing
to say about he case.
The filing of the suit took place les,
than two years from tho date of tn,
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt or
January q. 1919 The wedding occurred
at the home ~ Mrs, Roosevslt's sister il
/ Washington less than sixteen month,
after the death Of. Mr. RooseveIt's frs
Wife, who was Miss Mamie NJ Vance
She died September %, 1912. AT In,
/ Roosevelt country place. Sayville. l.. |
Her father was once Mayor of New
( York. Al the time of her marriage In.
secoud Mrs. Roosevelt was Mrs Editl
II. Biscoe. widow, She is some year,
. younger than her husband who is abou
/ 65 years old
! Mr. Rooscyelt's only daughter now 81
! home is Miss Jean Hamcrsley Roose
! welt, A daughter, Pansy Roosevelt. live,
! at Central Valley, " Y. Another daugh
ter, Miss Gladys, was married in No
vember. 1913 to Fairman Dick son q
Evans r. Dick and a brother OF Mrs
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr, Mr. Roosevelt +
a member Of the law firm of Roosevelt
| Il kobbe, and IL trustee under the will
OF many members Of the Roosevelt fam
lily. He belongs to the Mctropolitan
Riding, Automobile and Downtow
clubs.
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt father o
John Ellis Roosevelt, was IA noted law
yer In New York and first engaged II
politics through reform organizations on
posing the Tweed ring. lie was electe
to Congress as an anti-Tammany Demo
crat In 1870 and In 1883 was apponte
Minister to The Hague, lie was In
strumental In establishing paid Healt
and Fire departments In New York. an
was a founder of the l.Otos club. Hi
brother, Theodore, was the father OF Co
Theodore Roosevelt
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