The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-23
$40 ALIMONY SEQUEL
TO $4,000 WEDDING
DR.. Wcbpr's Wife Tells Court
lie Held Up Ceremony to
See Cash DOwry.
PLATO FIGURES IN SUIT

A marriage that was too plHtonic to
guit the husband was revealed In the
Supreme Court yesterday when Justice
Shearn awarded SO q week alimony TO
Mrs. Anna r.. Weber pending her suit for
separation from Dir. Charles Il. Weber OF
6 Stuyvesant avenue, Brooklyn. on the
ground of cruelty and abandonment
Mrs. Weber is a daughter of DR.. Aaron
Gruher and was married to the defend
ant In 1911.
Mrs. Weber told the court in an afti-
dn,it that she was willing to become the
mother OF children. but that her hus-
band insisted there must be no children
unless her father would agree to sup
port them. ner father didn't agree and
The result was that the couple separated
after a year or so under an agreement
by which they would live together again
IL they could come to an amicablc under
standing about children.
Mrs. Weber said her husband was
dowry than he was IN getting n wife.
lie told her lac wouldn't go through with
the marriage ceremony unless he saw
50 1000 cash IN her possession before the
nuptials were performed because many
people make promises to pay and then
don't" As a result of Or. Weber's in
s~Istence Ms father-in-law took $4,000 In
hills to the wedding and counted them
out In the presence of Or. Weber. The
AI.fa..T ..fI H.. ,..N th. V,nNaN Ia lAr
waist and the proceeded.
one of the exhibits In the ease was n
letter written by Dr. Weber to his wife
just before she started her separation
suit In which he expressed his views on
their platunic marital relations. The let
ter said In part:
"MY DEAR WOMAN have !ong
realized my share OF guilt In the mat
ter. even before | went with you to the
license bureau. | hold the man guilty in
any relation between man and woman
that turns out badly. | had no right to
owe you rs I did. From the standpoint
OF conscience | did you an immense
damage which only time and a clean
life will repair. Let us reason IA bit.
Had you come to me with one sole joy
the desire OF being mine would have
made you my wife. This is the only
way. This Is the sort OF love "A woman
mus 60 ASA - lilii Alo WIG sAlt
wants to be. You could not do that.
You never had-you never will have
that true confidence a woman should
have. Under these circumstances had
l deceived your own self and burdened
you with me for the rest of your life
would ] be doing justice to you? I
would absolutely have no respect, no
consideration-you would be a sort of
human leech in my mind. on the
other hand you would look upon me
constantly with m~istrusting eyes al
ways in fear. That would be a verb
table hell.
Now. then, granted that for us to be
husband and wife Is an impossibility
under the present circumstances, any
act OF goodness ] do for you will only
do you that much more damage. az 1t
would not free your mind.
Your best years of your life are
spent In endless, stupid expectation and
pain of body and soul. Why? You
are a young woman in every way suita-
BILE to meet n good man whose wife
you may wish to be-"
In an affidavit denying his wife's
statements that he was responsible for
their unsuccessful marriage DIR. Weber
said he pleaded with her to perform
her wifely duties and bear children for
MIN n hat her relatives, including
her father. also tried to persuade her
That her view OF her marital obligation
was wrong, but she was unmoved. on
one occasion. when her father had been
trying to persuade her to change her
attitude. she asked him II he would sup
port her children ard he said he would.
Mrs. Weber replied: will you give
mo a written agreement to that effect 30
and her father responded by Shaping