New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-05
so SORRY, SOBS
MRS. WILDER AS
HUSBAND WINS
DR.. g. s. Willis Must Pay
$1,000 for Stealing Love
of Brokers' Wife.
VICTOR OFFERS
MONEY TO CHARITY
Divorce May Follow Romance
Of Physician Woman Gives
Him sympathy.


From sts- Co-rrsrondent n TIE Tribune
Morr!stown- y. J.. June %-"Ohl I'm
SO sorry for him" Tears sprang TO
Mrs. George n. Wi,der's eyes and the
words bust with sobs from her lips
when she heard this afternoon that the
Jury had brought in a verdict for $4,000
against Dr. George Stuart Willis, sued
bv her husband for tho alienation OF
her affections. The woman who has
been the storm centre Of the most SEN
satioral case NorristowD has seen for
p long time had taken 70 flight IN her
automobile to avoid the hostile stares
o. the public during the two hours OF
the iurv's deliberations The gossiping
crowds we're still in front Of the court
house. after the verdict. when she drove
Id A dozen men ran 20 the door OF
her car 70 tell her that her husband
Rad won his case. a dozen men heard
her exclamation and then her quick,
angry order 20 drive on" She went
20 New York Immediately.
The bringing in Of the verdict
against Morristown's most prominent
musician was only one more IN the
ever widening circles Of unhappiness
which were started last spring, when
the doctor suddenly ceased all PROBES
sional and social visits az the home OF
his friend, the wealthy broker, WIDER.
This afternoon the town was HOODED
with gossip. What Will become OF the
Wilder home? What Will DR.. Willis
do9 What charity VIII profit from the
$1,000 which M Wilder has sworn he
will not keep?
Offers Money 10 Charity
on the witness stand yesterday Mr..
Wilder swore that he was not looking
for money, and had brought civil sult
only because criminal action was De
med him. lie offered 10 give the
money 10 any charity the newspapers
Of Morristown might name. Elmer
King, counsel for Or. Willis. suggested
in his summing up this morning that
no hospital or Red Cross society
would use tainted money 20 heal the
sick and wounded. New Jersey had not
forgotten the precedent established
by Princeton University in refusing
tainted money
Mr.. Wilder expressed his pleasure
al the verdict. lie had sued for $780,
900. and won $4,000.
Il am perfectly satisfied, ne SAID,
shaking hands all around. "l did not
bring this suit for money, and j am
content 10 have the man punished BY
public opinion. l repeat my oher 10
give the $4,000 10 any charity"
When asked e be was cOntempl atlng
Wilder
Il prefer not ~ say anything about
that at this time. stated on the
witness stand ali that there was TO
be said We are living IN the same
house That is all
Rumors that Dr. Willis might be
asked 10 res gn his position as attend
ing physician az the College Of SAINT
Elizabeth, one Of the largest Catholic
institutions % the country, could not
be confirmed tonight. The doctor
went out automobiLng as soon as he
heard the verdict
The summing up Of Nj King was one
Of the most sizzling orations the New
Jersey bench has heard IN years. lie
revilcd the whole race OF women.
Lawyer SCOTS at Women.
''No need to fight Mormonism," he de-
clared. The Mormon men Will all com
init suicide # YOU give them little
time. There is more vindictiveness and
devilishness in women than IN men, and
when you 90 20 hell, as Billy Sunday
saws you viii, you'll hnd more women
than men there.
Billy Sunday, by the way. could find
Il lot TO clean up in Morristown, or l
miss nv guess All this scandal was
brought about in the beginning be
cause the silk stockings Of the town
turned 20 champagne suppers and tango
th6s rather than 10 reading their BIZ
bles."
lie referred 20 DR.. Willis as Joseph
lured TO his ruin by woman. This
was food for MI Simpsons sarcasm.
Look at this helpless Joseph, this
bald-headed lamb of love" he cried.
mo, Mr.. King, ! certainly don't read
the Bible # 1t tells of any such Joseph
as this"
Nor was the case complete without
. n passage at arms over the Thaw trial.
DR. Britton Evans, alienlst for Harry
X. ThRw, testified that Mrs. Wilder was
in Il neurotic state. though not insane.
MIR. Simpson challenged DR.. Evans =
testimony because X was he who first
sworo that Thaw was insane and SIX
wears aftcrward said he was not in
sane. The doctor was indignant and
wanted TO 60 into explanations. Judge
Silzer. however. soothcd him by saying:
"You were evidently justified IN the
Thaw trial. doctor. bat We are not try
ing ThaW now ~