The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-16
JERSEY LAW MINION
DRAGS BR0ADHURST
FROM DOWNY COUCH
Author Victim Of Newly In
yokcd Procedure to Get
Back AlimOny.
HAS TO PUT Up $1,000
CASH TO GET LIBERTY

George IT. Eroadhurst. the playwright.
who departed hurriedly for Europe some
months ago leaving unpaid limony
judgments obtained by his wife which
o total about $1,000. was hustled from
his bed last Saturday morning at the
house where he was living at Iowa ave-
nue. and the boardwalk. Atlantic City.
so bis wlfe's counsel. Terence J. Nc
Nanus. aid yesterday. taken in custody
by a New Jersey Sheriff and compelled
20 put up a $1,000 cash bond.
The whole proceeding followed quickly
when a report reached the offices OF
Olcott. Gruber. Bonynge & McManus OF
40 Broadway. Mrs. Ida Raymond
~Rroadhurst's attorneys in her efforts to
collect the back alimony from her play
wright husband. that recently Mr.. Broad
hurst had slipped back to America very
quietly by way of Quebec and for some
weeks past had tramped the New Jersey
Boardwalk in seeming security against
New York state alimony collectors.
But this action just taken. which 10
without precedent in an alimony case"
SIR. McManus said yesterday. lis OF
much importance to members OF the ALI
mony Club. II looks as II even New Jer-
sey. long their haven, has turned against
them" .
The action. which is in the nature OF
a bill OF discovery to inquire what Mr..
Rroadhurst has lone with his property.
w. MI -
New Jersey had gone over the ape In
the various litigations etwee the
B~roadhursts. a very important item
among these papers was a letter written
from London last February by Broad
hurst TO his daughter, Miss Lillian
Broadhurst. In which the court believed
that there were grounds for Mrs. Broad
hurst's contention that the playwright
meant to avoid alimony payments In the
future.
Mrs. Broadhurst Got $3.50 Monthly
Mrs. B~roadhurst got her separation
end the award OF $3.50 a month In June.
1914, and Broadhurst, who. so the testi-
mony brought out at the time. had made
s204.5i4 in the preceding two years out
OF his plays. paid the alimony each
month and also sent sl25 to Miss Lillian
Isl 81 III Stttpt
When the check due October 1. 1914.
did not arrive Mrs. Broadhurst made in
au.ries and says she learned from
Thomas B~roadhurst. a brother or the
PLAYWRIGHT. and his agent. that George
B%roadhurst had gone TO Europe. did
no; intend to send any more money TO
his wife and had no holdings here. Also
he stopped sending the monthly allow
ance OF sl25 to his daughter because
che insisted upon living with her mother.
Later the daughter moved and the pay
ments TO her were esumed.
Mrs. B~roadhurst's counsel says that
further inquiries Shove that Just be-
fore Mrs. Broadhurst had begun her
separation suit the playwright had had
himself incorporated under the New
Jersey laws as George Broadhurst. Inc
Mr.. McMarus said yesterday tina; Mrs.
Broadhurst had to sell her effects In
her home at 500 West End avenue.
where the lawyer says she Is still liv-
Ing in poverty and has been sued for
the rent.
The letter from the playwright TO
Miss Broadhurst is dated London. Feb
ruary $ OF this year. II rum In part:
The Letter to Miss BrORdhurst.
I'm your undated letter which reached
we A4iA9 i'A'i iAA'Ab s's 49, $500
starving mother. You know, OF course.
she is not starving. but II she were II
would be entirely Of her wi fault and
vol.tion. I am ready now. as ] have
been AT all times, to make a settlement
on her which will not only keep her In
comfort but luxury.
A | ask is that she make good her
pledged word. 1t was pointed out 10
your mother that in a suit for separa-
tion II was necessary only to charge
desertion. which we were willing 10 ad-
nit, and also that should she carry GU
her threat she had absolutely no qua
antee that | would pay her whatever
alimony was granted. as ! could place
myself beyond the jurisdiction OF the
court merely by living in another State.
Despite this she sued me for separa-
ton and maliciously, m~alevolently and
entirely without necessity named a CO.
respondent. although the mentioning OF
q woman's name could do her no good
whatever except to crafty her spleen
The next legal step Is to enter n judy
ment with the hope OF levying against
any property Broadhurst may have In
New Jersey.