The sun., 1915-06-03
TOOK CAROLS WIFE
ANDPAID HIM FOR IT
New York Hotel Man Sued j.
ID. Swoycr. Who Fled to
Far East.
SUIT FOR FEES SHOWS 1T

ATLANTIC CITY. n. j.. Juno 2.--Through
n suit for $4,000 counsel fees. Instituted
in the Atlantic County Court by James
". Hayes, attorney. against Joseph u.
Swoyer. n wealthy Philadelphia wool
merchant and yachtNman. a suit started
a year ago in the United States District
Court OF New Jersey. wherein Thomas
NJ. Carol, proprietor of the Hotel Her
mitage, New York city. demanded the
sum of 100000 from Swoyer for the
alienation Of the affections Of Mrs. Eliza
beth NJ Carol. his wife, was disclosed
to-day. Swoyer Is married. According
to the claims OF Hayes he settled tho
case without the facts becoming public.
but Swoyer has refused to pay his bill.
Fervid passages OF letters alleged to
have been written by Swoyer to Mrs.
Carol. to which he signed himself as
Joey" are included in the complaint
~ never loved nor crsved your eternal
companionship so In all my life," he is
alleged to have written. "Fve lived for
years and now I've met my love in all
the crowd" the letter went on and
know and feel that ] never can live
without her. ! mean that no one shall
take her from me, and | love you, my
darling, with a love that enriches. that
ennobles. that makes life worth living
and makes man think Of the higher
things In life
Attached is the complaint OF Carroll.
which charges that Swoyer and Mrs.
Carroll left for San Francisco on January
Is. 1918. and on January % embarked
on the steamship Manchura for the
Orient. registering on the passenger list
as man and wife.
1t goes on to declare that after so
journing In Japan on March 4 they
took steamship to Melbourne. AUS
tralia. The complaint then states the
defendant tSwoyerl later returned TO
America, leaving Mrs. Carroll some
where in Asia or Europe, where she
still is"
The Swoyers are living together at
1o7 South Berkeley Square, an exclusive
section of Chelsea. All callers were
denied tonight.
The marriage Of Thomas NJ. Carol
and Elizabeth Gyles Carol was an
rulled by Justice philbin by-a a decree
signed on July 20. 1918. on the ground
that at the time OF their marriage in
Jersey City on December 1s. 1905 Mrs
Carol had another husband living
She had been married to Robert C.
Gyles. travelling salesman. In Middle
town, y. Y, and obtained an interlocu-
tory decree OF divorce. but was welded
to Carol before the final decree was
signed Each wedding followed an
elopement.
! At the time the Carol marriage was
annulled Mrs. Carol was on her way
/ to Asia. Carol alleged.
After her disappearance Carol ex-
planned that early In January. 1913. Mrs.
| Carol came into possession OF large
/ estate under the terms of her grand
/ mothers will. Before getting 1t, how
ever, she left the Hotel Hermitage 10
/ 20 to Albany. and a few days later he
got telephone message saying that she
was going 10 rejoin him at the hotel
mailed at the Grand Central station on
January l6. saying that as they couldn',
agree she was going away and wouldn't
return.
Carol said his wife complained that
she didn't like living at the hotel, but
was obliged to live there In order "a
run the business He spent much money
/ trying TO learn her whereabouts and
/ then found out that he was never
legally married to her, whereupon he
started annulment proceedings.
Mrs. Carol Is .? years old She
was formerly Miss Elizabeth Poultney
II Hudson. She figured prominently In
the social affairs Of the Chelsea Yach,
club. OF which Swoyer was commo.
dorc.