New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-21

At the time Of the annulment OF the
marriage. it is said that Miss Pcndleton
received a little more than $4,000 from
her husbands father. the late Norman
B. Ream. In consideration Of this, w.
W. Miller, Ream's attorney, says she
signed away any rights she might have
20 sue the elder Ream for alienation
Of her husbands affections or TO sue
Louis Marshall Ream for breach Of
promise. The case appeared TO have
been satisfactorily closed until re-
| Gently.
Wife Now Alleges Fraud.
In October, 1915, Norman b. Ream
died leaving one-sixth Of his estate,
variously estimated up 70 s50,000,000 20
/ his son, Louis. Now Mrs. Ream wishes
to be reinstated in her rights as wif1,
which were taken from her, she says, by
/ fraud, conspiracy and collision on the
part of ". W. Miller, her husbands
attorney, and her cousin, +. Howard
Embert, of Baltimore, her own attor-
ney at the time Of the annulment pro-
ceedings
John r. Norton, Of Troy. former
Deputy Attorney General Of the state,
who acted rs referee in the annulment
proceedings held in January. 1912, at
the Bar Association in New York City.
reported in his findings that the cerc-
mony, which was performed in lIo-
bokcn by Justice Charles Waring on
September /. 1911, was Intellectual TO
constitute marriage, and was there
fore invalid. The contention Of Mrs.
Ream. through Mr. Bracket, j. that
the marriage was a legal one and rec
ognized as such.
According to NJ. Bracket, M Ream
proposed 10 Eleanor Pendleton soon
after he met her, early in the summer
OF 1911. At first she refused him. say
+ ing that they had not known each other
long enough. Later. however, she set
4 the day Of tho wedding as Friday, Sep
tenber l. On that day i was an
nounced 70 the servants IN the Pendle
ton household that the marriage would
take place that evening, and Miss Pen
/ dleton and Ream, accompanied by the
/ formers sister, Mrs Emory, went 70
Weehawken to have the ceremony per
formed. Hero they failed TO find a
magistrate and proceeded TO Hoboken.
An application for a marriage license
was signed and tho license issued.
Has Copy of Certificate.
After Justice Warirg performed the
ceremony the bride received marriage
certificate. This Mrs. Ream says she
gave TO her attorney during the annul-
ment proceedings. Copies OF these pa
pers will figure in the forthcoming
suit.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Rcam returned to her apartment at
200 West Fifty-sccond Street, where
they lived together until the following
Wednesday, September 6. In the mean
time they were introduced as man and
wife 70 friends. received wedding gifts
and registered as Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
VI. Ream at the Bartlett Inn. Lakewood,
. y. J., where they motoreG 20 spend the
following Sunday and Monoay, Labor
Day. A photograph OF this register
will appear in the testimony of the
pending suit.
Tuesday morning, according TO Mrs.
| Ream, her husband went 20 the New
York Trust Company, where he was
earning $3.50 a month as assistant sec
retary. lie told his chief Of his mar
riage and received his congratulations.
Next dav he was told that he must re-
sign. This he did, and be departed
for his fathers summer home at
Thompson, Conn, 10 announce his mar
rage to his parents. Nr. Bracket
says that Miss Pendleton has not seen
him personally since, although news
paper interview with her, dated Janu-
airy y, 1912, quotes her as saying:
Louis thinks more OF me than OF his
fathers fortune. lie is living with me
hero now and we are very happy
Lawyer Advised Annulment.
The following Friday, Mrs. Rcam
saws. ". ". Miller. her husbands law
yer, called on her and showed her let
ter from him In which he said he would
never return 90 her To her Mr.. Miller
/ told she would be given enough 20 live
on. She at once called her cousin, J..
/ Howard Embert, by telephone, and he
came from Baltimore 10 look after her
/ end Of the affair. Mr.. Embcrt and Mr..
Miller called 20 see her together. and
suggested that she 90 20 France, while
divorce proceedings were started quiet
. lv. This she refused 20 do, so IT was
suggested that the marriage be an
nulicd. Mr.. Miller told her. she says,
that The ceremony in Hoboken was not
binding and that the man who per
formed II acted without authority. Her
cousin convinced her that Mr.. Miller
was right.
On November IS, 1912, Mr. Miller
came 20 her apartment, her statement
says, with "a counsellor from Troy"
who later turned out 20 be Captain Ed
] ward Murphy, jr. They asked her to
/ sign "A complaint asking for annulmcnt.
and she did so because Ember, told her
/ 90 "do az Mr.. Miller wanted" Later
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