The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-10
EIGHTH MRS. MCCOY
{ SUES FOR DIVORCE
Hero Of Prize and Wedding
Ring Loses to Cupid In
Court Again.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1O.--Kid McCoy's
eighth marriage has failed to take.
The ex-puglist, who is known as
Norman Selby In private life, Is sued
In the supreme court for a divorce by
Mrs. Edna Valentine Seiby.
Mccoy, who was once welterweight
champion OF the world. Is now con-
ceded to hold the divorce champion
ship at any weight. Altogether seven
matrimonial training partners. have
caused him to take the count In the
courts. 4
.One Came Back.
One woman came back for return
match twice after she had won the
decision over the Kid, but finally left
the price fighter to 60 on with his
record as an intermittent husband.
according to Emil Fuchs. counsel
Tor the current Mrs. Selby, who was
the daughter q one Of the Valentine
South America, McCoy's recent duties
- orderly with a national guard regi-
ment from New York on the border
stimulated his desire to keep on the
When he returned in September
last, the lawyers story went on, the
KID kept moving everywhere except
toward his own home. and Mrs: Selby,
putting scouts on his trail, became
convinced his pyramids were not con-
ssrncd with saving his country.
.DelLFaced blonde"
The detective learned that the Kid
had taken his trunks and the famous
"corkscrew punch" to the Hotel
Seville. and they waited to see what
else the Kid might install In his suite.
Two days ago they were rewarded, &C.
cording to their reports, by observing
"a doll.faced blonde with sauccr-like
eyes Of blue" enter, and the detec-
tives, breaking In, found some evil
Mrs. selby met the expert on rings
prize and wedding-when she was
Mrs. Helm, wife OF the vice consul for
Honduras xss , ~ this city, with whom , she
tattooed her husbands eye.
Drew Bow From Her.
The Helms were dining at an up.
town restaurant one evening In 1909
when Mccoy passed, and, so the hus-
band averrod. his athletic figure drew
a bow from Mrs. Helm.
Later, when Helm came back to the
table after having stepped out a few
moments. he found he had made a
tactical blunder. for the Kid. execut-
ing flank movement, was nov In pos;
ing the orchestra ON the celery.
Afterward the Kid, not reliahing the
husbands linking OF his name with
Mrs. Helm. dropped his fist Into Helms
eye.
Divorced In isiL
Mrs. Helm obtained a divorce and In
the summer OF 1911 she became the
pugilist's latest bride.
Mccoy started out unpretcntiously
enough In 1894 with Lottic Piehler as
his bride, but she dropped him, the
AWI ~
smith in isoT. whose romance wore
out even more quickly. In the same
year he made n, determined enort to
gst used to married life, taking Mrs.
he couldn't stand the strain more
than three years.
In 1901. however. they had man:
aged to live down the memories OF
start. The second marriage rubbed
on In the fall, but after a pleasant
little vacation from each others COM
pany they decided In the following
spring to come back for more.
Got Third Divorce.
by this time they were growing
really tired OF revamped honeymoons.
and finally In 1904 Mrs. Crosselman-
selby obtained the third divorce that
converted her married life with the
fighter into . past performance:
fllled = brief engagement as the
KIDS wife.
In IJUo ..irs. Edward &. Ellis. widow
of the grandson OF the founder OF the
Ellis Locomotive Works, was starred
In tho role--starred In II because her
marriage with the Kid lasted for the
unprecedented run OF Ave years.
Just as the Kids friends were be-
ginning to suspect that he had been
overwhelmed by mstrimony, he es-
capped from u once more. Then came
the present Mrs. Seiby-and IL looks
as though the Kid might have to so
through II all over again.