The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-02
DenDer Typist Sues H 5l':
HeaDen-Ma de' Husband
Signed Agreement to Wed Air
Eyes Of Cod" She Al
ieges in a Suit.


DENVER, COL, Jan. edward =
Cooper, a cousin Of the late Gcvernot
Cooper. and formerlyfpropriet0f Of ne
Met,opolc and Savoy hotels IN pdns
ycr, and the Lankershim hotel IN Los
Angeles. Ia defendant In q suit hled ID
tho district court here By Anna =,
Stahl. a stenographor. who alleges IND
defendant Is her heaven made hus4
band"
Alleging that Cooper abrogated 40
agreement he signed in 1904, whore
BY hc promised "henceforth to devote
his life 10 her. and have nothing
whatever to do with any other wori-
an, Miss Stahl demanuo~ $4,000
damages, asserting that her life Aas
been ruined by his failure to Keep
the pact.
miss Stahl INSERTS that she and
Cooper were married "ln tho eyes OF
Cod" although Cooper had . wife liv-
ing and undlyorced. She also asserts
in her complaint that she and Cooper
lived together as husband and wife
for several years following the signing
of tho agreement into which they both
entered.
Asks For his Release.
In 1919 Cooper, while Miss Sthhl was
IN Denver, recovering from an illness,
sent her, II is alleged, paper asking
her 10 release him from the agroe-
mont. At tho same time, she alleges,
he sent her $1,000 She promptly De-
cllned to release him. He then in-
formed her, she ayers, that he would
have nothing more to do with her, but
later, the complaint recltes, they re-
sumed their "heayen made" marriage
relations.
Cooper and Miss Stahl lived In a
pretty cottage at san Jacinto. Cal, for
several months, according to the al
legations, Then they took q honey
moon trip. II Is further claimed, going
to Detroit, Mich, Battle Greek. Hot
Springs, Ark, and other places. Coop
or asserted that he and Miss 6tahl
would some time BIO married by q min
lster the complaint recites. the hope
being based on the possible death OF
his wife.
The complaint sets forth that Cccp-
or induced Miss Stahl to accompany
him to Los Angeles when he left Den-
yer to tako charge Or the newly coiii-
pleted Lankershim hotel. There Coop
or set her UP in business as the pub.
lie stenographer, she slleges. and
shortly afterward made known bis
love for her. Later the agreement re-
specting their marriage Tin the eyes
Of God" was entered into. II Is all
legged,
AInnocent,. She Says. 3. 4
Miss Stahl asserts in her complaint
that she was an innocent girl, ignor-
ant Of the ways OF the world when
she met Cooper.
According to Miss Stahl, Cooper
represented to her after their arrival
in Los Angeles that his wife had never
given him the sort Of love he desired;
that she took no interest In him, and
he declared that he was interested 40
"all young women who are trying 70
make their way in the world.
ii spite Of her knowledge Of Coop.
er's wife and family, Miss Stahl al
leges that she believed whom they ems
tered Into their agreement that abe
was doing nothing wrong. She had
never previously had any love ahair.
The shame, humiliation and suffering
that she endured when Cooper cast
her aside has value Of $4,000, ac-
cording to the prayer Of the plaintin,
The balance OF the judgment asked ~
for actual damages,
Cooper, the father Of three grown
children, is said to be In Denver, but
he has not yet been served with pa
pers in Miss Stahl's action.