New-York tribune., 1916-04-26
Woman of Mystery and
Mrs. Horizons Friend
Had Own Troubles.
DESERTED. DIVORCED
AND BROKE. SHE SAYS
Mrs. Palmenberg Called Dan
gerous, in Reply of Her
Former Spouse.

With an aristocratic prefix IN from,
Or her surname. Mrs Dorothy " Won
Palmenberg conhdante o. Margaret
Horton, Dr. Wsite's studio compan
ion" has been contesting with her
friend the right 20 the title Woman
OF Mystery" IN the case Of the young
surgeon-dentist and wholesale poison
or. Yesterday. someone robbed Mrs
Won Palmenberg OF her Won and
Immediately thereafter. or her mys-
f terry.
The woman who appeared Monday
a. the District Attorneys Office 70
give further information about Dr.
Waite and then disappeared from the
i ken OF even her lawyer. Harry -
! Ste.nfeld is the widow Of William \
: Palmenberg just plain Pslmenberg
/ she is also that Mrs Pslmenberg
/ who married Charles + kehoe in
1905, divorced him IN 1910. and sued
+ for annulment OF that divorce in 1915.
despite the fact that her second hus-
anbd had already taken 20 himself a
second wife. and was living with her
and their child in Pasadena. Cal.
Harry y. Stelnfeld. lawyer FOR Mr..
Palmenberg IN her present entangle-
ment with the Waite case. and her
attorney In the proceedings for the
annulment % her divorce from kehoe.
admitted the IDENTITY Of his client when
questioned last night. Throughout
the Waite case the woman mas hidden
behind the Won" in her name With
this disguise no one has recognized
her as the former spouse of Kehoe.
Il cant tell you where she is now.
the lawyer said. Il don't know my
self"
Sad is the tale Of blghted love
woven around the name Of Mrs. Dor
othy ". Won Palmenberg Kehoe.
Last December. when she attempted
10 have her divorce snnulled before
Judge Morschauser IN the White
Plains court. she made this public 10
the world
80 timid Was she. according 70 ner
own story. that after she had become
engaged 70 kehoe she fed from him
But he tracked her down IN Hoboken
and ruthlessly married her there.
"T was mere puppet in his hands
Mrs. Palmenberg said, and then con
tinued with the tale OF how. when her
left her by her first she divorced him.
Then. having reproved him sufficient
Is. she. according 70 her own adms
sion. went 20 live with him again a.
the Hotel Plaza. where. she said. he
promised 20 remsrry her.
But Mr. kehoc broke his alleged
promise and went away and married
some one else A love letter produced
/. pF /. 10
that Mrs. Palmenberg wrote
70 kehoe after their divorce up
/ ra ded him for this step.
81 knew you would marry sgsin. with
all you said Never again for me, but
YOU will never be happy. You take
everything and everybody wrong. ! 4
guess you wish ! was dead and ou' %
the way"
Then. just 70 prove that VI. Hehoo f.
he happy though married /
again. Mrs Palmenberg sued for an |
,nnulment o. the divorce decree This 4
ng her a dangerous woman The
o pay $40 costs.
Mrs. Pslmenberg objected % this de-
rec. saying that she was broke" and
ndt lU" Nloinfo rU' H"b VN Wdp u'fii
,sid for by her attorney.
Miss katherine Peek. aunt of Or
4 aite's wife. denied yesterday that she
vas financing Waite's defence.
Reports from Grand Rapids had IL
hat Dr. Wisharf. the preacher whose
elective wor. resulted IN opposing
Yates poison plot. had come 20 New
'ork 70 dissuade Miss Peck from aiding
ne confessed murderer.