Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-22
ACTION AGAINST REAM
Begun by Eleanor p. Davidson, Former Chorus Giri, Who Received $25, COG by Way of Settlement.

Tuesdays New York Times said:
 Ex-Senator Edgar T. Bracket, of counsel for Miss Eleanor Pendleton Davidson, former show girl, announced Monday night that action had been commenced against Louis Marshall Ream, son of the late Norman B. Ream, the Thompson, Conn.,, capitalist, contesting the validity of the annul- ment of her marriage to him, which she asserts was obtained through fraud and collision. The papers in the action weer served on young ReaIn on March IT in Worcester, Mass, where he is employed in steel company, the senator said.
 According to MT. Bracket, Miss Davidson, who is said to have been related to General Lee and General Gaines, was told by T. Howard Elm bert, her cousin, who acted as her at torney at the time, that her marriage to young Ream was irregular because the justice of the peace who had per formed the ceremony lacked the proper authority. He urged her to follow the counsel of J. Norris Miller of the law firm of Hornblower, Miller, Potter & Earle, of this city, the attorney of Norman B. Ream, and have the mar riage annuled.
 The suit for the annu1ment," said ex-Senator Bracket was tried before a referee in Troy, who reported favor ing the decree after conducting hear HE'S. OuOSe CH0SlGT SlSn0u Cn0 I1al papers. In the papers it appears that Miss Davidson was represented by Shaw, Bailey & Murphy, attorneys. She denies, however, that she ever saw them.'
 Miss Davidson received a sum of money, a, little more than $25.000, by way of settlement, her attorney said. Previous to this she had received $5,- 900 just before the annulment proceed ings were instituted, he admitted. She surrendered her marriage certificate at the request of Mr. Embert, her then attorney, the former senator said. Mil Ter, who represented the Ream family, had urged her to issue a statement to the papers that her relations with young Ream were at an end, following the foolish ceremony we went through as the result of a dare" but she re- fused to do this, MT. Bracket added
 According to the motion papers young Ream and Miss Davidson were married on Sept. 1, 1911, in Hoboken by justice of the peace, following a short acquaintance. Her sister, Mrs Emory, went along as @ witness. The wedding party returned to her home 206 West Fifty street. The next day, the papers continue, they made several visits to his friends, following which they motored to Lakewood, N J., registering ct the Bartlett house.
 All this wi1iIe,' said MT. Bracket "Ream introduced her as his wife, sent announcement cards to their friends and acknowledged different wedding gifts they received. Indeed, one gift with a card marked Congratulations, was received from Dr. w. B. Anderton the physician of the Ream family
 A few days later Louis M. Ream de- cided that he had better make a trip tc Thompson, Conn.,, where his father was living, and inform him of the marriage He sent telegrams en route to his wife hut these pnqSn6 when ha pho6 hiS fathers home, and from that time un. til the present Miss Davidson has no seen her husband. her attorney de. clared.