Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-24
EIGHTH mrs. MCCOY
SAYS 50 LONG KID
Hero of Many a Battle, in Prize
Ring and Home, Must
Start Over Again.
ONE WIFE AFTER ANOTHER

Kid McCoy's eighth marriage has
failed to take, The ex-pugilist, who is
known as Norman Selby in private
life, was sued in the supreme court
for a divorce by Mrs. Edna Valentine
Selby. who has found the going too
fast for her in McCoy's latest bout
with Kid Cupid
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. One woman came back for a
return match twice after she had won
decisions over the Kid, but finally left
the prize fighter to go on with his
record as an intermittent husband.
According to Emil Fuchs, counsel
for the current Mrs. Selby, who was
the daughter OF one OF the Valentine
brothers, wealthy mining men OF
South America, McCoy's recent du-
ties as orderly with a National Guard
regiment from New York on the bor-
der stimulated his desire to keep on
the move constantly. When he re-
turned last September, the lawyers
story went on, the Kid kept moving
everywhere except toward his own
home, and Mrs. Selby, putting scouts
on his trial. became concinved his err
rands were not concerned with saving
his country.
Took Trunks and Punch.
The detectives learned that the
Kid had taken his trunks and the
famous ''corkscrew punch" to the
Hotel Seville, and they waited 10 see
what else the Kid might install in his
suite. Two days ago they we're re-
warded, according to their reports,
by observing "a doll-faced blonde with
saucer-like eyes OF blue" enter, and
the detectives. breaking in, found
some evidence.
The name OF the correspondent was
not made known and unless this d.
vorce is added to the Kids other
trophies and the identity of the sau-
Ger eyes is made known congratula-
tons for any one would be decidedly
bad form.
In the Order Of Appearance.
Mrs. Selby met the expert on rings
prize and wedding--when she was
Mrs. Helm, wife OF the vice consul for
Honduras in this city, with whom
she lived until the Kids celebrated
right tatooed her husbands eye.
The Helms were dining at an up
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when Mccoy passed and, so the hus-
band averred, his athletic figure
drew bow from Mrs. Helm.
Later, when Helm came back to
the table after having stepped out
few moments, he found he had made
tactical blunder, for the Kid,
executing a flank movement, was
now in possession Of his chair and ac-
companying the orchestra on the
celery. Afterward the Kid, not relish
ing the husbands linking OF his name
with Mrs. Helm, dropped his fist into
Helms eye.
Mrs. Helm obtained divorce and
in the summer Of 1911 she became the
pugilist's latest bride. Before her
temporary liens on his affections were
held by--but the Kids "scrapped"
romances must be taken up in chro-
biological order to avoid confusion.
He started out unpretcntiously
enough in 1894 with Lottie Piehier as
his bride, but she dropped him the
next year. Then came Charlotte
Smith in 1897, whose romance wore
out even more quickly. In the same
year he made determined effort to
get used to married life, taking Mrs.
Julia Crossclinan for his bride, but he
couldn't stand the strain more than
three years.
Iii 1901. however, they had man
aged to live down the memories of
their marriage and so took fresh
start. The second marriage rubbed
of 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.
Links Into Past.
BY this time they were growing
really, tired of rcvamped honeymoons,
and finally in 1904 Mrs. Crosselman-
Selby obtained the third divorce that
converted her married life with the
lighter into past performance. Then
indianola Arnold, an actress, filled a
briet engagement as the Kids wife.
In 1905 Mrs, Edward c. Ellis, widow
Of the grandson of the founder of the
Ellis Locomotive Works, was starred
IN the role--starred in it because her
marriage with the Kid lasted co. ~.