New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-28
Countess Czaky,
Thrice Wed, Sues
For Divorce Here
San Francisco Woman Mar
ried Hungarian Sc
cretly in 1908
"Love at First Sight"
Defendant Is the Cousin of
Szechenyi, Who Married
Gladys Vanderbilt
"Love at First Sight"

Count Kalman de Czaky, hereditary
Governor Of Hungarian province, was
sued for divorce in the Supreme Court
Yesterday by Countess Maud de Czaky,
who was Miss Maud Howard, Of San
Francisco. The count, whose uncle was
the Archbishop of Vienna, and whose
cousin, Count Szecheny, married Gladys
Vanderbilt, was served at the Ritz
Carlton.
Countess de Czaky was married twice
before she became the second wife OF
the Hungarian nobleman. Her first
hubbard was Montgomery Bryan, a
publisher, who died. Her second hus-
band was Robert D. Inmar, a wealthy
Oregon lumberman, from whom she was
divorced.
Count de Czaky's first wife was the
daughter of a Hungarian statesman who
at one time was president of the Sen
ate in Hungary. She obtained a di-
vorce and married Jan Kubelik, the
violinist.
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Count and Countess de Czaky were
secretly married in 1908 at kenosha,
Wis, for the members Of the American
couItess's family objected to the mar
riage. They had met at a musicale at
the Waldorf-Astoria given by Mrs. Ros.
we'll Hitchcock, and 1t was case OF
love at first sight.
After spending the summer OF 1909
in Europe, the count and countess came
back 10 New York, he going to the
Hotel Ncthcrland TO live and she to her
APARTMENT, in West Fifty-ninth Street.
This temporary separation was not due
I, any misunderstanding that early in
their marital life, but because the Sc
cret marriage had not yet been an
nounced. This detail was attended to
by Countess de CZaky, after which the
cout,le made their home in the Fifty
ninth Street apartment.
The official announcement OF the mar
rage had been preceded by statement
that there was no truth in the story OF
their marriage.
Corrected Former Statement
al wish to correct my former state
-ment." said the countess at the time.
"The count and / we're secretly mar
ried q year ago. We have kept the
matter a secret simply from the fact
that nv relatives in the West had
raised objections to the count. l do
not care TO say just now who per-
formed the ceremony. / trust this Will
end any further publicity In regard to
the count and myself. It seems strange
that the disclosure of our marriage
should have to be made now and under
such circumstances"
Count de Czaky, a lieutenant in
Hungarian hussar regiment, explained
that he fell in love with Mrs. Bryan at
first sight
"Why not ," he said. "She is charm
ing. ! understand that Mrs. Bryan has
a large fortune, but have an income
also. and absolutely IT is not the
money"
He said at the time that he would go
Into the banking business.
Count Came to New York
For several years after their mar
risge the couple lived In San Francisco.
Then one day the count came to New
York, and il was reported that he had
accepted the suggestion of his wife that
he 90 TO work and make good. He had
been told, il was said, that II was not
Quite the thing in this country for
maa to live on his wife's income. lie
took modest quarters in boarding
house. and would leave each morning
and not return until dinner time.
His fellow boarders did not know
where he worked, but they were told
that the count was very busy down
town" Then il was reported that ne
mould onen a cigar SnOD.