Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-09
DENIES He WAS CRUEL
TO WIFE, AS CHARGED
Chester A. Snow, Patent Attorney,
Answers Suit for Absolute =.
Divorce.

Chester A. Snow, seventy-three years
old. reputed millionaire patent attor-
ney, today filed answer to the suit for
absolute divorce recently instituted
against him by his wife, Adds II.
SNOW He denies the charges of cru
city and inadequate support and asserts
that he never supplanted his wife by
placing his niece at the head of the
household
The niece has made her homo with
him for eight years, the husband says,
since the death of his first wife, and
has been 4 foster mother to his son.
Chester a. Snow. jr.. who was only ten
years old at the death of his mother.
she has looked after the rearing, care
and education of the boy, he tells the
court
Mr.. Snow. through Attorney George
y. Hoover, declares that he not only
did not ardently pursue his wife prior
10 their marriage and importune her
10 marry him, as alleged, but frequent
y called attention to the disparity in
their ages and warned that marriage
under the circumstances would prove
unhappy. He was nearly seventy
years old then and she was about thir-
ty-hVe years old, he says.
Trial Marriage Suggested.
The plaintiff brushed aside his fears
and warnings and was anxious and
DESTROYS" that he should marry her, he
asserts She even urged, he AYERS, that
they enter into trial marriage, and
If they found that they were not suited
to each other that they would agree to
separate"
The plaintiff when warned by him
that he did not believe in extravagant
living and display of wealth." the hus-
band says, declared that she was mar
rying him for his money. She agreed
10 the signing of an ante-nuptial agree
ment by which he was to give her $780,
600 and she was to relinguish her dow
er in his estate. \ copy of the agree
inent is attached to the husbands an
swer.
While on their honeymoon in Europe,
the husband says, the wife became
nervous and hysterical and appeared
10 realize that she had made a mistake
in marrying. He denies that he forced
her to leave him and to remain away
over a year or that she was left alone
and unprovided for in Europe.
Decided to Separate, He Says.
He declares he was worn out by con-
slant travel and harassed by weeping
spells of PLAINTIFF and they decided to
separate When he left her she had
sufficient funds. he states, and his sis
ter was with her In Rome for SOME
time and his niece and son Chester vis-
tied her in Europe on another occasion
He even sent her sister to her at her
request, he states. and paid all the ex-
penses, and the sister stayed with Mrs.
Snow and accompanied her to America
His mother, now ninety-two years old.
had made her home with him for years.
Mr.. Snow says, but in Difference to the
expressed wish of the plaintiff he sent
his mother from his home. After Mrs
SHOWS return from Europe, he says, she
displayed hostility toward his niece, and
he was compelled to have her leave in
September, 1915.
The husband says he has always
treated his wife CONSIDERABLY and has
supported her adequately. He denies
that he is worth $4,000. 900. as stated in
the wife's petition, but considers his
holdings worth more than S1,0OO,0O0.
His income from investments is $4,000
annually. he admits. and he makes about
$4,000 in his practice
Justice Stafford fixed temporary all
nony at $500 q month.