The Washington times., 1919-11-30

OF the same, although requested so to do"
And what that paperf
Mrs. Stokes declares she knew-not until few
weeks ago did her lawyers find out for her what she
signed For on that day the threemonths bride of the
mutmilonaire signed away her wifey dover rights
some forty lets of New York real estate worth many
millions.
1t strange picture Of Stokes the aged bridegroom
which is revealed in the statement of his young
BRIDE Married in February 1911 unpleasant surprises
the bride asserts, began to happen very fast
"In the month of May, 1s11' Mrs. Stokes makes af
davt that her husband came into their apartment with
his clothing covered with acid and informed her that
of his women had thrown the acid him. that she
demanding money Of him. and that necessary that
he arrange Immediately for plaintiff (Stokes and defend
ant Mrs Stokes) go South for visit to get away from
said woman and that they did Immediately take trip
SOUTH
On account of these not very amabe LADY friends
of the old millionaire life always open to the posi-
bty of unpleasant surprises Mrs Stokes asserts and
explains the extraordinary situation in these words
sertng that several times her husband admitted that he
had heretofore had improper relations with other women
and that some of said had threatened to dgure
defendant MRS. Stokes and because of said threats
plaintiff Sokes required his butler to precede the de-
fendant MRS Sokes when going from her apartment to
his automobile fot the purpose of protecting her
from the assaults of said women"
And even earlier in their troubled marital when
scarcely had the first month passed. the tender bride
ceved she asserts rghtful shock which she describes
and explains thus:
''Severa times during the month of March, 1911 the
plaintiff (Stokes who has the habit of talking aloud with
himself stated in the defendants (Mrs Stokesl hearing
that he intended to bring big black negro to the de-
fendant for the purpose of assadtng her. In con-
sequence of which the defendant greatly frightened
and underwent strain for long time thereafter
that she afraid to go her at night for fear
the plaintiff might carry out his announced purpose
What a honeymoon
On what sort of matrimonial had the young
bride embarkedi ..
Lewd women. pistol shots. acid throwing insued
and brutay treated inside her domestic circle and
threatened with attacks from outside-these the
things and this the atmosphere Mrs Stokes
she found confronting her in the very earliest weeks OF
her marriage
But the bride troubles had only begun she asserts
and explains further on in her statements. Her
husband and the threatening women were not her only
of sorrow
Mr. Stokes had been married once beforehand his first
wife had divorced him. There had been child by this
first marriage, boy, w E. d. Stokes, Jr, and called
"Weddie' in the family circle.
The young bride soon found that the divorced wife
and the boy "Weddie" were complication and COM
bnation which further darkened her matrimonial horizon
The first wife was Spanish girl Miss Rita Hernandez
de Alba de Acosta Stokes married her in Ss0 she was
only nineteen Five years later in 1900 she sued Stokes
for divorce got her divorce and given month
alimony and the custody of the boy "Weddie."
Two years later the divorced first wife married Cap
tain Philip Lydg and since then she has been prominent
figure in New York and Newport social life-known
everywhere as Mrs Phil Lydig And it is interesting to
note she has just secured a divorce from Lydig
Mrs Lydg is interesting WOMAN She is very
wide-awake capable person. and many things which Mr.
Stokes has written about her quite astonishing, as
shown by the correspondence which will be introduced at
the trial of the present Mrs stokess divorce suit.
1t strange situation the young second wife soon
found herself in Her husband his divorced wife and