The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-11
CHARLES A. MOORE
SUES FOR DIVORCE
Late Major of.56th Artillery
Charges Young Wife With
Cruelty.
SHE WILL FIGHT ACTION
Marital Troubles Had Existed
Before Hardware Manufac-
turer Joined Colors. :.

Major Charles a. moore, president. or
Manning, Maxwell q Moore. hardware
manufacturers. and once reputed to be a
millionaire, who saw much fghtlng in
France with the Fifty-sixth, ARTILLERY,
q A. c., began suit yesterday for q
divorce from Annette Sperry Moore. At
the time Of her marriage in ls0s Mrs.
Moore was called the most beautiful
Young woman OF Nashville. Tenn. T.
Major Moore alleges intolerable cruelty.
His complaint was filed in the Superior
Court at Bridgeport. Conn. He lives In
Greenwich A copy OF the complaint
was mailed to Mrs. Moore in caro- of
Paul Bonynge. her COUNSEL at Ill Broad
way. The papers were made returnable
on June 3. 49,. te i..- sI..
That AFFAIRS In the Moore home were
not going smoothly has been known for
A long time among their friends in So
ciety. 1t was believed. however, that
the difficulties would be settled out Of
court .. ...--..-..-,
q, Says Charge II Absurd.
Mr.. Bonynge, when told that Major
Moore had brought suit. said that Mrs.
Moore would make ounter-charges. The
charge of cruelty made by Major Moore
Is absurd. the lawyer said. He said
that Major Moore weighs 200 pounds
ard Mrs. Moore but half Of that.
Major Moore asked that he be given
the custody Of the three minor children,
two boys and n girl.
Major Moore is Is years old. His life
has been an active one.. Before his mar
rage he was q globe trotter. big game
hunter and explorer. He was with
Peary In one of that explorers frst
dashcs toward the North Pole. He pen
etrated to the interior of Arabia with
the late Homer Davenport, the cartoon
ist, to obtain examples of the best Arab
ian horses for breeding purposes.
Mrs. Moore Is the daughter of Afr. ard
Mrs Henry Sperry Of Nashville. She
was returning with her parents from
Europe on the White Star liner Canopic
on which Major Moore came back from
Arabia. Major Moore followed her 20
Nashville and the marriage took place
soon after.
Succeeded His Father.
Major Moore bought much property at
Greenwich and developed II into a costly
country estate. He dropped the 3curreSs
that had kept him away from New York
nearly all the time and became vice.
president of Manning. Maxwell q
Moore. the big enterprise Of which his
1ather was president. the elder Moore
died several years ago and his son sue
ceeded him in the presidency. The elder
Moore left his large fortune to his wife
In trust, with his four children as hene.
nciaries at her death. One OF the
children Is the Duchess de Torlonia Of
Florence, Italy. ,-.,.,s o. go
The Moores divided their time between
Greenwich and a home in Manhattan
They held the house of Gen. Horace
Porter In Madison avenue under lease
for several years. The domestic troubles
that terminated in the courts became
matters Of gossip as far back az 1910.
Major Moore was involved In the fall
ure Of the Carnegie Trust Company In
1911. He was member OF the syn
dicate headed by William ]. Cummins
and lost heavily In the crash that ended
the meteoric career of the financier
from Nashville. 81
The failure of the Carnegie Trust
Company forced Major Moore into
bankruptcy. with liabilities of 81. 000. 900.
He obtained a discharge In bankruptcy
In 1918.
Major Moore went into the wag as q
second lieutenant Of the Twelfth Com
pany, Coast Artillery, Connecticut Ma
t!onsl Guard. He was transferred to
the Fifty-Slxth Artillery on It's organi1a-
ton and was afterward promoted.