The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
RUNGEE SUES WIFE
AND MOTHER
Starts Counter Divorce Action
and Asks 100000 for Loss
of Affections.
BOTH CHARGE CRUELTIEs
Greenwich Stirred'Sby Case At
fecting Mrs. Hustled, a
Wealthy Resident.

William c. Rungee, a former member
OF the Connecticut General Assembly.
whose marriage to Miss Adeline Hustled
In 1908 was an event in the Greenwich
society colony, began an action in SIAM
ford. Conn, yesterday against Mrs. Abb
bic L. Hustled. his mother-in-law,
charging her with alternating the afrec-
tons OF his wife He claims $4,000
damages and seeks to attach Mrs.
Husted's property to the amoont of
At the same time Mr.. Rungee began
a suit for divorce from his wife, charg-
ing her with intolerable cruelty, which
began ten months after their marriage.
For more than three years. he alleges,
Mrs. R1ingee has been habit1ially intern
perate through the use OF drugs con-
tanning alcohol and other intoxicants.
Mrs. Rungee began an action for divorce
several months ago, seeking to obtain
the custody Of their twin danshte
Gladys Muriel and Marion Carol. Mrs.
Rungee alleges that her husbands
cruelty began August 1. 1910, and has
continued to date.
Mrs Rungee is 80, a crack shot and q
devotee of sports. With her mother and
a brother she owns Jointly the Hustled
estate at Greenwich. which adjoins thu
estates of Percy Rockefeller, William
Rockefeller and r. w. Lincoln. She Is
said to manage the property largely her
self. It IL valued at $1.000.000. Mrs
Rungee has been active in Greenwich 80
cial affairs and Is corresponding secre-
tary or the Daughters OF the American
Revolution chapter there.
Had Honeymoon I'm Europe.
She was married to Mr.. Runsee soor
after his graduation from Yale and hat
begun the practice of law. They spen
three months on their honeymoon II
Europe and later revisited Europe to at
tend the Passion Play in Oberammergau
Their children were born in 1912.
The first intimation of the split in thu
domestic affairs of the Rungees wa
given in 1915. Mr.. Rungee suddenl!
packed his bags and left the Hustet
homestead. where he had been livini
with his wife, and took separate apart
ments elsewhere. Soon after consd
cradle stir was caused in the famil.
circles by the elopement of Mills Hobb,
Hustled I'D, with Manhattan manicur
list while he was a student at Yale. HI
took his bride to the Hustled home ant
thereupon Mrs. Rungee left She re
Joined her husband, and until the fol
lowing March there were no more upsets
Then. Mr.. Rungee states. he had occa
sion to be absent for a Few days, ana oil
his return he found his wife had stripped
his apartment of practically all of II
furniture and had gone back to he
mother few days later she begal
action for divorce.
Runsee Prepares to Fight.
Mr.. Rungee announced yesterday tina
he Is preparing to offer some interesting
evidence to the court
IT have endured much quietly for tn
sa4<e of our children" he said. but an
now going to fight. shall have spme
thing of an interesting nature to presen
when the time comes"
Mrs. Hustled began a few months
after her daughters marriage TO abus
Mr. Rungee. defaming and slanderini
| urged Mrs. Rungee to leave him, an,
on one occasion ordered him from tn
house. The result Of these actions ha
been to arouse scorn and hatred in hi
wife, he says, and her treatment of hin
has made life so intolerabie that he cal
endure 1t no longer.
Mr.. Rungee is now living at tn
residence of DIR. p. A. Rontey. nephew
Of Mrs. Hustled. He has been engage,
| in law practice in Greenwich for fifteei
years. being associated for a time wit
| r. Jay Walsh. He was an Assistan
Prosecuting Attorney, and as an AS
semblyman was a member of the judici
airy committee. His sister was marie,
to Prof. Charles B. Sherman Of Tal
University.