The Washington times., 1920-01-10
CHANDLER DENIES
L0VEF0R WOMAN
Washington Attorney Explains
Relations With Wife Of New
York Banker.

George chandlee. well-known pat
ent attorney with offices at 80
Seventh street. upon his return from
New York today, revealed a chapter
In his life OF association with Mabel
Kane. the woman who is being sued
by her husband. August Tiemeyer.
banker. for annulment OF their MAR
risge.
motives that 1 went TO New York
the woman aud for her husband" he
said.
Seeks AsasImest.
The annulment proceedings silegs
that Mrs. Tiemeyer wooed and wed
the banker. pretending that she was
the divorced wife OF Chandlee. Dis
covery that she had never been we'd
ded to chsndlee led TO the action
now being taken against the former
Georgetown woman.
In her own defense. Mrs. TiemeyeT
asserted she revealed to htr husband
circumstances OF her association with
the Washington patent attorney, de
nying that she had deceived him into
believing that she had been divorced
from Chandlee.
She said her father had died of
broken heart. while her grandfather
disinherited her, when learning of
her relations with the patent attor-
ney.
The trial has been adjourned till
Monday, in order that the will disin-
heriting Mrs. Tiemeyer might be pro-
duced in evidence.
"ReaIizing that Tiemeyer was to
take action against Mabel, offered
to aid him." said Chandlee. "She had
tried TO get me TO help her out OF
the 'scrape.' by urging that admit
we had been divorced. But l refused.
and when her husband came to me ]
told the truth7--I told him ] would
willingly testify in his behalf.
II wanted TO keep the man out OF
a hole so ] volunteered to bare be-
fore the public my association with
the woman.
Denies Her story.
Mabel never met me at a dinner
party on the anniversary of Washing
toms birthday. She met me when she
| ANSWERED. ar, advertisement for po-
! sition as steposraph in my Office.
"True, we dined together; went to
the theaters, and were frequently to
gether-but our association was
| merely of a social nature. But she
became ONeTZedIOuS IN my dHliTS-
she began to worry me with her char
acteristic nerve. She had moments OF
anger and fits of violence. Then she
left my office.
Later she had some trouble about
a ring she had giyeL me to borrow
money on. I pawned the ring, and
| later she sold 1t, declaring that she
had lost the ticket, although She
knew l had the ticket.
| "On another occasion, AThen she was
| i'll. and had to undergo an operation,
she made an AFFIDAVIT that I had
| agreed to pay for it. ] had agreed to
pay for the operation at set price
But she made arrangemcr Is. and the
operation cost more than I told her ]
was willing to pay. Her affidavit
| claimed l said / was willing to pay
| anything for the operation.
Lawyer Refutes ChnpdIee.
| Mrs. Tiemeyer's lawyer denies that
| Chandlee had been a victim OF black
mail-that he only compromised to
payment of $4,000, in monthly in
stalments of 500 after he was
| threatened with prosecution.
| The woman denies emphatically
| that she had hid her past to her hus-
band, claiming that she barred ner
| relations with Chandlee prior to her
marriage to the New York banker.
| Resumption of the trial will start
| on Monday before Justice Pendloton
in the supreme court of New York.