The New York herald., 1921-06-17
MACKAY TO DENY
CHORUS GIRL BRIDE
No Action for Bigamy Said to
Be Possible Under Con-
necticut Laws.
SECOND WIFE is SUED
Property Attached in 500, 900
Action for Alleged Aliena-
ton of Affections.
SECOND WIFE is SUED

Further ramifications in the tangled
matrimonial affairs Of Donald Francis
Mack5y, clubman and FORMER Yale ath.
lete, came to light yesterday. 1t was
learned that Mr. Mackay's defence in
the divorce suit which Olga Harting
Mackay, former Ziegfeld chorus girl.
has brought is that he never mar
ried her; that on the same day she
started the divorce suit olga Harting
Mackay sued Mrs. Beatrice Galloway
Mackay. his present wife, for sl00000 for
eltena ton of affections, and attached
Mrs. Galloway Mackay's country home,
at Green's Farms, Conn, and that be-
cause of the porous nature of the Con-
necticut laws no possibility of a bigaEly
prosecution lies ahead Of Mr.. Mackay
According to the complaint In the d.
vorce suit, Mackay and the chorus girl
were married at Newark on May 20,
1915. Between January 1916, and the
date of the complaint, which was Janu-
ary last, the complaint alleges MaclSay
was guilty of misconduct with zone Jane
Doe. whose real name Is known to the
plaintiff and will be submitted to the
court on the trial of this action" and
with other women unknown.
On January 81 Mr.. Mackay was served
with the complaint at the Yale Club, and
on February 25 filed an answer in which
he denied all the allegations. including
the one about the marriage
The records of the town of westport,
Conn, disclose that Donald Francis
Mackay. SINGLE" and Mrs Beatrice w.
Galloway, "a years old and a divorcee,
were married December %. 1920. by the
Rev. George B. Hatch. Action by Olga
Harting Mackay followed swiftly. She
signed the complaint in her divorce suit
and started an alienation suit on jan
uary 3. In the latter she alleged that
Mrs. Galloway, cognizant of Mackays
married state, stole his love and entered
into a bigamous marriage with him.
This suit was apparently discontinued on
May 27 without costs to either party,
but the attachment has not yet been re-
leased from Mrs. Galloway Mackay's
property.
Despite Mr.. Mackay's denial. the rec
ords at Newark bear out Mrs. Harting
Mackay's statement that the marriage
took place there on the date mentioned.
The wedding is said to have been the
climax of an extremely lively supper
party at the New Amsterdam Theatre
Roof Garden.
Mrs. Galloway Macksy's property at
Greens Farms, Conn, consists of eight
acres and an elaborate summer home
1t was purchased January IA, 1920.
Some of Mrs. Galloway Mackay's neigh
bors there are e. II. Bedford, F. H. Bed
ford, George w. Craft. George w. Gair.
Edward NJ. Grout Gardner w. Millett
and John Quinn. The records show that
a mortgage Of $4,000 against 1t in favor
OF Abel T. Smith, Mrs. Gallaway's law
yer. was placed on file January II, 1921,
and released June A.
Mr.. Mackay and Mrs. Mackay I'd
closed the Greens Farm house shortly
after their marriage and went to New
York to live. Mrs. Galloway Mackay's
two sons, Robert W. Galloway, IA, and
John Mason Galloway. IL. are now at
the Westport home for the summer.
They spent the winter in New York at
school.