Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-22
ORDER CAFE MAN
TO SUPPORT WIFE
$500 Monthly Granted Girl
George 3. May Married,
Posing as Single Man
SPENT BIG PROFITS ON HER

Geroge y. May. treasurer Of . res
tnurant and baking company, on Mar
ket street above Seventh, and a leader
in the Greek colony in this city. has
been ordered to pay $500 month. to
Mrs. Ida May. his forpcr cashier:
whom he married, ACCORD ing to con9yt
records. when he had win living. The
$500 is to be shared by the two chill
drrD Of the second union.
The order was made several days ago
nv Judge McNichol, in the Municipal
Court, but became, public only, today:
May has appealed to the Superior
Court, and has been required to put
up S25O0 surety bond to guarantee
payment Of the court order.
Mays name formerly was George
Koutzoumbos. He had it changed by the
courts.
The former cashier Is said TO be
youthful and handsome. She knew May,
she testified, as n single man. and ex-
hibited in court her marriage certlh-
cate and a copy Of the marriage rec
ord. May is said to have stated that ne
had never been married betore.
Married in 1918
The two children are Theodore, nine
teen months old, and Patricia, hve
months old. The wedding took piarc,
il is said. in Brooklyn, June ~, 1olS:
A curious feature of the case Is that
Judge NcNichol recognized the young
woman who asked for court order as
the legal wife of May, for the reason
that the defendant on the witness stand \:
acting on advice Of his attorney, refused
to answer questions as to former mar
riage. The Judge received the wedding
certificate. which was not disputed, as
evidence that the young woman asking
the courts aid was entitled to it as the
wife of the restaurant keeper. ~ &,
The younger Mrs. May testified
before Judge McNichol that after her
marriage she had lived in the Kitten
house Hotel for nine months, and for
several weeks thereafter at the Alamac,
in Atlantic City, believing that she was
Mays wife. Later. she said, they
returned to the Rittenhouse and lived
there until they took a house at ;}30
South Sixty third street, where they
lived from June. 1918, to February,
1920. At present Mrs. May is living
with her children at COLA Chester ave
nue..
The Young wife testified that she and
May separated in February, l92o. Inns
was before her second child was born
and she caused the arrest OF May on
non support charge. At that time an
Ofuer was ndue against hihi ~ "
month. Recently, she testified. the
500 month order had not been paid.
Iavished Money on Her
According to the young wife,,s testi-
mony he laviShed money on her the
first year they were married. lie made
money fast, she said. and told her in
July, 1920. that in the preceding year
he had made $50, 900 profit, and in pre-
yious years from $50 900 to $4,000
profit. She related that nc had bought
two automobiles. one for $500 and the
other for $4,000. The first year of
their marriage. she said, he had spent
$50 900 on their home.
It was testified also that he spent
| 500 900 for another houJe in German
town, where the first Mrs. May is said
to live.
The restaurant man., on the stand In
his own defense, denied that he had any
such income as his wife alleged. He
said the restaurant really belonged to
the first wife, and he owned only one
share of stock in the corporation.
The first wife, he said, came from
Athens, a Greek like himself, and when
he married her brought with her dot of
$15, 900. which was invested in the
restaurant business.
May Talk Later
SIrs. May refused to talk about the
case when seen At her home. Her
mother. Mrs. Jones. Of Atlantic City,
is staying with her at present and look
ing after the two children.
MY lawyer told me to say nothing"
Mrs. May explained, IF he tells Inc
to speak I'll have plenty to give the
newspapers. | think there will be con.
siderable news later on.