Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-04
cCorn,ick's Wife
Wept on Voyage


under a terrific strain: that something
had happened TO throw her completely
off balance. My chair was not far from
the three reserved under the name Nc
Cormck. and day after day OBJ
served the woman Of tragedy.
"Only two days were clear and sun
shiny on the way over, but Mrs. Nc
Cormick passed almost all her waking
hours on the promenade deck. She was
accompanied by n maid, a huxom Ger
man girl an elderly companion, Il ply.
sician, DR.. Hartmann, a blond, full
faced young man listed as Edwin
Krenn.
Krenn Her Companion
often her maid would bring her
medicine white tablets in brown
containers. Mr.. Krpnn would always
swallow a tablet himself before he
would give Mrs. Mccormick one. Every
meal was served to her on deck.
Young Krenn was her constant com
ranion. She talked sometimes 10 Or.
Hartmann. who was busily engaged in
studying English, but she spent hours
with Krpnn lie was a very nattily at
tired young man and handsome, though
one leg and one arm seemed a little
shorter than the others.
Her clothing was rich but plain
She always wore a black pony skin
coat. with black skunk collar, Her
ONLY extravaganza was fresh pair
OF white kid gloves each day.
"She seemed TO yearn for sympa-
thy and attention. Several times she
removed one Of her shining gloves and
I heard her say in German to krenn :
" list das NIGHT cine schone, junGe
hand?' (lsn't this a pretty, young
hand?D
and. invariably, the gallant young
Krenn would bend over, kiss Mrs. Nc
Cormick's hand and reply
' Veg. indeed. 1t Is
1T was her frequent weeping.
though. that evoked most sympathy
among the onlookers. At times she wcp'
for hours. Mr.. KrCnn always did his
hest to comfort her in these periods
She never wept when Dr.. Hartmann
wns about.
Calls Cochran the "Namp"
Alexander smith Cochran, husband
re Nine Gamma Wa,Sky, i q "ma,e
yamp," says her attorney, Mr. Malone.
IIow Goclrnn, for'r five yrar.,.'
bachelor and heir tn a fortune of more
tLan S25 600 0On hard M' Ly lis frs
lave affair, pursued Mine. Wn.sHa ncross
rhp ocean and through France and Eng.
! land vas described by her attorney yes
| terday
Malone, in reply 10 n statement
plhighcd in morning newspapers as
coming from Samuel G'nt"rmycr Coch
rams attorney. said that II there Vae
anv taint of fraud IN the marriage in
: Pari. Cochran waS responsible for il.
He defended Nine. Walska from In .
situations that she had led In the love
making which preceded the marriage.
His statement in full was:
This IL not n caSH Uf woman over
coming man by her charm. Cochran
is the vamp in this case. lie is tht
original male vamp. Cochran pursue,
this lady across the ocean on the Aqui
tana lie vamped her every foot of thc
way and until they got over 70 England
Finally she succnmbed to his charm en'
agreed to marry him. This was Mr.
Cochran's first love affair, and he wa
hard hit.
"Mr. and Mrs, Cochran were marrior
by the civil authorities in France, al,
later religious ceremony was per
70 formed at the American Church il
Paris. And Mr., Cochran IN person ar
, ranged all the details of the two mar
riage ceremonies.
Why Divorce Her?
If Mr.. Untermyrt means to insnu
nte that the marriage In Paris Is 'inge
with doubt or fraud, tho responHbilit
for such result would be OIL Alexande
Cochrsn's shoulders. OF course, II Mr.
Cochran does not think ne IL married t
. his wife, why is he trying to make he
divorce him|
Ill IaafaI al - l.