The New York herald., 1922-06-20
$500,0OO LOVE SUIT
over VONSIATSKY
TOBE TRIED HERE
Alleged First Wife Orders
Action Against the For
mer Mrs. Ream.
CABLES FROM PARIS
Promises She Will Forward
Documents to Attorneys
in New York.
ANNULMENT is PENDING
Orthodox Church Waiting for
Proof to Decide Validity of
Russian Ceremony.
ANNULMENT is PENDING

Trial in this country of the $500, 600
alienation suit which Mile. Liouboy
Mouromsky. young Russian refugee
in Paris, Is bringing against Mrs
Marion Ream Stephens Vonsiatsky
the Chicago heiress, became a cer-
tainty yesterday. Charles Campbell
Paris attorney for Mile Mouromsky
has retained Edwards, Murphy & Min
ton of 26 Liberty street. to represent
his client tere.
The suit is the outgrowth of the
contention of Mile. Mouromslsy that
she was married to Anastase Andrei-
witch Vonsiatsky' in the Yalta Ca
tEedral in Crimea in 1920, and there
fore she is his only lawful wife. She
is demanding 100000 from the second
Mrs. vonsiatsky. whom vonsiatsky
married in the Russian Cathedral in
East Ninety-seventh street last Feb
ruary and wEo is reputed to be the
heiress of s40.ooo.ooo.
Where the case will be tried is not
settled. Mrs. Vensiatsky's residence In
Ridley Park. Pa. places her outside OF
the Jurisdiction Of the New York courts
It is believed. and unless she will volan-
tarily accept a summons in this State II
is likely the proceedings will have to
be transferred.
The. New York lawyers received a
cable from Paris yesterday notifying
them of their retention and adding tha,
the necessary documents to bring the
suit to trial are being forwarded by
mail.
Settlement Denied.
Clarence Blair Mitchell Of 40 Wal
street, the attorney for the former Mrs
Ream. who went abroad in 1920 to in.
vestigate the alleged first marriage OF
| Vensiatsky. has again sailed for Eu-
rope, but. 1t was said at his law office
! that his absence has nothing to dc
with the vensiatsky case. The present
| Mrs. Vensiatsky's lawyers also repudi-
ated an interview In which 1t was stated
that their client might be willing to set
tie the case out of court.
The annulment proceedings which the
young woman In Paris requested the
Russian Church officials to institute
here with regard to the second marriage
have bsen lost sight of In the more re-
cent developments of the alienation suit
put IL was fcdNiicu ycstcIudy Sleps
are being taken to have the question OF
the validity of the first marriage settled
within few months.
Church Awaits PrOor.
Reports have been circulated among
those interested in the case that Androl-
witch Vonsistsky has on several 1occa-
sions pleaded with the authorities here
to decide upon the authenticity of the
first marriage one way or another, SO
that he would be in better position to
deal with the case.
The Russiaf, Cathedral, II was learned
has set definite date upon which the
consistory will meet to decide the ques-
tion and has requested Mile. Mouromslfy
to forward the additional documents
which she promised in a cable several
months ago. when the authorities we're
asked not to declare void her marriage
in the Yalta Cathedral.
II these documents are not forth.
coming the preates are determined to 81
ahead with the case and base their
judgments on the material furnished ny
vensiatsiy himself in proof of the fact
that his wife is a Jewess and the rather
scant amount Of matter received from the
young woman in Paris. The same IN
forrnant stated that the Russian Church
dignitaries were somewhat annoyed at
the delay in receiving the documents
from Mile. Mouromsky. and they feel
that ample time had been given her to
eupDly the promised proof.