The Washington times., 1922-04-27
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Helpmeet.

Helpmeet.
PHILADELPHIA, April
27.-Anastase Vonsiatskoy-
Vonsiatsky and his bride,
the former Mrs. Marion B.
Ream Stephens, were speed
ing away to parts unknown
while plainclothes police
men, left to guard their
house at Ridley Park, Pa,
thought the young Polish
chemist and his dollar prin-
cess bride were still inside.
The young Pole, twenty
three, and his bride, forty
five, stepped on a Philadel-
phia train Monday shortly
before midnight, while their
guards thought they were
sound asleep. They carried
only hand baggage and did
not purchase a ticket from
the station agent.
Another Wife.
Unexpectedly Monday there
was revealed the existence of a
previous "Mme. Vonsiatsky" and
the limelight again played on the
chemist and his American bride,
though their flight was not known
until late yesterday.
The first Nine. Vonsiatsky,
Russian woman who claims she
married Anastase two years ago
in the Crimea, appeared in Paris
two days ago for the avowed pur-
pose of exposing the young Polish
chemist.
Never Divorced.
The first Nine. Vonsiatsky de-
clares she was never divorced from
Anastase. and that she will prove
her marriage by papers now in
Brussels.
When Vonsiatsky married Mrs.
Marion B. Ream Stephens, the di-
vorced wife of Chicago millionaire,
on January 23,, 1922, he swore he
had never been married before.
No Change, They Said.
my husband is employed by the
Baldwin Locomotive Works at Rid
lev Park, Pa, she explained at the
time of the marriage. This mar
riage will make no difference in his
mode of living. / shall live in his
home in Ridley Park"
All evidence yesterday around the
Vonsiatsky home at Ridley Park,
however, indicatede that a consider
able change had come over the
young chemists life.
Two plain clothes policemen stood
on guard throughout the day to pro-
tect the "laborer's cottage from un-
wanted visitors, and a flood Of tele-
grams and letters, one of them bear
ing the impressive seals of the Rus
sian metropolitan of New York. were
taken in by an impressive negro
servant at the door.
Vonsiatsky and his heiress wife
We're married at the Russian Ce-
thedral here, and 1t is to the Russian
Metropolitan that the first Nine.
Nonsiatsky asserts she cabled her
claims on Monday.
The secretary to Metropolitan
Platon of the Orthodox Church said
yesterday he had received no com
munication from any Nine. Won
siatsky in Paris.
The house is a three-story frame
dwelling painted yellow. 1t is un-
pretentious but very attractive, and
is surrounded by well-kept lawn
with a garden at the sides.
In the rear is a garage, where
simple blue Marmon,. has it's roost.
Not Very Popular.
The young Pole, who announced
his intention Of working at the
locomotive works just as before"
spends most of his time driving this
car, according to the Ridley Park
observers.
Wv. is the name given to the
young Pole by his Ridley Park
neighbors, who quite generally ad-
mitted that Wv. had not won their
enduring affection
In the perturbed state caused
by the Paris dispatches announcing
the "other woman's appearance, Mrs.
Vonsiatskoy-Vons went into a
shop to make a telephone call Mon.
day.
She left V. V. outside sitting on
a bench. With Wv. she also left
her handbag, containing some jew.
elled trinkets of some $4,000 value.
Wv. always careless of wealth and
the things of the world, strolied
away with the handbag.
A few hours later the police de
partment of Ridley Park was again
stirred up when a workman entered
10 return the handbag. which he had
found. In the meanwhile Wv. and
his bride had been keeping the
telephone wires ablaze.
We've had a hard three months
work" Chief Of Police Thomas
Hardy sighed yesterday. "As soon
rs Wv and his wife settled down
here. every yegg and thug and
second story expert In the United
States decided that here was she