New Britain herald., 1923-08-03
Fresh Charges In
BROWNING QUARREL
Husband Says Wife Was Often
With Dentist

New York, Aug. Back from
Paris to fight her husbands action for
divorce. Mrs. Nellie Adele Browning
was met yesterday with fresh accuse
tons. In supplemental complaint
flied in the supreme court Edward
West Browning said he had just dis
coverey that his wife and DR.. Charles
Henry Wilen, her dentist, had been
together on numerous occasions at
Wilen's apartments in New York dur
ing the six weeks preceding their
'elopement." .
Mrs. Browning returned on the Ma
jestic and made a general denial. She
said also she would bring counter
suit against Browning and name one
ore more correspondents. Frank E..
Stripe, 22o Broadway, her lawyer, said
the papers would be ready in about
ten days.
The supplemental complaint, filed
by Walter j. Carlin and Herman j..
Witte, counsel for the plaintiff, states
that between May II and June 20,
.and on numerous days in said per-
iod," Mrs. Browning visited Wien at
294 West Eleventh street.
She Denies All Charges
"Of- course that's not true" said
Mrs. Browning yesterday. why, /
thought DR.. Wilen lived in the Bronx
with his father and mother. None of
the charges are true.
II didn't run away with DR.. Wilen.
went to Paris to get an easy di-
vorce,' and Mr.. Browning knew it,
had engaged a Paris lawyer and
started to prepare the case when some
newspaper correspondents showed me
reports from America that my hus-
band was suing me and had started
publicity campaign against me.
II came right home on the next
steamer. AS far as l know DIR. Wilen
is still in Paris. We happened to meet
on the boat going over. He was my
mothers dentist, but two years ago
when l first thought of separating
from my husband. l did not even
know DR.. Wilen.
Mr.. Browning and | have been
married eight year. He was two en-
tirely different persons before and af- |
ter marriage. He used to be so nice |
to me, but now he is a tyrant, always
threatening me. / had a magnificent
home and no girl wants to leave such
q home unless she has ample cause,
but in 1921 l started a separation suit.
"Mr. Browning persuaded me to
drop it and made all sorts of prom
Uses He always promised after his
wild rampages that he would be good
to me and never be cross again.
Things didn't get better, so l decided !,
to go to Paris. I intended to get a
quiet divorce because / dreaded pub
Iicity. But now l am going to tell
everything / know.
Disagreed on Publicity
lone of the things we disagreed on
was publicity. He always wanted my
name in the papers and gave them
my pictures and i always hated it.
heard that he has given sixty-five pic
.ures of me and the baby to the news-
oapers since he started this suit.
Here is an example of the sort of
nan he is. Just before our marriage,
Without giving me chance to ask ,
mother, he got me to sign paper
hat in case l ever divorced him l
wouldn't ask for more than $1,000 a
'ear alimony-of course. $1,000 isn't
lnything-and I signed it. Mr.. Stripe
avs 1t is not legal. II
When went to Paris I didn't care
bout money and was willing to work
or my living or do anything to escape
,eing an old mans darling, but now II
m going to ask for alimony." II