New Britain herald., 1923-07-21
SAYS HIS Wife HAS
|. GONE With DENTIST
New York Millionaire Sues for
Divorce After DeSertion

New York. July 21.---The ruins o
one romance and a runaway ques
I, for another IN Europe came to ligh
yesterday in an action for divorc'
which Edward w. Browning, son o
the founder of Browning. King & Co.
and a prominent real estate operator
and builder, filed in the supreme cour
sgainst Nellie Adele Browning, whom
he married April Il, 1915.
detectives In Paris have cabled thai
Mrs. Downing Is In France with DR.
years has been Ter dentist. They are
said to have sailed for Europe on the
olympic June 20.
Justice John Ford yesterday signed
an order permitting service of the
summons and complaint by publica-
ton. The application for Mr.. Brown
ing was made by Walter J. Carlin and
Herman ]. Witte of 2 Rector street.
Mrs. Browning is said to have taken
up a residence In the Hotel Imperial
and later in the Hotel Chamford dur
ing the last two weeks in Paris.
She Admitted Love For Wien
In an affidavit submitted to Justice
Ford in support of the motion for
service by publication Mr.. Browning
said his wife had told him Of her love
for DIR. Wilen and on another occasion
asked the value of jewelry which he
gave her and how much he thought
she might realize from its sale or ex-
change.
During the latter part of June he
learned messages had been exchanged
by his wife and DR.. Wilen and she had
applied several times to the travel bu-
reau of the American Express COM
pany for bookings to Europe.
After Mrs. Browning disappeared,
detectives were engaged to make a
search here. and then abroad. From
reports which they made to Mr..
Browning, she was traced to Paris,
and not far from her in the same
hotel DR.. Wien was found. The
identification was clined through pho
tographs, 1t Is said. Mrs. Browning
engaged passage on the Olympic un-
der an assumed name. The Paris po-
lice records show an Adele Wilen,
aged 2S. DR.. Wilen gave his age as
20, and described himself as a stu
dent. Photostatic copies of these rec
ords have already reached this coun-
try.
When the significance of Justice
Ford's order was learned yesterday,
Mr.. Witte, In behalf of his clinet,
said:
This whole matter has been COM
plete surprise to Mr.. Browning. Mrs.
Browning left without cause or justifi-
cation. Mr.. Browning. ! know, has
been most indulgent with her, and al
ways was liberal In providing for her.
by provisions he had made for her
before this, she had an independent
income. She has jewelry probably
worth $4,000 or $4,000 which he had
given her from time to time. When
he discovered that she had gone, he
was dumfounded.
From photographs we have identi-
led Mrs. Browning and learned that
she and DR.. Wilen have been spend
ng a great deal of time at Maxim s |
Ind other places"
Had Extraordinary Home
l. ne bEOWHlnkS liNeu lDGctHeT Until
Iune 20 at 35 West Eighty-Firs |
treet. where they had an extraor
linary home Of "a rooms and sum-
ner roof garden atop the building,
which Mr.. Browning owns
Since 1918 they have adopted two |
The older. Marjorie, was
josephine Herbst, the daughter of a.
ruck driver in the Bronx. The
ounger daughter. whose adoption was
pproved by Justice Daniel +. Coha-
an in April. 1920, came from New
vark, where she had had foster par
nts.
IN the roof of the Browning apart
nent home, a - story building, a
arden, with lake, summer houses,
rbors and flower beds have been laid
ut. The Brownings spent two years
yer the plans and furnishings. When
he home was opened, it was said L.
90 electric lights were used to light
he apartment. There have been as
lany as 10000 plants in the roof gar
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