Evening star., 1924-01-03
NINA v. PUTNAM'S
| DIVORCE VACATED
Must Prove Residence in
Rhode Island Was Legal,
Court Orders.
LAWYER GIVEN WARNING
Told Client Must Appear to Explain
Evidences of Inconsist
ency in Case.
LAWYER GIVEN WARNING
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, r. l.. January a.
Judge Chester w. Barrows of the
superior court today entered an or
DER vacating the divorce granted yes
terday to Nina Wilcox Putnam San
/ oerson from Robert J. Sanderson un-
I'll such time as she shall appear in
person and satisfy the court that
she has been a resident of this state
for more than two years prior to Oc-
tober 16. 1923.
Judge Barrows also sent a letter
to T. Francis Cassidy OF Woonsocket.
attorney for Mrs. Sanderson. stating
that II the court does not hear from
ms Client within a reasonable time
liz will feel that it is it's duty to lay
the facts before the attorney general
for suitable action.
| Neither Mrs Sanderson nor her
| husband appeared in court. The ac-
tion was conducted on deposition.
Mrs. Sanderson asserted in her depo-
| sition that she had lived In Provi-
! dence "a little more than three
years" The newspaper told the court
/ that she had lived here a little
she actually had spent only small
| part of that time in Providence.
In recalling his decision Judge
! Burrows declared that he did not
in his court and that he would con-
duct full investigation of the claims
| made in the plaintiffs deposition.
Novelist Twice Married.
Mr.. Sanderson was the novelists
second husband. They were married
in New Haven in November. 1919. Her
| first husband. Robert Faulkner Put
nam, died in 1918
Judge Burrows was informed that
! Mrs. Sanderson had a country home
at Madison. Conn. and that her name
| was on the voting list there in 1921
| and 1922.
In magazine article last year Mrs
| Sanderson referred to Mr.. Sanderson
as follows:
| Il got me a new husband, an Al
edition that pulls "a lot of my most
| spontaneous lines, and quick as he
| says them 1 run in the other room
| and write them down before L for
get them. He's big help to me-
| Womnn's Lawyer silent.
| =. Francis Cassidy of Woonsocket,
counsel for Mrs. Sanderson, refused
to discuss the case other than to re-
late the action Of the court in grant
ling the divorce.
| Questioned concerning her residence
lin Rhode Island, he declared Mrs.
Sanderson had lived in Providence
for about four years" and most of
that time with the deponents in the
7 case. He said he expected her back
lin Rhode Island within a few weeks.
The Sanderson divorce case was one
of many heard before Judge Barrows.
| Her counsel. Mr.. Cassidy. appeared be-
fore the court and read the dispositions
in the case. Mrs. Sanderson, in her
| deposition, declared that she was mar
ried to Robert J. Sanderson of New Ha-
lven, at Stamford, Conn, on November
"A, 1919. and that her husband de-
serted her and left her in destitute
circumstances" about three years ago,
land that she had since been obliged
to support herself. Deponents cor
iroborated her testimony to the effect
that her husband had deserted her.
land one declared that the husband
had not contributed to her support
from the date of marriage. Neither
of the principals appeared in court.