Evening star., 1926-06-04
WIFE HAS
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WRIGHT ARRESTED
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Gates Which Withstood Two
attacks Never viii Open
Z" to Her. Says Architect.
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RE the AssNciAted Press.

RE 4he Associated Press,
SPRING GREEN. Wis. June A.
F'rHnk Lloyd Wright. noted architect.
who has barred his estranced wife.
Miriam Noel Wright. from his villa.
TaIiesin. near here. was arrested To-
day an peace warrant ohtaihed %!
his wife He was relies sed shortly
afterwa rd on advice Of \. s. BOARD
man. district attorney Of love-
County.
TIE en- t'ied portals Of Wright
estate. which twice yesterda.' WITH
stood sssau uIts Of Mrs. Wright. seek
ing refuge beneath the roof nf me
husband. who failed 10 days aE"~in
an effort to divorce her. sVuncs baeN
last night to admit the architeci.
Fastening home from the. East
Wright prepared for state NJ siege.
In which, he said. neither Woru nor
warrant would nvaii to mHAs him
open his home To his wife.
Moving To- new methods a. tore
Ing entrance to her husbands g man
sion. Mrs Weigh sought legal ala
in compellin~ the protection "f the
home she loft tr,ee months after
her dramatic marriage 10 the arcni-
tect in 1923.
Dancer Within. She Charges.
Housed within Taleser< walls.
Mrs Wright charges. is org Mi'an-
Of. housekeeper for Wright and
Nonteregrln dancer
Since Wright failed to win .
divorce he has heen in tho East,
reported at work In Ruffalo. while
Mrs. Wright furthered plans an
fn1S
vorce action to return 10 h1r hus-
hands home.
Yesterday she went to the gates ot
tho estate and dema nded entrance.
cr->-d with a warrant for Nine. Nj
la..-if and a peace bond for her hus-
land The padlocked portal blocked
her path. and a deputy sheriff. who
was permitted to enter. reported thai
his search for Nine. Milanon was
fruitless.
Accostinc the caretaker, Mrs.
Wright demanded that he admit her.
hut he declined. adamant at the tirade
she launched at him and two guards.
Ansered and weeping. she shattered
With stones the glass In two large
signs. announcing positively No .Ad-
mittance" and returned to Spring
Green. r~re'vins her assertion that
I'm goirc 10 &c, In there tonight.
Second Attempt Fails.
A physician advised the 54-year.old
woman NOT :" eyert herself further.
aited entrance.
The courts. the courts she
on -vered. Wait eternally for the
t"ur,s and starve TO death mean
while. have no money. no place
=" 90 but Talesen and they wont
LEI me in.
Again she went 20 Talesen. At
dusk. and approached III" read gate.
leaving her car where Il had 10 stop
because Il cart was tipped across the
road Again she came 10 an iron
barrier. and the guards, Entreaties
yere In vain, and she returned to
Sbring Green hotel.
TODAY she pla nned further counsel
with attorneys in an effort to make
the processes Of law Aid her.
The episode adds another troubled
chapter 10 tho history of Wrights
country seat. which in It's Is years
has heeu the scene, of murder and
areon as we'll as higk romance.
House Burned, Three Stain.
Built when Wright returned from
Isran with AIRS. Ra NAH Bortwick
cheney, with whom ne nad eioped
In 1909. the house was fred In 1914
by a crazed servant. who slew Mrs.
Cheney and her two children. Wricl,
rebuilt it and occupied 1t with Miriam
Noel, Partisan divorce. and after the
frst Mrs. Wright divorced her hus-
band he lived there with Miriam
tor 10 wears They were married in
1o23 at midnight on bridge span
ming the Wisconsin River. near the
estate. but they lived together only
three months after their ma avrisge.
Mrs. Wright went TO Los Angeles.
Mrs. Wright was sued for divorce
several months ago. charged with
desertion. When the case came up
for hearing. At Madison, she threat
cned to f1'e rrosshi'l naming Nine
Mil1noff. and he withdrew the suis
when they failed TO agree on fuan-
cial settlement and when she would
not agree to let him obtain di-
vorce without mention of the Mon
tenecrir beauty.
Mrs. Wright announced al the con-
clusion of the action that she would
return to Wrisht's home and compel
him to support her. All she desires.
she says, Ia n place 10 live, and she
viii live apart IN one wing Of the
hunga 'ow. If she may.