Show SUIT BEGINS TO NULLIFY SEPARATION 0 N Mary T Pickford Fairbanks and Moore l Are Charged by hy Attorney General With Perpetrating Fraud By 0 O. H. H Fernbach S I Staff Correspondent C ARSON CARSON Nov Nev April 16 The The sensational sensational sen sen- pa circumstances surrounding surround surround- ing the divorce li orce secured by Mary Pickford Pickford Pickford Pick Pick- ford from Owen Moore in the district court at Minden si six weeks ago am and her subsequent marriage to Douglas Fairbanks at Los Is Angeles together with the charges of fraud collusion a and d perjury which immediately followed followed followed fol fol- lowed and have been agitated ever since all nIl crystallised this afternoon in the filing of a suit to secure annulment an an- of the decree of divorce p i S w C i I 7 Charged Th The action brought ht on behalf of the state of ot Nevada by Attorney y General General Gen Gen- eral Leonard B. B Fowler was recorded I shortly after 4 1 o'clock today in the court at Minden D Douglas DDuglas uglas county the tribunal before which the ne little moving moving mo ing ins picture actress had appeared to obtain her separation from Owen Moore The complaint contains more than fifty t written type pages Bearing out in every ory particular the forecast carried exclusively by Universal Universal Uni Uni- ver versal al Service yesterday allegation is 18 made of oC a fraudulent plan scheme and undertaking concocted b by Gladys M. M Moore and Douglas Fairbanks to defeat the laws of both California and Nevada in their desire to annul tho the marriage of ot the Moores and facilitate the wedding wc of or Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks anks pursuant to a prearranged prearranged pre pre- arranged contract Suit In Th First Firt of M It Kind The interweaving of l Fairbanks in inthe inthe inthe the alleged cd fraud as well as the thc Importance importance im Im- attached to the alleged fraudulent fraudulent fraudulent fraud fraud- evasion of the laws of California constitute novel features In this suit tho the first of its kind so far tar as divorce Is ls concerned to bo be brought In an any court In tho the United States Tho The Iniquity Ini mi- which tho the attorney general de declares declares de- de clares dares was committed by the defendant defendants defendants defend defend- ants ant Gladys Glads Moore and Owen Moore and Its effect are emphasized in what might be termed the peroration In the complaint which says Unless this decree bo be annulled and set aside b by judgment of ot thin thiM honorable court the sovereignty nty of the state slate of Nevada is and shall be impaired and anel remain un- un Continued on Page 3 NULLIFICATION ARY RY PICKFORD'S i i ORCE IN NEVADA I ney General of State Slate es es Action Against S I r Continued a from Page 1 I ted tho due and orderly adlon ad- ad I ration lon of or Justice in Its courts shall shall be obstructed its courts d d shall be maligned and their Ity ty ty Impugned the laws taws laws of or theof the i ot of t Nevada Nc aro and shall be and ridiculed and the theIn theM M In the tho administration of or law tin tins tins' between the sovereign state and the sovereign state Ivada vada arc are and shall bo be lessened weakened to the tho lasting detriment ho he well we'll being of ot the State of ot Sa a. a u R nutshell the charge made mado b by laia to of f Nevada through its at general gener l is that Mary tary Pickford foi Douglas uglas Fairbanks Fairbanks' had agreed married as ns soon as she could of ot Owen Owes r 1 Moore that the tho Irk- Irk provision made b by California I Interlocutory decree of ot one ono period was wag not to their liking the tho scheme was therefore arl arto arto ar- ar l to lla kayo havo Mary r rt PIc Pickford f rd come com ada ad and arid likewise bring Owen into the state just long enough h served cr with a summons it being ar arf an 1 to lo make it appear by Mary rde that that's subsequent testimony s 's presence was the result of ot ott ate t and lawful purpose that Inay in inay pay ay a a. decree of or divorce should 1 tamed t practically over night and febe bc followed at once b by the marMary marot mar- mar vf ot Nary Mary Pickford and Douglas Dougla inks In In California e amplification of or this substance substances sr s- Complaint Attorney General r makes makes c charges of ot declaring hey imposed upon the court and d it through ignorance of theo theto the to o 0 grant the divorce c. c Shorn of I cuse use verbiage c and almost end end- repetition necessitated ed to guard Juard end I tion from successful attack the tho ins Int filed toda today sets forth the ring Ins facts That the tho defendants Gla Gladys Gladyse ys re e and Owen Ower Moore were married 17 7 1911 in Jersey Jerse City and that e e time oT or the tho filing of or this com com- they still sHII ar are arc husband and wife I 2 2 That they ar are arc and for a R. longtime long long- longtime longtime time have been bo bona a fide tide residents of ot the tho state state of California and that therefore therefore there there- ro fore o their married status as ns any question question question ques ques- tion of ot its dissolution comes under the tho jurisdiction of or the Ule laws and courts of ot California and never nover was subject to tho the laws of ot Nc a Nevada a. a 3 That their marriage could only bo be dissolved b by tho Superior court of the county of or Los Angeles California subject to the tho delay imposed by an Interlocutory in interlocutory interlocutory In- In decree 4 That Douglas Fairbanks at tho the time Mary Pickford Cord came to Nevada February 15 1920 was vas and long had been a 3 resident of Los An Angeles elea count county and that while the moving picture actress actress actress ac ac- ac- ac tress still was the wife wire of or Owen Moore she and Fairbanks had entered into an n agreement to marr marry as quickly l ar arher her divorce orco could be bo obtained and that this agreement still is in full force and effect 5 That thereafter the defendants to together ether with Douglas Fairbanks fully tully knowing kno all of ot the tho above allegations to be true with the purpose of ot wilfully wilfully wilfully wil wil- fully and and fraudulently potting getting at naught the laws of California and procurIng procuring procuring pro pro- curing a colorable divorce in Nevada 10 o of imposing upon the court at Douglas county and fraudulently t causing the county clerk at Los Angeles to issue a marriage e license to Pickford and Douglas Dous Fairbanks s did ld wilfully and wrongfully concoct and enter into a certain scheme Alleges Allege J H I 1 17 Days In N Nevada In this connection the tho complaint goes goeson on to recite that Mary raI Pickford left left leCt Los Angeles with the full uli Intent of r retaining her residence there and o of returning as quickly as she could get gether gether gether her divorce that she came carne to Douglas county count Nev e and remained there in all just seventeen days and that she never had a 3 bona fide residence there that she sho filed tiled her suit against Owen under oath on March farch 1 that Owen Moore simultaneously appeared on the tho scene hired a 1 la lawyer laer er gave him power of attorney to fight the case entered a meritorious answer to the complaint though not under oath and vanished through a thin crack in the tho atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere atmos atmos- phere that at 5 p. p m. m on March 2 the case was set for trial and heard and that by means of or the pleadings d dMary d drar Mary Marj- Pickford's testimony a a. decree was granted In her favor and that subsequently subsequently the marriage license In Los An Angeles was fraudulently procured 6 That not a a. fact contained In the pleading or in Mary Pickford's testimony testimony testimony mony was true truo except those relating to her presence in Nevada the presence pres ence nce of ot Owen Moore for the sole purpose purpose pur pur- pose of ot being served and the allegations allegations allegations allega allega- of his answer to tho the complaint and that the they are arc false fraudulent fabricated and fully known and realized realized real real- b by the defendants t to be bo so P Perjury I i Implied d 7 7 Though the word t perjury is not I used It Is Implied by the attorney general gen gen- oral eral In the following language lans 11 On March 2 1920 1930 when the defendant defendant defend defend- ant Gladys M. M Moore was sworn as a n witness all of ot the evidence e sho she gave I i was material indispensable i and competent but was nevertheless wilfully and fraudulently false fabricated fabricated fabricated fabri fabri- and untrue with tho the exception of I that part reciting her marriage to Owen Moore and her arrival and temporary tem tem- temporary sojourn In Douglas county Nov Nev and said testimony was part and parcel of ot the tho ho t scheme to deceive and impose upon the court Asks Immediate Setting The Tho complaint in summing up re recites recites recites re- re I cites that none nono of ot tho the conditions 3 existed ex- ex exIsted existed ex ex- isted which are provided by tho the la laws 8 of Nevada to Invest the court with I jurisdiction in tho the c case se and after pointing out what the results would I II Ibe be were the decree of divorce permitted I to stand pleads for lor its immediate setting setting setting set set- ting aside I Residentially the attorney generali general I i 1 recites that the state of ot Nevada has a aI full fun right to bring this action being I a third party thou though h unnamed In all I divorce actions and In all cases which I affect the tho well being of or public society and sound public morality as well as I the tho due respect for tor th the tho laws of ot Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada and of the tho bonds of comity ex existing ex- ex 1 sting between that tha that state and Califor Califor- nia While Mary tan Pickford and Owen Moore under the laws of ot Nevada havo have forty days das In which to answer it is not believed by Attorney General Fowler Fow ler that the they will delay I Z 1 fully tully expect tho the defendants to ac accept accept accept ac- ac service at once said eaid Fowler this I evening evening- Of Ot course I presume that the thc first step to bo be taken taleen by Gavin McNab McNab Mc Mc- Nab Mary ar P Pickford's eminent counsel I will be to interpose a a. demurrer and to attempt to show that the tho state of Nevada Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- NeI I vada cannot lawfully bring the action which I have ha just filed tiled I have no fear tear of tho the outcome We Wo are fortified I with decisions we aro are sure of our case case caseI and I predict that the divorce decree I will be annulled |