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Show HUSBAND" AND WIFE FILE ALIENATION : ACTIONS Novel Situation Developed - Before Supreme Court r .-' ' ' of Illinois. y lntrnatinl Nmi Bervie. -Mir arm - Jnno 11. With both hueband and wife aulng for alienation of affection an odd mlaup wa die. clnaed In tba ' supreme court today. Two daya ago. Mr Agnes Durand sued Mr. Lea Owynne Lawrence for 1100.-IK 1100.-IK damagea. Hhe charged her with having . eatertalned Durand on hla Montana ranch and In New York. The alienation waa eeompllshsd, ao Mrs. Durand alleged, by presents, payments of money and varloua acta." Today. Duran. ranch and mine owner own-er of New York and Delphlne, Mont.. filed a llee.Oo damage action agalnat Major Arthur J. Knowle of tbe British army.' Durand aaya hla beautiful wife had been parted from him by the wllea of the handaome army officer. At preaent prea-ent Mra. Durand la aald to be a Red Croaa nuree. Durand alee clalma tha Montana ranch figured In hla wife second romance She had previously met tha major In England. Tiring of ranch Mfe. she earns ta siew fork and renewed itc qualnramteahlp with Knowle. While he waa convalescing In a New York hospital, Durand avers, Mra. Durand was living In th major's apartment n Rive raid drive. Her la a oopy of a latter which Durand Du-rand aaya hla wif wrote to him In Montana, after aha had noma to New York: "My Dear Tommy (her pet name for Durand): 1 have ydur letter. Very nice of you ta aek m to come nnd live with you on your ranch. Nothing doing. 1 would be dead In a week. What la the uae of hiding facta? I don't Intend to live with you again. I have mat a man who suits ms better and he will be better to work with. Ha la from Sydney, Syd-ney, Australia, and owns soma important, import-ant, nitrate patents. I am busy getting get-ting a company for him. He la not married. , Therefore, he Is safe from women. "He want me to divorce you. I might some day when I hav more tlma, now I am having a good tlma with Billy that's what I ran him. "8o, my charming husband, with you even, hae not much attraction for m at thla tlma. Billy la more congenial, and, you know, i British. Hs haa don some good work In England for th government and will moat likely be knighted after tha war perhaps befor ft Is over. He would then be Sir Arthur Knowle. Bound weir, eh 7 "No need for you to com to New York. I tell you again, I won't go back ta yeu. I would he obliged to break with Billy and I don't intend doing that. Why worry? Go your own way and leav me alone. I may shortly coma to Montana about that land. Goodbye, Tommy. "Tour wife, RBX DURAND." Mra. Lawrence denied ehe alienated Durand'a affectlona. The major denlee he alienated Mra. Durand' affections. It' up to th court. j |