| Show I TE THE ARE NOW j jj j Countess Countes Was Plaintiff and the Case Was Practically Undefended PAPERS ARE KEPT SECRET Alt All Information as to Nature of The Charges Carefully With Withheld Wih Withheld held from the Public of oC Hertford hy by b Her 1 u hl Law Through Throughout out nut Her l r Troubles London L 1 on Fob b 5 Sir Birrel Barnes president of the divorce court today granted the of ot Yarmouth who wn Wa was Miss Mis Alice AIce Thaw of ot Pittsburg a decree n nullifying her marriage to tho J Earl Earh arl of o Yarmouth At the tho time fixed for tor the tho i of ot tho proceedings every over ever one OM not actually engaged on the tho case caso was S ex ox from tho the courtroom The Tho i case cabo Il so 1 was Wal practically undefended and the tho hearing lasted for tor only halt half hal nn an hour black blade The rhe countess attired In iii 11 a a fashionable tl i gown gOIn waa taa n but hut the tho Earl Eal of ot Yarmouth was not In iii court f Only four COUr witnesses were examined They herself were tIme the Counters of ot Yarmouth Ull her maid mold a n doctor by h tho Iho UJ court and an American America lawyer lowel who proved the tho The rho i d gave evidence In support of her allega Jf lion tion ton that the tho had hod never been j consummated and ond tIle tho mold maid testified that tho the earl carl and amid ald countess had hail been beon i living ns ms man and amid Ind wife According i 1 to tho time evidence of the tIme doctor the Earl i j of ut Yarmouth was capable of oC f mating tha tho marriage but counsel for or f thou tho plaintiff contended that this did not affect the tho allegation that the Iho marriage hail had not been consummated anti and nn ho lie t pointed out to 10 tho th judge that It was US within Uie discretion of ot the court to annul the marriage e If tt It were proved that It hind had not beet been consummated The Thid Th Karl Earl of oC Yarmouth did not miot defend the time case his lawyer lawyor himself satisfying with time the pointing out that the evidence of doctor removed any un stigma placed on em the earl carl by b the evidence of oh the th plaintiff and Ind there thoI was WO ns no 10 ground o on which divorce the time countess could have sued for Tho Judge pronounced his decree an nn tho the marriage without comment t In n the tho ordinary course ourSe of ot events It will wi No Xo bo be muncie nUllo absolute In mu six 11 months mention menton was 8 macho nUl do of ot n a settlement and lud it j ita learned an authoritative J from fro ro I UI source that contrary to published statements Juhl lel tho Iho question of ot revising the tho settlement not riot been I II ed by b time the nun has hal principals i or their solicitors and that it Is not II likely to 10 bo Lu discussed Tho rho brevity of at the proceedings canoe came n a aM i a U I surprise to everybody except those tl e engaged in iii tho caso That Thil tho hearing hea should ba be 1 short was raa arranged when the tile tion ton was made mado lost last week w elt and at thin th trial trio I today counsel not undertaking to 10 occupy moro than nn on am hour The fact f Cl that counsel of o thc tho Earl of oC Yarmouth decided to defend the thc action of or th countess made this possible This front from frol tho time previous Intention to tu contest the tho case caso Is II said to 10 have hate been Influenced hy by time the evidence oI oneo given shon beel in New NeI York nt at lt the trial re ro of ot Harry Ie IC Thaw brother of the tho coun count test tosu for the Hie murder of o Stanford White with regard rOSl to lo Insanity In imm II tho the Thaw family ns as 1 well troll ns UR tho time verdict of ot tho tIme I Jury jur that Ihal Harry Horr Thaw was Insane Insano when ho lie committed tho the crime Time The papers In iii 11 the thu til caw case ca e arc nrc being kept kep f lre ft secret und limit 1111 all Information tho the nature of vt the Iho charges chares has been bee care earo fully tuly withheld The 1 was i month made lalo however that tho the l j of ot the tho to evidence to be bo given made 1 a i public hearing Inadvisable lade It has lies been heen well I known I for fOI two tivo wel years Y past OSt hot the domestic omo tc of ot tho wore unhappy Tho Tue earls carls and his manner of or living r h It I was WIS said were wore such that he lie could not h iii hive give his lila wife Iho time O In which society she had hall n a rl ht to expect jV She Sho supplied largo large sums lums of ot money mono to 7 defray 1 fr her j Xi extravagances and her friends say 80 that she aba has ls j conducted il herself with dignity through wih out tho tim troubles resulting train from the tho it un V happy huppy union nd the tho difficulties of ot her hor bi other Harry Kendall Thaw Tho The fact i i lii that thul the tho countess had lind decided definitely In to sock seek nn un annulment nf of her i o marriage i WAS ivitS made known hero h ro Jan S 8 wh when h n ah t applied to tho the divorce dIvore court for tor a it de tie I d oreo CN reo rho Hertford family the time of ot j which Is thin tha Marquis of oc Hartford hoat whom lmos heir tho the liar lOarl of at Yarmouth o Is I i Is one of the tho oldest and proudest o of limo tiki nobility The of Hertford stood by liar her law her troubles anti and exert j ed herself to reconcile the tho couple but bitt In vain Time The family of the earl IN im 3 touch much distressed at the tha notoriety brought upon It mm ns flit a II result remit of tho action taken by time the her marriage the tha hen han j made her hor In England j |
