| Show Kid Co Comes mes Back to Wed Wife t. t 1 1 e eI e- e I Defeating Nat Goodwin a arid and Pliny Earle MRS EDNA VALENTINE HE REIN IN AND AD KID RID t n c i i 4 c I r Lj t iwi 4 a I aI 4 u I 4 Matrimonial Title Holder Holder About to Sign Up for Another Match After Meeting All AH Comers Corners in inC C Cupid Class I A Ahr t ho hr sal They said rhey ne never come b back ck I I look o over or r the tho list Pliny Earlc Earle Nat at at Goodwin and Kid and Kid l McCoy McCo McCoy Is Js' going is-going going to be to be married AGAIN It was t seven times ago aKO since the Kid could sa say married d without without using using the again aln after it In Jt-In In other words this tilts will rIl he his eighth Ith endeavor 1 l Eight times in thirteen en and one half years years that that Is showing some speed And n nd l ct yet they sa say They never nevor come back back huh huh The Kids Kid's wife to this tills time Is 19 Mrs Mis hs h's Edna Valentine Ibm Holn the beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- daughter of or the tile millionaire head of the South American firm of ot Valentine Valen Yalen- tine Brothers Mrs Heln's hems father Is called the Honduran King because of or the great Influence he has in that country If Ie his daughter Is the princess princess princess prin prin- cess royal that ought to make the Kid the thc prince consort oughtn't It The Kid already holds the worlds world's championship In matrimony and Is the king of ot the thc wed often you wed can ou clan There is Is a a romance behind the engagement en en- en g McCoy was as named a as a respondent co-respondent in tho the cross bill that Mr Ir hem Hen put iUt In in answer to his wife's suit for in April of or last year c r. r He named five fJ respondents co while his wife specified six Later he withdrew withdrew withdrew with with- drew his allegations and Mrs Mis Heln Hem ob obtained obtained ob- ob tamed the dIvorce dl She had married Heln hem in 1002 1302 when he lie was Ice vice consul In this city for Honduras They Thy separated in 1900 The Thc couple ha had one little girl 1111 who was awarded to her mother In the trial of ot the suit which was long drawn out arid and bl highly interesting H Hem Heln ln testified that one e evening he lie hall hail seen her bow to McCoy He left the table for a moment mo mo- ment meat and when when- he be returned he be said he I found McCoy sitting in his hiM place lookIng looking look look- Ing at hi his wife while the orchestra vis 5 playing payIng Love Me Ie With Ith Your YourE E Eyes Eye e McCoy resented hl his name heln being used by br the husband and waited for him himon himont on ont one night in Sept September mbel 1910 after both had supped at a Broadway rca res The They had a fight In iii which McCoy McCo blacked Hems Hein s eye Ce and both Joth wore vore taken to the police pollee station Since Mrs Mis Heln Irein got her freedom McCoy McCoy Mc Mc- CO Coy has hns been marked marled in his attentions to her Recently he lie announced to his hh friends that he was to mart marry many Mrs within the tha next few tew weeks weel R. R antI and take her abroad Thill Thia marked a come back along lines lineR that were unc unexpected The Tho Kid has lias b been en trying to regain his former ability In the fI fighting game There was a It time not long long- ngo ago when whon McCoy cCoy wa was a as good as at any man In tho world with his hands and better than ntO most t. t He lie was T always a middleweight yet et he fought ht them all Sharle Sharkey flub Kub- tin lin Manor Malier Jo Joe Goddard Jo Joe Jos Steve ODonnell O'Donnell to say a nothing of ot that heaviest Iest of or hea heavyweights wel Herr After Arter being out O of the tue ring for years ne he decided that there was was- wasa a lot of or life in th the theold old do log dog yet vet so he lie has been knocking out aspiring il fighters rJ right ht and left for the last three months Ho lie has hus shown a n flash of or hl his time old form a and d as his ph physical condition is excellent from the hard bard training ho he has 8 put himself through his friends really hoped that ho ml might ht climb back to the top of oC the he heap and Jand a chance to fight Jack Johnson Thc Tiie say that one condition that Mrs Ir Heln Hem makes to the marriage Is that he ho gives gJ up UI the ring forever Of Ot course tile the Kid has dutifully promIsed promised prom prom- iced this Mrs Irs Heln Rein Is credited with witha a little fortune In her own rl right ht to say nothing of her expectations from her fathers father's wealth The woman who last wore the Kids Kid's name Norman E. E Selb Selby Seiby was Mrs Irs Edward Edward Ed gd- ward C. C Ellis 1116 She was the widow of the grandson of ot the founder of oC the Ellis Locomotive mott e works of Schenectady and had met young joun Ellis at the farm tarm that McCoy was running near Saratoga The Cue young oung woman whose name wasI was I Lillian Estelle Esteile Earle and who W was 8 on the stage was a good friend of tie then Mrs Ki Kid McCoy This was wa In 1902 Miss Earle married Ellis that year ear and antl when h ho died ded two years ears later she came into a largo large fortune She Sho had always had a fondness for forthe forthe forthe the husband of or her tier friend and when that husband who had divorced her friend and another woman oman who ho succeeded sue sue- the friend as his wife asked her to become Mrs Irs Kid Eid In 1 1005 1905 05 she consented rhe They were ere married for five fI years Some of oC the Kids Kid's friends who knew that his average elapsed time rarely exceed two years w were ro a little worde worried wor wor- orneil or de neil ried and were beginning to think that t the Kill Kid had gone back to u use e the thc term of or the ring bu but t the they were reassured re reassured re- re assured when she b began gan an on action for eJ last year ear Before Mrs Irs Ellis ElUs became his wife wire an and Just after atter her friend had left leU ot off being It It he lie had filled in the Interval b by marrying Indianola Arnold She was a b beautiful sta stage e woman but It didn't didt last long long- She got an annulment annul annul- moot mont In Providence where George Cohan comes from In 1 1001 01 about a n avear near year ear after her marriage And before beCore Indianola came the Kl Kids Kid's s 's masterpiece e his trilogy as It were Three times be married d and three times he lie was 8 divorced from Crom Julia a dashing brunette with hl high h coloring who was herself a dl- dl when she first married him and ami who has lies married another man nian Ralph Thompson of Sara Saratoga to a and New ew York Tork after th the last bursting of or the bonds bond That gives l es her bet a record of five rive In tho the marriage stakes taki K McCoy married Mrs Irs in 19 1897 for the first time The They were di divorced dl- dl three e years yearn later In 1901 time hanging hang hea heavy on their hands and hayIng having hay hay- nothing better belter to do the they ing were ero married again This Pius time lime It Jt didn't seem to make such a hit with either one for the courts granted thorn them per- per U CX- CX t mission to take separate corners coiner In inthe tho the full fall of the same year ear But they found th they were rather u used ed to one another so 50 the they tried It Jt once once- more In Inthe Inthe inthe the spring of ot 1902 But the marriage wasn't all aU that thaU th the they y- y hoped hoped It would be bo and within a year ear the they were divorced she leaving heaving for fOI a trip around the world orla with Ralph Thompson whom she sIle married As tho the young Than nan had hall been married twice tIce before beCore he espoused Mrs Irs Cross Crossel l- l man and as ho he married her three tunes times wo we find that her proper title in that College College- of ot Heraldry which found John D. D Ds D's regal no advertisement ad In Inthis Inthis inthis this ancestors to be Mrs Kid McCoy III 1 f. f e. e the third wife raised to the third power po Before the rel reign n of Julia there thore were two wives who could not be said ald to have played bl big Ita league ue enga engagements The first was wa Lottie whom the Kid married in 1894 antI and who AN was as di divorced divorced tIl- tIl the next year ear In Middleton 0 O. and the thc second was tas Charlotte Smith who ho was Joined to him In St Louis In 1897 thin the divorce coming the same year ear Thus it may be seen Reen what a young oun man mil may rise rise to b by perseverance and good looks For It Is Js not to be denied that tha t McCoy is the type of ot man to catch a 11 womans woman's pyo eyo He lie does not look like a prize fighter hut but like a settled nettled man of ot affairs lIe He has hag curl curly black hair large gray gra eyes eesa a straight nose firm mouth even white teeth and a gentle speech He lIe Is quiet and retiring and usually retires from a a. matrimonial bout as he always did after hi lila his ring engagements ith with his bank roll considerably fatter atter The Kid always s 's did believe in limited bouts a as against t finish matches I and It will iii bo he I interesting to watch vatch how far tar this next next contest will go |
