A MILLIONAIRE DIVORCED.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 781, 2 April 1910, Page 14

A MILLIONAIRE DIVORCED.

' On -February '3, : at. New York, Mrs. Miry Blair. Brokaw was.granted, & separation from' her husband, W. Gould 'Brokaw, a millionaire, and was awarded alimony', of 15,000. dollars .a. year.. The.dfr-. cision was -handed down' in tho, Supremo' 'Court at.'Mineola, LX,'.by-. Justice 'Put■nam,; before whom . the ■' case" • was'.' tried. The ■'separation 'was /granted :.on'.the ground"'of desertion. ..'..:-: i''.'"■' .'The : .Brpkaw trial. was;.'one.. oi-,- the longest and most ..sensational, in the history, of separation suits in th« State courts. Mrs.'-Brokaw. asked a separation Mid 2500 dollars a month , alimony. She charged cruelty and abandonment,? and for days occupied •' the ■ wi tness-stand tell-, ing in...detail.:how,, as tshe.-, alleged, she ;haa -been.' spied upon ' by:-' servants'. at ' Brokaw's ,, direction .while she; : was•.' stavr ;ing in "the "■, ■Brokaw-Aresidence >{...Great ; L'J.i and. ; BTOkawwas',at:his' huntr ing.lodge.at, High Point, N.'C, ■:■ ■•|:v,';.'-' ; V" : .: Her husband .had neglected ' her ■ .'and slighted -'-her,' ,sa'e. ■• olainied,:; arid .finally abandoned her> ]'• She I attributed his-' poni duct ■ to■ ■ uhreasoning ' and..- unjustifiable jealousy and bad temper. '■■'. ; ■ :

; Oh cross-examination Brokaw's counsel tried to show tliat.her;husband's.jealousy justified. .She was asked 'about 'a rhouse party and other social happenings at'.Great Neck, and telegram's from ; the ' absent husband.; were * produced demanding to know if such, arid suoh a man- had ibeen entertained -with' Mrs. Brokaw's women; friends :.on these'occasions.' Mrs. Brokaw persistently denied -that ; she had ever : carried . on. flirtations or in " .any .way given her husband cause for jealousy. . '..-■ -,-■ ; - ;; '.•■ '..; ; .v ' ";■