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January 22, 1912
Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
What is this article about?
Steel millionaire James McQuaide faces a divorce battle between his first wife Sarah, challenging their 1907 Florida divorce's validity, and second wife Gertrude, who won't let him leave New York amid the suit. (168 characters)
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"She Can't Have Jimmy; He's Mine," Says Mrs. McQuaide
[Special to the Newark Star.]
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.--James P. McQuaide, the steel millionaire, finds himself in a peculiar situation as a result of the suit brought by Mrs. Sarah Sidebotham McQuaide for divorce and financial accounting.
McQuaide wanted to sail for Europe January 24, and go to Moleside, East Molesey, Surrey, England, one of his estates, but his wife won't let him; in fact, neither of his wives will. His present wife, formerly Miss Gertrude Reynolds, a Weber-Fields dancer, has engaged a lawyer, and intends staying in New York till she finds just where she stands.
Mrs. McQuaide told a reporter she had cleared over $300 in a performance she gave in her own theatre Christmas night in Miami, Fla.
"And if Jimmy hadn't got a toothache from playing Santa Claus for the children we would never got into all this trouble," she added.
The millionaire's toothache, it seems, brought him to New York. His coming in turn brought Mrs. Sarah McQuaide here, and she brought with her the papers in the suits she has brought against him.
Mrs. Sarah McQuaide claims the divorce obtained by McQuaide in Florida in 1907 is illegal in New York.
She wants the courts to grant her a divorce here on the grounds of his marriage to his present wife. This suit, naturally, has placed the present Mrs. McQuaide, who was married to Mr. McQuaide in Atlantic City in 1907, in an anomalous situation.
"That's a nice state of affairs, isn't it?" Mrs. McQuaide said. "I marry my husband, who's a perfectly good person, even if he has been married before, and take care of him and live with him five years and grow fond of him, even if he is getting fat, and then--"
Mrs. McQuaide caught her breath.
"Then along comes a woman who spent a lot of his money and wants to help spend what we have left and take Jimmy away from me by saying he's not divorced. But she won't. Not while I have a half-Nelson on him, even if it takes a couple of lawyers to help me keep it. I rather like him, beard, goatee and all, and I'm going to keep him. He appeals to me."
[Special to the Newark Star.]
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.--James P. McQuaide, the steel millionaire, finds himself in a peculiar situation as a result of the suit brought by Mrs. Sarah Sidebotham McQuaide for divorce and financial accounting.
McQuaide wanted to sail for Europe January 24, and go to Moleside, East Molesey, Surrey, England, one of his estates, but his wife won't let him; in fact, neither of his wives will. His present wife, formerly Miss Gertrude Reynolds, a Weber-Fields dancer, has engaged a lawyer, and intends staying in New York till she finds just where she stands.
Mrs. McQuaide told a reporter she had cleared over $300 in a performance she gave in her own theatre Christmas night in Miami, Fla.
"And if Jimmy hadn't got a toothache from playing Santa Claus for the children we would never got into all this trouble," she added.
The millionaire's toothache, it seems, brought him to New York. His coming in turn brought Mrs. Sarah McQuaide here, and she brought with her the papers in the suits she has brought against him.
Mrs. Sarah McQuaide claims the divorce obtained by McQuaide in Florida in 1907 is illegal in New York.
She wants the courts to grant her a divorce here on the grounds of his marriage to his present wife. This suit, naturally, has placed the present Mrs. McQuaide, who was married to Mr. McQuaide in Atlantic City in 1907, in an anomalous situation.
"That's a nice state of affairs, isn't it?" Mrs. McQuaide said. "I marry my husband, who's a perfectly good person, even if he has been married before, and take care of him and live with him five years and grow fond of him, even if he is getting fat, and then--"
Mrs. McQuaide caught her breath.
"Then along comes a woman who spent a lot of his money and wants to help spend what we have left and take Jimmy away from me by saying he's not divorced. But she won't. Not while I have a half-Nelson on him, even if it takes a couple of lawyers to help me keep it. I rather like him, beard, goatee and all, and I'm going to keep him. He appeals to me."
What sub-type of article is it?
Family Drama
What themes does it cover?
Family
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Divorce Suit
Millionaire
Two Wives
Invalid Divorce
Legal Dispute
What entities or persons were involved?
James P. Mcquaide
Mrs. Sarah Sidebotham Mcquaide
Mrs. Gertrude Reynolds Mcquaide
Where did it happen?
New York
Story Details
Key Persons
James P. Mcquaide
Mrs. Sarah Sidebotham Mcquaide
Mrs. Gertrude Reynolds Mcquaide
Location
New York
Event Date
Jan. 22
Story Details
Steel millionaire James P. McQuaide is entangled in divorce proceedings with his first wife Sarah, who claims their 1907 Florida divorce is invalid in New York and seeks to annul his marriage to second wife Gertrude, a former dancer, married in Atlantic City in 1907. Gertrude refuses to let him sail to Europe until resolved, expressing affection for him.