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SEEKS II DIVORCEClubman's Suit, Charging fepruel Treatment, Revealed by AdvertisementsSeparated From Wife, Who Has Been eo ' Invalid, Nearly Two Years Ago ri(Search for witnesses, conducted by means of advertisements in the newspapers, has made public the fact that Andrew J. Cohen,' )v ell-known society and ojubmftn, has started divorce proceedings against his wife. The suit was filed on March 23 and will in all probability be heard in one of the Common Pleas Courts this fall. He charges cruel and barbarous trijatment. .The Cohens, who are widely known in social circles, resided for many years at £l07 Locust street. They separated nearly two years ago. Cohen went first to apartments at 1228 Locust street and last fall took an apartment at the St. James Hotel. They have one daughter, who is the wife of Andrew Wright Crawford, a well-known attorney.The divorce proceedings were filed unostentatiously, and the fact that there was a suit pending would not have become public had it not been for the efforts of Cohen to get witnesses. For several days there appeared in the newspapers an advertisement reading:Wanted, information of any servant residing at 2107 Locust street prior to 1911. Address 517 Arch street.”Cohen is vice president of the Merchant and Bvans Company, a concern dealing in metals, at the Arch street address. He declined yesterday to comment in any way upon his suit, nor would he explain the peculiar advertisement. He left tdwn yesterday afternoon for a week-end motoring trip.Frederick C. Newbourg, Jr., is attor-new for Mrs. Cohen in the suit. Cohen is represented by Frederick M. Leonard and Theodore J. Grayson. Counsel for the wife would not discuss the suit yesterday. He admitted that it had been brought, but said that the matter was one that could not be publicly talked about.Makes Bat One ChargeFrederick M. Leonard, who, with Mr. Grayson, filed the suit on behalf of Mr. Cohen, said that the libel made but one charge, that of cruel and barbarous treatment, and contained no specifications. He said he did not know whether the case would be heard in open court or whether application to have the proceedings before a master would be made. ‘Hiat i»‘ up to the other side, he added.The Cohens enjoyed a wide social prominence. Mrs. Cohen, who before her marriage was Miss Sarah Mabel Clark, the daughter of a Western minister, has in recent years been an invalid. They are reputed to be wealthy, and a number or years ago had a summer residence, Casa Felicia, at Petit Manan Point, Maine. ,The wedding of their daughter, Miss Clotilda Florence Cohen, to Andrew Wright Crawford some years ago was a social event.Cohen i* a member of the Art, the Merion Cricket and the Racquet UhiM. Since their separation M**®- Cohen has resided in the Locust street house. It was closed some months ago, however, and it was learned that Mrs. Cohen had gone out of town for the summer'.The Cohens’ divorce suit has not befcO unexpected in social circles. The husband s family ia quite a prominent one, he being related to Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cohen and Mr. Hy Barnet Cohen, of 334 South Twenty-first street; Lieutenant Albert M. Cohen, of the United Statai Army? Mr. and Mrs. Frederick William Cohen, of Upper Montclair, N.Mr. and Mrs. John W. Polk and Mrs. Washington Z. Florance, of Mer-chantviHe, N. J.6cbaI03agJe0vaJ88stp13ntag0PatxlHtt8CiC8lt;
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Sun, Jul 20, 1913
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