Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1908 — DIVORCE SUIT IS BEGUN [ARTICLE]

DIVORCE SUIT IS BEGUN

Papers Served on Mrs. Thaw by Her Daughter-In-Law—Hitch in Serving on Harry. Mrs. Thaw was served with papers at New York Wednesday in which she is made co-defendant with her son, Harry K. Thaw, in the action Instituted by the latter’s wife to annul their marriage. As Harry Thaw is an inmate of an insane asylum he Is in the eyes of the law legally dead, nnd the next of kin becomes technically the actual defendant In the case. An attempt was also made to serve Harry Thaw at Matteawan by a messenger, who was admitted to the asylum. However, owing to a technicality, the service was not completed. Dr. Robert Lamb, superintendent of the Institution, being Thaw’s legal guardian must also be served, it was explained. Learning this Thaw refused to accept service and the process server returned to New York, where another set of papers was prepared and service will lie made upon Dr. Lamb and Thaw today.