Evidence began in the divorce case of Isaac Burch, leading Chicago banker, against his socialite wife Mary, who was niece and heiress to railroad magnate Erastus Corning, for multiple instances of adultery. The sensational case attracted newspaper men from all over the country who listened as the Burch 's maid detailed visits to the Burch house by David Stuart, a prominent lawyer and accused co-respondent. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Norma Basch, Framing American Divorce: From the Revolutionary Generation to the Victorians (Berkeley,CA: University of California Press, 2001), 162-165.
"The Burch Divorce Case: The Second Day," New York Times, November 21, 1860
"The Burch Divorce Case: The Second Day," New York Times, November 21, 1860
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