Divorce Case

Brought Against Gross, Who Claimed the Authorship of "Cyranne."

Chicago, April 21. - Samuel Eberly Gross, who gained international fame some years ago by accusing Edmond Rostand, the French playwright of filching his ideas for "Cyranne De Bergerac" from a Gross play called "The Merchant Prince of Cornville" and winning a suit based on his claim, has been sued for divorce. Mrs. Emily Gross charges that her husband deserted her December 1, 1905. Mr. Gross was once one of the largest real estate dealers in Chicago but two years ago became financially embarrassed and now is in a sanitarium.

--The Mansfield News, Mansfield, Ohio, April 21, 1909, page 1.