Preservation of American Hellenic History
Preservation of American Hellenic History
by Jason C. Mavrovitis
On 14 March 1928, Eleni's attorney, Nicholas Psaki, submitted responding affidavits to the Court from himself, Eleni and Lily. Psaki raised questions about Tsavalas' motivations and since Tsavalas admitted that he had learned of the annulment case at the end of 1927 wondered: "why did he not come into this Court then, before the final decree was entered, or before the plaintiff was remarried?"
Psaki defended the actions he took to locate Tsavalas and questioned the reasonableness of Tsavalas not having heard of the annulment proceedings much earlier, when the details were published in New York City newspapers and especially the widely read Greek language newspaper.
Psaki stated, "This case was based on two causes of action viz: Non-age and Fraud. The decree likewise enumerated both causes of action, but it is quite possible that the decree would have been granted [. . .] especially Non-age alone."
Affidavits from Lily and her mother accompanied that of Psaki.
Lily denied all of Tsavalas' allegations. Regarding the iodine incident, Lily stated that when she and her mother visited Tsavalas' sister, Sophie Drivas, in March of 1922, Mrs. Drivas' daughters and Lily went for a short walk for an ice cream. Lily had complained of a toothache which became worse after the cold dessert. When they returned to their home one of the sisters applied iodine to Lily's tooth, enough iodine according to Lily to have caused her to swallow some. She went to a hospital overnight for observation and left the next day with her mother.
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