The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-01-01
Extraordinary Interest in Her Financial,
Marital and Housekeeping
Affairs.
A Happy Plan Invented by the Admiral
for Supporting the Madame.
Her Divorce, Re- Marriage, and . Cou-
PIE q Lawsuits the Result of 1t
Asl-O, Never, Never Write.
EChicago Times.l


Captain Wetmore, late of the navy, has
brought two suits against Admiral Porter
one to recover certain sums of money that
he claims were wrongfully withheld from
his pay, and the other for damages upon the
ground of the alleged alienation of the affec-
tons of his wife, RosalIe Wetmore In 1873,
while Wetmofe was still in the service,
divorce was obtained by his wife. This di-
vorce set up the plea of cruelty, and Wet
more says the divorce was an arranged affair
between them, and that no allowance was
made for alimony. Yet Notwithstanding this
fact, 1t is matter of record upon the pay
rolls of the navy department that $50
month of Wetmore's pay was deducted and
paid by check to Mrs Wetmore for several
months. A suit is pending for the recovery
of this money, which will soon be settled in
the district courts.
THE sEcoNB SUIT
is much more important, as. it alleges i'm
proper intimacy between Admiral Porter
and his wife prior TO the procurement of the
divorce, and that the forced payments from
his salary is one OF the proofs that Admiral
Porter took an extraordinary interest in
Mrs. Wetmore. Captain Wetmore was with
Admiral Porter in service upon the Missis-
sippi during the war. Mrs. Wetmore was
with him part of the time, and it is from
that period that her acquaintance with the
admiral began. Prior to the divorce Wet.
more captured some letters written to Mrs.
Wetmore by Admiral Porter, and he puts
them in as evidence to be used in his Sec
ond suit. These letters to Mrs. Wetmore
have no year date. They were written in
the year the Franco-P russian war began.
This is
ONE OF THE LETTERS
where the admiral invites Mrs. Wetmore
over to New York for frolic:
MY DEAR FRIEND-I have been intending to
write you for some days, but 1T has been too
out that am making preparations to go to
Narragansett. The war in Europe will put n
BE could do nothing more there, and it would
involve MN In useless expense without any
two months, live and do nothing. 1 may
spend week in New York, and il you want to
have frolic and go to the opera, and do not
1 hope Mr.. Mack will not know / am there, he
is such goose. think have given him all
sake, though You ought not to have too much
money; you will be getting exit ayagant. Save
all you can for rainy day and Katy. No one
vicissitudes OF fortune one may meet with. /
want to see you beyond the reach of future
Mes and the pounds win take care of them
selves i hope you will be a
millionaire yet. Let me hear from you before
Igo. am preparing to start. o. With
best love- yours truly, THE Adj
All Of the letters are signed "The Adj"
This is the regular signature of Admiral Por-
ter 10 all his private correspondence. Ad-
miral Porter was always engaged in
FINDING SOME WORK FOR wETMoRE,
as during these latter years Wetmore held
only civil positions in the navy. There was
no special reason why the admiral should be
anxious to do anything for Wetmore except
brought suit against the commsnder-in chief
of the navy he says that he has been cut and
prescribed by all OF the officers of the navy,
with few exceptions However that may be,
it goes almost without saying that the dis
trIct courts are poor places for men without
money or position to attempt to secure JUS
tice against so prominent and well known a
man as Admiral Porter. The letters given
below are transcripts of those in the posses
sion of Wetmore's counsel, Healey & Stone.
WANTS MRS. W. ALL TO HIMSELF.
In the following letter, where references
are made to getting business tor Wetmore,
Admiral Porter speaks of company that had
business relations with the navy in furnish
ing row-locks. This letter is regarded IS one
of the strongest indications of Porter's init
macy with Mrs. Wetmore:
DEAR FRIEND-I received yours, and am OF
the opinion that you and Mr.. w do not know
tMacsintosh) may be- q Very nice Young man.
but he has an eye to his own interests Now,
do not care cent about him. ! only care for
sand, as by Fight MI. W. is entitled to thirteen
get something more from Roolock. think
do not like the idea Of his getting to wind
New York. 1 was fooIing. / did not think
you would care to go away from your country
retreat, but saw SO liti of you in Washing
ton that should like to have you all to my
self.-have day or two IN New York, where I
shall be somewhere about the time the yacht
that. 1 h We place for Mr.. W. that viii be
better than Roolock's, and he can IL he Is pru-
| dent, make a good sum out of it. But can not
which I will tell you when I see you. and
put in your possession the plans Il q torpedo,
1 viii write you from Narragansett where 10
meet me at New York. l shall stopat the
, large hotel IT. ha Union sepsrSeI 70 get the
70 60 there; Il Is a p easant place, and a clean
| when went to West Point. I want to go to a
| place where bugs do not live. I think the
| viii come there you win ind me, or rather
VIII find you, and then we c&n talk over all
the plans for the future; l win get that cot.
getting fixed in the world. shall feel more com
fortabIe than do now. leave here on the
or two, and then go to New York, Of ali q
which I viii keep you advised. With best
her kiss for me. Yours rs ever, The ADJ.
FINE THING FOR THE FRENCH
The above letter IL very important in an
other regard, and that Is that IL goes to prove
that Porter was using Wetmore as an agent
to supply the Prussian government with
means to destroy the entire French navy.
| That is pleasant fact for the French nation
to learn: that the admiral OF the American
navy was trying to drive . sharp bargain
with the Prussian government at the price
OF thousands of lives of the French.
| A COTTAGE AT CHESTER.
| The two following letters were written
shortly after the witnesses had gone to es-
tablish themselves at Chester, Pa, to live
| Just outside of Philadelphia, where Wet
| more was employed Is naval inspector:
| MY DEAR FRIEND-I suppose by this time
1 you have left the graveyard and all the dreary
1urroundfngs to go to Chester. hope some
| Day to have You in your own cottage. was
married fifteen years before was In my own
house. Send me the name Of the street an d
| the number al the house, and also diagram
| Of the place, 20 that can form some idea OF
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