Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-02-28
HssRY EUxs n AL aIoEr.


Fl gsD 4 DIVORCE T1n4 Nm
II yArHK1 y DxcIDuD.
Hsusy Lake Lessvse. that Hvsi,
shfss ysax-c.d bog vho has bsea max
ina The iesA; machinery Of 40 hif
es1nties jsss bus. and vhc EAAA I
nunbef Of hvysss carry bie piles Of isS
i books into tbs dissries coass yesterday
snd ss1ne !eoks Of great dignity and
. gravity. sst In oce Of tue arm etairs 10
! tbs jury box beside his mother. and
: when bis father vent on the witness
stand. said:
Thames papa, mamma; shers's %
Mr.. Lssssre tried to maintain q lack
! 81 severity. Ma LefevYe smiled afFec-
tfo1As<iy cpoD esfl5ysiy 500. and for
oos sRnnsceE daut moment tho lavyeFs
forgot 70 ssok grave and Ieaned bach ia
ebeir chairs and The oosruRAted lines Of
wisdom jrst ersched Win amusemers.
hn. Lefsvrs ID . petite litsIe woman,
ano she Iooks exactly Ike q woman vko
krsws what she wants and vho has the
Dissemination &c take care Of herself.
Iets " the case 10 which both Mr..
and Ass- Lefevre petitloned for wrifs Of
nabeas corpus 70 secure possession Of
henry Lske. the big hey above referred
20, and vao appeared 10 be very indid-
eftpt sbeot Tue whole affair. He talked
ocs lsod 31ss when be pleased and
U8sn't his scared when @ ief Justice
Sonss told the lawyers TO 70 ahead and
let the witnesses tell him Ill about the
oispose-
\ lie Lsfevre family are French. MI.
Lefsvre 10 yoona man, and appeared
TO Be svfulIy IN earnest about the mat
ter. He vas the drst witness called
he vent on 10 say that be and Mrs. Le-
fevfs bsps boarding house 10 Ellsns
p5fR' snd charged nve dollars week.
MS. Lefev1e and De. 10 atpsars, aos
along veil euooRh nnsnctaily. bot Mrs.
Lelsyre vas rot eonfenfed Il
| what did yeuf vie DOR VS. ssksd
We visn. %.
10. STE told me u did not fsii the
pfopssfy, she would smash things up.
oee broke dishes aud lots OF thisas-'
Ioeo II. LefevFe veni on 70 say that
| aftsr tine BIS wife told him she
vooidLt live With hin any more, and
ne solo the property, gave Ger t11o ana
Of bis testimony be said that bis wife
vent TO Sofk In q restaurant. The
restaurant vas between two saloons,
and Henry Lake wandered about these |
sAioous too rnnch. DE said she prom |
iced 70 90 AID live With him II be would |
give her she boy. he did 90, and then
she told him be could 90. and vonldnt
1--we With him.
Diont she tell sou she wouidn'f 1--we /
with you again. asked Lawyer Carr, /
severely. on cross Examination.
Yea"
"Dldn't you 6rst ask her 10 live With |
yoaY'
"ies-"
Wien Mr.. Lsfevfe vas asked what |
kind OF a disposition bis wife had, be /
laughed quietly 10 himself. besitAied,
and tntimated that Mrs Lefevre vartsd
to ran thines pretty much her own way.
He admitted having been fined $40 for
striking Mrs. Lsfevre, bot insisted that
the striking was accidental. He said
bis wife told him she did not receive
any wages for working In the restau-
RAM. excepting her board aud calico
dress. MIR. Cars cross-examipation
threw some light on this feature.
ibid you ever ask her for some OF
Der money Was the question Cred at
him by Mr.. Carr.
Were you not asking Der for money
when she told you she only got q calico
dress for working In Q Festaurantr'
Yes" Was the reply. made after lit.
tie pressure.
Mr.. Lsfesre said he did not want bis
gifs ia work in a restaurant bscanse II
wasu'i, IN bis opinion, q respectable
place, ard, besides, the little girl who
watched Henry Luke while his mother
vas working wasn't, IN his opinion. a
girl calculated to 90 Henry Lake any
coed. lie said he had taken she BABY
TO a nuIober OF towns while hunting Tor
york. de had mol, he said. contemplated
Roine TO Victoria, IN British Coiumois,
sitao1gh DC knew where thss CIV vas
located. lie vas able TO support herfy
Lnke, he said, and, OF course, ! want
10 keep my baby"
Mrs. Lefevre saf smiling az henry
Lake and irving TO Keep that blessed
baby still. Henry would talk out iouo
sfd acted as u the Whole anair vas
advertisement gotten np for DIS esps c'ai
hensfit. Aud, so u sas. ba' henry |
Luke considered u q laughing matter. |
Mrs. Lsfevrs stopped down over henry |
Lakes chair ana whispered SOMETHING
into that caarmins mite teaows ear
hitet hsscnNs -
Henry Luke stood up VI his enah, pa,
bis arms around ner Deck and ~nisireo
something into nef ear, ana mrs IL
fehre smiled on her boy ~ u ne W" zoe
best and smaftest enid In tnis oie'
round world.
| Inen Mrs. Leiesfe was eaiieo 70 .ne
witness stand. she said thas soc Iet'
her hnsoano because he uaon suV
ported Ter. sne had Done Sasn ing io'
reople In order to make money 20 sup
pofs herself. she went TO vofk IN sne
restaurant beesuse be w3uid noi give
her any money, ana sno hsa 70 90
something 10 live. lie whipped nes
several timfs. Once De kicSea Ger gu.
OF bed In her nigh; dress aud sne nao
90 go TO nefaheors Moose tEas nisot 10
sleep. Ihe giving to Der OF wv GAME
about 10 TINS Ssys Nnea tninRs nsu
come TO snch straits 'nst sue eooioh
live With oim any more; then ne Sanseu
10 sell bis property. he snefeo net
t2O. see 81 nrst refossd 70 tske tua.
sun, but Afterwards ftnecWd tnai
thefs was any Hoanie aoou. VIC se.le
| neut, TIE etpebs toaao ear " every