The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-26
COLEMAN'S FUNNY CAPERS.
He Does the Continent With California
Belle.
And May Lose His Pretty Wife and Her
Millions in Consequence.
Pittsburg Post.

IlttspuIg Iusl.
About seven years ago the we'd
ding of William r. Coleman to Miss
Carrie B. Sproull put the most fash
ionable society circles in the East
End in a whirl. In fact the little
eddies of interest widened until both
cities were in ripple. OF all the
brilliant weddings in high life this
one outshone the season. People
talked about it for months after.
Yesterday in common pleas court
No. l, suit for divorce was filed
which again set the nerves of the
upper ten on edge and started all
the tongues to wagging. Carrie b.
Coleman is the plaintiff in the suit
and William II. Coleman the defend
ant. The libel alleges that the de-
PENDANT was unfaithful to his mar
riage VOWS, especially since his in
fatuation with Miss Florence Gil
bert, dashing California belle, in
whose company he is supposed to be
now doing the continent. Other
charges, similar in their nature, en-
belish the pages of the bill.
A near relative of Mrs. Coleman, a
gentleman well known in business
circles, was induced to give a history
of the case yesterday afternoon. 1T
may surprise you to know" he said,
"that | have not seen Carrie Mrs.
Coleman, to speak to her, for six
months; you might say since she
returned from her European tour
with her husband. While it has
been known that their marital rela-
tions were very much strained, she
had few confidants among her rela-
tions, Charles c. Craft, her uncle,
being possible the only one. To him
she took her case as she would her
lawyer, and together they prepared
the suit for divorce. She was very
much Frustrated by the actions Of
her husband and doubtless would
have brought suit sooner had she not
shrunk from the notoriety and ex-
citement incident to it. | cannot
how Coleman could treat
his wife in the manner be did, for
she thought the world of him and is
of sweet, forbearing disposition.
know, too that the first few years
of their married life was an unbrok-
en- spell of harmony. 1t seemed that
their breaking up housekeeping was
the first step toward trouble. They
travelled, and that led Coleman to
meet his fate in California. don't
know much about this woman Gil
bert, but understand she is an adj
ventures whose Establishments have
gotten q good many men out of the
straight path. But Coleman, it
seems to me, was ineXcusable, for
his wife is one of the most fascina-
ting little women imaginable. She
was for years the pet of society cir
cles in which she moved, and would |
be so yet, doubtless, had not this un-
pleasant affair transpired. No, there
cannot be any doubt from what
earn that Coleman is now travelling
with Miss Gilbert. The plaintiff
has positive evidence to that effect.
He has been absent since August
last, when he met this woman in
New York city and boarded a steam
er for Europe"
For generations back the families
Of both parties to this suit have been
prominent in Pittsburg business and
social circles. Mrs. Coleman is the
daughter of Isaac Sproull, one of
millionaires and most
prominent citizens. James S. Craft,
deceased, was her grandfather. Rich
family estates will come to her by
succession. Mrs. Caroline Bloomer,
who died in Washington, d. c., on
Tuesday, was the daughter and chief
heiress of James S. Craft and owned
large tracts of land in Oakland and
Grafton. A good portion of this
will go to her niece, Mrs. Coleman.
William G. Coleman, the defend
ant in the suit, is also a member of
one of Pittsburg's oldest families,
being a son of the late William Cole
man, who left large fortune behind
him. The defendant in this suit is
part owner in the Grand Opera
House, and is prominently identified
with other business ventures in
Pittsburg. The late Thomas M.
Carnegie was his brother-in-law.