Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-26
DESERET EVENING NEWS.
DIVORCE BY CLIMATE.
A HUSBAND AND WIFE SEPARATE
BY STRANGE CONDITIONS.

"With any heart disease one
could not live in Colorado; with any
lung disease, one might be able 20
live in Colorado only"
Such was the sentence OF death or
separation pronounced by DR.. Loo
mis-, Of this city, one Of the worlds
best known specialists in diseases Ct
the heart and lungs. A story OF
ma. vicious interest and startling
realism finds its climax in that sem
tence, pronounced by a court Of
medicine. For the law courts have
as yet failed TO recognize "divorce
by climate.''
The facts of the strange case
which eliminated in the lifelong
SCRANTON Of two loving hearts
about which the golden chain Of
matrimony has been cast are these:
Edgar l.. WyncoOp was, until year
or two ago, one Of New Haven's
wealthiest and most highly esteemed
citizens. Inheriting an ample for
tune from his parents, he took
thorough course at Yale
college and was graduated
with honor. 4 physique not nat
urally robust prevented him from
INDUCING to any great extent in
athletic sports and exercises, Tut no
attention was at that time attracted
TO what proved TO be the seeds Of
pulmonary disease already developed
In his frame. Leaving college
young Wyncoop went into no pro-
fession or business. His means
rendered such a course unnecessary,
and he bad the tastes OF n man OF
elegant leisure, the habits Of n
scholar as well as n man Of the
world. Related by birth 10 some Of
the most distinguished families in
Connecticut, he soon took a promi-
nent position in New Haven So
ciety.
Nr. WyncOop's attentions to one Of
the bellies Of New Haven society
were suddenly interrupted by the
announcement on high medical
authority that he would have 10 20
west for his health. Up to that time
nobody in his large circle Of friends
and acquaintance had suspected
that his health was in any way less
secure than that OF his associates.
Something Of 4 social sensation was
the result Of the announcement.
Could there be any other reason
than his health for Mr.. WyncOOp's
apparently abrupt resolve TO leave
the associations Of lifetime? Surely
not pecuniary reasons; that much
was certain. He was trustee for no
estates and had the management Of
nobody's fortune but his own. The
young woman TO whom he had be-
gun 10 show atIentiOIsyhich might,
it was supposed, result in a mar
riage, was in every way lovely and
worthy. No, there could be nothing
but his health.
In June, lSSS, WyncOOp went to
Colorado, Travelled through the
mountains during the summer and
in the autumn settled down to a res
idence at Colorado Springs. The
permanent colony Of invalids there
or rather Of persons who would
have been invalids had they
resided anywhere else-sOon found
him an agreeable addition to
their ranks. Heand young Greville
Hannaford, an English younger
son, whose brother had a ranch up
in North Park, stabilized an in
timacy and made long shooting and
fishing excursions into the noun.
tains. On one occasion they ascend
ed Pixies Peak aud remained on the
summit all night. Mr.. WyncOOp'5
health seemed thoroughly restored.
The disease processes in his lungs
seemed permanently arrested, and
the past ravages Of the pulmonary
bacillus seemed healed.
\ lively correspondence had been |
kept up with his friends in New |
Haven and in May, 1859, it was de- |
Cided that he had been sufficiently
restored 10 health 10 warrant his |
return East. When he got back
everybody was surprised st his ro-
bust appearance and congratulated /
him on his complete restoration 10 |
health. WyncoOp re-entered with /
new zest on the social pleasures and |
OF which he had grown |
50 fond before his departure.
His cOuTtship Of Miss Garrison |
was renewed. She was the daughter |
Of one Of New Haven's Oldest /
merchants and n charming girl. |
They were married last July and |
set up house of their own, beauti- |
fully furnished, a nest IN which the I
most flstidious turtle doves would |
find no difficulty in cooling. AS n
married couple and lavish enter |
tainers their accession to society was
highly priced.
But the curse was working. BY
the continued dampness |
and denseness Of the atmosphere Of |
New Haven, a city which suffered |
with the whole North Atlantic coast |
from the unusual atmospheric con-
ditiOns Of last summer, has again set |
in action the processes Of disease in |
Mr.. WyncOop's lungs. 1t became |
evident that he could ID survive a
winter in New England.
Then the doctors issued the first |
Of their dread DEGREES: Break up /
your establishment, sell your furni-
ture or ship it to Colorado Springs |
aud bid goodbye to the home Of /
your childhood and manhood.
Death will speedily ensue II you try
to maintain residence on the At
lantic coast, where tine changes Of
temperature are so rapid. 1t is Col
orado or death with YOU"
The journey to Colorado Springs
was finally made. Mr.. and Mrs.
WyDsoop reached there in October
and were received with open arms.
Her husbands former friends now
became friends OF them both. They
looked about them, found another
house to their liking and again be-
gan the work Of building UP a home.
The choicest Of their household be-
in the East were shipped
out TO them and they soon had the
pleasure Of receiving their friends
in one Of the most handsomely ap-
pointed mansions in the colony.
Soon IL was noticed that Mrs.
cheeks began 10 pale and
her manner lost its animation. She
was the victim Of unaccountable
fits Of depression and her condition
gave her husband great alarm. The
lest medical advice was taken, with
his result:
The doctors Issued another death
sentence, the exact antithesis OF the
inst. "AIrs. WyncoOp," said they,
you have an affection OF the heart
which was and would continue la
.ent during residence on the Allan
lie coast Further stay in this high
Y refined atmosphere means GER
ain and speedy death for you. You
must go back TO New Haven. You
must live by the seashore where the
Iir is least refnej,D Mrs. Wyn-
cop, heartbroken. babe her husband
what they both deemed an eternal
Idieu and went back TO New
Haven.
Now here was and IS something
hitherto unheard of-an absolute
livorce by climate. The wife cannot
i've in Colorado or in any mount
linous country; the husband can