The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-16
Is. WILDER rs FREE.
Obtains q Divorce and Lib
eral Alimony.
.rosv or CRUELTY CONFIRMED.
-. oshsr Divorces Grsntsd-AnetheS
- - Eosd Law-Eam's aorn
CO n the Judges Hssds.

- divorce suit Of r. J. Wilder. the cut
= f;ekst agent formerly Of this city bat
- n Chicago. against his pretty little
-. y>,l,s r.. Wilder. who 10 cripple.
y. "a by Judge Humes yesterday and,
800 fsiIins 10 appear either In person
IS setorney, the divorce was granted
=. xe1sudsns according 70 her cross-com-
sssast She is given $3.50 alimony from
SIlanr's property, which Is not large, con-
s.1ins mainly Of Seattle real estate. said
9 8 heavily eneumbered. She 10 also
- 40 s:torney's fees and the costs
z, faxsd TO Wilder. There were no chill
wider and his wife came here not long
- their marriage at Orwell, VT, August
! 10. He started to selling railroad
S~k~ts for ticket brokers on commission
- son became . broker himself By
1w-ses he enlarged his business until last
~.rsne IL was one Of the largest Of the kind
Z de city, he having his Office a. the
euufhsass corner Of Second and Cherry
eFssts
II the mids. of his seeming prosperity
y suddeniy sold his business 10 his clerk
md isft the city last June for Chicago IL
- suspected that there was some trouble,
- noshins was definitely known until in
arptember he fled suit for q divorce. al
iaesnr his married life 20 be Undesirable by
,esson Of his wife's spitefui temper. He
ecupsajnsd that she had during the time
fhey we're living In Seattle been . con-
fsnsd opium eater; had by reason OF the
ksbst become irritable; had 1t one time
sasoxn bottle of hot water upon him,
thrown various other missiles At him and
upon one occasion, merely 20 annoy him,
lad broken into 1T Of screaming and,
rushing 20 the window of their apartments,
hsd Erred . revolver out Of the window.
Re claimed that his life was In constant
danger from her insane temper. and asked
~ divorce On that ground.
Together with this complaint was fled
Nm. Wilder's answer. She could not have
nsds more compiets denial. She claimed
list Gil the use she ever made Of opium
sas - . medicine to ailay nervous witch
ipr In the stump Of her right leg. which
hsd been amputated Ut the knee to cure
shits swelling. These twitchings, she
GAINED, nearly drove her wild with pain,
vt she had never used opium except
Sndsr the direction Of physician. As q
she said that her husband
shsn knocked her down. choked. beat
and kicked her In the most cruel manner.
ID sddition sho alleged that Wilder had
eniy pretended TO sell his business for the
purpose Of cheating her out Of her share of
~ community property and had received
% confederation for the transfer. Also
hat he had tsksn the furniture. her indi-
vidual property. and had sold II to Sec
ssd.hand dealer named Wakefield for .
FACTION of its value. She wanted both
Ialss declared illegal and divorce with
~ restoration Of her maiden nams. Nellie
u. Stiles.
Judge Humes yesterday heard the testi-
sony of Mrs. Wilder and her witnesses in
IMPORT OF this cross-complaint. IL was
lsArly all corroborativs Of the allegations.
NJ Mrs. Stiles. Mrs. Wildsr's mother,
fisa Bentyssn, . neighbor Of the WiIders
uhen they lived In Seattle. both told Of
ssny other instances Of Wilder's brutal
'rsAtmens A letter written by Wilder TO
IL wife last June was introduced in evil
|enee. In II he states frankly that he
lases her, and accuses her of misrepre-
sntation to him before their marriage,
nth consequent unhappiness.
Three other wives were or anted divorces
o the same court yesterday. all on the
rounds of non-suppors and abandon
nsnt Kittie Bengley was divorced from
ssol Bengley. 10 whom she was married
n Fond-du-Lac, Wis.,, on November u.
s79 She claimed that she was abandoned
n isse and the husband did not appear to
'ispnte her. There were no children.
bengley was formerly the proprietor Of .
'aloon on Pike street. He failed in busl-
hess. and afterwards. in ut of despond-
'ney, attempted suicide.
Della Hixon married Lewis Hixon at
Burlington. Ia. in 1851. and was divorced
rom him yesterday. She testified that
diron had been guilty of drunkenness.
nod neither Was he there To deny the
'hsrge. They have three children, the
youngest "A years OF age.
Ella Lurchin's charge OF abandonment
md non-support made against Horace l.
Larehin went unchallengcd. and divorce
re granted. She claims to have married
hin in Maine. March %, issa. They had
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