The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-29
/ VERY BAD MORROW.
- Ballard Editor Put in q Bad
Light by His Wife
-. Wal swoRTH GETS DIVORCE
ssssA Of Mismaeea Couples Legally
espsssssd-Ths Wilkes school
Lead Case Again.

-. Norah Morrow has again had her
- il displaying TO the world the Incl
-. sad scenes Of her married life. Some
- go she began an action for divorce
.l.st her husband. r. r. Morrow. pub
- Of che Popuiist Ballard Ssarchiighs.
1 "a = ss once fiied IN the superior court
s.nbsr Of affidsvits tending TO show
- she vas violently insane and incapa.
!. II managing . household, and EN-
xs<ss . disposition 70 light the case
tf$xy.
n Morrow yesterday fled counter
.s1syits. she says that she has had con-
- Il her mind ever since her marriage.
- shas Morrow has tesrorixed her for
ens ysars. repeatedly ehoked and struck
- with bis fats. slapped her face. called
81 sils and ievd names. and on several
~r>ssons threatened to take her life, In
.neanenee Of which she VAS kept In
~astsns fear Of him and her health
AT IL she wanted 90 procure
divorce he would not oppose 1t. bat
vssld par ali costs aud attorney fees him.
nj Further she says that during the
.snmsr Of is92 they were living in Ogden.
4 Y,ab. and that Lillian saehsr, who figures
! naericnously ia the case. made her home
y.sh thsm and Was criminaiiy intimate
ssth Morrow Mrs. Morrow saws she had
| % asans TO support herself and the chill.
/ Ssen. and much against her wishes was
epnpsllsd to live with Morrow and to en-
1zrs his "vile. selfish ana uncouth prsc-
+ seea" Since the commencement of the
il - - .~w. Ma~rax ka~ ,u-r~a 1~
/ q her sole care and control the eldest of
l Asthree children. boy OF 9. but has kept
ee custody Of the two Others, although
/ kvesuse Of his immoral and dissoiute
ksblfs she considers him an improper per-
,es 10 care for them. She left Morrow
+ iaxust 7, fully determined never to re-
ara. bar one week later, yielding to \
jsnrng 10 see her children and to shield
rem from the indignities Of q public
sandal brought on by . dspraved hus-
hnd and father, she returned to him.
Almost immediately, she says. the chill
fren we're taken from her BY Miss Saeher,
sad Morrow again entered upon his sys-
4 sxmasic course of abuse. driving her almost
. 70 Distraction. which state Of mind. she de-
| s:rvs. he 10 pleased 20 call insanity. DIR.
dtncs. and knows nothing Of the family
sEsirs.
Annmber Of other affidavits we're filed.
pr. Waiter Johnson, who waited upon
Mrs. Morrow, says she suffered from acute
Drcssration on account of severe an xiety,
sad he believes her entirely rational. III.
Z Beach declares that II Is matter Of
| semmon report in Ballard that Morrow
md MISS saeher have been unduIy init
nate, and that he 10 not . tit person 70
bare the custody Of young children.
Esabetb A. ID. Mohr says the demeanor
4 Morrow and Miss Saeher has caused Sc
sre and unfavorabie criticism. and Mrs.
Enma V. kilworth affirms that the two
rssd like pair of lovers.
Lain NJ. Waisworth was yesterday
granted divorce from Chester Il. Wals-
usrsh by Judge Langley. This ends n
hmily quarrel. the details OF which have
Asstoiore become familiar 10 the Seattle
ysblie' the parties being we'll known In
His city.
Mrs. Walsworth testified to neglect and
san-support by her husband aud TO his de-
arng her TO receive ia their home persons
sho she thought ought not to be received
b any private house. She was followed
hy w Brown, her foster father, Eima
Hamilton. Katherine Fiaek and Laura r.
Davidson, who testified to the same effect.
iAongh specific instances of Walsworth's
dssllction were rather avoided under the
nsis eross-eIamination TO which the Wit
sssses we're subjected.
The prosecution restsd Its case at this
a Al. -
ton, which resulted in an agreement 10
tsbmit the case 10 the court without
fafther testimony. the defense Withdraw
iax the counter allegations Of the plain
TITS misconduct contained in tho answer
and cross-complaint.
ladge Langley granted Q divorce and
sssrsisd TO the mother the CUSTODY OF the
Ice children, both of whom are girls. one
enly Eve months old. Walsworth will be
ssassmbersd by many for the very active
Part he took in the search for Nellie Hol-
rass. the employe of MacDousal & South
slek. who, it was thought. had been
sFesned In Lake Washington. but who
tnslly rsappeared AT Lead, Oak.
In Judge Humes' court the divorce case
q Cora Anderson vs.. Carl Anderson was
tired The parties were married In this
ctr March ~. ls93, and in her complaint
Ms. Anderson alleged gross cruelty ard
ABANDONMENT The court awarded the de-
cree 10 the defendant
John ]. Fowler Was granted . divorce
ffcn Lena 7. Fowler, 10 whom he was
hrried twelve years ago in this city. The
freaad was incompatibility Of tempers-
BEAT
Nay V. Potter secured a divorce from
srsneis NJ. Potter, the marshal Of the
saa'lle cexey army. on grounds Of cruelty.
Martha Jane Halt was divorced from
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