The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-22
NORTHUMBERLAND
Mrs. Goddard's Story of Her
Husbands Persecution.
SEEKING RELATIVES IN MAINE.
A Seat tie Woman " no Can't Collect
Legacy Because Of Her Has
bands interference.

Mrs Anna Goddard. who has made this
city her home for some time. is the sub
ject Of much talk at present in Auburn.
Me. owing 20 the appearance there OF
Mrs. NJ. q. Young, OF Seattle, who states
in an interview published in the Lewiston.
Me-. Journal that Mrs. Goddard IS suffer-
ing both physically and socially. and that
her relatives are kept in Ignorance of her
true condition through the Vaccinations
of Mr. Goddard. The interes, of tue story
is enhanced by the fact that Rufus Shekels.
an uncle Of Mrs. Goddard. lett her $50, 600
two years ago, and for some unknown rea-
sons none OF il has reached her. Mrs.
Young says:
81 have come to Auburn at the request
Of my dear friend. Mrs. Anna Goddard.
who is suffering severely both physically
and mentally. | arm not tracing her for
tune. but trying TO find some Of her rela-
tives. who are wholly ignorant of her con-
dition and suppose from what her hus-
band writes that she Is cared for. Mrs.
Goddard has an uncle, q. r Shekels, and
a sister, Mrs. Nellie Emerson, who, she
thinks, reside in the vicinity of Auburn.
OF late through interference of some one,
she has not received letters from them.
She now finds herself shut OFT not only
from Them but also from her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson Shekess. who. when last
heard from, were in Berlin, Germany, FOR
the health of Mrs. shekels"
'1n the summer of 1891. while living At
Dodge City. Ia, Mr.. Goddard's treatment
of his wife became unbearabie. He knew
where her relatives were but would not
tell her. At times he would hold letters
from them in his hand. with the address
blotted, and after allowing her to read
part, would burn or keep them. Mrs.
Goddard soon left her husband and sup
ported herself and two little boys by
means of sewing. In the meantime my
husband and moved from Fort Dodge to
Seattle. where we worked as missionaries.
"As Mrs. Goddard became alarmed at
the actions OF her husband. who still re-
manned in the vicinity, she managed to get
money enough to come to US, the only
friends to whom she could come. Her
husband followed aud overlook her
When she saw him on the train she
tainted, and on revivIng found him seated
at her side. When they reached Seattle
they took rooms at hotel. As soon as
she found Us she told her story and wanted
to get rooms with US. These We freely
gave her. and she again told her husband
she would not live with HIM. He left her
for while, but finally returned, promis-
ing TO reform and tell her where her folks
were II she would promise no: to tell
tuetn OF MS treatment ana wOuid consent
to live with him. She yielded and soon
after began the correspondence about her
uncle's money.
Her uncle, q. r. Shekel,, was ap-
pointed administrator of the will, and.
according To the letters she received, the
money was deposited in an Auburn bank.
She next heard that the bank had failed.
A lawyer was then hired to collect the
money on the condition that each heir pay
81 600. Mrs. Goddard soon received q letter
from a lawyer giving his address as ]. L.
Banker, in care of ]. c. Frost. She agreed
to pay the 81, 900. and wrote him her uncle
would pay the money as soon as It was
collected. The lawyer wrote again, saying
there was so much work she would have
to pay him another 81 900. This she re-
fused TO do. At length her uncle wrote
that the money was ali right, but that
owing to some peculiar letters from her
husband he dare not send it until he knew
all the facts. Since then she has not heard
from him."
At last accounts Mrs. Young had found
no trace of her friends relatives. The
Youngs have lived at Hotel Downs. Edge
water, and we're connected with the Union
Mission that used TO have rooms in the
basement of the Seattle National Bank
building