The Washington times., 1894-12-26
MRS MHELEss, ANSWER.
She Did Nor Condone Her Husbands Al.
legged Infideiity.

legged Infideiity.
Attorneys Shellabarger and Wilson, repro
senting Mrs. Maud WheIess in her suit for alb
solute divorce from her husband, Malone
Wheless, and possession of their only child,
will Immediately file an answer to the demur-
rer of Mr. Wheless, entered by his lawyers j.
Coleman and e. B. Hay, who propose to
make an argument upon the point that Mrs.
Wheless does not assert in her petition that
her husbands infldelity With Mrs. Hay, wife
of DR.. Hay, OF the Weather Bureau, was with
out the consent and conformation OF the
wronged wife.
''How could the infldelity of my husband
with Mrs. Hay been with my consent and con-
donation, when it wa carried on for long
while without my immediate knowledge Y'
asked Mrs. Wheless when seen yesterday in
regard to that feature of MIR. Wheless' de-
murrer.
She bad but shortly before returned from
services at st. Pauls Episcopal Church, OF
which parish she is regular attendant, and
spoke with much emotion She had roken
down and wept. she said during the services
rs they recalled to her mind many circum-
stances in connection with her spiritual rela-
tions with the church.
when the choristers arose to chant the
professional hymn" she said. ~ could not
stand on my feet. and fell PROSTATE over the
rail OF the pew whore wept as the thoughts
came to my mind of my two little children
buried from the church. my little daughter i'll
at home aud the joyous character of the day.
1t seemed to NE the singing, the prayers and
sermon were all for my special benefit. and
felt better when the services were ended"
Returning to ;he subject OF her husbands
demurrer Mrs. Wheless said that It was
simply legal technicality which her attor-
neys would lose no time in remedying, and
she openly charged one of the lawyers OF Mr..
Wheless with unprofessional conduct i'll al
tempting, under the guise OF friendship and
sympathy for her, to secure the evidence she
had accumulated while for three months pre-
vious he had been retained by Wneless.
Mrs. Wheess insists that the demurrer is
only entered TO project Mrs. Hay, and claims
it will have no foundation to stand upon. as
she is in possession of indisputabIe testimony
te prove that Wheless was intimate with Mrs.
Hay previous to Their going together and
stopping at the same hotel in Charleston,
and later at the Wherss house. which tn g
latter furnished after Mrs Wheless went o
Florida. and again at the Hay residence in
November
Mr.. Whelass continues his S35 a week al
lowance or the maiDtenance OF his wife and
child, who are opring with the mother of
Mrs. Wheless, at No 1909 Twenty-sixth street
northwest, who maintains that Wheess is in
her deit for keep, car fare, clothes and
spending money supplird him during
several years Of idleness These weekly co.,
triDulions have been furnis ed since June
last and are payable at one OF the ranks on
Monday of ca n week. Last week Mrs Mhe-
less was compelled, owing to the kDe : OF
her child, to draw SO in advance. and when
she called at the bank Monday there was a
check for $40 for her. She declined TO ac-
cept it, however, and insisted upon the SO
she had previously drawn being deducted
from her gular allowance.
with the S25 I bought my little girls
Christmas toys, collie dog Tor her, and IA d
my mother our board. she said. She also
expressed indignation with her husband for
Offering her such paltry Christmas gift as
increa iny her check TO $50 and proifering it
through third party.
Il he wanted to he man he would have
sent my mother. who maintained him for
three years, Christmas gift remarked the
lady.