The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-21
WIFE ONLY IN NAME.
Frank Slauson's Plea Against
His Deserted Spouse.
GOULD NOT WAIT LEGAL TIME.
Before she Had Been Divorced sYx
g0sths, sh. Became His wis--A
Missing Gold watch

Mrs. Lucy Short sEansvn. after her alb
b-ev3ats3 marital experience with her
three weeks husband. Frank .. Slanson.
has been made defendant II acton % an
mi the marriage. the papers tn the case
having beeu served day before YESTERDAY
Tn ground Of action IS Simply thar Mrs.
Sl4ss@on. az the time OF the late so-caIled
marriage. bad been q dscorcez woman
less than six Months
Mrs. Siaason hss been unfortunate in
her matrimonial ventures. When bait
girl ot Il she was joined Ia wes3lock 10
Snort. somewhere In Ohio. and the union
WAS far from a happy one Her first hts-
band Is described as q man OF low tastes
an ordinations. and was accustomed. Il
was said. 70 treat his wife ia any way
but eonssderate one. refusing u fur
sELsh necessary clothing. and withholding
an times even the necessarfes OF life In
tIuse THE couple reached Seattle, but sepa-
rated, the husband going TO Snohomlsh-
Mrs. Short neariy a year ago began act
I've preparations for q divorce. bur be-
fore her complains, was filed she was
served with a summons TO defend SIM
lar action brought By her husband before
Judge Denaey. in the superior court at
and the decree signed in the THIRD week
OF June-probahly June 80
Just before he recent marriage with
young slagson. Mrs. Short vas told that
she was acting in opposition 20 the law,
but IT, is said that both she and her hus-
band were 10 eager 20 have the cere-
nony performed that they could not
wait even for the three OF four weeks
under the statute Of limitations to ex-
pire. Both are reported as saying that
they would take changes on the marriage
being legal. although they were told that
in ali likelihood the ceremony would have
10 be done over again before IL could be
recognized as valid.
Under the above circumstances the ac-
ton Is properly one TO annul the mar
riage and not for divorce. and coupled
with the decree. in case 10 defense rs
made. viii probably be an order restrain
ing Mrs. Slauson from using her has-
hands name and credit.
circumstance has developed that
throws a much stronger light than be-
fore on the sudden growth Of the in
harmonious relations Of the Slausons
and Airs. Short. 1t is nOthin. more nor
less than the mysterious disappearance
Slauson's father twenty years ago. 1t
has been missing ever since the morning
of the grand finale OF welded oneness
and the division OF the single path OF
the two lives into separate courses. and
no one has yet offered satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION. Zach Mrs. Slauson is said 10
declare that the other has the watch
tho mother that the wife has taken il
for revenge and for it's intrinsic value,
and the wife that the mother has hidden
il away In order 70 confirm her sen in
alternating his affections from the bride
Of yesterday. At any rate. the mix-up
IL complete. and neither party appears
10 know Just where he, she OF. IL stands.
The father OF the bride lives TN kitsap
county, and would probably provide her
with a home.
When the case is called In court. II II
ever is. the Slauson side Of the story
VIII be rehearsed by Herbert +. Shook.