The evening world., 1894-05-31

associations at the home Of his wife's
parents, Harrell secured a position with
the firm OF Sherman. Clay q Co. a
Francisco, and was made the general
selling agent for Seattle and Washing
ton.
after he had been there four months
and established himself. His wife
pleaded sickness and stayed behind
sooner he est atsh ssn his Out little af ho nse nd
at Seattle when, his trouble began again.
He says that he found that his wife's
affections had already been %alienated by
write to her frequently. MIR. Harrell
soon discovered the correspondence. His
wtfe's mother also used to write to LIZ
make her dissatisfied with her married
life, according to the husband.
The result. was Mrs. Harrell wanted
to go home frequently, and in one year;
5000 for railroad fares alone for his wife's
journeys W Seattle and Brooklyn,
10 say nothing Of hotel and other travel
On each Of these occasions she would
remain In Brooklyn several weeks. and
Harrell learned that she had renewed
expenses OF these visits increased SO
greatly that Harrell found he could not
afford 1t, and, broken in fortune. he
thought he would try his luck In the
East again, so he went to Pittsburg and
set up an establishment as a florist.
His wife still kept. up her frequent
visits to her. parents, home. and from
letters which Harrell, received from
wife's intimacy with Shaw was becom-
Ing a matter Of talk among the set to
which they belonged. Her mother. he
say approved of her daughters course
with Shaw.
Then came the hard times, and after
a long struggle Harrell wa sforced TO
/ ah4 SO .~l L.. n - 80 ~.V Last rta. -~r,
PEELED to make an assignment for the
benefit OF his creditors. For a long time
his wife had shown marked coldness to
p prsten nne az af's %dis s,s fai!uT her she dls msee f 99
him.
Then. he says. one day last February
she made a confession to him and told
admitted frankly that she loved another
and that her life with him was miser-
able. She said she had resolved to leave
him and go back to her parents.
He protested. Then followed recrimi-
nations, and finally she told him she
would leave him whether he tried TO
Pesve 90 h %nyt Gr not and Me S beside ne S Senls
broken down in health. he had lost
his heart in the worry and anxiety at;
tendant upon his business troubles and
her. to go. and Feb. q last. taking her
child with her, she left, her home in
Plttsburg and went back to her
ilo'ilt n iiohoc ia
The breaking up Of his home was fol;
lowed by a long Illness. n Harrell
has since been unable to devote himself
to any business. When he was able to
settle up his business affairs in Pitts
burg, Harrell came TO New York and
put his case In the hands of Lawyers
Howe e. Hummcl.
Unknown to his wife and her friends,
he has kept watch of all her move
ments, and detectives have been en-
ployed to secure the evidence upon
which the suit has been based. His law
yers tell him, he says, that he has a
strong case. and that there is not a link
Harrell IL cry bitter against Shaw, and
accuses him OF being the source OF al
his troubles. both In business and in his
He says his wife is very headstrong
and violent in her disposition. and he
fears that harm may come to the child,
OF which he is very anxious TO obtain
apply to the Court at once for an order
giving the boy into his care, pending
the settlement of the action for di-
vorce. on the ground that the mother
is not n proper person to retaln the
custody OF the infant, He says he has
learned that the child has been sent tC
live with relates of Mrs: ,Harrell:
lily that settled in Harrellsville Hert'
ford County. n. G.. away back in the
seventeenth century His mothers fam
lily name Is Houghton, which is also ar
old North Carolina family.
Both his parents are now living at
as THE Belhurst." Before the var they
were very wealthy and owned large
plantations In North Carolina and had
many slaves.