The evening world., 1894-03-16
GARDNER WANTS A DIVORCE.
Finds Letters He Alleges We're Sent by the
Conductor Of the Milk Train.

william II, Gardner, of Central ave-
nue.. H~ackensack. called Upon Lawyer
K. NJ. Hart yesterday and prepared to
begin proceedings for divorce. alleging
unfaithfulness.
Mr.. Gardner found three letters in his
wife's bureau drawer. The letters. now
in the possession of Lawyer Hart. read
as follows:
Dear Friend I received your letter and am glad
to hear from you. | forgot your novel, but | viii
send you one some night. would like to see you
bills and nurse and taxes and every other d
'n D"sr hi Friend nd S M,4 p'id' I am al. rKiES slod ' 10 s:ar
from yea, and would like to see you twice a
moth. but | can't, do IL. l have not got the
to 5 me to Jersey City. but last night l played
cards and ,ott SIS. ! would like to see you and
Nellie. | have another baby home. 1t is a girl,
| NUT see you II ! can. | am afraid to write
too many letters. He may find 1t out. From your
Dear MARY: 1 received your letter and was
very glad to hear that you are well again. You
to sec you then. but l will not be able to until
after the 18th. have not got the needful. |
suppose YOU are Just as hard up as l am. II you
have plenty OF money come as soon as you can.
II not walt until the 18th. Your loving friend.
The Correspondent is John r. Lee, con-
ductor of the milk train on the Susque-
hanna and Western Railroad. He Is
married and lives at Middletown, N. Y.
For many years he was a conductor on
a S~usquehanna passenger train, but was
transferred about two years ago.
All the letters written to Mrs. Gardner
are on railroad blank used on the milk
train, None of them is dated and none
passed through the Post-Omce. The
milk train usually reaches H~ackensack
about 9 o'clock every night, on its way
to Jersey City. 1t is supposed that some
the conductor and deliver them.
Mr., Gardner is one of the two sons Of
the late Thomas NJ. Gardner, who made
a fortune in the sawmill business in Ar
and q painter. He owns the house he
lives in on Central avenue. He was mar
ried in 1876 to Mary Corwin, at Schraal-
enburgh; There are three children, the
twelve months old; Mr.. Gardner looks
to be about thirty-fve.
We ave been married eighteen years,
and up to five or six years ago lived
very happy together" he said. But
one or W little things happened which
caused me to distrust my wife. One day
we were on a Susauehanna train. when
she smiled at the conductor as he
minutes later she asked me If I wouldn't
go into the smoker. / was surprised at
this request. and ~laughingly answered,
tsIR TO is thu the t sGo5Sis DO ys you wan ! t to
answered. You had better look out, for
some day l may skip off with him.
II didn't take this as u joke. as some
men would, but weighed the remark.
leaving home. and staying away over
night. / did not worry about this at
the time as she told me she visited her
aunt in Paterson. But the truth shows
Itself in the letters. and her staying
place was no doubt Jersey City Instead
Of Paterson. My suspicious became
aroused yesterday. because there was a
drawer In her bureau which she kept
locked, and never let me look over its
contents. I was determined to make
an investigation, and broke into the
drawer. ] have applied for a divorce.
Now let the law take its course"