Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-27
AWKWARD FOR ADDICKS
Candidate For the Senate Sued
 For Divorce.
MRS. IDA CARR WILSON NAMED.

tune Out of Gas and Who Wants to Go to
 the Senate From Delaware In Place of
 Higgins, Says the Charges Are False
 PHILADELPHIA, Nov. a7.-The news that Mrs. J. Edward Addicks has begun suit for divorce from her husband will undoubtedly create n sensation in social and business circles in New York. Boston and Newport. ns we'll as Philadelphia, where both MT. and Mrs. Addicks are we'll known. The utmost secrecy has been observed by the attorneys representing the wife. and very little can be learned as to the nature of the allegations con tained in tho libel. which was filed In court in Wilmington. Del, more than n month ago and Immediately impounded The news would not have become public were it not for the fact that tho court rules require that service should bo made and the notice in court by the last Mon day in November.
 The summons to answer the charges was therefore served upon Mir. Addioks on Saturday last and he acknowledged the service. notice thereof being filed Monday.
 Mir. Addicks was found at the Union league by a reporter, who showed him the dispatch from Wilmington containing the news that the suit had been filed. In response to & question Mir. Addicks said: ''The charges are entirely false. trial of the cause will demonstrate this That Is all have to say
 MT. and Mrs. Addicks were married in this city in 1889. tho bride being n daugh- ter of the lato Washington Butcher. one of tho best known merchants in Phila- delphia- They have never had any chil- drcn. but Mir. Addicks has n daughter by his first wife, who was tho sister of the present Mrs. Addicks. Tho daughter. who is very fond of her stepmother. is said to favor the latter in the present con | troversy.
 \ SeiEhbor Correspondent. Although living most of the time ir other parts of the country, Mir. Addicks has for Is years claimed Claymont. Del, O small town just over the Pennsylvania line, about To miles north of Whining ton, as his home and has voted there. HC has, however. always lived n portion oi | each year at his handsome country seat al l Claymunt. Adjoining the Addicks place is the magnificent estate or Mrs. Ids 1 Carr Wilson. who is named by Mrs. Ad dicks as tho correspondent in tho case. Mrs. Wilson. who Is said to be n talent | cd, fascinating woman of 10 or 45. once
 leader in society. is tho widow of Joseph | B. Wilson. at one time prominent in Del aware affairs, who died in 1886. The Ad
 dicks and Wilson families. living on ad 1 joining es.atos. naturally became inti
 mate, and 1t was this intimacy that caus ed Mrs. Addicks to finally loavc her hus l band.
 Mrs. Wilson's place, to which she givci l the romantic name of MiraGores is dc | scribed as being n handsome house, witt 1 every modern improvement. The grounds
 are laid out with beautiful walks anC drives and one of the features is n lily 1 pond. The stable Is well stocked with fin, | carriages of all descriptions and n mum
 ber of driving and saddle horses. Tn, | libel filed " Mrs. Addicks alleges tha
 this establishment Is maintained at tn, ! expense of Mir. Addicks, and that he ha l for years spent much of his time in thi company Of Mrs. Wilson, neglecting hi | lawful wife. and finally by his conduc compelling hor to leave him.
 May spoil His Chances For the Senate. What effect tho action Of Mrs. Addick | will have upon the senatorial aspiration l of her husband can only be conjectured l Up to the present time all signs hav l pointed to Mir. Addicks as tho successo of Anthony Higgins in the United State senate. The legislature of Delaware wil l elect n senator on Jan. i5
 The divorce case will bo referred to ! commissioner. who will take the testimon, 1 in private, and unless ho files his matte
 in court it is not likely that much will b
 known of the allegations of Mrs. Addick | and the testimony she has to suppor 1 them.
 In addition to Herbert H. Ward O
 Wilmington, Mir. Addicks has as counse
 George L. Crawford, now acting as maste
 in the various suits against the Roadin l railroad and it is stated that ho will ala
 employ Senator George Gray.
 Henry .. Cattell of this city, who is tn
 leading attorney for Mrs. Addicks, polite
 ly but firmly declined to say anythin
 about the case Ho expressed regret tha
 even the fact that the suit had bee
 brought had become public property. H
 said that he did not consider that in case
 of this sort an attorney should make an
 statement for publication. Mir. Addick
 is at present stopping with relatives |
 n suburb of this city.