The Washington times., 1895-03-02
MR.. WALKERS FOURTH WIFE
She Says He Is Rich, But Does Not
Properly Provide for Her.
He Declares That She Is Weary OF Him Be-
cause He is Thirty Years Older
and Wants His Money.

A man worth $500, 600 who failed to pro
vide properly for his fourth wife is one
side of picture shown by a bill for divorce
| filed here yesterday. An old man, of whom
| his wife thirty years younger is weary and
whose money she would like TO have, is the
other story.
John Walter, of No. 1o11 E street north
west, is the defendant. He owns much prop
erty, though he lives very plainly, and is a
trustee of the Dutch Evangelical Lutheran
| Church, at Twentieth and G streets north
west His wife, Johanna, left home Wed
nesday, he says, without his knowledge,
and when he next heard of her she was at
the Garfield Hospital As soon as he could
he went out 10 see her.
He found her in the poor ward, and at
I once told lier she must not stay there. He
| had her removed to a private room and paid
I $40 for her board for week. for which he
|. showed the receipt. He visited her there
! yesterday. and she said she thought they
!. could not live together again, but he heard
| from The Times reporter first OF any suit
r for divorce. ~
In her statement Mrs Walter says they
7 were Married on November %, 1888, by
/ Rev. John Mueller of Concordia Church.
/ about forty Her maiden name was Megies.
! They lived together till February 2T last,
! when she, made sick by his treatment and
| failure to supply heat, light, necessary
clothing, and medical attendance, was
| taken 10 Garfield Hospital She says he
| obliged her 70, live in a room 10 by II,
| filthy, and poorly ventilated. He was
| quarrelsone and abusive, causing her great
! pain, humiliation. and disgrace He kept
her under strict surveillance and subsection
by intimidation, He threatened to kill her.
When she was sick he told her she had better
get up and prepare food for him or he
would treat, hsn as he had his three
previous wives, all dead
When theY married he had three chill
dren of his third wife. aged respectively
three, five, and seven years, He had
wanted somebody to take care EFF them,
but recently had said to her they were big
enough 10 take care of themselves and OF
his home, and did not need q wife any
| longer He had deserted her, and refused
| to support her. and ill-treated her.
Asking for alimony and attorneys fee,
she says he owns property worth $500,
! 600. II is assessed for taxation at ST. :
/ 51S. She thinks his income amounts to
| 81 600 a year. Joseph 7. Hunter is her
attorney.
Mr. Walter has lived in this city fifty
] three years. He is native OF Hulbrunnen,
/
the public schools, learned his trade as
a cabinet-maker, and came to this country
in 1S41. He owns, he says, No. 1011 Z
street northwest and other property in
that vicinity but not enough to give him
half the income alleged. He says he hass sup
piled his family abundantly, and If his
house is filthy his wife has been his house.
keeper.
His wife was a servant when he first met
her. She was from Polish Prussia and
did not know how to write She told him
she had no relations, but soon after their
marriage he heard she had a son. She
denied this, but said Fred Schloesser was
her nephew and brought him to live with
| them.
! When his wife was sick she wanted to
beat his daughter, and he said she could
not be very Sick She was sitting up wher
he left home on February 2T, and when he
| got back she was gone.