The herald., 1896-02-07
SUES HIS M01HER-|N-LAN
A. Shelton Claims She AIienated
His Wife's Affections
MARRIED ONLY A MONTH
The Husband Asks for Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars Damages
The Second Chapter Of the EIopement Case
OF Arthur Shelton and Maud Wynn,
Who Herried for Love

Arthur Shelton has sued his mother-in-
law. Mrs. Anna Wynn, for $25, 900 dam
ages for alternating the affections of his
wife, and for this amount he has asked the
superior court of this county to give him a
judgment.
In his complaint, which was filed yester-
day, Arthur Shelton says that he was mar
ried to Miss Maud Wynn, the daughter of
the defendant, on January 9Th, in this city {;
that while he and his wife were on their
wedding trip and stopping at the Vendome
in San Francisco, the defendant, his wife's
mother, wrongfully contrved, with false
slanderous statements about him, made to
his wife with intent to injure him, did
ALLEVIATE her affections and deprive him of
her love, comfort, society and assistance !;
that she did maliciouslv entice his wife
away from him and her then residence to a
separate residence in the city Of Los
Angeles; that by reason of these facts the
plaintiff has been wrongfully deprived by
the defendant of the comfort and society
of his wife and has suffered great distress
OF body and mind.
In this city Arthur Shelton is we'll and
favorably known, and from now hence
forth and forever more he will be better
known. If he is not made famous, by the
filing of this very anomalous suit.
Mr.. Shelton is the first man in Southern
California who has he d the courage to sue
his mother-in.law for heavy damages for
alternating the affections of h wife.
1t was just month ago at 2 o'clock noon
yesterday that Mr. shelton was united in
marriage at the First Baptist church to the
then Miss Maud Wynn.
Mr.. Shelton had been acquainted with
his bride for some time, and they were
both supposed to be .'dea in love with
each other," as the saying goes.
Mrs. Wynn, the now defendant mother
in.law, conducted swell lodging house on
Broadway, and young Mr.. Shelton roomed
there.
The courtship of Mr.. Shelton and Miss
Wynn progressed very satisfactorily until
there came along capitalist from Arizona.
He put up at the Wynn house and became
acquainted with Mrs. Wynn and with Miss
Wynn.
The capitalist from the territory became
very much enamored of Miss Wynn and
her winning ways and proposed for her
hand. -..t-
Mrs. Wynn wanted her daughter to ac-
cept the matrimonial offer of the man
from Arizona. 1t is said that Mrs. Wynn
was quite insistent that her daughter
should take it in. and that finally Miss
Maud did agree to marry him. although
she had but one real love ia the person of
Arthur Shelton, the now plaintiff.
The day was set for the wedding-Janu-
ary 9th at p. m. But when that hour ar
rived Miss Wynn was not on hand.
The reason of her absence was owing. to
the fact that at II o'clock noon of that day
she became the wife of Arthur Shelton
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
DR.. Daniel Reed of the First Baptist
church. AT 2 p. m. Mr.. and Mrs. Shelton,
nee Wynn. were on their way to San Fran
cisco, and at 4 p. M. when she was to have
been married TO the man from Arizona,
she was riding through Soledad canyon in
sleeping car with her legal husband.
There were number of dodgers in Mrs.
Wynn's house friendly toward Shelton and
they had all assisted him and his bride in
carrying out their little scheme of elope.
ment.
All of Mrs Sheltons belongings in the
way of wardrobe, ETC., she succeeded in
carrying away with her. Her mother
knew nothing about it until it was all over
with. Then, it was said, she was very
much put out to think that her plans had
been thwarthed.
The second chapter OF the elopement is
the commencement of the damage suit
which is self explanatory.