The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-01
FOUR DIVORCES.
The Principals and Witnesses in
the Downs Case Figure
IN THAT MANY DIVORCE SUITS.
The Down. cn., will be Heard by Squire
ArLis thi, Afternoon Downs was Fore
msrly wheeling Postal cisrk-Iii.
'Fitrtationn with a Young Woman of
Petroieam Caused Troubls-iIow the
Other Principal. FlSur. In ihl, Case.

Mrs. Jennie Downs, wife OF John II.
Downs. formerly Wheeling postof-
fee clerk, and we'll known in this city,
Is making considerable trouble FOR her
"hubby" and another chapter OF the
drama Will be untolded before a curious
audience this afternoon in Squire Ar
kle's court. The peculiar feature OF the
Downs case is tina. the principals and
witnesses In Il include four principals
In as many suits FOR divorce now pend
ing in the courts OF Yves. Virginia and
Ohio.
Downs was married about fifteen
years ago and has one child, Nellie,
who is now In her fifteenth year. Three
or four years ago Downs and his wife
separated, but soon after they became
reconclled ard lived together at Allie
gheny, where he made his hcadquar-
tiers. being commercial traveller.
While In Allegheny he received a let
ter fcom young lady In Petroleum,
". Va, whom he had met. In which she
said that she realized that she could
not live without him and would marry
him rs he had before requested. Mrs.
Downs. 1t seems. read the, letter and
upbraidcd Downs for his intidellty. The
result was another separation.
Downs remained at Allegheny until
last September, when his place was
burned out He then went to live With
q brother in Steuoenvlne- Recently he
obtained employment OF William
Schwerttege-, the harness manufacture
er, OF Wheeling, as q traveller.
After Downs had left her. Mrs.
Downs wrote TO the Petroleum girl. tell
Ing her that the man whom she adored
was already married. The West Nir-
gin!a woman very sensIbly sent to
Mrs. Downs the letters that Downs had
written her. Most Of them were couch
ed in the most endeariug terms.
After going TO Steubenrille, Downs
became acquainted with 4 certain light
haired woman, = Mrs. Euskins, whom
Euskins rented rooms IN the famous
Paper Mill alley. which branches off
Main street, between Twenty-frst ard
Tweaty-second Streets She had two
rooms only.
Last week Mrs. Downs came to town
IN search OF evidence that would aid In
winning her suit FOR divorce. She track
ed Downs and the Husl.irs woman 20
the notorious Cottage House in Mar
tins Ferry. and later to the place oc-
cupie6 by the Euskins woman in Pa
per Mill alley. this city. Securing
warrant from Squire Ankle. which was
placed IN the hands os q constable. she
went 10 the alley and tried to effect an
entrance. Before the officer could get
inside. Downs had managed 10 fix
|. things so there was no discriminating
evidence beyond the fact that the pair
were locked In the same room Mrs.
Huskins told the people OF the neigh
bo!hoo6 that her husband" was
travelling man. In the unfinished hear
ing before Squire Ankle. Downs told
the justice that he was giving Mrs.
EuskIns 81 q week fec board. lust to
help her out" and that he was not al
the place mora than once in four weeks.
TIE attorney for Mrs. Downs. Mr..
Dryden. suggested tia; Il would be bet
Ter IL Downs were paying the ''a
week" 10 his own wife fo- the support
OF thei- own child.
4 most peculiar feature OF the case,
which will be heard by Squire Ankle
this afternoon. IS that the principals
and witnesses include the principals In
four suits for divorce that are now
pending in the courts OF Ohio. Penrsyl-
vania and IVES: Virginia. Mr.. Huskins,
the husband OF the Mrs Huskins who
figures 81 prominently in the Downs
case. IS sueins Tor divorce in the courts
OF Belmont county. across the river;
Ben Martin has suit in the Ohio coua-
~ courts agains: Mrs. Martin, another
witness. Mrs. Downs has instituted a
suit against her husband In the Ohio
county circuit court. and Mrs. Luke.
(AiollIe Rowley). or Mr. Luke. her hus-
band, is TO sue Tor divorce. And on top
OF all these there Is said 10 be another
divorce suit abou: TO BE- sprung In
which. one OF the principals Is connect
ed with this same Downs case.