The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-11
SENSATIONAL DIVORCE SUIT.
c. III. ARNOLD OF ATLANTA AT
TACKS HIS WIFE'S HONOR.

She Denies His Allegations and
Charges That Her Husband and
Harry Hill Are in "a Conspiracy to
Get RID of Her without Paying
AIimOny-ROber 7. Pace Named as
Correspondent in the Case.
Atlanta. Ca. Feb. 10.--A sensational bill
Tor divorce has been filed in the superior
court by c. II. Arnold against his wife,
Mrs Ida H. Arnold. Mr. Arnold IS a
well known wholesale merchant and his
wife. who is very handsome, was a Miss
/ Pope. formerly OF Pike county. but her
father now being a professor in a large
college in Kentucky.
Mr. Arnold. who is rated close to 10000,
and has always occupied foremost posi-
ton in local business and so
ciety affairs, alleges that his
wife has been unfaithm to her marital
vows, and he names Robert IT. Pace, a
vselI-known railroad man, himself mar
Tied, as the correspondent The husband
alleges that he surprised Pace and his
wife together and that she confessed her
guilt both to him and in the presence of
witnesses.
Mrs. Arnold. on the other hand denies
an toto the allegations of the husband and
mas DleQ a cross NiI declaring lildN she
was coerced into making the confession OF
guilt In her relations with Pace at the
point of pistol. her husband threatening
10 kill her If she refused.
She alleges that he has been anxious for
q long while to secure a divorce and that
they had talked the matter over between
themselves frequently. Mr.. Arnold, she
says, entered into a conspiracy with liar
~ Hill, his brOther-in-laW, TO fasten the
charges they have made against her and
thus form the ground for the divorce pro-
made
on the ground named, IN order that her
husband may escape almOny. which he
Is well able to pay being wealthy.
The separation Of the couple dates back
10 Nov. II. when the husband alleges that
the crisis was reached. the wife and Mr..
Pace being discovered ia a compromising
situation by him. lie had gone out of
town on a business trip and returned, so
the story goes, unexpectedly
Mrs. Arnold. however, AYERS In her an
ewer that Mr.. Pace had been invited
10 spend the evening Al the house by
Arnold himself, who played cards with
him until late and then got him to re-
main all night. During the night, she
says, he went out and got a couple of
policemen and had them come in and en-
Ter the room where Pace was and then
go into her room. The policemen have
made affidavit that they saw nothing
TO warrant the charges made by the hus-
band. Mr.. Pace this afternoon also pub
fishes a long statement about the affair,
corroborating Mrs Arnold in the charge
that there Is a conspiracy on the part
y
Hill, to blacken the character of Mrs.
Arnold as well as cause a rupture in his
own family. He accuses Hill of sending
an anonymous communication TO his wife
concerning the alleged lason with Mrs.
Arnold. Pace also declares that he had
been a close friend to Mr. Arnold
for a long time, and that he went TO his
house the night in question at his eN-
press invitation. He knew nothing about
the visit of the policemen or the rupture
between Arnold and his wife until he was
awakened the next morning by their APP
pearance in his room. The lady was much
excited, and when he dressed and went
downstairs he was told of the charge made
BY Arnold. Afterward, however, Arnold
invited him to remain to breakfast, but
he declined, having resented the accusa-
lions touching his relations with the wife
in warm language.
Mrs. Arnold asks the court to give her
$500 a month alimony and $500 attorney
fees.
In his statement of the affair, Pace sug-
eests that If he had been guilty of what
Arnold accused. the proper course would
have been pistols at short range. The
case is likely TO have many sensational
features as il develops in the courts.