The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-16
TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY
Maybe Mrs. ". w. Dimond IL q Bad Lot and
Maybe She Isn't

San Francisco, Cal, Jan. 15.-The
steamship Monowai brought the news OF
sensational elopement from Honolulu,
as the result Of which two homes have
been made unhappy by the principal par
ties of the scandal. On board the steam
er Coptic. which sailed from Honolulu
for San Francisco on New Years day,
were Charles billiard Wilson and Mrs.
w. w Dimond Both have left Ha-
waii. probably never to return. Mrs. Di-
mond leaves behind her husband, who
is broken down by her unfaithfulness,
and little girl baby years Of age.
On New Years day, 1895, just two
years TO the day of his departure. Chas.
p. Wilson arrived in Honolulu from Sc
attic. He was accompanied by his bride
Miss Jessie French. whom he had mar
ried in Seattle the night before his COM
ing to Hawaii. Wilson came here as
drummer in the government band. He
afterward obtained employment as keep
err in Hebron's drug store, Both he and
his wife are familiar with theatricals,
though they may never have been on
the stage. When the play Jane" was
suggested as a suitable piece for anna
tours to produce at the opening OF the
new opera house, Mrs. Dimond sought
an introduction to Wilson and asked him
to take part. To this he readily consent
ed and he was cast for the character
of William. who. in the play, makes love
to Jane, the role assigned to Mrs. Di-
mond. After the third rehearsal, their
love making on the stage was not acting.
1t was real. And the stronger his love
grew for Mrs. Diamond. the more he neg
iected his wife.
The more he was talked with regarding
the abuse of his wife the more he NAL
treated her. On one occasion Wilson
choked his wife nearly to death. and she
was in the hands Of doctor for some
days afterwards. After this treatment
she lost her mind temporarily When
the Frawley left for San Francisco Mrs.
Wilson was passenger on the same
steamer, and IL is the opinion of her
friends here that she will not return
When his wife had gone a load was
lifted from Wilson's mind and he de-
voted himself SO asziduously to Mrs. Di-
mond that her husbands suspicious were
aroused and these being confirmed sub
sequently separation was effected and
the guilty pair left the islands.
Mrs. W. w. Dimond is the wife of the
eldest son OF the late General w. H.
Dimond, and who is a grandson of the
late John Thomas Waterhouse OF Hon.
olulu and Cedar Rapids. Ia.
Cedar Rapids. Ia, Jan. 15.-Major NJ.
"A 1lSiey OF lnlS Guy, 1ather or Mrs.
S. W Dimond. when shown a dispatch
telling Of the alleged elopement from
Honolulu, denied the story. He says
his daughter upon the advice Of physi-
clans, came to San Francisco to recover
from the effects OF abuse heaped upon
her by her husband. Dimond has brought
suit for divorce at Honolulu, to which
she has made answer making counter
charges. She leaves today on the steam
err Coptic for Honolulu and will fight the
case TO the bitter end. She learned only
on her arrival at San Francisco of the
scandalous charges which she claimed
were instigated by her husband without
cause. She came alone. Mr.. Higley in
dignantly denies the elopement.
San Francisco, Cal, Jan. 15.-Mrs W.
W. Dimond and Charles billiard Wilson.
who are charged with having eloped
from Honolulu, are here. Both deny
the elopement. Mrs. Dimond says she
came here to secure evidence against
her husband for use in her dicorce case.
and will start back tomorrow, having
been successful.