The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-15
HOME CIRCLE Is BROKEN.
gL0PEwExT. FOLLOWED ny GAMING
AND DIVORCE >Csr.
Hashand and FfeeS From the East
End OF Cascade Tunnea To seattle
With One Of Hfs YeunS Employees.

TIE eiapernent Of pretty young wife
with the younger enploye Of much
older husband. followed by a successful
pursuit divorce suit and 4 Gaming. is the
latest sensation at sze east end Of the
Cascade tunnel On the Great Northern
railroad.
The affair terminated in Seattle where
the young people are now hv-ag- TIE di-
yorced husband. having accomplished
what he desired. has returned home His
name Is r. Woo.tortcn. while the man
who Is accused Of causing trouble Is Henry
Dyer. wootorfon Is IS years old. which
gives him a seniority Of - years over
Dyer. Mrs. wooisorton Is IS years old.
She has a dark complexion. fine figure.
round. plump cheeks. and eyes that would
make "a ribbon salesman forget the mum
Der OF yards be had measured.
wooltorton Is almost a Pooh Bah bust
ness man az the east end OF the Great
Northern tunnel. He has a restaurant,
laundry and general merchandise store.
Dyer and Mrs. Wooltor,on worked In the
laundry. They were there until recently,
dating from the first OF the year. Wool
tortoa says business was good. but some
how the profits were small. This troubled
him. He could not understand ii. but had
no idea that anything unusual was going
on or was about TO happen.
A week ago Saturday evening his eyes
became clearer. Mrs. Wooiiorton. with
her round cheeks and pretty eyes. could
not be found. family trunk had also
disappeared. Then it became known THAI
Dyer was not in town. The absence CT
the young wife and her husbands en-
pIoye was a choice morsei for Dame Ru-
NOR. Mr.. WooitortOn. being a business
man. applied business principles 10 the AT
fair which touched his heart, home and
pocket book. The more he investigated the
more he became convinced that his money
had furnished most Of the means for the
eiopement.
Having discovered that Mrs Wcoltorton
and Mr.. Dyer took a Great Northern
train west. AIR. Wooltorton jumped TO the
conclusion tina, they would go straight to
the metropolitan city OF Seattle. He FOL
lowed. AL the Great Northern depot he
saw a trunk. II would know that trunk
four blocks away" said Mr.. Wooltorton.
q
gest.d that he secure the services OF a
detective 10 follow the trunk.
Whi.e the detective did his work. Mr..
Wooitcrson was In the background. prac-
ticing uppercuts, pivot blows and cane
tactics The detective located Mrs. Wool
tortoa ard Mr.. Dyer on Madison street.
near the cable power house. Mr.. Wool
torton was not backward in making his
presence in the city known. He said that
ne got back some Of the money he had
lost and received a promise Of the re-
malnaer
Last Friday Mr.. Wooltorton and Mr..
Dyer rset Unexpectedly on the sidewalk
In front Of the New England hotel. on
First avenue south, corner Of Main street.
They did not appear glad 10 renew old ac-
Quaiatance In fact there was something
of a fracas which ended when Mr.. Wool
torten smashed Mr.. Dyer on the head with
a cane
The same night Mr.. Wo3itorton took the
train home but no, before papers for
divorce we're prepared Even after Il is
81 over Mt Wooltorton does not blame
his wife very much