The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-29
TALE OF AN UNHAPPY LIFE.
Continued from Eighth Page)

ceived by him at the postofTice at Moul-
| trie, addressed to his Wife and 1t was
! introduced in evidence. The letter was
/ without Ineligible salutation or sigma
/ Jurc, Intercollegiate that might have been
! understood by the writer and the intend
| ed recipient, but by no one else, DONG
! duty for both A portion of the hero
@H. P'''' .
The letter made an appointment for the
! Hotel Jackson, in Atlanta, where, 1t re-
marked, there was no danger OF being
disturbed. 1t spoke of the receipt of a
letter from the wife of Wade and OF the
writer's attentions to the requests therein
conveyed. II was couched in a vein that
showed large familiarity and that me
intention is expressed was no new thing.
1t dwelt in admiration upon the personal
charms of Mrs. Wade, stating that %ne
was a woman after the writer's own heart
and Of just "the proper style" 1t con-
tanned sighting reference to "the other
party" also evidently a citizen of Allan
ia, and told of the increased happiness OF
the writer had the letter from Mrs
Wade, to which he had made previous ref
erence, not also spoken of the other
party" in no disparagiug tones. 1t
wound up with an expression of the writ
ers fear lest he should lose his position
because of his love for Mrs. Wade and
his uncomfortable preference for her So
CltlSs dtlQ Win Illdiiy plOtCStn AAci9 VI
undying affection. If it is an actual let
ter, written by an actual man, and not
a forgery, and were the writer on trial
for being an unmitigated ass, IL would
convict him on the spot
At the afternoon session Wade contin-
ued on the stand. He said that for some
time, indeed almost since the time of his
marriage, he had had reason to suspect
that his wife was not good woman Of
late his suspicious on this score had been
redoubled, and he had but waited an OPP
portunity to satisfy them beyond ques-
ton. When the letter addressed to his
wife came, he recognized the handwrit-
ing as the same used in addressing other
letters 90 his wife, and he had deter
mined to open it.
Wade described the scene when he read
the letter to his wife practically as she
had done. He had charged her with I'M
faithfulness, he admitted, in very harsh
terms and she had denied 1t. He had
threatened to confront the man who had
written the letter and there had been
high words between himself and his wife.
She left Moutrie soon afterwards.
Wade continued to tell of the causes he
had for suspecting his wife's fidelity to
her marriage vows. and her conduct be-
fore her marriage tracing his suspicious
in large part to a statement made by
her. He denied ever having cursed or
| abused her and stated that he had always
uult his D6SI 10 support neF. On tne cross
examination he acknowledged that he had
frequently charged her with infidelity,
and not in very choice terms either. He
confessed that he was an occasional
drlnker, but denied being a drunkard or
being addicted to the habitual use Of in
toXicants.
He confessed that he had appropria ted
$50 of his employers money while he was
in Atlanta. He explained this by saying
that he had pressing obligations that he
was compelled to discharge at once and
said, in extenuation, that afterwards he
had gone to his employers and told them
OF his taking the money. He had prom
ised them then that he would return it
in twenty-four hours, and the money had
been returned within that time. Notwith-
standing the promise a warrant for en-
bezzlement had been sworn out against
him, but the prosecution had been drop
ped and the warrant dismissed as soon
as the money had been paid.
| The next witness placed the stand
| was one of the respondents, Robert J.
| Wade Sr., who is charged with illegally
| OBTAINING the children. The first part
of his testimony was taken up in testi-
monials to the good character of his son,
and 20 the bad character of his sons
wife. Then he told of a visit paid his
wife and himself by the wife of his son.
| after she had left Moultrie.
"She came down to Wilmington In a
companied by two men. She ran excited
| ly into the parlor where my wife, the
| children and myself were sitting and
kissed us all around Then she asked me
| to entertain the gentlemen who were with
| her, and l walked out on the veranda and
| invited them in They would not enter
| the house, but sat on the steps and we
| chatted together. After awhile I went
| back in the parlor and found the children
dressed and ready to leave and my wire
| crying"
II asked what was the matter, and that
| woman" pointing at the complainant"
| that she had come for her children and
| that she had brought help enough to
! take them away. l put two buckshot shell
| into my shotgun and leaned il against the
door and 1 put a Colts navy revolver in
! my pocket. l walked out on the veranda
and said: "GentlemeA the first one of you
! who attempt to take away one of these
! children, I'll kill on the spot And con-
! cluded Mr.. Wade, determinedly, Il would
| have done it,
The witness said that one of the men
| at once disclaimed all intention of help
! ing in any attempt to take away the
children, and stated that he had brought
| Mrs. Wade to the island at her request
| and without other purpose than to enable
! her to see her children and her husbands
| father and mother. He showed himself
a gentleman" said the witness, land the
other man may have been one. But he
| never gave me any explanation of his
! presence there or of his purpose"
The attempt was made to get Mr. Wade
to admit that he drank too much him
self, and that he had lost the office of
county superintendent of roads on this