The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-05
FORTUNE SPENT IN HER AID.
pAnLIs ANSWERS CHARGES MADE
M HIS wIFEs RELATIVES.
Alleges That He Waited Twenty
Years Before Bringing Action for
Divorce Against His Insane Help
nate-spent $4,000 for Doctors.

william II. Parlin, the plaintiff in a d.
vorce suit begun in the superior court In
March. yesterday filed his answer to the
sensational charges made by the relatives
OF his insane wife to the effect that he Is
Attempting to rid himself OF her without
first resorting 10 the extremes which the
af3ants alIege faithful husband should
TO cure his wife Of her malady.
II the statements set forth In the af-
nrmative answer OF the plaintiff are true
ne has already spent fortune. and Incl
dentaily exhausted the skill OF the most
expert insanity specialists in the country.
IN his endeavors TO effect restoration OF
his wifes reason
parIin was married In 1878. Two years
afterward his wife became insane. Since
ESQ she has been confined either in private
or In sanitarium under the care of ex-
perts In the treatment of the disease. The
Allegations OF the relatives Of the unfor-
funate woman were to the effect that the
plaintiff was a wealthy man, worth in the
neighborhood OF 81, 900 900, and that he had
not exhausted his resources in the en-
Dloyment of medical skill for the treat
Parlin specifically denies the allegations.
and In q lengthy disclaimer OF any short
comings In that regard recitcs the efforts
which he has made during the past TWEEN.
ty-one years to restore the unbalanced
mind of his wife. He relates that at one
time, at the suggestion of Margaret A.
Babcock, who now accuses him or neglect
ful treatment, he employed an insanity
expert at an expense OF 81, 800 to journey
from Chicago to Batavia, Ill, where the
defendant is confined, for the sole purpose
Of examining her and prescribing a course
OF treatment.
The insanity expert, Mr.. Pariin says,
then Informed him that the woman's case
was hopeless. In the face OF this opinion,
the plaintiff AYERS, he persisted In sum
1nonine to his aid the skill Of other ply
sicfans and maintained his wife In lux
uriant surroundings at a private asylum
In Illinois, where every comfort was pro-
yided her.
Continuing his story. Parlin relates that
A. an evidence that he has been liberal In
the expenditure of money In the care of
kls wife his accounts show that since she
became insane he has disbursed on her ac-
count in various ways $4,000. large pro-
portion OF which was expended directly
Tor the purpose of medical treatment.
The plaintiff broadly intimates that the
only reason he can conceive for the re-
estinee offered by his wife's relatives to
his application for divorce Is that he has
always expended the money for Mrs. Par
Inns care directly, without the interview
ton OF impecunious and avaricious rela-
tives, which method, in his opinion. did
not meet with the approval of at least two
Of the family.
4 Finally Mr. ParIln AYERS that he lis now.
and at the time OF the filing of his appli-
cation for divorce SO stated willing to
have the court fix a stipulated sum to be
paid ty him toward his wife's support and
medical treatment