The sun., 1900-11-29
ORDERED HOME TO BE SUED.
MRS DREyEL BIBDLE OBEyED HER
husbands GAIL
And Was served with Divorce Pspers Cpon
Her Arrival From Europe The Late
Charles y. Bates One Of the Correspondents
Named Her Husband Is . Navy surgeon.

Nameu-fteT uusoauu NaNy
| Mrs c Biddle. who got here on the Majestic
/ on Nov .. registered as Mrs Dre1el. ex-
D. ylained yesterday that that was n mere mis-
take. She Is the wife Of DR. Clement DreNel
Biddls, u. =. ", OF Philadelphia and the name
should have been entered Airs. DreIel Bdde, '
She came back hurriedly from Europe in re-
I sponse to letter from her husband In Phila-
/ depha TO find herself sued for divorce as soon
as abe got into the jurisdiction Of the PenIsyl-
vlnia courts. Mrs Biddle is now at the
Audubon In this city. She said Yesterday
: i was Miss Morris when married Dr. Bid
die six years ago. We went from Philadelphia
70 Boston to be married. lie had been in the
navy then a long time. He had been In the
service altogether about twenty years He
Is about seventeen years older than l am
was born in 1872. Perhaps it might be said
that his family was not wholly pleased wnen
we we're married. although cannot say that
they raised any noticeable objection. We lived
together In love and affection as long a. he was
on shore duty. went with him from Wash
4 ington and Annapolis to San Francisco Just
a few days before the naval battle Of Santiago
Dr. Bidie was ordered TO the battleship Texas
and went on duty on that ship three days be-
fore the battle
Last June went abroad with his permission.
Shortly his letters became colder and colder.
] had parted from him affectonately and at
first did not know what to make Of 1t. FL
raly, a few weeks ago, received a letter In
, which he said that he was not pletssd with the
way things we're going and that was to re-
turn here and 70 live In future with my brother.
Mr.. L. NJ. Morris. l thought this was odd.
as had never lived with my brother. bat al
ways since had been married. with my hus-
band when he was on shore duty. This letter
said that money would be sent me at my BROTH
ers home for ny support and wants.
Il fastened home TO see what 1t all meant.
sent word from here TO my husband asking
! him where TO meet him, nd ne wired me 10 so
to the Continental Hotel in Philadelphia. ]
went directly tlele and he met ne. but with
two deluty therlns 1t vas q uiek. They
served divorce papers on me-. IL was personal
When ! saw what it Was l said An right ;
told ny hn;band Jtnt ne m'sat ,hlnk he nad sd
that II course i knew that IL was his family
That had led him on TO this action. his family
TO whom, as he had written. he had become
'Dr Biidle'. great grandfather, was an aide
on the siaf II Gen George Washington, and
rr. Wei Ml'chSli.s III novel II Hugh vynne
nf course kn9w q at II was hi, family tbst
If Gi R. s Ret, % s das HIS in Fhgdspa L. Shields
DR. EiiG4e has seen III - nllne Nlr. Bates
rs cores pondent Yes, the late NJ Charles
another gentleman whose name l really have
forgotten. II is So wholly immaterial, met
M- Bates through his sister. Mrs. Dick!ns
wiis OF Capt DLckius. who TOOK O. mnand Of
The Indiana 49, The spanish war. | knew
hs- .rd Mr. in Wash1ston s,i,s ns,u,of OF c9arss b
continue ~ know Mr. Bates. He offered
drag which Was quite natural. He
to7dared me the use Of his box az the Horse
Show and II course took II. AnyboGy would
accept any ones box at the Horse Show In
spcietv i went to Europe in June. with. my
Tim arec'lonatev and expected 10 rejoin him
In the sa wav"
Mrs Biidle said that she had put her inter-
esLs IN New York in the care OF Attorney DAVID
" Neuberyer. She said that she would fight
DR. Biddles suit