Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-14


Illinois: Charles f. Thwing, Ohio, Com
mittee ON Resolutions.
..NEvER LovEDn SAYS PULLMAN.
Claims Bowers. Mi1e Had no Affeo :
ton for Her Husband.
New York. July 14.-George NJ. Pull
mans novel defense TO the suit insti-
gated agaias, him by Frederick ".
Bowers To recover 100000 for alienat-
ing the affections of the latter's wife,
is in short:
Your Wife never loved you; she had
no affection for You; therefore, ! can
mot Justly be accused of robbing you
!of something you never possessed.
These are NOT the words employed by
Pullman in his answer to the suit, filed
Yesterday, but they accurately repre-
sent Pullinan's unique defense.
Mrs. Bowers answer to the action for
absolute divorce instituted by her hus-
bard accompanied Pultman's answer.
Shesdenies absolutely he charges pre-
fsrred against her by her husband.
II was ma love marriage, Pullman
sets up in his answer. There was no
l5Se between Bowers ard his Wife.
There could be no alienation of affec-.
ton, For there was no affection. To
aiiena .,.''
Furtnsrmore, Pullman AYERS that he
mad a prior right TO the affections Of
Bowers wife. He was engaged to her
before she met Bowers, aut an es-
arrangement followed. and when Bowers
became his wife.
4;
woman. Pullman sets up in his answer.
bu. cruel fate decreed otherwise.
Frederick Y. Bowers said last night
that Pullman answer was at once
frivolous and untrue His wife loved
him dearly, he said until Pullman be-.
gan To correspond With hel, and then
came the separation.
Since she left her husbands side Mrs.
Bowers and pullman have been living
ii is said. chiefly at the
Gerard House. in this city. They are
at present al Deal Beach. y. j.. occu-
ns-ing the c9.sagesof Mrs. Pullman, who
l5is now In Paris,
pullman continued Bowers has
been granite many delays in this case.
The purpose II these delays is anpar-
ent 10 ms. For days and nights have
been followed By detectives and ap-
lproac.sd by women. but was on my
guard aud would not permit myself to
| be drawn into any compromising situ-S
laation.
Pullman has finally discovered that
I5the spy system adopted was useless
IIexlen Sc, and has been forced TO make
lanswer. j have letters written by Pull
4 man To my Wife at a time when We
were living happily together. have
Eneyar been divorced from my wife. and
she admits it TO be the fact in her am
swer
And i viii prove, too that Pullman
was never divorced from his wife eth
.er. shall push the divorce action
against my wife and the suit against
Pullman TO the last ditch. His lawyers
! expect the case viii finally be sent to
4 a referee, but my lawyers are deter
mined that the entire case must be
tried in open court. Then the public
4 will know allsthe facts"
ILLINOIS SOLDIERS IN "A RIOT.
4 G eneral Fight Between Rcximents n,
Camp Lincoln.
springfeld ILL.,. July IA riot oc-
4 cured in Camp Lincoln late Thursday
might. A general fight occurred be-
Tween the men of the FIRST and Second
8l,regiments. Sveral men We're badly
shusd up, and had it not been for the
4 timely arrival Of Capt. Ryan. of the
4 5Seventh, with the provost guard, sew
eral lives would have been sacrificed
q The trouble was the sequel to the raid
4 sconducted by Maj. Funkhouser. Of the
Il First regiment, on the previous night
Ion blind pig when twenty-sever
3i5of the Second regiment men, whom she
y found there, Mere arrested "A grour
5l;of officers and First regiment boys Were
a attacked in the dead Of night by The
Il Second regiment men. First Sergt
Il Dick Carroll, of Company j, First regi-
4 ment, was brutally assaulted. His face
4 was terribly lacerated and he will be
s: disfgured for life. Sergt Fisher, Of
4 Company d, First regiment, and sew.
I eral others were also assaulted and in.
4 jurad. Color Sergt. Rhea, with severa
ladies, were also insultcd and abused
4 Serg. Rhea had the perpetrators
a placed under arrest. Many of the com
4 panies Of the two commands slept OF
! their arms all night Thursday night.
!, iowa Robbers Captured.
I; Chicago, July 40. +. Dillon wa.
arrested here charged with being on
of the burglars who robbed the Amer
(, lican Express Company al Storm Lake
Ia, of blank orders that could be fillet
4 out to the aggregate of 100000. TIL,
J. theft was committed week ago. Dill
lon. with his companions. came to Chi
]; cage four days ago and obtained EN-
ployment as telegraph operators. Sine
; the burglary was committed the Off
) GERS have followed the men from Iowa
a Dlllon's companions eteaped. Order
i aggregating $500 insxalue, made out o.
J, some Of the stolen Blanks. led ito. Dill
E Ions arrest. ~
Miss Mand Earle Is SPOKEN Of ID En-,