The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-04
HUSBAND GOT A LETTER
THAT CAME TO THE HOUSE WHILE
HIS WIFE WAS ABSENT.
Ii Was Couched I'm Endearing Terms
and William w. Hudson Has
Sued for a Divorce.

The legend. Happy New Year" fell as a
mockery on the ears OF VIM. w. Hudson
last Monday. II was on that day that he
first realized that he was perhaps not first
In the affections Of his wife. He discovered
evidences that caused him to call on a law
yer the following day and yesterday a suit
for divorce was filed in the Superior Court
against Lydia NJ. Hudson.
When the case comes to trial the plaintiff
will present two letters for the courts con-
sideration. 1t Is on these letters that Hud-
son bases his charges of unfaithfulness
against his wife. He claims that these
epistles will show that he did not possess
all of his wife's affec.Ions. AS the story
goes, Hudson, who is man Of about thir-
ty. remained at home New Years morning.
Some time before noon his wife went out
TO visit a neighbor and while she was alb
sent the postman arrived with q letter,
which he handed to Hudson. The letter
was addressed to Mrs. Hudson in a bold,
masculine hand. Her husband decided that
he had a right to read his wife's CORE
spondence. and particularly letter which
was received from a man, so he opened this
one The first thing that met his gaze
were the words at the top of the first page:
"a kiss for YOU" The letter began with
Dear Girl" but no name was signed to It..
Subsequent developments, however, indi-
Gated that Mrs. HUDSON knew who it was
from. Hudson read the letter and then
waited for his wife to come. When she ar
rived he showed the missive to her and she
tried 10 get it. In the struggle for posses
sion OF the letter 1t was torn into several
pieces and Mrs. Hudson finally managed to
get them into the stove. Her husband,
however, rescued the pieces before they
were entirely burnd.
Hudson then left the house, and when he
returned a short time later he found his
wife busy at her writing desk. She was at
work on a letter, and when her husband
came in she attempted TO destroy the I'M
finished missive, il is claimed, but was UNI
successful and Hudson secured possession
of ii. 1t began with Friend WILL" and
was evidently a reply TO the letter that had
come for Mrs. Hudson short time before.
In her reply Mrs. Hudson severely criti-
cised the man for addressing a letter TO her
at her home, suggesting that she had told
him to be careful about this, and asserting
that everything was now discovered by her
husband. Mrs. Hudson had not time to
finish the letter before she was interrupted.
Suit for divorce was also brought yester-
day by Hattie NJ. Hendrix against Alexan-
der Hendrix, to whom she was married in
1893. They separated July 81 last. The
plaintiff says that Just prior TO their sepa-
ration her husband threatened TO kill her.
She became afraid to live with him and
left, beginning surety of peace proceedings
against him about the same time. She
says that when he learned there was a
warrant out for his arrest he left the city
and has not returned. She says he has
property at No. 2514 North Pennsylvania
street, and she asks for divorce and ALI
mony.