Evening journal., 1900-08-20
She Consents to Leave vii.
kinSOn and Return
to Her Parents
UNDER ARREST In GEORGIA
First Declared She Never Would
Go Back to Dover Without
Him
TO LIVE WITH NEW YORK AUNT
Condition Of Deserted Wife Serious
Dover People Want Wilkinson
Sent to Jail
TO LIVE WITH NEW YORK AUNT

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 1S.-"Do I want
to go back home? Why, Of course not!
Why should l have gone away if l was
to turn cold within only few days and
go back home? l realize fully the step
l have taken. know 1 have stolen
away my sisters husband. / know
what have done l do not want the
pity or the forgiveness Of anyone. All
l want is to be left alone with him.
That is all either of us wants.
Such is the decision of Josephine
Packard, the pretty girl who eloped
with the husband of her sister, at
Dover, Del, and who is now an inmate
of the Female Detention Ward at the
Police Barracks Of Atlanta.
She and Dr. Howard NJ. Wilkinson
were arrested this morning at a re-
spectacle house on Peachtree street,
where rooms are to let Wilkinson at
first said his name was DR.. Porter,
representing himself as a citizen OF
Baltimore; but later he admitted that
he had used an alias, and said he was
the man for whom the police of At
lanta have been searching for two
days
As in the case of the girl, Willkin-
son expressed sorrow for the step he
had taken. His principal regret ap-
pears to have been that he has not
seen THE Philadelphia Record" for
three days. He made repeated calls
for the paper after being locked up,
and copies were finally secured for
him. He read them eagerly.
The girl makes a remarkable state
ment. She declares that she will go
back to Dover II Wilkinson is allowed
to go with her; but otherwise she will
not. If he is imprisoned here she says
she viii wait until he is released from
custody and then leave Atlanta with
him.
Miss Packard says she wrote fire.
quent letters to Wilkinson during the
two weeks prior to their departure
from Dover, pleading with him to take
her away from the place. He corrobo-
rates her statement, and says he would
not have left If she hadn't begged him
with such earnestness to do so.
Miss Packard is almost defiant in her
manner She would not have talked
had not wilkinson asked her to do so.
brown eyes, with the lovelight in them,
upon him, and announced that she was
ready to make a statement
He sat near her as she spoke, and
frequently made suggestions as her
story was told, not telling her what to
say, but suggesting that she tell of
certain things. She invariably COM
Piled
81 don't know how to make a state
ment 10 the newspapers" said the girl,
when told what her interviewer had
come for. II you will ask me questions
l will answer them; but l know / can't
start at the beginning and tell you
everything you want to know
COULD NOT ENDURE SEPARATION.
why did I leave home? Because it
was simply unbearable there They
wouldn't allow us to see each other,
and l was forbidden to even recognize
him on the streets. We loved each
other. and could not stand it any long
er. so we left Dover to be together.
I am sure neither Of us is sorry"
Tell him that you wrote me-" sug-
gested Wilkinson.
"Oh, yesl" said the girl, but she was
speaking rather reluctantly. Il wrote
him to come and get me-to take me
away from my home-so that l could
be with him. / wrote him several such
letters as that before he came after me.
How long have loved him? loved
him before his marriage to my sister.
1t was after his engagement to her how
ever. / loved him-oh! how / loved
him. but I did not say anything
Il could have blocked my sisters
marriage to him, but would not. be-
cause | thought 1 could put him out
of my heart. So I stood there weep
ing at the wedding and trying to con-
ceal what refused to be hidden. That
was in the Fall OF 1898. and since tnen
my love for him has grown. not less
ened.
For two years I have stood It,
have tried so hard to bear my cross
bravely; but could not. I have been
an unwelcome guest at my sisters
house. She has treated me with cool
ness because she thought I would take
him from her
During all the many months after
mis- marriage to my sister the only hap