The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-22
A STRANGE DIVORCE STORY
What An English Society Woman
Can Induce an Officer to Do.
II .or1o41 DafIz- N-1r--

ll4OlLuu DdlIl NeNS-l
In tho divorce division yesterday Vr
Justice BuckniII had before him the bel.
ton Of Captain William Augustus Adams
an officer in the Fifth Lancerz. for
divorce by reason Of the adultery Of bis
wife with d man named Bell There WIS
no defense
In 1886 OF 1881 the petitioner made ts
acquaintance or Mrs. Howard hIngsC1r
whose husband was then the command
of the OEfOrdshire Light infantry. r.
1884 Mrs. king5cGJe communicated 90 be
petitioner that q lady. who W. "a CInre-
ton Of hers, naQ got into very great r--.-
Die ana was llaD4e to DdnErup,cF 1.
crimlna4 proceedings. and that The a
way in which this relative could be d.
iieVed from her desperate position vas
become d married woman. Mrs. kings
cote desired Captain Audms In the gl..-
ness Of his heart to marry this lady. U
vas a widow Tor the purpose of reI-vls
ne from This terrible position.
CAP cain Adams agreed To % Sd a-
Though be had never sem the lady B-l-
he subsequently married. He was IE--
0uced 10 her by Mrs. kiugSc0Je and .a-
were married on Nov z 1901. Au. It1s
arranged that the marriage should
SIMPLY for the purpose of relieving be-
lady from her desperate position --l-
they were not to live together, and il--
the lady was not TO take the husbands
name. nor was she 10 ask him for SUP
port They never lived together. and -E7
days after the marriage Captain Adams
left for India with his regiment.
While there ne received letter from
his wife, asking if she might join him.
tie wrote back saying certainly NOT. IS
such a thing was never contemplate r.
either of them. The next thing tlat hap
pened was that the colonel spoke 90 hin
and told him ne had received q letter
Fha TGrzrfs nor 1H. q. E
army officer. 10 the effect THAI Captain
Adams had deserted his wife. and asking
the colonel TO ICOk into the matter Cap
tain Adams told the colonel al the c.-
cumstances, WaeTeupCn the c0ioHa. SAID
there was nothing against his conduct IS
an officer and a gentleman. Captain Al
ans wrote TO this effect to the lady
brother, who was satisfied and there i-s
matter ended.
Captain Adams came back to this 11l1-
try IN 1897 and met MS wife. She -7
him she had become a trained nurse and
said she was perfectly comfortable and
aid not desire to i've with aim. AZ
later period the captain learned thai, DIS
wife had not been living properly. and D.
saw ner at solicitor Office where s-7
made statement 10 the effect thai $40
had been visited by a gentleman Ta1--
name she gave. and that she bad u i---
committed adultery with him
Captain Adams filed a petition i'l o.
Vorce, but il was dismissed for want O
evidence. He went back TO India. ana
when he returned to this country AGAIN
he heard that his wife had been seen win
the correspondent Bell about Eln-
nothing was known. he had her watched
and in the result it was asCertaIIea l-a
the respondent and Correspond -It -.--
been living together at the Midland Do
Ie4- subsequently she wrote letter ~
rra reaHrrfoHrEs- n which
Il he marriage which took place p
tween us was arranged by Mrs. H'".i-
kluesCote. before you had seen me %
YOU II was undertaken 10 save Wg iI--
the effects Of a crime which ] had con-
mitted. At that time I was heavily u
debt and I was threatened with bank
rUDtcy. and also worse trouble. n-2as
for the sake of Mrs. Howard h.l-s.5-5-
had committed perjury.
The learned counsel explained -
Mrs. Howard kiugsc0te. wishing o.. -.
money. took this unfortunate lllL a-...5
a commits ioner of Caths. and she mae
an affidavit which was a553.ute.E VI
true. The letter went on;
AT the request of Mrs. HOWlr. Al---
cote you went through a cerel DIS =
marriage with me. You did q ,1 I
me. l have never been your wife exec
In name. You have sacrificed F1lisz-
for me. and you have behaved lH o.
fecly honorable way toward me. a.-
can never thank you enough fHT W.
you have done. I hope no one Tl- -.-
misunderstood the facts of the -
Yours. Stephanie.' .-..
The petitioner. in his evidence SAID VI
the lady whom he had married was A.-
DrummOnd Wolff He had never lt-.
seen the lady. He knew she Wa % ~
verge of bankruptcy. and he married ~. ~
She afte-Ward thanked him for sa'.-7
her from bankruptcy. She told him S-
had goo a year .---
Replying 10 mis- lOrdship he said ----
his only object in marrying her Wa.
save her. Two days afterward rz ie-- ---
India. .-s.
adultery, his lordship, in granting d ',,f
cree nisi. said that this case WAS oi,
the strangest stories that had ever '-
told, even in the divorce court