The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-14
TRICKED INTO MARRIAGE.
Il Husband Makes a Startling Charge
Against His Wife.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 14-Judge Raj
ston was completely puzzled yesterday by
a remarkable case which came before
him in the criminal court. when Charles
H. Beecher was arraigned on a charge Ct
deSertion preferred by his wife
Your honor, when I married this wo-
man Was drugged." said Beecher she
had nlled me with whisky and morphine.
and l didaJ know what / was doing /
left her in Madison Square PARK as soon
as I got outside Of the minister's house
and saw the marriage certificate
His wife. a tan blonde woman. stylish
y dressed had Just related 10 the court
below how she had been Induced 20 MARI
beecher on January y Last Ia New York.
under the representation that his father
was 10 give her husband $500 to start in
business She said Beecher. left her six
days after the wedding. taking all her
JeNelry. yaluables. furs and other per
sonaI belongings. and she had not seen
him since She said she had learned.
however. that hc had gone OF with auoth-
CT woman named Virginia Young, and
she traced the pair 10 Philadelphia. where
she found her husband had opened a mas
sage establishment on Tenth Street above
Race.
What is IL you want the Court 20 do
with the natter asked Judge Rafston OF
Attorney Eugene Raymond. counsel for
the woman
Il think your honor ought 70 make an
order Of SO per week for the support of
my Client" answered Mr. Raymond.
1 would like 10 cross-exanine this
woman before your honor does anvthfne--
said Attorney James s. Clifford. who had
been retained b. Mr.. Beecher. and in rs-
Spouse 20 the lawyer Mrs BeeChCr said
she came over from New York To- ap0ear
against her husband, and Is now stopping
II -l4Z Arch Street. but she had no fDre0-
ton % remaining here
men asked Tor further particulars
btrchtr said that he urst became ar-
qlalnLed with the woman who is now his
VIE as che result of Irritation on a street
car He said she had forced herself upon
Nun SubSsg u-uJly by entering his room
yIe- night. and after that had iutimid7tad
Nun with threats of exposure.
she hna4ly uoSed me with whisky and
morphine. he continued. and took me
70 the minister's house ! Gid not know
what Was going on until we -or our into
The air. IL Is scheme on her part 10
get m9ney out Of NE OF my father
beecher then IumJled in his pocket and
ere" out "a paper which was handed 10
the court aud which proved 10 be an hon
ordDIe discharge from the United States
army after serving seventeen months ia
me SpanlSh-AmerlCau war.
on CrOSS-eNamiuaJiou EeCch-r denied
absolutely that he had remained with his
"l-I 94N NaHS a-ArE lLNt were married.
OF that ne had taken any ieW-Iry. TurS or
other property belonging 10 her when he
left. EeeCher said the house where his
wife IS now stopping Is of had character
and was raided twice recently
Judge RaIStou said he did not like the
complexion OF the case at an The cir
cIuStaucts were very extraordinary and
as there WAS no testimony before the
court except that of the two PRINCIPALS
il WAS impossible for him To decide which
story 20 believe. and in order that BoLh
sides might have an opportunity TO pro-
tuce other witnesses he would POSTPONE
the hearing until next FRIDAY
Tt was aft-Tward stated by one of the
counsel I'm the case that E-erher'S father
Is a wealthy resident Of Detroit rru1lr.l
TO be worth Sl@.EHa.UJB