Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-03
Charles V. Fades Makes a
Charge Against His Wife,
an Ottumwa Girl.
SAID THAT SHE ELOPED
Says That An Arizona Mine Operator
Stole Affections of His Wife, Who
Was Miss Clara Rogers Of ottumwa
The Allegations.

The Allegations.
[From Tuesdays Daily.l
An article appearing in several Chi
cago papers today states that Mrs.
Clara Rogers Fades, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rogers, $50
North Court street, is the defendant in
a sensational divorce case, the papers
in which We're filed yesterday in the
circuit court at Chicago by her hus-
band, Charles V. Fades, president of
the Charles V. Fades Manufacturing
Co. A statuatory charge is made.
| The man in the case, it is said, is
Reese NJ Ling, president of the Nc
Cabe Extension Milling and Mining
Co., of Prescott, Arizona, and once
prosecuting attorney in that city.
Mrs. Fades is at present in this city
at the home of her parents, where she
has been since June 8, with the ex-
cepton of one day which she spent
out of the city. This morning, when
representative of the Courier called
at the Rogers home and asked for an
interview with Mrs. Fades he was not
i admitted to the house. Mrs. Rogers,
the mother of Mrs Fades. stated that
the news of the filing of divorce
suit by Mr.. Fades came to his wife
unexpectedly today and that she does
not understand the affair and does not
wish to be interviewed regarding 1t at
this time.
The Charges.
Today local articles are published
. in different Chicago papers announc-
ing the beginning of a suit in which
Charles " Fades is plaintiff and his
wife is defendant. One of these arti-
cles states that Mr.. Fades says in his
bill that he and his wife lived har-
moniously at 6130 Monroe avenue,
until the 9Th of last May. Mrs. Marie
Leonard and Mrs. Howard G. Garna-
: han, friends of his wife, lived with
them On the date named, according
to Mr. Fades, he discovered that Mrs.
Fades and Ling. whom she had known
The telegram which informed him Of
this fact was sent from the Great
Northern Hotel. was paid for by Ling,
: and read as follows:
Twill not return again. Burned all
bridges. Folks at home think | am
: with you. Hope they will continue to
: do So Clarice."
Continuing, Mr.. Fades declares that
he found that his wife was one of
party which Ling was taking to Pres
colt on sightseeing tour. He tele-
graphed the fleeing lady so that his
message would reach her at Hutchin.
son, Kan, and as a result of this STRAIT
agem says that Mrs. Fades, who was
travelling under the name of Mrs. Ev.
ans, a wealthy widow, left her friends
in Colorado and hurried home.
Mrs. Fades is alleged to have tried
to induce her husband to forgive her
or, failing that, to spare her the dis
I grace of publicity. Fades asserts tina,
she even went so far as to ask that
: his revenge take the form of death
l for either herself or Ling, rather than
$ that of the law He concludes his
3 complaint by relating the steps of the
: investigation that he pursued to as
!, sure himself that his suspicion was
2 well founded.
1 Fades says that Ling has a wife
and three children living in Prescott,
that he is living at present in Cincin.
natl. and that he is going to sue him
for heavy damages.
Mrs. Fades Interviewed.
i On June IL a telegram was received
at the Courier office from Chicago, an.
nouncing that Charles V. Fades had
said that R. NJ Leng of Prescott, Ariz.,
: induced Mrs. Fades to leave her hus.
: band and that the latter intended to
= sue Leng for damages. At that time
: atCourier reporter called at the Rogers
u home and was granted an interview by
y Mrs. Fades. She branded the whole
!. story as base fabrication and laugh
Il ed at the report. which she said was
e absurd in the extreme. She could of.
fer no solution for the problem pre-.
scented by the dispatch, except that il
might refer to one Mr.. and Mrs Chas
B. Fades of Chicago, who, she said
were sometimes confused with herself
n and her husband by those who did
not know both families.
I Had No Trouble.
~ In answer to question as to wheth
= er she had had any trouble with hel
10 husband recently, she gave decided
> no" adding that she had come to OF
Ie tumwa for visit with her parents be
u cause of the absence from Chicago o.
her husband, who she explained is out
of the city a great deal in the summer
attending to business matters. Shs
said that the length of her stay was il
e. doubt, giving a reason that will BIZ
readily understood by housewives
le that her servant girl upon whom sht
G. had been largely dependent for foul
IS years, had left the city for her vaca
&c