Evening journal., 1902-12-04
BRIDE TIRED
IN -FOUR DAYS
Deserted Husband Sues Mil
lionaire for Alternating
Her Affections
COUPLE LIVED IN THIS CITY
Wife Went Away From Home and Is
SAID to Have Taken Up Residence
With Mr.. Mills, Who Is WIdower,
65 Years Old


The Philadelphia Record today pub
fishes the following:
John l.. Mills. said to be a million
,aire shipbmlder. with a summer home
'at Oak Lane. was yesterday made
defendant i'm a suit for $50 900 damages,
charged with alternating the affections
of the wife of William Campbell,
young theatrical manager.
According to the story OF the young
husband, he was married on November
Is last. I'M Wilmington to Pauline
Peters, and took her to a comfortable
little home in that city. His bride,
however, appeared to be disconnected,
and on the fourth day of their honey
moon she is said TO have told her hus-
band that he did not have enough
money to keep her as she desired to
live and she intended 10 sever their re-
latiOns and part with him at once. This
was a great surprise to Campbell, but
his remonstrances were of no avail.
Trunks Traced to Oak Lane
Fearful that his bride would keep
her word and desert him while he was
away from the house attending 10 his
professional engagements Campbell
Engaged a private detective to keep a
sharp watch over his house. The de-
tective's vigil was rewarded during the
day by seeing an express wagon stop
at the door and take away aAnumber
of trunks containing the personal be-
longings of the young wife. The detec-
tive followed the express wagon TO the
.4fa d lf.
baggage placed ON car he also board
ed the train and was landed with the
trunks an Oak lane.
In a short time another expressnlan
called for the trunks, and they We're
removed to a handsome cottage at the
corner OF Seyenty-frst avenue and
Broad street, which, the plaintiff says,
was afteiward discovered to be the sub
lurban home Of John l. Mills, the de-
fendant
When these facts were reported to
lMr. Campbell and he discovered that
his wife was gone from their home,
he Immediately pursued the investiga-
ltion further. and claims TO have learn-
ed that she had taken up her residence
at the Oak Lane cottage with Mr..
Mills, who is a widower, 60 years OF
age.
AT his own home a careful search
of the bureau drawers and closets
= brought forth a number of letters said
e to have been written to his wife by the
y defendant. together with bank de
n posit book in the name of Pauline
s Mills" and clipping of a personal ad'
vertisement in a morning newspaper o.
the date of November %. which wai
the day his wife left him. The persona
read: "Polly. return: all Will be ior
given; signed. Your John.
Campbell now charges that the mn
Ilianaire was clandestinely paying az
] tentions to his wife. whom he inhu
1 enced to leave the modest home II
Wilmington for the much more sump
tuous dwelling in Oak Lane ana ans
card her husbands love for the defend
5 ants wealth.
Campbell and the Peters woman
were married in this city on NoVem
her IA. but never lived here. The II
eense was issued by Magistrate Wen
e and the ceremony was performed o.
J. the Rev. George L. Wolfe, pastor o
the First NJ p Church, at his home
No. 6 East Thi teenth street Magis
Il trate We'll stated this morning that b.
> witnessed the marriage, and that tn
h couple left for Philadelphia immediate
ly afterwards.
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