Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-26
Fairmont Evening Times.

pent0f her Folly.
Fairmont Evening Times.
The friends OF Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lace Whitman, OF Winchester, Va,
well known in this city, were astoun-
ed this morning to note the following
article in the Cumberland News of
July "a; yesterday afternoon about
! O'Clock the interest and amusement
Of South Cumberland people were
aroused by the appearance OF three
officers Of the law having in their GUS
tody a handsome woman of 20 years
OF aye. The woman who was Mrs
Wallace Whitman, of Fairmont w.
Va, who came here several days
ago and took up unlawful residence
with Pittsburg division fireman
named Kentner She was arrested yes
terday on warrant sworn out by her
husband who came here in search OF
his unfaithful spouse"
A warrant was also sworn out by
the wronged husband for the man
kentner. He is out on run and has
not yet been arrested, Mr. Whitman
says bis wife left home aud deserted
her young baby and took $500 worth Of
jewelry After the arrest Of the wom-
an she was fined $40 and sent to Jail
In default by Magistrate Martin. La
ter the husband telegraphed home for
money and had her released He took
her from the jail ia carriage. In
talking of the case before she was re-
leased, the woman while protesting
friendship for her husband, said, my
husband is good to ME and treats me
splendidly. but | do not love him. and
will not live with him. Mr.. Whit
VAIN is Spanish war veteran.
Mrs. Whitman is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. @. Honaker, who re-
sides in the Fifth ward A Times re-
porter called this morning at their
residence and held an interview with
the mother, who is broken hearted
over the affair. Mrs. Honaker talked
freely of the sad affair, and said, when
shown the clipping from the News,
Eyes: that report is true.n Then the
mothers heart could stand it no Jon
ger and she burst into tears and sob
bingly led your correspondent into a
modest little home, and without a
word pointed to beautiful, sleeping
boy of nine months.
ssBaby is so Sick aud we do not
know yet whether it will get well or
not, sobbed the woman; 'yet she de-
serted it for a william. After a time
Mrs. Honaker composed herself enough
TO give brief outline of what she
knew of the case as follows: "My
daughter Pearl was married to Wallace
Whitman in Oakland, Md, May 30
tn, 1900.
They ran away from Clarksburg and
were married There had been more
or less trouble between them, and it
was with joy that / heard of baby's
birth, as | thought it would tend to
bind them closer and mend matters.
The advent of the boy, however, did
no good, and Mr. Whitman left last
summer, broken hearted, and went to
Costa Rica He was gone several
months, and my daughter stayed with
us. We made her act right while she
was here. When Wallace returned they
went together again, but OF course, his
jealous passions had been aroused and
they had room to be. Trouble ensued
and he finally left his wife here and
secured position as engineer with
e. l.. Robinson, of this city. who
bought an ice plant ia Winchester,
Va, recently,
ssPearl left Sunday night and told
me she was going. | pleaded with
her. l cried; did everything to get
ner 10 stay, but all to no purpose.
60 she must and go she would. | was
simply broken hearted Here Mrs.
Honaker broke down again, but with
sobbing voice she continued her story.
"Pearl took watch and several
rings and Kentner gave her five dol
lars. Her papa pleaded with her, but
she left not even kissing her baby.
She did not know when she went
whether she would ever see little Har-
ry again alive, but she would GO Kent
ner, the dirty dog, boarded with us
here in the city, and when he had
the fever | worked myself down TAX
ing care of him. As soon as my
daughter left sat down and wrote
Mr.. Whitman what she had done and
where she had gone. ] thought it
was my duty to do so, for be is
not to blame except for being too good
TO Pearl.
ave have done everything in the
world for our GIRL tried to raise her
to make something of her, given her
good education, and everything that
she wanted she got. | have shaved
for her, and she has let me do it. She
never did a washing in her life, and
has always been a pet. She had no
excuse for breaking her mothers and
fathers hearts and for DESERVING this
poor, innocent little darling. | never
want her to come home, and | hope |
shall never see her again.
"Pearl did not act righta at any time
after her marriage, and her husband
had a perfect right to be jealous. 4"
As the tears of grief stole gently down
those cheeks, drawn with suffering,
the mother OF the errng woman
gathered the deserted child to her
breast, and bending her head, sat ST.
lently weeping over the baby. With
sob she cried. ''Oh, how could she
do it?''
Lifting her eyes Drumming with
tears Mrs. Honaker said, BABY shall