The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-11

home. Ny wife and myself had taken
her Side III the controversy that arose
between them, and she had consulted me
for loyal advice and protection During
tfils tihle the man himself had Innate
relations with b woman whom no desired
10 marry. Tor that purpose It was tieoes-
lsnry to be free from his wife,. He dis.
covered the fact that his wife knew OF
these reihtions By gaining access to the
safo deposit vault where sho kept & ner
3papors through forgery and wrltton order
over her blank signature and purio
the keys from her.
VERY UNFORTUNATE.
'.8eing thus appraised OF the evidence = ie'El
5apainst rim he deter. ned TO anticipate
Her action by bringing an action himself
HI, order that he might have the 2appse'ar.
ance Of being an injured party. ana out
81 tho vindictivoness and desire 70 in y ne,
me as much a. possible made me 2 oe.
PENDANT In the action. His allegations
waro properly denied, and the Issues
would have been squarely met Wneh i nls =
death occurred at the hands OF some
unknown woman, whom he had invitea
to his house at nidnight Nothing more ire
Sunfortunate could have occurred TOT
everybody involved. as the entire mat ma. Ter !e
necessarily became public. and II tne
truth could have appeared the harm rt Woulu
mot have been SO great; but truth arc
yellow journalism are at opposite po!os'
and consequently mass OF n le tlc-
ton and Imagination were puptiisneo,
which had no possible basis IN TACT. nu Y
for the sake Of those most co on nou.
some OF these misrepresen tatlons ~ iauS.
be taken up and met # .,s NJ.
Il .u1rst. In rel erence to tho office which
81 vas alleged TO have maintained N
{Chillicott Square. That office was leased ee
ana furnished by mo under an arrange n an t
gmept With another man. whose name
On DO given, to enable him to 40 e COL
lection business. Shortly after that u ar
sranrement he received an NJ o. Ter M OF q
salaried position In mother CIT y y. men ~,
he desired to accept. arran geo, t ttitss
fore. TO release htm. and no bu mess -. Wao
ever done in tho office. nor was vas W. ever
used as meeting place IN any an y ~
IS falsely and unjustlys I'M icated. 20
\; 51NouAI41EIEDLY FALSE,
% ..secondly, In reference to the alleged alt st
sta tenn On is OF a New York fde ' teotives
agency. II; whose main bu siness seems 3ea - -
have been to give their clients secrets
to tho public. 7 desire to say ina VIII.
AIT knowing what arrangement " were l'os
=, IA with him BY any person. any state
Rrnants OF, tho part OF such gency5 t e
Ing to reflect IN any way upon either ,.fltsE
I, vself or any other person Involve are
unounlifiedly falso. and have no basis II. IN
fact X :, I. e
.-rh,rdly. u During the pending q 7 the
divorce action 1t became In cessary for
ma 70 consult with the defendant IN J. re @.
erencel Is the course to pursue For tha a,
nurpose 1t was necessary that = meeting elm
should take place here. in 5 New 3 x ork.8 or
Atlantic city hut In such cases, a. as can can
be absolutely proven. these 4 meetings were
"a such places and under such y circul1r-s
stances as to absolu tely negati tive 'a any
other idea than the purpose OF transact Ct;
Ing the divorce action. XXX FtS tatas5ii
4 aFinally it may pc said that the crime 1lnng
II as great mys terry to the writer Il as as
10 any one. Terrible notoriety and and pub
5licity has been brought upon people,
moro especially upon women. 8 who have .'
entirely und eserved IT, and great WRONG!
has been done all concerned, especially
"a the B family which has suffered and
must suffer most For that we must
thank the spirit Of yellow journalism 'l
which does not hesitate to violate every
principle OF truth. honor, chivalry JUS IS
2tices and sanctity in their forts to make
news and sell pa pers. which make that
style OF Journalism one of the sickening
things OF m odern civilization IT, s: III