The evening world., 1903-10-12
Woman Of Distinguished Lineage
VINO Survived Fractured ver-
tsbrae Defendant In Suit
Brougft.by Husband.
DENIES CHARGES AND
DEMANDS OPEN TRIAL.
Mrs. Boiler Has Been Reporter,
Detective, In the Secret Ser
vice and Has Had Exciting
and Varied Career.

- uncommon woman Is Mrs. Naomi
8. Boiler. whose husband, William
Newbold Boiler. son Of the senior men,
Der OF the arm OF Boiler & Hodge, con-
quilting civil engineers. OF No. 1 Nag
SOU street. to-day began suit for abso-
lutte divorce from her. naming Capt.
T. ". Lawton. a retired scout, who is
row a promoter. with ofices at No. 100
Nassau street.
She Ii a daughter Of Sir John Wood
house Sherwood, the famous Canadian
pioneer and one OF the FIRST settlers Of
che Red River lands. Consequently she
Il OF the family that ruled In SHEER
wood Forest and which gave the his
toric woods It's NAME. while on the
mothers side she comes Of the Mars
tons. after whom h equally historic
and stored moor Is called. Besides she
Is one of h very few persons alive
whose necks have been broken.
Says Charges Are False.
Mrs. Boiler would not discuss the ac-
ito of her husband when seen to-day
at her home. No. 426 Gold street, Brook
lyn. nor would her attorneys, Levy d
Unser.
Il have nothing to say encept that
the charges made against me are false"
said Mrs. Boiler. my husband wanted
the case to be- tried before a referee.
but am not afraid OF anything and !
have demanded a bearing In open court
before a jury. When the proper time
comes Capt. Lawton can speak for him
SET. His wife is my friend and DO are
his mother and father. They have all
been good to me when I needed a friend.
and I care not for any one else"
Mrs. Boiler vas once a newspaper
wornan In Denver. where she was en-.
ployed on the Times. and II was during
that period that she sustained the
frtghtful injury to her neck.
How Her Neck Was Broken.
~ft was; back In 1897 while I was IN
Denver. that business called NV nus
ba}ad into El Paso County and I went
with him. We rode fast and hard to
The Bi1ou Basin and my horse ought
TO have been pegged out, but he was
one OF those wiry Indian ponies which
never seem TO wear out or grow old,
and at III n Of the journey he was ss
mean rs when we started.
HE must have had It in for me. for I
had just staked him out with one of thos.
o picket, ropes, we use In the West
b he pulled back. Tho rope caught
me at the break of the knees n down
I came on my head. I felt my neck
anap and I thought my head was going
TO come away from my body. After that
I know very LITTLE for q long time, Until
] came to In q suit OF plaster casts, and
90 ! lay for nearly two years. It was
all very horrible, and there are no
words that ! an use that would con-
Q to any n the pain. the terrible
feeling. that attended my injury.
OF Versatile Attachments,
.-After I got On my feet I had to 20
to work again. and I've been doing
something ever since. I've been in the
Secret Service. I've been a newspaper
woman. I've been a detective in depart
ment stores. I am secretary in O busI-
ness concern now, and I forgot to men,
ton IT. am a defendant In q divorce
suit. but ! will not talk about that"
The Boilers are connected with the
Newboids. Of Philadelphia. and while
they do not move socially in the set
called the Four Hundred. they have an
enviable position among fhe older fami-
lies of this city. The son who has
brought the suit for divorce Is employed
N, q salesman in the Autographic Regis
ter Company. Of No. $50 West Thirteenth
atrAet Ha and his dUffa nara ha,L 60
the East ten years ago. Since that
time Mrs. Boiler has caused her spouse's
arrest three times for n~on-suppoft.