The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-22
Utterly Amazed by Exposure of
Board of Trade Brokers' Wife's
Diaries and Letters.
SENSATIONS FOLLOW QUICKLY.
Young Marie Vaughan Makes Dam
aging Statements Against Her
Mother, Who Tries to De-
stroy Daughters Rep
utatiOn.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

Chicago, Feb. 2l.-The fashionaDie Wom-
en- who were the neishbors and friends Of
Mr.. and Mrs. y. J. Vaughan. whose di-
vorce suit has been the sensation of the
week in Chicago, have been astounded by
the revelations made by the wealthy Board
of Trade operator and the still more as
founding exposures of the woman's own
thoughts and feelings, as betrayed by her
diary the chief evidence submitted by the
husband as grounds for divorce.
Mary McI.ane and all other women, gift
ed or cursed with the ability of laying
naked their own souls, have been quite out
done by this bright-faced, literary woman
whom her friends would have sworn would
rather have died than 90 into a divorce
court.
in her diary and certain letters which
have been submitted testimony, Mrs.
Vaughan idealizes and rhapsodZes over a
mysterious Jack" an adorable. fascinat-
ing, masculine creature, who drove fast
horses.
Every page in the little booklets which
Vaughan declares are his wife's diaries. is
filed with lovelorn apostrophes to this
mysterious Jack" whose identity is not
revealed by his own letter to his Venus"
Simple Jack he has remained so far. and
simply as Jack he probably will live In
the memory of the shocked but fascinated
society women who have missed but little
of the unexpected evidence in this case. g
One of the biggest sensations of the case
was caused by the reading of a document
SO unusual that II threw the courtroom into
buz of excitement. The husband declared
his wife wrote 1t and asked him to sign,
granting her certain liberties she desired.
The divorce was granted by the jury to-
day. S.,
There were three questions to be deter
mined by the jury. On two of them the
members agree, but on the third, after
eighteen hours deliberation. they could not
agree. They answered the first question by
6PCidtnO II Nanrhnn h-,I hoo
guilty of extreme and repeated cruelty 90
ward his wife. The determined that Mrs.
ness aad that that ~. JACK e" and s Boy were
creatures of her imagination, TO whom she
Irade love only in her diary, and then fbr
a purpose. The question they could not d.
eide was whether Mrs. Vaughan had been
guilty of cruelty.
When the jury entered the courtroom the
foreman announced that two of the propo-
sitions had been agreed upon. but that on
the question of Mrs. Naughan's cruelty TO
her husband there had been no settlement.
Vaughan then withdrew the question which
was unsettled.
DIARY OF MRS. VAUGHAN.
These are some excerpts from Mrs.
Vaughans diaries. as read in court:
asssa in meSs
again. 1t is such a struggle to give up.
January PA. j.. at home an day sick.
troll.
January % So full Of thoughts and wishes.
January 31-Reconciliation Is sweet. Sub.
l still long for the unattainable.
February 6-Oh,. must give up. hope
permanently It clings SO. (Nine weeksD
not put aside all my longings How my
hearts strings twang.
February i1-Thinking of what might be.
February lS-To-night / am so lonely. 1
will not give up hope forever.
pay ssr sTs hsvs GO e ss e
Oh. my love that loves but me. Come!
Eleven long weeks
February 21-Every moment is filled with
wishes Am / to hope in vain? Why was
this given to me if 1 cannot find reciproc-
ity? Longing.
not believe that l still hope
March S-Full of wishes for that one op-
portunity which / spurned. l VIII never
give up. If / was to blame, will make it
March 1Hoh. long and look in vain.
March belonging for that one who was
"oLD FOOL ON HAND"
March z-Feel utterly alone all day.
tsr Mak in see syennS SS5 not what hope
April 1s-Arthur comes home sick with
April 1s-Arthur restless all day.
April a-Arthur better. Doctor says A.
J. has fever.
April 22-Up after o'clock. A. J.'s
symptoms worse. Afternoon better.
April 23-Feel quite rested. A. J. steadily
improving. Old foo fool stays all night. .,..
delirious all day. Begin to fesI anxious.
April 25-I give up. -Four a. m., feel Ar
thur is Slipping aSs away from st u.s. ,oaa Am sas no
undermined What is a lonely future worth?
Seems better later. Take up hope again.
April $3.50 much encouraged. Arthur Is
rational all day, mostly. Mr.; George b.
trouble brings another. Are We to go un-
der now? God knows
April GA sits up for the first time.
April 2S-Arthur begins it
April ga. gaining and sits up every day.
April 30-A. gains.
May A. j. out for first time to-day.
Ugly as he can be.
WILL NOT GIVE YOU UP"
May "a. gaining on the ugly.
May GAM so lonely tonight. Must I
ever be alone? oh, come back.
May 2a.-Oh, my love; so far you are.
June Cob, my love! Am lost; will not
give you up. Come.
June ST. am going back to you. You!
June l0.--Oh. lonely, my dear one,
regret driving you away. 1 will go back to
June 11.-Can hardly tell how the days go
except in earnest wishes for you to try
only once more. I will yield now and go
June l2-I am so desolate. yet tied to
brutal Ignorant wretch Not thought
in common. No hopes scarcely.
June 13.-Very disappointing. 1t must end
soon i will bring you back again.
June H.-So lonely Yet you must ad-
vance to me. You will!
thinking how much want and can't have.
So disappointing again.