The San Francisco call., 1903-12-22
BLAMES CAPTAIN
MADDEN'S FOLKS
Wife of Army Officer Files
Another Document in the
Proceedings for a Divorce
WILL ASK A DISMISSAL
Says She Would Have Let
Him Obtain a Decree Had
He Sued on Other Grounds

A sensational affidavit was filed in
the divorce proceedings of Captain Jobn
A Madden against Edith Nav Madden
yesterday Mrs. Madden is the afiant
The document vas filed with a notice
10 the attorneys for Madden to the
eHect that on Friday, January s. when
me case comes up for hearing in. Judge
hebbard's court, her atto4nevs would
move that il be dismissed on the ground
lhaI the complaint was a sham. false
IA lact and not pleaded in good faith.
Alaooen attorneys are also to be noti-
ned on the same occasion, in the event
mat the motion 10 dismiss is not grant
ca, mat Mrs. Madden viii seek TO stay
al proceedings in the case until such
tlme as her husband returns to this
country IN the event Of these pro-
ceeoings falling the afTiant states that
she VIII oemur 10 the complaint on
the ground that il is ambiguous. de-
iecuve, unverifed and not brought at
the solicitation Of the plaintiff in the
action.
In the affidavit Mrs. Madden LAYS all
the blame for her present unhappy pre-
oicament upon Madden's parents. She
says that she returned to this country
at her h-sband's solicitation with the
understanding that she was TO be al
lowed, because Of their unhappiness,
10 secure a decree Of divorce on any
ground that would not injure Madden's
name as an officer and a gentleman
or her own fair name. She says the
subject Of divorce had been discussed
by her and her husband after she had
discovered that he had not been faith
ful 70 his marriage vows. She AYERS
that her husbands parents interfered
and without his consent and solely for
the purpose Of holding her up to ridi-
cule and robbing her of her good name
instituted the proceedings.
DISLIKES NOTORIETY.
The charge Of inhdelity preferred in
the complaint. she states, is false in
every particular. brought for the pur-
pose Of saving Madden at her expense
and separating her from the child. She
says while she knew of her husbands
actions she never would have preferred
a charge against him that would have
injured him and told him frequently
that L he elected to commence an ac-
tion for divorce on any ground that
would insure a separation without no
t0riety she would have defaulted and
allowed him TO have his freedom.
Pauline Hopkins, though a wife but
little over ninety days. is already
yearning for freedom. She has filed
an action in divorce aCainst John l.
Hopkins. a clerk. in which she alleges
that ever since September 3 of this
wear. the day she became his wife, she
has suffered intensely. has had fire.
ouent attacks Of hysteria. spent many
a sIeepless night and otherwise suf-
fered, so that she is now physical
and mental wreck.
Mrs Hopkins charges her husband
with cruelty. and in support Of her al
LEGATIONS says that four days after
their marriage he left her and went 70
Humboldt and remained there three
weeks. Upon his return, she says, he
told her what a lovely time he had
flirting with numerous damsels in the
northern port. and when she cried and
objected 10 listening TO his bOasting he
threatened to leave her and go to Chi
cago. from where, she AYERS, he said he
would not return If he met any one he
liked better than her"
DESTROYED JEWELRY.
Mrs. Hopkins further AYERS that in
the month following their marriage her
husband boasted that he had won the
love OF a woman named Gene Danera
and OF another named Ethel, and said
that ne had made date to meet them.
He also, alleges his wife, on the same
occasion nearly broke her heart by
- Z
elry and his own watch, and then
boastingly informed her that he had
s'bucked the tiger and lost SO"
Mrs. Hopkins says that il was her
husbands daily habit as soon as he
arose in the morning TO pull her hair
until she suffered agonies and then
curse her and tell her that he was sorry
he ever married her. To make matters
worse, says the plaintiff, her husband
never allowed her to forget that he had
been married before, and completed her
humiliation by informing her that he
liked his first wife better than his sec
ond choice. He would also, she says,
torment her by calling her mother a
dictator" and her sister a big fat
slob."
PLEADS INNOCENCE.
Emma Ross, defendant in the suit for
divorce brought by Angus Ross. has
answered his complaint with a denial