The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-14
CAPT. LAWTON
CL AID HE'S nam ED
Proud 10 Defend Mrs. Boiler
IS Correspondent In Divorce.
she HAS BROKEN NECK
Had SpIns OIslocated II Two Places Over
10 Years Ago In WlIds Of
Colorado.
she HAS BROKEN NECK

New York, Oct AT am glad TO be
named as correspondent in the suit for
divorce brought by william Newbold
Boiler. against his wife. Mrs. Naohi 3.
Boiler" said Capt. T. r. Lawton, pro-
moter, In his ofrice. No. l4o Nassau
street to a reporter. 'I am, may say,
proud OF the honor"
This statement was made In the pres
snce of Mrs. Boiler. who smiled approv-
ingly
'aThe fact that Boiler names me In
his suit" Capt. Lawton continued. gives
ne the right TO go into court In Mrs
Boilers defense and make public the per-
secution to which she has been subjected
and OF which the suit is the climax The
charges set UP in the complaint served
upon our attorneys. Levy q Meyer are
ridiculous and actuated by motives that
will not stand exposure.
Mrs. Boiler is a friend OF my wife
ana myself, and had II not been Tor
our mutual friendship she would nave
sufYered. physically and mentally, more
than she has. My relations with MIS-
Boiler are partly of business nature,
she being the secretary OF company
NJ which / am president We are also
eIo~e friends. Mrs. Lawton Will be glad
eo testify on the stand at the trial, IL
necessary"
HAS BROKEN NECK AND LIVES
The suit OF Boiler VS.. Boiler Is re-
vparkable in many ways. The oetend-
ant ~ one OF the very few persons VINO
are alive with a broken neck. she sur
fered n discolation OF the verteorae at
the neck and lower in the spine zen
vearu ago Her affltction Is apparent
only in the fact that she cannot nov
t,r head sddewise and that her carriage
A. a trtfs more stiffly erect than OF
dinary. - con
william 8. Boiler plaintiff. Is son
.s the senior member OF the nrm or
BOILER & Hodges, consulting civil en-
sineers, Of No. l Nassau street he 10
connected with the Autographlo Regis
ter company, Of No. 4so West lhir.eenon on
street. Capt Lawton Is the sole CO.
respondent.
"Mr Boiler wanted the case TO go
h.,ore n referee" she said. but re-
fused to permit H. My character ana
that of Capt. Lawton, my true friend
In trial and distress, have been assamea
I want to refute the charges publicly
and establish the motive OF this suit
"In 1892, shortly after our marriage.
NJ Denver, when / was working as
newspaper reporter. my husband ana
were on A ranch at Buou Basin. ! had
tethere6 an Indian cayuse. which i had
been riding, when Mr. Boiler began beat
ing the horse. The long picked rope TO
which the animal was fastened became
wrapped around me during his strug-
gles and / was thrown on my mead.
when awoke to consciousness / was
encased In plaster casts, and so lay for
nearly two years. The pain and anguish
of my condition cannot be described.
WILL Make HIM SORRY.
Afterwards he came East and lived
st various places. among them Benson
hurst. where my husbands actions added
20 my misery.
II got employment in the secret ser
vice In which Capt. Iawten was en-
gagged. We have worked together In
many cases. / have also been deteo-
tive In department stores
I'VE shall establish enough before a
Jury to make Mr.. Boiler wish he had