Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-31
RICH RECITAL.
Mrs. AviIIa Tells Of the Wrongs poings
OF Miss Petty.


doing. My sympathy runs with those
who have been wronged And II Ada
Petty had been so wronged and de-
ceived as she has led everyone to be-
lieve. would certainly give her my
heartfelt sympathy. certainly uphold
and protect a good girl trying To do
right, but | believe In justice helng
done in every case. And II my hus
band Is guilty. at she claims, she. too
is guilty. God In heaven and they two
alone know. Then why should one be
shielded and the other bear all the
blame? She claims that when she
found he was married man sne left
him; contrary to that she wrote an
anonymous letter to me, knowing that
was yet In bed after the birth of our
baby, telling me he was untrue to me
and asking me to come to 20i North
Arno street and see. Signed. "A
Friend" This letter was written De-
cember g. She talked with me ON De.
cember q. when | came here. telling
me everything possible to get me to
leave him. ALG when Mr. Avilla and
went TO his room. 2l5 Silver avenue
Cwhere she had obtained room next
to his). chat evening after my talk
with her In the afternoon). to get his
clothes. there was n note telling him
his wife had been to see her, and she
wanted To see him. after pretending 10
me when she found out he was mar
ried man she would have nothing more
TO do with him. am too proud to beg
him to live with me. even though he Is
my husband so told him to take his
choice before her. II he wanted TO live
in the house for the sake of our chit
dren he could, but II he chose her
would never get divorce, and he
could not get one. He chose his wife
and after our return home he changed
hIs run to Needles. And between the
time of our departure from Albuquer-
,ue till his arrest we received some
ding like seventeen letters from her.
begging him TO leave his wife and ch.,-
dren. that God would provide for his
cnndren, that he must go away with
her, saying your wife said she would
not grant a divorce. but she did not
care II they were never married-he
must 20 away with her by the 18th of
january, or she would have vengeance
IL 1t fell on the whole family She
would not live without him. Our baby
took sick and died and the doctor said
his sickness was caused by the worry
and nervous strain upon me caused by
the trip to Albuquerque and the letters
she still persisted In writing after he
had told her he did not want To have
anything to do with her. She was not
satisfied with all she had done; no. she
had to do more. She acknowledged in
two letters that she had written those
anonymous letters to me. and said
about dozen times she was in q deli
cate condition, and said she would
send the child to the orphans home,
and in another letter asking him TO
ask me to tell her what to do to get
rid of H. | never wrote her n line and
her that. Anyone even not a Chris
/ tian, should have more honor. Up to
her last letters she claimed to he sick
and In that condition, and now de-
MES il.
She said she never went under the
name of Avilla. She ordered paper
| for a month and sent the bill to my
husband to pay. The bill is headed
Mrs. Avilla. She saw when he advised
her TO go home and live Christian
| Ire that all her threats and pleadings
had been in vain so she then brought
up the story OF the mock marriage, of
whicl she has not even witness nor
n certificate--nothing To prove IL took
place.
Mr. Avilla was in a little play once
and took the name or James Forrest.
He has often written 1t In autograph
albums before and after our marriage,
six years ago the 23d day of Novem-
Der. He often told me since he went on
passenger two years ago the 9TH OF
November, that girls would ask him
his name and he would say that con.
sidering IL none OF their business, he
would not tell them. From observa.
ton and hearsay think that II people
on trains knew their place and would
keep II there would he less trouble and
many a heartache saved.
was 20 years old the 18th day OF
last October, and II my hair was once
brown las the paper saidD is now
streaked with gray my friends and my
self fail to notice Ii, but some things
are done for spite, as | am sure this
was, because desired information could
not be obtained. IL each person would
be sure they were faultless before they
comment on others faults, they would
not talk so much.
All ask is Justice. neither censur
ing nor excusing either party con
cerned will always stand by q
woman as long as conscientiously
can. And consider 1t my duty to help
the father of my children as much as
is In my power To do
Mr.. Avilla took one weeks lay OF
when our baby took sick and died. He
laid on the Goth OF December. our baby
was buried on the 30th of December
and our other two children being sick
"a well az myaeif he remained "a,