The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-14
CANE HERE TO
FORGET his WIFE

OAKLAND, March 4-Of the sandy
Gowing seeking a separation from his
young and pretty wife, Grace HARTLEY
Gowing, society belle and literary in
clined. The seasons society event
when Clement Oscar Gowing and Miss
Gorrill We're married less than five
years ago is still remembered by the
-Four Hundred about the bay. Then
all society nodded approval and said
what a happy couple. Now comes the
husband wanting the court to set "a
side the marital bonds; also, he would
be awarded the custody of their little
child, a daughter aged 3 years. De-
sertion is the ground given in his COM
plant.
Having already lived nearly a year
apart from her husband, Mrs. Gowing
will probably not place an obstacle in
the way of his securing a divorce, pro-
vided ne will leave her in undisputed
possession of their little daughter. But
judging from his application for di-
vorce this is just precisely what c.
Oscar Gowing does not intend to do.
Therefore society and the curious may
look forward to having the domestic
troubles of scions of two of Oakiand's
most exclusive families told in court.
Mrs. Gowing is very much attached to
her baby daughter and has determin-
ed to retain possession of the child at
any cost. For that reason she has en-
ployed San Francisco firm of lawyers
About a year ago Mr.. Gowing, a col
lege man, member of the Zeta Psi
fraternity at Berkeley and cotillion
leader, disappeared from his friends
here. Taking her child by the hand,
Mrs Go wing went to the home Of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cor
rill in the aristocratic section of Pied
mont.
Gradually the facts came out that
the young husband was in Arizona
working as railroad constructor; that
he had quarreled with his wife; that
they had agreed to a mutual separ-
alton, and that she should have pos
session of their child. AT that time
it was commonly passed about that
Mrs Gowing objected to the COM
panions of her husband and also to
the places he frequented with them.
Even before Gowing went TO Arizona
he and his pretty wife had Quarreled
over his choice Of companions. Last
year an uncle of his, one Oscar Cow
ing, died leaving to MIN a large estate.
With this increase in his wealth, Cow |
ing associated himself with the Colu- |
sa Stone Company. He was made sec |
rotary. his father-in-law, Richard Cor |
riH. being president and one of the |
directors
But the cares Of business were light /
with Gowfng and soon tales of his |
misdoings reached the ears of his wife. |
Then came another quarrel.
Working hard on the hot plains of /
caused Gowing to long for the |
shades of his home in Piedmont. Then |
letters passed between him and his |
wife. with the result that he started /
for home. But before he reached his |
destination some one. it is said GER |
tain widow. interfered with his journey |
with the result that he checked his /
trunks for the Sandwich Islands and |
then took steamer for there.
Under the bamboo trees of the islands |
stayed while. then he COM |
nenced his interrupted journey for wife |
and home But a letter reached him |
aboard steamer, written by his wife, |
saying that she never wanted to see
him again. But Gowing was persist
ent, came to Oakland, had an inter
view with his wife and then departed |
for Arizona, from where he comes TO /
secure a separation.