The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-05-02
MRS. BRINGGOID
Tells THINGS ON
HER HUSBAND OTTO
Mrs Brnggo|d Is Something of Detective Her.
Se|f-.She Names Various Wom'n Whom She
Says Have Ruined The Happiness Of Her Home
--Te||s Judge KeIIam all About 1t.

Letters to other women, photo
graphs, strolls across back lots In
company with women, quiet little
suppers in restaurant boxes are all
being brought in as factors in the d.
vorce proceedings now under way be-
tween Carrie Bringgold and her hus-
band, Otto Bringgold. The case is
being heard before A. G.. Kellam,
Judge pro TEN, in the offices of Henley
& Kellam. The entire morning has
been used in cross examining Mrs.
Bringgold.
According to her testimony the
whole trouble started when she found
the picture of pretty Bessie Murphy
in Ottos watch. She demanded an
explanation and Otto was there with
the goods. He had bought the watch,
ETC., ETC., but Mrs. B. was not con-
tent. She began to smell rat and
kept her eyes and ears open. Shortly
before she began the divorce proceed.
ings several years ago her husband,
so she says, dsfied her to get any evil
dence against him.
Husband All Courtesy.
Mrs. Bringgold then began in ear.
nest. She ran across her husband in
box, she says, in the Saddlerock
restaurant with a strange woman.
When Otto courteously arose to in.
troduce his wife Mrs. Bringgold
would not stand for 1t. She merely
reminded her husband that he had re-
peatedly assured her that he did not
do such things and then left. She
did not know the name of the woman
nor did she ever see her again.
Then there is another woman for
whom Mrs. Bringgold bears no great
love. Once upon time there was a
dance. 1t was long ago. Otto took
his wife with him to the dance. He
placed her comfortably in chair and
then proceeded to dance every dance
with another woman. Mrs b. did not
say what happened when they got
home.
Mrs. Bringgold told Of family
named Elicksman. She said that Mr..
Elicksman met her and told her that
Bringgold was attempting to break
UP his family. He told Mrs. Bring
gold that her husband had been writ
ing to his wife. but that the letters
were destroyed before he could get
hold of them. F
IF I had gotten hold of that let
ter" said Elicksman, according to
Mrs. Bringgold. otto would not be
alive today" &
bought Shoes for Mrs. white.
Franklin fats come into the case.
These were the scene of more than
one incident in the affairs Of the
Bringgolds. Otto had been there. ac-
cording 20 Mrs. Bringgold. Later Mrs
Bringgold was there herself. A Mrs.
White, who was divorced last spring,
was named as one of Bringgold's
lady friends. Mrs Bringgold had been
told that Otto had bought her a new
dress and shoes Mrs. Bringgold said
her husband had been employed to
secure evidence for Mrs. Whites d.
vorce suit. >
The watch that the suing woman
says Otto bought Bessie Murphy was
another bone of contention. Accord,
ing to Mrs. Bringgolds testimony,
Otto was fond Of spending his money
away from home. A young girl named
Sadie also entered the suit. She had
known Bringgold and has been offered
s25 by him TO keep her dirty mouth
shut" said Mrs. Bringgold. Sadie Is
young girl under the age OF consent
and had become the mother of a child.
Mrs. Bringgold says Otto facetiously
referred to the child as his. Mrs.
Bringgold investigated the matter,
but came to the conclusion that the
chtld's father was another married
man, "dago." she called him.
Main Charge n Cruelty.
Mrs. Bringgold was seen this morn.
ing and asked what were the charges
against her husband "The main
charge is cruelty" she said II am
also showing that he associated with
low and lewd women. He has written
letters and been mixed up with other
women. He has frequently threat
ened to have me sent to Medical Lake
as insane II I prosecuted the divorce.
He has been called the notorious
Bringgold' in the papers. The name
just fits him"
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