The evening world., 1905-11-04
CHARLES B. BARKER
IN DIVORCE CASE
Father of "Queenie" Stringer
Names as Correspondent in
TillotSon Suit.
COACHMAN IS ACCUSER.
TeStides Against Employer and Is
Then Arrested on Larceny
Charge.

From the arrest OF his coachmsn on a
charge Of grand larceny, IL developed
to-day that Charles Bell Barker, who
won fame some time ago by having a
OIL passed in the Legislature to lestt.
matte four-year-old "Queenie" String.
er daughter Of Adeaide Gertrude String.
er' mas been named as Correspondent IN
tne divorce suit brought by Norton n
I!ilotsen, sen Of wealthy publisher. a,
NO. l2o Riverside Drive.
Mr' Barkers coachmaa, Walter Har.
'ty was arrlIgned to-day IN Centre
street Court charged With stealing 800
worth oi floliturs from the fine sum.
mer home Of ;he wealthy Barker a,
spring valley He was arrested by De.
te2tiye D'cnthllor Of the Central once
W"'!e teStfyns al the reference in the
FlIIoisen divorce suit IN the law Office
OF Francis w Pollock OF no. 800 Broad
way Abraham b, Cohen, Of the ppllf.
@'r BliIdlas represented Mr.. Barker at
Tile hearing and brought about the ar
rest Of the coachman.
helore his arrest, however. TTarvey
.1d given testimony OF sensational
character concerning the relations no.
tween his employer ana Mrs. Tlllotsen.
he said Mrs. Tillotsen, who Is a very
handsome young woman, OF wealthy
parents, had spent many weeks al the
Barker summer home at Spring Valley,
Mr IillOtsen declared in his complaint
that his wife and Barker had been
salty of wroDs doing for period
covering seven months, and that Mrs
Tlbtsen was rEIll residing at the
Spring Valley homo Of Barker.
The c0achman corroborateI this
charge In detailed testimony OF specific
acts OF misconduct on Mrs. rilutsen's
part
The TilIotsens were married In Mil
wdutee IN 1892. T.cy had twin daugh-
iers' Luey and Abby who are now
eleven years Old The husband de-
claIel His wife left him last May. tax
ing the two children. lie brought
n@Dels eorrus proceedings and the court
returned the cnildren 10 him In August,
after he had begun his suit for absolute
divorce.
Az the time Of the hdbeas corpus pro.
ctrdlHss Mr IillOtsrn declared that
An Barker had assisted in sprltng
away Tue children ANA was aiding In
pIrFruNjS ! their return to their father.
The husband declared then tnat his
vile WAS morally unhg tO retain pos
session uf the child zen. When This
stat tanent was called u the attention
OF Mrs, W. Is, TillOtsen, mother N Mr.
TlllJlsen, she vehsmently defended her
daughter-in-law, saying;
Friend Of Miss stringer
While 1t Is true that they have
been talking Of separation, IL is out.
llgeous los yL nat she Is morally unft
To have charge Ut the children The
differences that exist between my son
ana his wife are based upon altogether
different grounds. | vii not explain
how Mr. Barkers name has been in
yulved in this unfortunate AFFAIR tnen
10 say that he was a friend OF Mrs.
Illlutseu'
Il is charged in the compaint OF Mr..
a great friend Of Adelaide Gertrude
Slruger WhOse CHILD Barker sought to
lcgilimali2e as his own, after he and
the little girls mother had fallen out.
lie had special bill passed in the New
York LEGISLATURE, but Gov Higgins ve-
tOed II, declaring mat 1t would estao-
lsh an immoral precedent
In a hlbels corpus action Barker
brought to secure the possession OF the
little gir named as 'Queenle' Barker,
he declared he had offered on several
n..l,ipns I'D marry Miss Stringer and
thereby legali2e the child In this SUIT
he posrd as q bachelor He declared
mat he allowed Miss Suingrr 5000
year for the support Of herself and
"Ouacule Miss StIinger replied to
mis- tlat n would have been Impossible
for her b marry Barker, as NE already
nll a wife, Mrs Eva Barker. They
were separated In 1884, when HNR"r
was directed to pay her N2O ".'
ulImOny
The Barker Separation.
The Blrkcrs were separated In a
sensational manner while living IN
their Central Valley country seat,
Returning 80 her home after a visit
tO her mother Mrs. Murgatroyd, OF
no lj3 West Eighty-third street. Mrs,
cook MIR BARKER had engaged In her
absence. She went to town. bought a
rlWnldr returned ana thraahed the
cook, driving her from the house.
rhen she began separation proceed
In 1880, tho ihen rich .young Mr, Bar.
ker was arrested on the complaint OF
an actress named Florence Potter
who charged him with the larceny, OF
g. no WORTH OF furniture from her fiat.
Miss Potter admitted In court mat
Barker had certainly been good TO her
I'm the four wears Oi their aGqualnt-
snce, giving her more than 10000.
She admitted she had begun $4,000
breach Of promise suit against him,
though she knew he was married when
she FIRST met him, Her case was dis
missed
Mr. Barker inherited an income Of
t2OO0O year from an uncle, He owns
: veral yachts and Is n member or many
swagger clubs. In his complaint against
the cOachman, who was arralgned in
the Tombs Court to-day, he declared
that Harvey had eloped with $500 worth
Of furniture during his absence from
his sprlng Valley home, The coachman
vas held to await the arrival OF TIA
Spring Valley Sheriff
ISElIN CHAUFFEUR FREED.