The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-01
FROM FRANCE TOSUE HUSBAND
TROUBLES OF THE WHEELOCKS
AIRED IN COURT.

{ They Parted by Agreement Two Years
"a Ago and She Went Abroad Letters
=. Grew Cool and She Returned. she
The dissensions OF much separated
family are now occupying the attention
Of the Supreme Court. Augustus d.
Wheelock, one Of the agents OF the New
York Life Insurance Company, with an
Office at 81 William street. Is the head OF
the family. He is living at the Hunting
don apartment, 21s West 18th street, and,
according to his wife, he and Mr. Bald
win are known there as Mr.. and Mrs.
Whaalock.
Mrs. wheslock herself Ia at a hotel, hav-
Ing juA returned from Paris. Her two
daughters, with one Of whom, it appears, she
Ia not on the best of terms, are In France
Mrs. Wheelock is here to prosecute her suit
fora separation on the ground OF cruelty and
desertion. Yesterday Justice Greenbaum
made an order allowing her $40 week
temporary alimony and 5000 counsel fee.
The Wheelocks were married on Jan
20, 1884, at Kenosha, Wis, and have two
children, Eva, aged q, and Lila, aged Is.
They lived at Rutherford, N. j., till April,
1903, since when they have not been together.
According to Wheelock, his wife, who was
born in England, entertains strong aver
sion to America and Americans. At any
rate, whether, as he says, because she
refused to live here, or as she says, because
she was ill and needed a change OF scene
and air, it was mutually agreed in April,
1903 that she should go to France and take
the children with her. She went to Rouen;
and Wheelock sent her regularly $500
month or more.
Mrs. Wheelock, in her affidavit, says that
for a while her husbands letters were
affectionate. In July, however, she got
letter asking her to stay in France for at
least, two years. She replied with requests
for more money, and he kept putting her
Off.
In December, 1908, Mrs. Wheelock says.
she received a letter couched in "cruel
and unkind' language. telling her that
he did not wish to see her again In subsa-
ouent letters she learned that he had sold
the furniture and was living in bachelor
apartments.
Mrs. Wheelock returned to this country
on April 49, She called at Wheelock's
Office and was told, she says, that he had
no accommodation for her and that she
had better return to France. She refused
and traced him to the Huntington, where
she found, as she says, that one OF the
apartments was occupied by MIR. and Mrs.
A. D. Wheelock.
Accompanied by her lawyer, Mrs. Wheel
ock invaded the apartment and found
Wheelock and Miss Baldwin dining to-
gether.
In her application for alimony Mrs.
Wheelock estimates her husbands income
at from $4,000 to $l2, 900 year, and says
that their household expenses always ran
up to six or seven thousand. She asked,
therefore, for at least sa3 a week alimopy.
To support her demands Mrs. Wheelock
submitted a number OF the letters sent 70
One Of them, dated July 8, 1908 is addressed
to @My dear little wife, and winds up With
love to the children, and with lots OF love
and kisses, from your ever loving husband
he would allow her ;i5o a month in the
future. He added:
This amount or more l VIII always
send, SO long, as you properly conduct
yourself-you know what l mean. Other.
the terms am making with you are not
in every way satisfactory you must take
the matter up legally, as they are the best
! can afford to make. If at any time you
desire divorce you may have one without
no expense to me; at present l am In
different to the matter, as l have no de-
sire to marry. l have had all want in
that line.
II prefer to keep this matter entirely
between ourselves, at least for the present,
and it will never be mentioned by me. My
object in this is that it might direct too
much attention to U.s. and Evas trouble
might become known =" shall provide
for you and Lila in my will, and for Eva T.
Sna T beD efk to keep up my insurance Tor
my feelings toward you are kind very
Lind, but fear the love has all gone, never
to return. We must not judge one another
too harshly, but we each have the privilege
of asking ourselves as many questions
as we wish, and try to discover where the |
fault is. Had my life over again, or even
the past few years, would have done very |
differently, but it is too late now, and l
am growing old. Your husband
another letter addressed to My dear
Lyddie," Cher name is LYDIA and reading |
In part ,,,,,u.,ou, o.o o,,.,o,
the better If you attempt to crowd me,
you will gain nothing by it. If you borrow
money to come over here, it will never be
paid by me l may have been too |
severe on Eva. I am happy to learn that
things are as you say regarding her ana
take back all that l have said about
want to see you. and won't see you, even
II you come to New York.
In other letters Wheelook refers con-
tinually to his lack Of money. In one dated
Dec. %, 1903, he wrote:
Il am up against it hard. All I
want is to be left alone. lam not fit COM
panion for any one. / am cross, grabbed
and unreasonable. You and l could not be
in TIE same house for long, know, without
many ouarrels. You know what / am when
am short of money. There is no reason
why l should ruin your happiness, My
own is entirely gone. am slave to drink,
and while am not now drinking and hope
never to do 80 again ] have no great con-
fdence in myself and almost any little try
ing event, either personal or in a business
way, is apt to make me break out. Go
ahead, sis. Have as good time as you
can, but leave me alone You can't help
me now ] must work it out for myself
and prefer to live alone. - Now
don't write lot Of letters. just leave me
alone am no good and no one knows it
better than / do, and il you ever run across
n real good man whom you think you could
be happy WITH take him, for l know you
would never be happy with me. Eva Lam
pretty useless. Lila ! feel differently
toward for know she cares for me-
Wheelocks defense is a denial that he
u xr;fo nd