The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-14
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courtroom called out the above and
the bailln pounded his knuckien
sturdily on the railing for silence,
Thursday morning. 200 necha were
cranef eagerly forward and 200
pairs OF ears pointed toward the
space In front OF the judges bench
where attorneys were buaiiy en-
gagged arranging their papers. pre-
pairing for one OF the most sensa-
tional divorce trials ever heard Ia
King eounty'a law mills
But. notwithEtAndinE the treat In
store for this army Of morbid scan
dal-mongern. they were dlsappoint-
ID
For
Neither the plaintiff nor defend
ant in the case Of sEamea versus
Eamea. was present. II 10 probable
that neither Of them had the moral
courage 20 face that throng Of
Hcandal-loyors TO listen TO the
charges and counter charges they
are making. 90 SIT ia judgment
while the sensational stories Of
friends and foes were Nheedied out.
bit b. bit, by the battling attorneys
II IL very probable that the case
OF "Eames versus Eames" would
never have come 20 light had II not
becu that the possession Of a B.
yeRr-old boy remains In doubt I'M
~ the court decides whether Frank
Eamea or Alice Eames should have
the youngster
Mrs Ehmea first filed a suit for
divorce against her husband. al
ieging cruelty and charging him
With once having knocked her
aenNeieaB
Had she not asked for the Gus
tody Of the child. Games would
probably have let the case 20 by
default rather than let the public
into his family closet wherein rat
tied 4 skeleton that makes the ia
nous TaggaFt skeleton look small
and insi gnincant
Rather than lose the boy. Eames
who Is a salesman AZ Stone Fisher
a Lanes. filed a cross complaint
that fairly hiAzeG with sensation.
Not only does he charge his wife
with infidelltY. but he brands her
AZ a female modern edition OF
Lothario Who lacks only the for
mality Of the marriage ties to make
her a complete ready-reference
guide to Mormonism.
One correspondent
No
A dozen instead Some Of whom
the husband calls bY name. others
he only refers TO by lnnendo.
For Instance
There IL DelYert Y. MeaKher also
Q Stone. FISHER A Lane salesman
And Donald McGregor. driver Of
milk wagon.
And. Roy Austin. a carpenter.
And Sturgeon C. Wheeler. a Jour
nallnt.
And Pete Forest.
Likewise
Other men In all foilowinRs and
professions. from the aforesaid
milkman 10 whisky drummers.
All of these men, so declares
Esmes. were his wife's sweethearts.
Some OF them wooed her at the
same time while others she thought
enough Of to devote herself so ex-
clusiEely TO for at least a month at
time.
Most Of the Romeo and Juliet ar
fairs are alleged 20 have occurred at
West Seattle. where the Eames had
a camp known as Camp Edmund +"
Here seemed TO be a vertible Cupid's
especially during the day
time when the husband went TO
work and left his wife mistress Of
all she Euryeyed--in the male line.
First came the milk man in the
clear. sweet hours after early dawn.
Merrily he car0iei HIS tunefui lay Of
MIX Mornings milk" Eames
states that this milkman. Donald
McGregor. and his wife carried on
scandalously. the milkman turning
his horse loose 20 Craze while he
and Mrs. Eames wandered down
into the shadows Of rayine. There
upon a messy bank. according TO
Eames. they were often seen max
ing violent love 10 one another.
When the festive dispenser Of
milk went upon his milky way. the
next wooer 10 make his appearance
would be Spurgeon {. Wheeler.
local journalist Arm in arm
Wheeler and Mrs. Eames would
jauntily trip through the woods aud.
In his complaint Eames alleges that
most OF the neighhorhood was
aware OF improper relations between