Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-08
WILL NOT CONTEST JUDGMENT
OBTAINED BY WIFE !
SAYS ACCUSATIONS ARE FALSE
Retired Army officer Arrives in Los
Angeles and Meets His Former
spouse-Mrs. Broome to
Go to Paris


himself in the late war with Spain,
while commanding troops in Cuba and
Porto Rico, yesterday declared in the
superior court that he would not move
the court to set aside the interlocutory
decree of, divorce recently granted to
his wife, Mrs. Mae X. Broome, a well
known member of Washington society.
Mrs. Broome was granted q divorce
In Judge Yorl's court November "a.
She charged her husband with cruelty
while on the islands, and later with
having kidnapped her daughter, Jose
phine, while at the home of her mother,
Mrs E. F. Barbour, at Washington,
ID. c..
While Mrs. Broome was relating the
tale of her domestic woes in the super
ior court last November her spouse was
engaged in a business enterprise in the
republic of Santo Domingo.
No sooner did Captain Broome learn
of the turn taken in his matrimonial
career than he hurriedly broke off all
business negotiations in the southern
republic and sailed for New York en-
route for Los Angeles.
Several days ago the defendant in the
divorce case arrived in Los Angeles,
and his first mission after his arrival
here was to visit the home of his
divorced wife at Redondo Beach.
Will Not Contest
1t was only after several consulta
tions with his wife that Captain
Broome decided not to contest the regu-
larity of the proceedings wherein his
wife made it possible to claim her
freedom from the bonds of matrimony
on November "a of this year
Mrs. Broome testified in the divorce
proceedings that soon after her escape
from her husbands tent in Porto Rico
she reached the home Of her mother in
washington. She was followed by her
husband, who several days later ar
rived at the residence owned by Mrs.
Barbour on the Anacoastia plaza,
Washington.
At the formal trial Of the case Mrs.
Mae *. Broome asserted that on the
occasion of her husbands pursuit he
to see her, and in the meantime while
the maid conveyed the message her
little daughter Josephine appeared at
the door and was seized by the father.
Mrs. Broome received a dispatch from
her maid, who had covered the hus-
bands tracks and accompanied him to
Old Point Comfort, Virginia.
roII l..
and they next met at the Hygeia, and
in his room Mrs. Broome asserted that
he grappled with her and refused her
PERMISSION to see the child.
A lawyer and detective employed by
the Broomes answered the cries of the
struggling woman, and with their as
sistance the child was recovered.
e Leaves Child to Mother
Captain Broome declared yesterday
that he was the guardian of the child,
but now he says that he has no desire
to retain the custody of his daughter.
( He insisted yesterday that the alle-
cations of cruelty contained in his
wife's complaint were groundless, and
declared thato Mrs. Broome only OBJ
tanned a divorce from. a fear enter
tanned by her that he was seeking to
regain the custody of the child.
A rumor has been current of late
that Mrs. Broome is at present en-
gagged to be married to a Chicago mil
lionaire-the marriage to take place
shortly after the, final decree of divorce
is entered on November "a next.
1.-THE idea is absurd" said Captain
Broome yesterday, my wife is a Ro-
man Catholic, and second marriage
is out of the question"
Furthermore, Captain Broome de-
clared that his wife would soon go to
Paris.
To Educate Child
In speaking of his wife's journey to
France the retired officer explained
that 1t had been arranged to educate
elittle Josephine in Paris.
The captain was not entirely satis-
fed with the testimony given at the
trial by his wifes maid. the young
woman who accompanied him to Old
Point Comfort, Virginia.
In speaking of his wife's alleged es-
cape from the cruelties which she al
legged had been practiced upon her
while following the army in Cuba and
Porto Rico, Captain Broome denied the
charges entered against his name.
Yesterday he charged his wife with
having used the military authorities to
assist her In their domestic difficulties
while on the islands.
Owing to his daughters illness Cap
Iaine Broome says that he objected to
her removal to the north. He further
says that against his physicians ad-
rice his wife left him with the baby and
escaped ON a northbound ship for New
York.
Captain Broome is at the Angelus
hotel, but he win leave Los Angeles
soon for Arizona, where he viii interest
'lmself In mining properties