Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-16
CALLS HIM DEAR
TO GET MONEY
WOMAN SAYS LETTERS WERE
NOT SINCERE
Mrs. Louisa HaddIgan Aeev ,es Her
Husband, Mining Ey ,ert Of
curslng Her--ls Granted
Divorce

"Ie told me that IL l wanted any
money from him I would have to write
him nice letters and say all kinds of
nice things in them, and It was for
that reason and that only that / ever
called him dear in those letters" said
Mrs. Louisa +. Haddigan of Los An
geles in her suit for divorce against
James G. Haddigan, heard before Judge
Charles Monroe in department of the
superior court yesterday.
The case during the preliminary
legal proceedings caused considerable
comment In the court house and when
It was brought to trial yesterday there
were many spectators present to listen
to the evidence. Haddigan, who Is a
prominent mining expert, contested the
suit which charged non-support and
desertion and offered the letters which
his wife had written him as evidence.
Mrs. Haddigan claimed that she had
been tricked into writing the letters
used against her and that she had not
meant one word in them.
The couple were married in Montana
in 1901. From there they moved to
Arizona and from Jerome in Novem-
ber of 1908 Mrs. Harridgan came to
Los Angeles to live with her father,
Nicholas Urbanus. From that time on,
she alleges and her father bore out her
statements, she never received a cent
from her husband, while on the other
hand he was continually writing to her
and asking for money.
"You were on friendly terms all that
time with your husband?" asked the
attorney for Haddigan. mo, 1 was
not" answered the woman.
Letters as Evidence
The letters were then produced, and
while Mrs. Haddigan admitted they
had been written by her she denied the
terms of endearment used were from
any kindly feeling she may have had
toward her husband.
Some of the letters produced in court
are as follows:
Written one week before Christmas
to Haddigan, who was at Bisbee:
"Dear JIM have sent you box of
cigars for Christmas. Now, don't eat
too much turkey and get sick. 1t is rain
ing nigger babies here and we all have to
stay in the house. 1t gives me the jim
jams to have to stay in the house. Dad
sends you a merry Christmas. Your
dear BILLIE"
Written just after Christmas:
Dear JIM hope you had a good
Christmas. 1 got lot of things that
more than expected. 1 have sent you
two handkerchiefs for New Years.
Christmas afternoon Eds wife and chill
dren came down here, unlimited, and
stayed a good while, In the evening
we went to the Mason and had seats in
the front row of the niger heaven.
They cost so cents, and that's all they
were worth. Your dear BILLIE"
Written January 5:
Dear JIM got your letter yester-
day but 1 had such a bad toothache
that didn't feel like writing or speak
ing to any one. Do you remember that
time you had that bad toothache and
all you did was to lie in bed and cuss
and gave you that little pill which
you said wouldn't help you a damn,
and when you took 1t you turned over
and went to sleep just like kid. Wei,
that's the kind of toothache 1 had, and
I had two teeth filled.
"Things are very slow here. Ny
father is nearly 80 and he goes to bed
at every night, so that nearly die
for lack of something to do. You bet
that as soon as he goes to Portland in
the summer I shall get out of this
town and have something interesting,
even If I see my finish in a hurry
up wagon"
Says He Cursed Her
When Mrs. Haddigan testified yes
terday she said that her husband had
cursed her and called her all kinds of
bad names, and that on one occasion
he had torn number of her letters and
papers from her hands and thrown them
in the fire.
When she was called upon to explain
where she got 500 with which to buy
~, 4e rI,
husband had called at her home after
they had parted and had asked her for
fine soft cushion, pair of fine field
glasses, a gold fountain pen and a
fancy pocketknife which were in her
room. 81 needed the money and al
though the things were worth some
where in the neighborhood Of $50 let
him have them Tor $780," said the plain
tiff.
An iinterlocutory decree of divorce
was granted the woman.