Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-03
Divorce Case at Council Bluffs
Brings Out Novel Methods
Of Wife and Paramount
SECRET CODE FOR TELEPHONE
Wife's careIessness in Leaving Copy
of tho Code Who're Her Husband
Could Find it Was tho Cause Of the
Discovery Of Her UnfaithfuIness---
Woman Admitted Guilt.
Special to Times Republican.

Council Bluffs. Nov. 3.--Of all the
schemes ever devised by Cupid to pro-
mote disguised Filtration, one of his
most ingenious was brought to light
yesterday In the Drookhouser divorce
suit, tried before Judge Green in the
district court. "A cipher code, borrowed
from the catalogue of telegraph order
house, was exhibited In evidence by j.
u. Brookhouser to prove the unfaith-
fulness of his wife, Grace and on the
strength Of this little paper. which he
found among his wife's belongings.
supplemented by other testimony, he
obtained the decree.
iBrookhouser, who is a farmer, living
near Loveland, charged that his spouse
is enamored Of William Deal, Miss
ouri Valley man, who has buried two
wives, and that Deal and Mrs. Brook
houser have been unlawfully intimate
for year or more past He said that
ons day last September he found the
document In the house and confronted
his wife with it. Up to that time he
had not suspected her Of infidelity.
told the court that the
woman admitted her culpability when
he called on her to explain. She was
not present yesterday and the facts as
stated by the plaintiff were not dis
puted.
Talked on Rural Party Line.
The code consisted Of seventeen
word all commencing with the letter
u
GUS hidden meaning. 1t was made out
in typewriter form and was used by
Mrs Brookhouser and Deal, according
to the Testimony, when they talked
with one another over the telephone
had rural party line In
strument In his home, and as ten or
twelve other farm houses were on the
same line, privacy Of conversation was
out of the question. This led to the
adoption Of the secret cipher system
for communication between the pair.
If Mrs. BrookhOuser wished to in
form her admirer that she was ready
to go somewhere she would simply say
'Addassi' The word "Aculla" meant
Come down tonight The pair had
other words by which they were able
and still leave all persons who might
be listening on the line in absolute ig-
norance of the Conversations purport.
The Secret Code.
The secret code was made up as be-
low: 800.
Adon--Agree to come.
Addrappo-Agree to do what is nee
essary.
Adduced-Agree to everything pro-
posed.
Addassi-Agree to go.
Acustico-After tomorrow.
Achive-When and where?
Acholla--Advise not to come
Acantono-Advice by mail.
Abeim--After haZelnuts tomorrow.
Abete--Going over to graveyard.
Aculla-Come down tonight.
Adopele-Both of you come.
Adaca-Billy.
Adesco-Bill.
Adiem-Grace.
Adige-Chloe.
Afofa--Am coming to town.
Welded Ten Years.
Mrs Brookhouser Is 80 years old
and her husband is half a dozen years
her senior, while Deal is about her
own age. The Brookhousers We're mar
ried at Loveland in 1896 The separa-
ton occurred in September Is this
year, after the finding Of the code by
where his wife had care
Lessly laid 1t. The couple have two
sons, aged 9 and T. respectively, whose
custody was awarded to the father by
Judge Green. Mrs. Brookhouser IS
now staying in Omaha.
A girl who was on the stand yes
Lerday stated that she was with Mrs.
in Missouri Valley one
night and that her companion spoke of
having a date with Deal. Mrs. Brook
nouser wanted the girl to go home with
another man; but the witness refused,
and Mrs Brookhouser then Cancelled
her own engagement for the evening.
Alb Jones, a brother-in-law of
testified that he saw
nan go to the home of his relative
ut 9 o'clock when the latter was away.
Jones thinks the Individual he saw was
Deal. Mrs. Brookhouser it was stated.
had previously sent her children over
20 the house of neighbor.
Pocahontas Business Change.
Special to Times Republican.