Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-07
THREATENS TO
KILL HIS WIFE
WOMAN SAYS HUSBAND LOVED
ANOTHER
Mrs. M. p. Bassett Of Pasadena swears
Her Spouse Declared He
Would Cut Her Heart
Out

Alleging that her husband threatened
to cut her heart out If she interfered
in his love affair with a certain pretty
young woman Of Pasadena, Mrs M. p.
Bassett yesterday began action for di-
vorce against Adolphus s. Bassett of
Pasadena before Judge Wilbur in de-
partment Of the superior court
Yesterday when the case was called
Bassett, who was to have appeared and
contested the case on the ground that
his wife had not been congenial, did not
appear, and 1t is understood that a
settlement Of the properties and real
estate was made out of court. The con-
test was to have been made chiefly for
the settlement of the property, and
when attorneys did not l.. pear for the
defendant the case was begun as
though 1t were default and will be
settled today.
Following the hearing of several witt
nesses for the plaintiff Mrs. Bassett
took the stand to tell of her domestic
troubles.
Dances With Wife's Rival
I'VE were married in Chicago in
1885," she testified, "and later came to
California, where my husband, who
represented one of the eastern insur-
ance companies, settled in Pasadena.
1--WE had not been living there long
before my husband became acquainted
with a young woman for whom he
showed great affection. On frequent
occasions 1 saw my husband with this
young woman, and they often took the
car together to ride to Los Angeles.
Finally his actions toward the young
woman became the topic of conversa-
ton among neighbors, and so ore even
ing when we were at dance and re-
ersxy t,, 4 ell
him not to dance with this girl
"Just at that moment the girl entered
the room and he Immediately left me,
telling me to 60 to HI, that he would
dance with whoever he wished.
AFTER that he spent most of the
evening dancing with the girl. Follow
ing that incident 1 watched him when
he showed attentions to this woman.
Frequently he would not arrive home
till late at night, and then he would
tell me that he had been in some of the
suburban towns looking over his branch
offices there.
"At last rumors became so strong
that decided to watch him. So, with
my daughter, / went to place near the
home of the woman l suspected.
secreted myself behind a bush and
finally / saw my husband drive up to
the house in our carriage
THE young woman came out and my
husband helped her into the carriage,
and then before he could drive away l
stepped out and grabbed hold of the
horses bride.
'T have suspected that this was
going on and now I see it for myself,
/ said to him, and for moment he
looked too surprised to speak.
''Then before L could stop him he
lashed the horse with the whip so that
the beast jerked loose from me and
darted away He called goodby to me
as the carriage disappeared.
"On other occasions when he would
return home he would swear at me,
though at times he was very nice. On
one occasion when we were talking
about the girl he said that If I ever
attempted to interfere with the woman
he would cut my heart out. During
that same conversat tion he told me that
he loved the girl and that could take
my little girl and go away for he in
tended to spend the rest of his life in
peace. He said that he did not love
me any more and was Indifferent about
the whole case.
"I have seen him act affectionately
toward this woman, putting his hands
on her shoulder and patting her hands.
Finally he left me and packed up
his things and would have nothing
more to saw to me-"