The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-12
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The WH|T|hS
Rapid-Fire Case Ends
With Five Thousand
Dollars AIimony.

Nancy Hanks speed was at
| tanned yesterday in Judge Robinson IS
| court when Mrs. Daphne Belle Within
obtained a divorce from Frederick B.
Within, one of the two heirs of the
| millionaire manufacturer of cotton and
thread of Whitinsville, Mass Here is
the time record:
900 a. M, papers filed in the court
| room.
10 a. m, papers received at police
station for service.
11:1o a. M, papers returned to court
unserved except upon libelant 3 at
torney.
1:30 p. M, entry of appearance of
R. w. Breckons as attorney for Mr.
Within, filed.
1870 p. M, libelant files answer ad-
hitting all allegations.
1:30 p. M, consent of parties by at
torneys to an immediate trial.
1885 p M, First witness for libelee
finishes testimony.
las p. m, second witness for Hbelee
nnlsheS testimony.
1850 p. m, decree of divorce ordered
by Judge Robinson.
1:5s p. M, Mrs. Within handed her
decree.
Mrs. Within in her libel states that
she has been resident of Honolulu
for more than two years, and resided
here with Mr.. Within. her husband. In
succeeding paragraph Mrs. Within
stated that she and Mr.. Within were
married at Ogden, Utah, on March Z,
1905, or a little over year ago.
Ever since the marriage, - hestates,
g he has been guilty of habituai in
temperance from the voluntary and ex-
cessive use of intoxicating liquors.
Mrs. Within asked for an absolute
divorce, with permanent alimony and
attorneys fees.
Mrs. Within was the only one OF
the parties present in Honolulu. She
has been residing for some time at the
Seaside Hotel Waikiki. The Within
home is at the upper end of Maklkl
street. Mr. Within for several months
past has been a resident at the Volea
no House, Hawaii.
Frank Halstead was the first witness
called In answer to questions bearing
upon Mr.. Within S ability to consume
liquor. he stated that defendant GER
tainly was a heavy drinker. While at
the Volcano House recently Mr.. Hal
stead noticed that Mr.. Within had
penchant for liquor and that he drank
almost constantly during his waking
hours.
The next witness was Mrs. Beatrice
Thompson, sister of Mrs. Within. She
stated that she had known Mr.. Within
for about three years and during that
time had known him to be sober but
once.
"When did he begin drinking in
the daytime?' was asked.
''Before breakfast
How did he drink?''
"Well, do you mean how many
cocktails he had9' was the naive re-
ply of the fair witness And a smile
went around the courtroom.
It did not take long for Judge Rob
inson to order the decree of divorce
for Mrs. Within, with the statement
that permanent alimony would amount
to $4,000 and attorneys fee of $3.50
and costs of court.
There is an outside settlement, of
course, of property held by Mr.. and
Mrs. Within in Honolulu. Their fine
home in Makiki street has been sold
through Broker r. C. A. Peterson to
George Lyeurgus, proprietor of the
Volcano House and the Union Grill,
and the Within automobile, a hand
some one, and which figured more or
less in the preiminaries to the bring
ing of the divorce, has also been ac-
quired by Mr.. Lycurgus.
Mrs Within and her sister are book
ed to leave for the mainland on the
steamer Mongolia, September Is. They
will return to Denver, their former
home Mrs. Within was the divorced |
wife of millionaire Doyle of Colorado |
Springs and Denver, Colorado. Mr.. |
Doyle acquired considerable notoriety |
a few yearsago in contempt of court pro- |
ceedings, preferred against him because |
of his refusal to answer certain ques-
tions put to him the witness stand |
during mining litigation involving |
millions. He was committed to jail,
and while there was elected mayor of |
a Colorado town. Mr.. Doyle visited |
Honolulu four or FIVE years ago.
Mr.. Within was notified by wire
less yesterday that he was no longer
married to Mrs. Within.
The Within family of Massachusetts
owned several townships, among them
being Lynnwood, Oxford and Whitins-
vile. The head of the family laid the
of the great cotton mills
bearing his name. At sixteen years of
age Fred. Within entered the factory
to learn the business at IS cents a
day, although his father was then a
Close attention to bust
ness after the father s death resulted
in a general breakdown in health, and
he was compelled to turn the business
over to his brother, and travel For
three Years he has resided in HonolnIu |