Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-02-01
WIFE HEARS RIVAL
SEEKS DIVORCE TO
MARRY HER SPOUSE
Isl Would Forgive My Husband"
Says Mrs. Tower Who
Thinks He Will Return.
DOUBLE PLOT
Millionaire to Endeavor to Put Aside
Woman He Welded, While OBJ
iect of His In~fatuation Also
Tries for a Decree.

New York, Jan. 2S.-Following directly
on the heels of the sensational suit by
Lawyer Henry ]. Hancock against Mrs
Minnie L. Weis, for whom he had been
engaged 10 procure a divorce III order thae
she might be free to marry a millionaire
clubman. comes the exposure that Albert
Eward Towers is the millionaire named.
and that his wife is awaiting his return
10 her at the lonely manion in Pough-
keepsie.
Lonely, she has waited for months for
his return to her, knowing OF his i~nfatua-
ton for another woman but believing in
the end he would repent.
The news broke like a thunder clap that
her husband, living in princely style at
the Metropolitan CLUB, New York, was noe
merely infatuated with another, but that
her rival was actually seeking a divorce
in order to become his wife, when he. in
turn. had, by some means, annulled his
present marriage. 1t was the cruel news
that there was a double plot against her.
But she remained calm.
Will Not Sue.
II will not sue my husband for divorce,
nor will | take any acton against him.
sad Mrs. Tower ''The news Of our es-
arrangement has been made public through
no action or desire Of mine.
For months / have known Of Mr.. Tow
er's infatuation for this other woman, and
have simply waited here at home, hoping
that a realization Of his neglect would
come to him and that he would return 10
II love my husband as deeply and truly
as / did on the day of our marriage. Z
shall continue to await his return and be-
ready to welcome him as eagerly as though
he had never gone from me-"
Seeks Divorce Pretext.
The news that Mrs. Weis was seeking a.
divorce was the sudden confirmation OF
what before had been merely a suspicion
that her husband wished to put her aside
10 find a pretext for a divorce.
Her caution in all her actions, the sur
rounding herself with two sisters and an
aunt of Mr.. Tower as her constant COM
panions, shows that she feared even
while she hoped for a happy reunion with
her husband, that some charge might be-
trumped up against her to give her hus-
his freedom.
On a Summer Cruise.
A dramatic denouement preceded the es-
arrangement OF the elderly millionaire and
his young wife. The yacht Erl King was
on her summer cruise with a merry party
abroad. Mrs. Tower and her sister, Grace,
and Mrs. Wels were among those abroad.
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attentions to the pretty young matron, but
believed ii was only a passing fancy.
Gradually it dawned upon her that the 9TH
er woman had usurped her rightful place
in her husbands regards.
She complained and found too late that
she nc longer welded influence over her
He refused to rid the party Of
its unwelcome guest. Mrs. Tower re-
manned on board until the cruise ended,
and then returned to her home at Pough-
keepsie. Her husband took up his resi-
dence at the Metropolitan club and has
only visited Pougheepsie a few times
since.
Mrs. Tower learned through the suit
against Mrs. Weis hat she has been COM
pletely overshadowed since her husbands
estrangement. While she has been al
most a voluntary prisoner in the Tower
mansion in ~Poughkeepsie he is said to
have given Mrs. Weis presents 10 the
amount of $4,000. including $751; O In new
81, 600 bills as a Christmas gift only q few
weeks ago, and that Mrs. Weis, at least,
believed that she was soon to become the
bride of Tower.
But even with this knowledge the young
wife again declared her faith in the uttl-
mate return Of her husband and me
triumph Of her abiding love.