Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23
DESERTED WOMAN
IN DIRE STRAITS
HUSBAND LOVES ANOTHER
BETTER
Young Mother Forced to Leave Chill
dren at AsyIum--ls Discharged
for Her Excessive
Honesty

A happy bride at II and penniless,
deserted mother at 23 years of age is
in a few words the unhappy lot OF
Mrs. F. D. Cloud, who told the story
of her married life to Deputy CITY
Prosecutor Guy Eddy at the cemtral
police station yesterday. Mrs. Cloud
was seeking a complaint against her
husband for failure to provide for her
self and children. When she had mn
ished her story Eddy wrote out the
complaint she sought, willingly.
Mrs. Cloud was married four years
ago in indianapolis to Edward CLOUD.
She was then a girl of II. Her nus
band was but few years older than
she. Her family was one of the best
in Indianapolis and she was given a
very good education, attending the
best schools and moving in the most
cultured and refined society. But
none of her training taught her how
to make q living and now, when her
youthful husband has left her alone
in the world with two young children,
she is we'll nigh helpless. When she
appeared at the police station yester-
day morning she was neatly dressed,
but reluctantly confessed that she had
not a cent of money in her pocket
book and was also trif1e hungry.
Finds Him with Another
She said that two years ago she
came to Los Angeles with her hus-
band Their homelife had always
been happy in Indianapolis, where her
people lived, and she hoped that in this
sunny cline her life would be just as
fortunate. But soon after their arrival
her husband seemed to loose all inter-
est in his home. He was an expert
hard wood floor worker and made good
hic a Y11i1U we'll
suddenly formed a desire to live at the
beach and persuaded Mrs. Cloud to
take the two children and rent house
at Ocean Park He promised that he
would go down every night to stay
with them. This was done and for a
time he stayed with his family. In a
short time he came down only twice
a week and finally came only once a
week. Mrs. Cloud objected to this and
came back to the city. Then her hus-
band took the family to Catalina, and
during the lively summer season went
to see them once a week. When. the
summer was over he did not come at
all and her funds began to dwindle.
Then Mrs. Cloud says that she
packed up and came back to Los An
geles She found her husband in a
room with another woman. That was
the first suspicion that she had had
that another woman was alternating
her husbands affection. He became
angry and told her to "get out"
But her love for the man who was
her boy lover and now her husband
could not be shattered. Without
money or friends she did not know
what to do.
Husband Goes Away
Her family in Indianapolis told her
to come to them, and perhaps in time
the man she loved would follow her.
She went and remained there a year.
But the longed-for father and hus-
band did not come to his bright and
happy children and his young bride
remained alone. At last Mrs. Cloud
said that her hope became too strong
for her to remain away across the con-
tienent and she came back to Los An
geles believing that her husband would
come back to her and to his children.
When she arrived in Los Angeles he
went to San Francisco and refused to
do anything for his wife.
Then the crisis of her married life
had been reached. She wanted to go
back to her people, but she had not
the means and she was too proud to
ask her family for money, for they
were in trouble themselves. Slowly