The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-29
ACCUSE:
+. F FATHER
Of HIDING
HIS WIFE:

Elgin. III, Dec. Threats of le
gal action against DR.. ora A. Chap
pell. prominent clubman and dentist.
to compel him to tell where his wife
is. We're made by Ora and Rollo,
grown sons Of the couple today
~lr we don't hear from our motner
within a week Ne shall be convinced
that she Is confined in an insane
asylum against her will" said Ora
Chappell, the elder of the sons to-
day.
The young men steadfastly have
refua ed to countenance any more ser
ious charge against tneir father They
have retained former assistant
states attorney of Kane county to
aid them in their search foi their
mother and are working on two theo-
ries First, that the missing woman
Is confined in an insane asylum, and
second. that she IL being kept in d
western state by her husband so that
grounls fo- a divorce may be estab
lishea
Silence Puzzle To Sons
The second theory is considered
highly improbable. for the sons do
net believe that their mother would
remain silent. but would commune
cate with them.
Mrs. Chappells devotion to her sons
her husband ana her aged mother are
we'll known among the leading fami-
lies Of Elgn. Mrs, Chappelrs moth
er. Mrs s. s. Mann. is 50 years old
and almost prostrate1 owe the Elys-
terious absence of her daughter.
l'rienis of the family Grgue taat Mrs.
Chappen knowing her mothers con.
ditiCn would not voluntarily have
left this city and rcfrained from com
municating with her Mrs. Mann's
| husband was pioneer settler in this
| part OF Illinois and served in the state
| legislature several terms.
| Husband Knows Address
10 his sist ter-ln-law. Mrs Charles
| II. Potter, Or Chappell Is alleged to
have san that if letters addressed to
his wife were handed 10 him he would
see that they reached her. SO far
rs Is known no one nGs tried to com.
municate with Mrs. Chappell IN this
mannC..
a ided mystery was given the
strange case today by the announce
ment OF Mrs. G. "A Meeker that she
knows whore Ms Chappcll is Mrs.
Meeker lived at the Chappell home
Tor time before 81 was known that
there was trouble IN the family
Il know where Mrs. Chappel is, as
an old friend of the family said Mrs.
Meeker tonight, but ! absolutely re-
fuse TO tell what has become of her
Her husband knows where she is and
J can't see tGat IL Is anybody else's
business
Disposition of property also compli-
cafes this case, which is one OF the
most battling domestic tangles that
has come TO light In this city. A
| few years ago it was kncwn that the
| title 10 a large amount of Elgin real
estate was in MIS-. Chappells name
| Within tAe last year or since trouble
eyeloped in the family. 1t ls believ-
! ed by some Of the relatives that Mrs
| Chappell dee ed at least part of
the real estate 10 her husband One
Of the points that probably will be
settled If the threatened legal action
is begun is tAo ownership of this
| property.
Dlsccrd Startn With Year.
Domestic disccri In the Chappell
family dates from Jan. /, 1908, when
the dentist is alleged TO have present
ed his wife as New Years greetings
the statement that he did not love
her any more ana tlIat a separation
was all that was left for them. This
followed. ANA Mrs Chappell soon be-
gan suit for separate maintenance
but the sons returned from the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania, ghere they
were in school, and effected recon
ciliatioE.
Early IN the fall tAe automobile in
when Mrs.. Chappell was riding ran
over and killed MS. Marietta Roe
mother of Clifford G., Roe assistant
states attorney of Chicago This ac
cideni seemed 10 have been entirely
Unavoidable. but the shock TO Mrs
Chappen's mimi was severe.
Oct 2, Ora Clppaell 2ka0ld heMC
Oct. ., Ora Chappcll says. his faith
er toll him that his mother was gon'
I and that she woull have TO shuttle
| ! fer herself. Since tlen her where
| abouts hsve remained a mystery
Ora, who says he was turned out o
1 home by his fathe- shortly afterwar
/ Is now staying with HIS aunt. Mrs
| Potter Rolo the Younger son. !
HI iaying Nth sclOolmate Arthu
| COrfeg Notice that he would not pa
| Rallo's debts was published yesterda
oy the docto'
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