The Washington times., 1908-10-25
I'm a German" She Says,
And When They Attack
Him 1t Means Me"
TELLS HOW SHE MET
AND LOVED MUSICIAN
Declares He Never Wrote Letters
Published by Miss Happier,
Which Are Read to Her.

"He's mine now and they can't
take him away from me. He be-
longs to me. When they attack
Charlie they attack me, and that
means that / will fight for him, for
| am a German"
With tears streaming down Isr
cheeks, and her face twitching with
emotion, Mrs. Ada Gounan Mag
ness, wife of the deserter from the
Dolphin, arrived in Washington last
night to plead with the officials of
the Navy Department to pardon her
husband.
Young Charles J. Magness was
with her, guarded on either side by
the two detectives who arrested him
in Louisville, Ky. He is on his way
to Philadelphia, where he will be
tried by c0urt-martiaL Tillie Mag
ness, the fifteen-year-old sister of
the prisoner, also accompanied the
party as far as Washington.
MagHess LEFT the train at the Union
Station, entered taxicao with his
guards, and was whirled onto see the
sights OF Washington. while his wealthy
wife took his sister TO her home In Bal
timore.
Tells Her Story.
Mrs. Nagness was accompanied BY a
representative Of The Times. 10 whom
she told the entire story OF how the
-'r7g musician had won her heart
Nobody knows the suffering / have
enCuTed as the result of this affair
said the daughter of the late Senator
from Maryland
4 wouldn't care II they would only
print the truth Some papers have been
cruel enough 20 say that Charlie mar
ried me for my money. II IS not true
We were married because we loved
each other and we would be living hap
PLY in our beautiful little home in
Louisville this minute II IL were not for
the LreacheTy Of a man who pretended
TO be our friend. 1t was he who told
the detectives that my husand was a
desertev from the navy, and he did IL
all for the paltry reward offered by the
Government for the arrest Of deserter5.'
Mrs. Naguess' emotions were varied.
One moment she was in a rage at the
newspapers. the next she was scoring
theiU Jreacherous friend, ard in a mo-
ment she softened and smiled as she
So ECEe of her boy husband, Of his manly
qualities and Of his love fer her She
said that she has not read all of the
letters made public by Miss Ge0rgianna
Happier her husbands former sweet
hesrt, and expressed the opinion thaC
they were fakes. When asked about the
truth of some particular passages she
suggested that the letter he read 20 her.
Hears Letter to Another.
It happened to be the most affection
ate eTisue which Miss Happier alleges.
her sailor boy sent 10 her. II b~eathed
of love and boyish devotion. told how
the writer lcnged for his release from
the navy in order that he might live in
his own coy home instead of the hum
drum life aboard ship. and closed with
the assertion that you are the only
girl I ever could love" As the words
were read Mrs. Magness' face was a
picture of suffering. She tore az he-
handkerchieg, bit her lips. and struggled
valiantIy 70 control her emotions. but 10
no avail. The tears t-.cIled down he-s
face and finally she burst into tears.
It's not true" she said. THE letter
isn't true He doesn't write that way.
she wrote it,"
But suppose" it was suggested, 1T
should develop that he really did write
it."
Loves Him, Anyhow.
1T wouldn't make any difference 10
me. ! love him, and he loves me now.
His relations with that girl are Things
Of the past He Is mine uow-my hus-
band. and I intend TO stick TO him. no
matter what happens. He is the only
man I have ever really loved the only
man I ever want TO love. When my
dear father was alive no man came into
my life I gave none Of them serious
consideration. ] idOlized my father I
was with him all the time, wrote for
him. looked after his mall and when he
was sick I nursed him. never left his
bedside except 10 get a few moments
sleeD occasionally.
when he was alive I had no thought
Of men We were companions. and
men never entered my mind. After he
had gone l was lonesome. And then
I met Charlie
The tone in which Mrs. Magness an