Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-23
DESERTS WIFE AFTER
QUARREL OVER TRIP
WAS ORIGINALLY BANKER IN
COLORADO
Mother.in-Law Says Husband Showed
Furious Jealousy, but Thinks
the Real Cause Lay in
Money

Elizabeth f.. Hinsdale, youngest
daughter of DR.. David Baldwin, at one
time president of Gates college, Ne
braska, and Congregational minis
ter of note, yesterday was granted
divorce in the superior court from Nor
man d. Hinsdale on the ground OF
desertion.
Hinsdaie. who was a banker in
Pueblo, Colo, welded Miss Baldwin in
1901, shortly after she left Oberlin col
Iege. Later he came to Los Angeles
with his family and started the Hins-
dale Loan company. More than year
ago, said Mrs. Hinsdale, her husband
left her. after making serious charges
against her, and went to Oaklands
where he engaged in business. Mrs'
Hinsdale said her husband asked her
to ioin him in Oakland in May last,
but when she reached the northern
city she found the arrangements made
by HinSdale for the comfort OF herSel1
and two children were unendurable,
and she returned to Los Angeles.
Mrs. Hinsdale said her mother mad
given her $4,000 before her marriage,
but the money was tied UP in such a
way that neither the principal nor in
terest could be touched for ten years,
this precaution being taken because of
Mrs Baldwin's knowledge of her SON.
in-law's speculative propensities.
'.From the time we were married
until the present time my husband has
mot supported me in the way he
should said Mrs. Hinsdale. When
we lived in Pueblo we occupied house
belonging to my mother, for which Mr..
Hinsdale paid $25 month rent. This
money was returned to me by my
mother for my support"
Mrs. Sophia Baldwin, mother of Mrs.
Hinsdale, denied charges made by the
husband against his wife and con-
tanned in letters written to his father
in-law. They were without foundation,
she said.
Outings Cause Trouble
"These allegations" said Mrs. Bald
win, grew out of a trip taken by
number of young persons to Venice
from Ocean Park, where we were
spending the season. My daughter
was one of the party, and Mr. Hins-
dale took exception to the presence of
young man, a mere boy. He worked
himself into fury of rage the next
morning, and when another trip was
made to Playa del Rey a few days
later he went away His last words
to me were: L want to call you Mother
Baldwin. 1 think you and Father
Baldwin are two of the most sanity
characters l ever knew
MIS- odiOWlilt lHO
real reason for the trouble was be-
cause he did not have the entire man
agement of my estate"
In her petition for a decree of di-
vorce Mrs. Hinsdale asked the court
to place the oldest child, Rush, boy
of years, in the custody of her hus-
band because of the latteTs affection
for the child. Judge Hutton, in grant
ing the decree, however, said he could
1nf If1dn a nd hnNU n VI T11a6 q
baseless charges against his wife could
be fit custodian for his children, and
the two boys were given into the keep
ing of their mother.
At one time Attorney Lee Gates en-
deavored to effect a reconciliation be-
tween Hinsdale and his wife. In reply
to his letter Hinsdale reiterated the
charges against his wife, and added
that he would under no circumstances
return to Los Angeles, where the peo-
pie were frivolous and did not regard
life seriously.