Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-29
JUDGE READY
TO DECIDE ON
THORPE CASE
COMMUNITY PROPERTY YET TO
BE PASSED ON
EVIDENCE SHOWS WOMAN FOND
OF OTHER MEN
Couple Had Agreed to Get Divorce in
Nevada and Wife Filed Suit,
but 1t Did Not Come
to Trial

A few more words of testimony re-
main to be said in the divorce trial of
Anna Louise Thorpe against DIR. Ar
thur c. Thorpe. These will be spoken
Saturday morning and the case will be
closed. Arguments may be made by
attorneys on each side, but they cam
not be of great length, as Judge Mon
roe announced yesterday his mind
was made up regarding the granting
of a decree and the custody of the two
children. The arguments will be con-
fined to certain testimony which must
affect a decision in regard to COM
munity property.
Thorpe's testimony Saturday will be
confined to a description and valua-
ton of his possessions.
A half dozen witnesses testified yes
terday. AS on preceding days of the
trial there was no response when the
name of L. E. Jones of the Jones &
Ryder Land company was called, and
it was reported at the sheriff's office
that the man to whom Thorpe attrib-
uteS most of his domestic troubles and
upon whom Mrs. Thorpe depended
largely to aid her in her suit could
not be found by deputies sent out 70
bring him into court.
Tells of Domestic Troubles
Thorpe was the principal witness
yesterday. He was on the stand about
three hours, and during that time re-
lated as fully as memory would per-
NIT the story of his unhappineSs and
the causes. He also told of his efforts
to hide from friends the estrangement
between himself and wife after he
first saw her riding in an automobile
with Jones early in November, 1906
in this effort to conceal the true con-
dition of their feelings toward each
other, DR.. Thorpe said he went so far
as to suggest to Mrs. Thorpe that
Jones escort her to a Thanksgiving
gathering a few weeks later
1t was later in that year that di-
vorce was first suggested to him by
his wife, said Dr. Thorpe.
She came to me one day." said the
witness, land said: Daddy, I've de-
cided not to live with you any more
You are not congenial.' She said she
was going to ask for a divorce on the
ground of desertion. She said 1 was
rich man and she would want me to
divide my property with her and pro-
vide for her and the baby.
Denies Love for Jones
81 asked her if she was in love with
that man Jones. She said no, but
Jones cared a great deal for her.
told her she had seen too much of him
for a woman who did not care for u
man; that she had seen him twenty
seven days in succession and would
probably have seen him thirty days in
all if rain had not prevented.
when [ told her Jones was a hypo-
critic and she would find it out she
became angry and told me was low
down."
Once before, in December, 1904 said
Thorpe, his wife suggested divorce
81 asked her if she would be happier
with Frank Durham, and she replied
that Durham was an attractive and
entertaining man. I told her I thought
he was a snake. [ was about to leave
for Honolulu and gave her thirty days
to think it over. She did not mention
Durham to me again.
In December, 1905, an agreement was
entered into between Thorpe and his
wife whereby she was to go to Reno,
New, register for the purpose of es-
tablishing a residence and continue a
trip to Minneapolis. Six months later
she was to return to Nevada and sue
for divorce. Thorpe said this plan was
first suggested to him by H L. Percy.
a mutual friend, at the instance of
Mrs. Thorpe. The divorce suit was
filed in Nevada, but for some reason
was never brought to trial. The agree
ment, drawn up in the form of a con-
tract and signed by both parties, was
a part of the evidence yesterday. but
the instrument was declared void by
the court.
Tells of Automobile
To corroborate the testimony that
Jones had presented Mrs. Thorpe with
an automobile, Thorpe said he saw the
machine standing in front of the An
gelus grill. cit bore the monogram,
"A. L. T., said Thorpe. Jones, he
said, made frequent visits to his home
"In October, 1906 he said, "a
neighbor telephoned me that Jones was
at NV home I concealed myself IN