Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-11-19
DIR. CLINE HAS BEEN
IN MORE TROUBLE
HIS LATEST ARREST OCCURRED
IN NEWPORT NEWS, VA
Was Charged With Attempting to De-
fraud Merchants, But Was
Acquitted.

Trouble continues TO follow in the
path of Or. A. e. Cline. the yeteri-
nary surgeon who spent a portion OF
last winter in Gainesville, as the fol
lowing from The Newport News (Va)
1lmes-Herald OF November 18th will
show:
DIR. A. o. Cline, veterinarian, ac-
quilted in police court last week of a
charge of attempting to defraud sew
eral local merchants by giving them
no fund checks, has prepared the
following statement:
4 have been charged in the papers
with forgery, which was a mistake
by the newspapers, for 1t was not
forgery, but protested checks which
came back here marked mot sufficient
funds" and what caused that was the
fact that / gave check OF $40 which
did not put on record. and another
OF $55. Instead Of being notified
about the checks they were hasty and
got out a warrant charging me with
false pretense, SO settled this az
fair up SO / viii not have to wait for
court. i have been misrepresented
and mistreated by my enemies for the
last two years My troubles first
started In Georgia, and they caused
me quite a lot Of trouble, but prov.
ed TO be good and straight mhn,
but my enemies wouldn't let me rest,
50 opened Up in Wadesboro N. c.,
and that's where | received notice OF
divorce from my first wife, Susie
Davis. on January Ord My first wife
and were separated eight years.
married her In 1899. when was 10 |
years old. We were divorced in Jan
uary this year aud ! married my sec
ond wife the 22nd day OF February,
1909.
Now, there was inquiry about my |
wife IN statesboro, Ca, and my wife
saw in the papers and she wrote me
letter and has written me several
letters since, but am going to pub
fish the FIRST letter she wrote me af-
ter my divorce:
'Groveland, Ca. January 8. 19O9.
DR.. Cline-Dear Eddie: saw in pa.
per where you was going to be mar
ried Thursday the next, and also the
lady YOU are TO be married to wired
60 Statesboro and wanted to know II
you had a living wife. So am living |
but not your wife, am sorry Of this
all, for | love you more than life. but
you was not happy with me aud you
prove Il TO me. So wish you a long
and happy life and may God bless
you. Aud hope you all will have
children, o n my darling little baby
could have lived, so happy / could
have been now. But my days are not
many more | hope had letter
from a lawyer In waldsboro, n. O.,
asking II had my divorce and where
and what State entered suit. but
! don't have TO tell him anything. You
are free to marry and be happy
81 am only here on n short visit
would 60 to see you II l had enough
money, but hate to ask YOU for any
am not we'll at all, but am able 70
80. WIN CLOSE. Would YOU write and
ask me TO the weddmgG Remember
FIRST love. Yours very truly,
"SUslE DAVIS
~ believe my FIRST wife would do
more for me today than the second
one would. for my second wife I mar.
ricd poor girl made lady OF her,
and when / got IN trouble she desert.
"a me, viii write my story Ia The
saturday Evening Post and tell my
friends how there has been SANDER
aud blackmail against me VIII
write why I left Gainesville. Florida.