The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-07
A HUSBAND HUNT
COSTS LARGE sum
$4,000 Is Spent by a Moth
er in Seeking Titled
Son-in.IaW.
PURSUE CHASE IN EUROPE
CPSHOT OF THE ENTIRE AFFAIR
is A DIVORCE FOR THE FATHER
OF THE GIRL "wiTH THE OPEN
SOUL"

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Charles c. Parsons, formerly OF Den
yer, came out victorious in his action
for divorce in Judge Morse's division
OF the district court, as the court dis
missed the complaint of Mrs. Jennie
B. Parsons, who asked for separate
maintenance in the sum of $500 a
month and granted Mr.. Parsons a di-
vorce on the ground of desertion. 1t
was the second divorce the husband
had obtained from Mrs. Parsons.
The decision came after the case had
been on trial for week. with the evil
dence sensational in the extreme.
Among other things it was shown that
Mrs. Parsons and her daughter Geneva.
"Hhe girl with the open SOUL had
spent nearly $4,000 in Europe while
trying to capture a titled husband for
the young woman.
After all this lavish expenditure of
money by Mr., Parsons. he told the
court. when his wife and daughter re-
turned from their tour of Europe they
refused to have anything to do with
him and at once charged him with
misconduct in their absence, using as
basis of their charge the fact that
they had received Geographic messag-
es telling them of his behavior.
Didn't Remarry for Love.
| On cross examination Mr.. Parsons
admitted he did not remarry his wife
on account of love for her. but solely
on account of his daughter Under the
| circumstances, he declared that he
| could not have any particularly great
! love for his wife. He denied, howev-
er. that he ever even intimated that he
wanted her to go to a sanitarium for
the insane in California
| Mr.. Parsons told of the frequent de-
mands for money he received from his
wife while she was abroad and of let
/ terS telling of alleged duels between
Gabriel D'Annunzio and the count of
Turin over his daughter. He said he
made a thorough investigation of the
D Annunzio affair and learned that
at the time he was supposed to have
been fighting the duel as related by
Mrs Parsons he was in Rome rehears-
ing one of his new plays.
| Mr.. Parsons declared he was thor
oughly convinced of the falsity of the
statements made by his wife in that
respect and that it worried him to
think that Mrs. Parsons would view
with complacency. even in her imagi-
nation, an affair with a man of the rep
utation of D.Annunzio.
| After learning of that incident he
wrote at once and urged wife and
daughter to return to America. From
that time on his one desire was to
get them back on this side of the At
lantic.
| Daughter on Mothers Side.
When Miss Parsons the girl with
the open SOUL" took the stand, she
displayed evidence Of an unfilial feel
ing toward her father.
| Once. asked as to her relations eX-
listing between herself and her father,
she said:
| My father never lavished affection
upon me, only money-like man
would bet on race horse when he
hopes to win something. He wished
to make me attractive for social pur-
poses-that was ALL
Stewart D. Walling of Denver. con-
Quoted the cross examination.
How do you explain the measure of
your affection for your father?" he
asked
Il can hardly explain that, Mr.. Wal
ling" she replied smiling. You can
not measure affection by inches.
know of no moral tape measure"
Did you ever tell any one in Den
yer or any place else that you thought
your father was a criminal:" asked the
attorney.
Il may have said that to you. Mr..
Walling. but l said it as would have
talked to an attorney or doctor or a
priest, thinking it would be sealed.
And think if you were gentleman it
would not be used now
"Open SOUL Dreams in Case.
Miss Parsons told of telepathic COM
munications received by her open
SOUL" and of dreams that shed much
light on the conduct of her father. So
vivid were these dreams the mother
was convinced that her husband was
being blackmailed and she wrote him
Denver probably has fresh food for
scandal
Miss Parsons confirmed the state
ment that he name had been used in
a play written by D'Annunzio. She
had translated the names for him her
self and she told her mother of the in
cident She also testified that Dan.
nunzio's plagiarism of her poems testi
fled that certain poems in a book oil
verse published by the poet were real
ly written by Miss Parsons and that
the great Italian poet has Obtained