The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-01-26

neys for Mrs. b. r. Tillman' Jr., ap-
peared before the Supreme Court to
begin proceedings, members Of the
court said proceedings should orl-
ginate In the circuit court, but would
hear argument on this point this az
ternoon.
Columbia. Jan. 24.-Mrs. B. r.
Tiilman. Jr.. today INSTITUTED habeas
corpus proceedings before the su-
RENE Court to compel Senator and
Mrs. B. r.. Tillman to return her two
children to her. aged three and FIVE
years, and be perpetually restrained
nom interfering with them. ~
The court after hearing her petit
tion. which ID supported by several
hundred affidavits from her town
people at Edgefeld. setting forth the
alleged wrongs and brutalities to-
ward her by her husband and insult
Ing demeanor toward her by Senator
Tillman. issued writ against SEN
ator and Mrs. Tillman requiring
them to show cause why the petition
should not be granted.
The real contest will come on the
return to the rule. and It will be a
bitter one. both sides having employ
ed fine legal talent. For the younger
Mrs. Tillman appears N essrs. DePass
d DePass Of the Columbia bar, and
Mr.. Samuel AcGowan Simkins, of
the Edgeield bar. while for the re-
spondents appear Ex-Solic!tor ].
William Thurmond, who prosecuted
Ex-Leutenant Governor James II.
Tillman In his trial for the killing of
Editor N. q. Gonsales of the Colum-
bia State. and Senator Tillman's son,
Mr.. Henry Tillman of Greenwood.
Sensational are the charges the
younger Mrs. Tiliman brings. partic-
uiariy against her husband. They
are that after repeatedly outrageous
~ insulting her and brutally and
cruelty treating her while he was
1seas; tsss lsssir IS .Aaa ..shrss
which he only grew worse and at
times had attacks Of delirium tre-
mems after promising to reform; that
after he had sQuandered much of her
estate; that after she had appealed
to his parents. Senator and Mrs. Till
man. with the result that the senator
only insulted her and both blamed
her for the trouble between herself
and her husband aud for his drink
Ing to excess-that after all this and
much more her husband. she having
gone back to him following a separa-
ton. for the sake Of their two child
rem. in violation Of his written agree
ment to have the two children divide
their time beteewn their father and
their mother in case Of separate n,
had her order the two children Dress
ed while both families were at
Washington last November. under
pretense Of taking the children on an
evenings visit to their grandparents,
turned them over to Senator and
Mrs. Tillman. who brought them to
South Carolina. her husband then
deserting her while she was In "a
condition too delicate to MENTION"
he also leaving for South Carolina
shortly afterward and fling a 0deed
at Edgefield purporting to give the
children to Senator and Mrs. Till
man, alleging In this deed his wife's
"unfitness and inability to raise my
two children as they should be rais-
ed" although Mrs. b. r. Tilman, Jr.,
has handsome ancestral home ut
Edgefield and annual rentals in ad-
ditlon Of $1,1O0.
The younger Mrs. Tillman Is Of a.
delicate beauty. her features and
bearing giving all the indications Of
high birth and Of having beeen rear
ed In an atmosphere Of culture and
refinement. She is the granddaugh-
ter OF the late Governor F. w. Pick
ems. who was also ambassador to the
Russian court. where her mother was
born and christened by the czar,
Douschka, which means little dar-
ling" Her mothers sister was the
first wife Of the late United States
Senator NJ. c. Butler, whom Senator
Tillman defeated for reelection to
the United States senate after the