The Sentinel=record., 1910-02-06
ISLANDER SQIT
 JARS SOCIETY RICH MILWAUKEE WIDOW IN sIsTs THAT PROMINENT PER. SONS TRIED TO DRIVE HER
 FROM THE CITY.
Mrs. Kate A. Townsend, Plaintiff. At tacks Wife of Former Senator
 and Other Notabes.

Milwaukee, Wis, Feb. 5.-Milwau. kee society is stirred, as it never was sitirred before, by the charge that leading members of it's socially elect had conspired to drive from the so. ciety of the Wisconsin metropolis one of the most prominent club and so. ciety women of the city.
 Mrs. Kate A. Townsend, wealthy widow of Hamilton Townsend, who oc. cupies luxurious suite of apartments in the Pfster hotel, added this charge today to the islander suit for 10000 she brought against Mrs. Frances s. Kempster, divorced wife of pr. Walter Kempster; Mrs Caroline S. Quarles, wife of Federal Judge J. V. QuarIes. and sister of Mrs. Kempster: Mrs. Thomas Brown. and Mrs. Edward Fer. guson.
 Owing to the prominence of the per. sons concerned the suit has developed into perhaps the most sensational ever started in the Wisconsin city.
 The four women defendants have long been recognized as the social leaders of Wisconsin, and Judge Quarles and Dr. Kempster, the latter being mentioned as the cause of the suit. have been for several years, and still are, national figures.
 The suit has not only startle,s Mil. waukee society, but threatens to in- yolve two factions and shake the two women's clubs. to which Mrs. Town send belongs. from their foundations.
 An imposing array of attorneys has been engaged by both sides and the case bids fair to be one of the most talked of social suits for many years past.
 Mrs. Townsend charges that the wo- men she has made defendants in this suit did wantonly, maliciously and unlawfully. and with intent to injure, damage and dafame the plaintiff, com bine, confederate and conspire to- gether with intent to ruin her reputa- ton and character and cause her to be avoided and summed by all her friends"
 Few details of the case have come out, only a formal bill having been drawn by Mrs. Townsend's attorney. Edward P. Villas, and served on the attorneys for the four defendants, Cary. Popham & Black.
 What revelations will be made when Mrs. Townsend files her amend ed bill, which she has been called upon to do. is awaited eagerly by Mil waukee society.
 Gossip connected the names of Mrs. Townsend and Dr. Kempster when the latter was divorced by his wife, three months ago, and in bringing her slan- der suit Mrs. Townsend said she had been urged to this action by the ma licious intimations" regarding her and Dr. Kempster.
 Mrs. Townsend has been summoned to appear before Judge w. J. Turner in the circuit court tomorrow and show cause why she should not be re- quired to file an amended bill, giving times. places and details of the al- legej scandalolls attacks on her char acter
 She will not contest this action, and is expected to narrate a wealth of de. tails which her friends say will leave Milwaukee society in a shocked state of mind for weeks to come.
 This is the climax of a condition in Milwaukee society that has existed for some time" said friend of Mrs. Townsend. Many of us have been J1xpecting something like this for a long time"
 All the women involved in the case except Mrs. Townsend reside in the most exclusive section of Milwaukee's east side.
 Since her divorce from Dr. Kemp ster, Mrs. Kempster has resided with her sister, Mrs. Quarles, in the mas sive house at 2S6 Juneau avenue. Mrs. Quarles' husband formerly was United States senator, and for a number of years she was prominent social fig tire at the national capital.
 Mrs. Brown, whose husband was formerly mayor of Milwaukee, lives in a palatial home at 1S2 Fourteenth street, and Mrs. Ferguson has an