The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-19

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told Mrs. Tenncy OF the "nncouth anc
compromising position In which TIN
lawyer was attempting to place him
she at once tainted. Later she tolt
4 Tyler that 1t was the most horribl,
/ OF all Mr.. Tenney has tried to do
t Mrs. Tenney Indignantly refused te
4 enter into any compromise. II called
up Mr.. Wendenburg, concludes TIL,
I statement. and informed him that Mrs
Tenney had refused TO agree to an!
settlement or compromise. and wen
hack to Baltimore. where l am en-.
gagged in the lumber business" Tyler
1t is said, was at one time proprieto!
of the Gaiety Theatre, in Richmond
Mr.. Wendenburg replied briefly tc
the Royal charges, asserting that Mr
Royal was acting either on the i'm
snlbecility." Mr.. Wendonhurg explained
that his relations with Tyler had been
entirely in the interests of his client
and that here had been nothing I'M
proper. He had been Informed that
Tyler had wined and dined with Miss
Tenney, now Mrs. Bunch, and that
Mrs. Tenney had paid the bills.
He referred to Tyler as a scent the
ntre man" and admitted having given
him $50 to come TO Richmond, Tyler
having stated that he had lost money
in a venture at the Galety Theatre, in
Richmond. In conclusion MIR. Wenden-
burg termed the Royal attack as out
,ageous and unwarranted." and deiled
mir. Royal TO prove his assertions. The
matter of attorneys fees, which was
the original cause of tie hearing, was
allowed to go over until the determine
ton of the case, the judge reservins
decision on the division OF fees pend
ing a decision on the alleged conspir-
acy Of Mr.. Wendenburg. Mr.. Tenney
and Mr. Pannill to defame the charac-
acter of Mrs. TenneY and her daughter.
Mrs. Bunch. Pannill and Tyler will be
summoned as witnesses in further
hearings.
Mrs. Tenncy's Answer.
Mrs. Tenney's answer to the cross
bin filed by her husband is a volumi.
nous document and takes up each count
of his specifications in detail Much
space is given 10 the details OF trip
TO Tucson, Ariz., where she went some
years ago In search OF health Tor ner
daughter, Aleda, then threatened with
tuberculosis now married to Tillman
Bunch. nephew of Senator Tillman,
OF South Carolina.
She denies that Mr.. Tenney went to
California. in 1909 to see his daughter,
and charges that he went in execution
of a deliberate plan formed in his
mind to coerce complainant into as
senting to a divorce.
Mrs. Tenney Indignantly denies Ten
ney's charge of improper relations
with Major f. C. Gordon, OF Decatur
Ca, a brother OF the late General JONI
Is, Gordon, and directly charges zen
ney with swearing falsely when III
alleges such a thing. She states tina
she first met Major Gordon in 1887
when she came South after her mar
riaee: that she was Introduced to hin
by Tenney, who asked her TO be agree
able to him for business reasons,
Major Gordon was president of lam
and development company at Decaau
with which Tenney had some bushes
relations. Later she says she wa
entertained by Major Gordon's wife a
her home in Athens. Ga, and for year
the families We're intimate. The an
swcr says:
Relations with Major Gordon.
'.Tenney we'll knows Major Gordon
high strung nature as a widower VII
two married daughters. and he DELHI
erately selected him as the victir
upon whom he would load this infam
Gus charge He believed Gordo
would, utterly. Inundated by th'
charge. prevail on this complainar
TO sue Tennec for divorce on a
agreement Of sT5 month"
Then comes the Tyler atiidavit on'
lined above, In which Tyier swear
hefore a notary public, first that
man named Pannill, an associate
,fenncy's, and later Tenney's counse
VIZ, IN,irc "a
m induce him to swear to an afida
vii charging improper relations VII
Mrs Tenney, TO be used by her huspah'
In divorce proceedings.
In regard TO the charge of TenneN
fuat previous to the filing of his suit
Mrs Tennev Ind entered his room a.
the Richmond Hotel in his absence ant
taken therefrom and destroyed a mum
Der of letters and papers which wouio
be valuable to him as evidence, Mrs
,rennev says: "They will be forthcom-
ing at the proper time. and 1t remains
10 be seen in whose behalf they tur'
sish the besf>eyideEce"
Chnrges Against Tenncy.
Mrs. Tenney goes on to tell that af'.
Ter securing those letters, she went to
Atlanta III a state of physical and
mental collapse because of her hus-
hands relations with married wo-
man. Mary Horne. who in a letter adj
dressed to Terney on August I, 1893
addressed him as my Dear Husband
II was on that account. Mrs Tenne,
states that she abandoned tril
abroad, and went South for rest, Ten
ney, she charges, employed the Pink
erton Detective Agency to dog he
footsteps and watch her every motto
in the hope OF securing incriminatin
evidence and she quotes from tele
grams in, 1908 md 1909. showing tina
her every motion had been reported t
her husband. UP to the final report: :
have yet to get line on any ma
who has had anything to do with part
other than to meet in casual way
She is extremely indignant over Ter
ney's charges of impropriety whe
travelling TO and from New York ar
at the home of Major Gordons sistt
IN Srartanhurg. S, c., where she ha
visited. and where she admi
ne was an occasional vsito
She asserts that Tenney counte
upon her aversion 20 notoriety
get rid of her at little cost and Will
out the payment Of the alimonv viii,
q man of his means should nay