The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-02-02
SUES FOR Them
Action Brought Against Senator B. R
TIlImaa and His Wife By
MRS. BENZ. R..:TILLMAN, JR.

For the Recovery Of Her Two Daugh-
tiers, Who, She Alleges, We're Tak-
en- From Her by Her Husband.
Who Then Abandoned Her in
Washington While She Was Sick.
Mrs. BENZ. r. Til!man. Jr., Mon
day Instituted habeas corpus proceed
ings before the supreme court al
Columbia 70 compel Senator and
Mrs. 3. r. Tillman to return her
two children to her. aged three and
FIVE years, and be pe~petual!y re
strained from interfering with them.
Sensational are the charges the
Younger Mrs. Tillman brings against
her husband They are that after
repeatedly outrageously insulting her
and brutally and cruelty treating
her wh.:e he was drunk: that afte-
she had given h;rl the Kelley treat
ment. following which he only grew
worse in spite OF promises to reform
and at times had attacks OF deli
rum tremens: that after he had
squandered much Of her estate: that
she had appealed to his parents.
Senator and Mrs. Tillman. with the
result that the senator only insult
ed her and both blamed her for tho
| trouble between herself and her hus.
band and for his drinking to excess
that after all this, and much more.
her husband. she having gone back
to Aim following their separation.
for the sake OF their two children
and il violation Of their written
agreement to divide their time be-
tween their father and their mother
in case OF separation. had her order
the two children dressed while both
/ lduslsSS
Novem Der. under pretense OF taking
the children on an evenings visit
to their grandpartens. turned then,
over to Senator and Mrs. Tillman
who brought them to South Carroll
ma. her husband then desert!ns her
when she was '.in condition toe
delicate to mention" be also leav
ing for South Carolina shortly af'
terward and fling a deed q: Edge
field giving the children to Senator
and MIS-. Tillman. alleging in this
deed his wite's "unhtness and inabili
ty to rise my two children as they
should be raised" although Mrs. Is
r .Tillman. Jr.. has handsome an
cestral home at Edgefield and annua
rentals in addition Of s1.!90.
The younger Mrs. Tillman IS o.
bearing giving all the indication!
Ia delicate beauty. her features am
OF high birth and OF having beer
reared IN an atmosphere OF cultur;
and refinement She is the grand
daughter OF the late Governor F
". Pickins. who was also ambassa
dor to the Russian court. where hei
mother was born and christened By
the car. Douschka. which mean:
little darling. Her mothers sis
ter was the first wife OF the latt
United States Senator n. C.. Butter
whom Senator Tillman defeated 70,
the senate after the dramatic Till
man gu5e-aatorial administration
She Is a blood relative o. many o.
the old-tine ruling families OF tbs
State, and Of course her social stand
Ing is the highest
Mr.. and Mrs. Tillman's domestic
troubles appear 10 date from thS
time Tillman came home to Edge
field and found Col. Jarles Fl. Till
man at his home. but thought he
insulted his wife on this occasion
It IS alleged. he apologized and ack
nowledged he had wronged her: Col
Tillman. It is said. was at his
kinswoman's innocently playing with
one OF his cousins children at the
time Mr.. Tillman came in IN rage
In an affidavit submitted to the
court Monday Mrs Tlllman says that
one occasion she was forced By her
husbands drunken debauches and
cruel treatment to separate from
him. but mot until deponen.'s hus-
band under the influence OF exces-
sive drink made most outrageous.
false and degrading attack upon de
ponent's character. that deponent. so
outraged and insulted few through
the night time with her two Infant
children from deponent's home at
| 'Edgewooi' to her sisters home in
Edgefeld for protection. where she
| remained for several months"
1t would seem from the number
and character OF the affidavits read
Monday in support OF Mrs. Tiliman's 5
right 20 the children. that practi-
cally every man and woman Of stand
ing in Edgefeld is up n arms against
Senator and Mrs. Ti!lman and their
| son. Among the siEaers OF these
affidavits are several relatives OF
Justice Gary. himself 4 member o.
the supreme bench. There are over
signed by two or more. and several
fifty affidavitS. practically all OF them
having from 25 to so signatures.
The signatures include the follow
ing. all testifying that they have
known Mrs Tillman either several
years or from infancy. and that she
is woman Of irreproachable char
acter. modest. refined. cultured. dis
peculiarly fitted and amply hnan-
cially able 20 care 70. and educate
cate her own children.
Or. J. Tompkins. her family ply
sician: Judge J. w Devo-pe. mem
ba Ca,-