The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
MRS. FORBES WON'T PAY
 JUDGMENT Aeronaut's Wife Has Only to Take Poor Debtors
 Oath SHE HAS HUSBANDS TRUST Sheriff Doolan's Clever Serving of Summons
 Goes for Naug1t
SHE HAS HUSBANDS TRUST

Mrs. Ida Rowley's suit for $75,oOe damages against Jessie Livingstone Forbes. wife of A. Holland Forbes of | Fairfield, although yesterday appar- ently resulting in a victory for Mrs RoWley, will not net the chauffeu $ wife one penny if. the plans of Mrs Forbes disclosed today are success | fu1. Mrs. Rowley sued Mrs. Forbes the affections of her husband. Ernest Rowley. Mrs. Forbes failed to put in an appearance. when the action was brought into the Superior court @ for ment was entered by default.
 Mrs. Rowley gave Judge Howard J. Curtis a packet of letters she claimed were endearing notes from Mrs. Forbes to her husband. But Mrs. Forbes failure to appear had more signifi- canoe it is now learned. than was at
 By neglecting to appear she avoided the necessity of going on the witness stand. She also avoided the intro- duction of the alleged love letters in evidence. And secure in the implicit confideIice of her. husband, she cared naught for any significance that those anxious to ddscredit her would attach to her line of conduct.
 Further than the statement that the whole thing was a scheme to black mail. A. Holland Forbes has said noth- ing about the suit save to express his utmost confidence in his wife's inno- cence.. MT. Forbes owns all the prop
 
 Whatever is in his name, or what may be held in common by husband and wife, cannot be levied upon to satisfy the judgment of $3,750 returned against Mrs. Forbes yesterday. The only step left for Mrs. Rowley is to have Mrs. Forbes body seized in execution of the as soon as Mrs. Forbes takes the poor debtors oath, she will be released, for Imprisonment for debt after such an oath is taken is contrary to the Con necticut law.
 The suit was scheduled for Tuesday, April 18th, but for some reason or other it was advanced to Monday April IS. The original papers calling for the 18th were given to Deputy Sheriff Pe- ter Dooian by Slade, Slade & Shade of New Haven, counsel for Mrs. Row ley, SummOning Mrs. Forbes to ap- pear as a witness in the suit on the 18th. Sheriff Doolan had considerable trouble in getting personal service on Mrs. Forbes. Three times he called at the palatiaI Forbes homestead in Fairfield, and was thrice unsuccessful, being put off by the servants, who stated that their mistress was not at home. The fourth time Sheriff Doc Ian called, an apparently new maid answered his summons at the door
 Upon inquiry for Mrs. Forbes the servant stated that she would go up stairs to see if the lady of the house was at home. She left the door ajar, so that Sheriff Doolan in looking down the long corridor noticed that the rear
 
 ly gowned woman in the path winding the garden in the rear of the house. Going through the house, he entered upon the back lawn, approaching the woman, whom he recognized as Mrs Forbes. She admitted that she was the person, and that she knew Sheriff Doolan. Sheriff Doolan left with her the copy of the writ, and with it $1 to cover her expenses to the hearing in this city.
 As Mrs. Forbes had been personally served with the writ in the suit brought against her, she would have to appear in court, or be subject to al fine or Imprisonment, Later Sheriff Doolan was handed another writ by the counsel for Mrs. Rowley in which the date for the hearing was set for April IS. This change of date neces- s5tated another service. When Sheriff Doolan again went to the house, Mrs. Forbes was no where to be found, the sheriff being informed that she was ont of town. He left the writ on the premises. It is probable that Mrs. Forbes did not see the writ be- fore the case was heard, and for that reason did not appear in court to de- fe1ld the action. Only yesterday MT. and Mrs. Forbes were seen about Fairfield where they were trying out new costly and speedy *St6arnS machine.