The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-20
hrs. FORBES TAKEN TO JAIL
AERONlCrS WIFE SEIZED ron
ALIENATION JUDGMENT.

WFe of Former Chauffeur. vine GOt . Ver.
dict because % Alleged AFeetlOnAte
Nsies Prem Nlrs. Fogses 70 asF Illus
baad. Tries % Celleet-Out % nan.
RRIDGEPoRT. Conn. MAY Io.-Doputy
Sheriff Peter DOOlAn Of Bridgeport sur
prised Mrs. Jessie Livingstone Forbes,
wife Of A. Holland Forbes. the aerOnaut,
az the Forbes home In Fairheld before
noon to-day and hustled her away 10 the
Fairfield county Jail in an automobile.
he arrested Mrs. Forbes on a body writ
got from the Civil Superior Court by
slade. slads 4 slade. New Haven lawyers.
representing Mira Ida c. ROwlsy.
several months ago Mrs ROwley sued
Mrs. FORBES for alternating the affections
Of Ernest c. ROwIey. chauffeur for Mrs.
Forbes Because Mrs. FORBES did not
enter defence judgment Was entered
against her by default. Judge Curtis
heard Mrs. Rowleys testimony several
weeks ago aud entered judgment in her
favor for $50
What purpOrted 10 be endsaring notes
from Mrs. Forbes TO RoWley were handed
to Judge Curtis by Mrs. Rowley. When
he returned the verdict he handed the
packet OF letters back 10 Attorney Slade.
The contents have not become public.
When the judgment against Mrs. Forbes
vas returned IL was said that she had
planned TO take the poor debtors oath
and thereby avoid responsibility under
the judgment. She had delayed this mat
ter too long. however. owing 10 the time
occupied In assisting her husband IN his
preparations for HE recent almost disaM-
trous balloon endurance trip.
FORBES started from Quincy. H., with
J {. Yates. an astronomer. two weeks ago.
and his trip ended =ith the collapse Of his
balloon. the Viking. in the mountains Of
Kentucky. He vas unable to return hore
until last Saturday
Bright and early this morning sheriff
Doolan appeared az the Forbes place in
Feirfleld armed with the body writ. and
akinR Mrs Forbes unawares. she think
ng him one Of the neiRhbors who were
locking 10 10 congratulate her husband
N his escape from death. placed her
lnder arrest
Forbes summoned his chauffeur. not
lowley. who was discharged before the
roubla arose between Mrs. Forbes and |
Hrs. RoWley. and invited the sheriff TO
make the trip from Fairfield 70 the county !
all in Bridgeport in his machine The
iheriII sent HE team back by a driver and. |
- guest of the Forbeses, enjoyed a ride I
n their uInabout They reached the
all befOre noon.
Forbes hads his wife adieu. then hurried /,
o the ONCE Of hls counsel judge Elmore |
!. hanks, downtown Returning 20 the I
ell, Judgs Ranks posted a 5000 reel !
stats bond by which Mrs Forbes was
flowed her freedom conditional upon her
smaininE within the jajl limits. which
appen 70 be the city limits Of Bridgeport.
Mrs. Forbes left the Jail in gay spirits
While there she was taken into the section
looted 10 tho women prisoners. but on
~ % the unusual circumstances was
ot forced to ninEIe with the inmates
o-night Il was said that she was not IT
er home In Fairfield. though abe did not
nc in an appearance al any Of the Bridge
ort hotels.
Under her conditional freedom she
not privileged 10 rst1irn 10 her home
il expected that she will take the poor
ebtOr's oath tomorrow. swearing she
lwns M property, thereby putting an
nd 70 the effort 10 satisfy the Judgment
! favor of Mrs. Rowley
Mrs ROWley was the only witnens
card In the alienation suit She testi-
~ that her husband had grown 10 neglect
~ following his entering Forbes's employ
nd that she suffered ~ much anxiety
lat she became a mental and physical
rick IN consequence and was forced
, enter a hospital for treatment
While Mr. and Mrs Forbes have stead
lstly refused to discuss the case from /
= inception. they have termed Il an at
'mpt w uAalhWi&A hIeiu rTenus say
hey adopted the course Of allowing
ldgment n he entered by not contest
u the suit 20 avoid the sensational Z
'stimony that the plaintiffs lawyers
,reatened 10 introduos. the refutation
which would neoessitAte Mrs. Forbes
king the stand Their only mistake '
a. the postpOnement Of tho formAlity
Mrs Forbes taking the poor debtors q
lth