The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-08
WORTH $i,@,NO WIFE SAYS
PAPERS on WHICH SHE cor
HER $4,000 lLIMONT.

wife OE stock Exchange Member said
mat He Told Her They Could NmOrd
20 speRd saO. OOO a Year-He said
lie Could ORly Give IIer $40 = week.
The motion papers on the application
Of Claudia Carlstedt Wheeler for alimony
pending her suit for a separation from
Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr. a Stock
Exchange member Of J. B. Russell a Co,
upon which Supreme Court Justice
Mccall granted $4,000 year alimony
and 81 $40 counsel fee, were filed in the
County Clerk 3 ONCE yesterday.
Mrs. Wheel Ter. who was singing with
Frank Daniels in The Idols Eye when
Wheeler married her in 1895, said in her
moving papers that she was only p year =
Old az the time and that her husbands
father. Albert q. Wheeler. promoter Of
the Chicago subway system. knew all
about her family connections. her father
having been director II the Boston Con-
servatory Of Music. Her AFFIDAVIT con-
tinues
With reference 10 the harsh and cruel
manner In which my husband abandoned
me ! would state that he left me without
the slightest possible cause. and when
realized that his departure was settled
fact ! svooued and became unconscious
n IL had not been for the care and attention
u my maid servant doubt II would have
recovered from the low physical condition
Tor several months 10 come / have been
under the care Of a physician and using
every possible means 90 Keep my health
20 prosecute this action
lSince my hus band deserted mo have writ
ten tWo implorinR letters endeavoring 70
have him come hack and live with me. but
he has answered neither uf them Ne At
tempted O get he furniture from the apart.
msnt hut faded and hen ON April Is started
replevin action and procured the sheriff
10 levy on the furniture and Furnishings in
The apartment The sheriff has removed
al the furniture and furnishings Of every
description. leaving me not even bed 10
sleep on Ne notified the managers Of tho
Dakota not TO give me food and other necer-
-aries n life and had the telephone cut on
informing me that II ! did not leavs the
apartment I've would have me thrown out.
although I had absolutely no place 10 go.
The lease does not expire until Novem-
her ~. and n left tho apartment II would
be vacant on his hands
Mrs Wheeler said that since her hus-
hand removed the furniture she has been
able % borrow from the servants quarters
two cots upon which IN rest az night.
which with a couple II chairs and a table
comprise all the furniture. There IL no
carpet On the floor
IN estimating her husbands ability 20
pay her $40 900 a wear Mrs Wheeler says:
when We len chicago my husband
brought securities In travelling bag
amounting 10 ~ on on which my father
in-law gave him 10 secure an interest IN
J n Russell \ Co These securities uere
taken 10 our apartment and two private
messengers removed them 20 the vaults
u ! u Russell A Co when my husband
took his interest In the firm. He told me
that the firm made tsoo o0O profit in two
years and that their running expenses are
o. $50 a day. Ne r. worth q .2iO. 900 and has
an income Of sI25.oOo
Mrs Wheeler named a dozen Of tho
leading clubs 81 New York and ChicaR 40
In which she said her husband was a
member and said he was treasurer and
director q the Automatic Electric Com.
pany II chicago, In which she SAYS he
has $3.50. O00 invested. Tie IL also inter-
ested In n contracting firm that has
millions Of dollars worth % contracts
Tor the Chicago water works and the
Ashokan dam. and has stO0. 900 Of bonds
II the Chicago subway. abe says. She
declares that from 1905 10 1910 they suant
~. 900 a year and says her husband t6ld
her they could well AFFORD 90 spend that
amount
Wheeler conoedes that his wife IA en-
titled tO separation. but says he had
gOOd cause 10 leave her One rraaon
was that she brOuRht her father. mother
and brother on here 70 live with her IA
denies that he has failed ~ provide for
her and says that he 10 not able 10 nav
her more than 8iO q week