The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-09-15
WIFE WILL NAME
S. GIRLS IN HER
SUIT FOR DIVORCE
Now She Comes Into Court and
Makes Charges Of Love-
Making Involving Many
Names.

New York-Special: Lady-killer in
extraordinary Is the rank that young
Mrs. Roscoe II. Sanborn, of Brooklyn.
will seek to bestow upon her husband
In a suit for divorce. She has en-
ployed F. X. McCaffray. of Kings, as
counsel. Mrs. Sanborn says she will
name SO correspondents. She will also
| display a huge bunch OF love letters
| from girls in several states written TO
her husband, she asserts.
Private detectives say that yesterday
Mrs. Sanborn trapped her husband
with n Of the correspondents in the
Crescent hotel, Brooklyn. Her father
accompanied her in the raid on the
room. She confronted Saaborn dra-
matically and says he was dumb
founded.
Immediately thereafter she and her
father went to the Sanborn home at
No. S36 Seventeen ST., Brooklyn, load
ed all her personal effects on a wagon
n had them taken to her fathers
house. In a cab she bore away her
husbands strong box. 1t was forced
open. The letters she found, she says.
reveal q company of correspondents
bigger than a comic opera chorus.
Obstacles to Marriage.
Rose-hued with romance was young
- ara - wv AiAs WV ""S
Miss Edna Gaechair. of Brooklyn,
known to the stage five years ago as
Edna Earl. a youthful dancer. She
appeared prominently in a vaudeville
playet, THE Fifth Avenue Girls" with
Dan McAvoy.
Sanborn's family is prominent in
Elizabeth. N. j. His father. now dead.
was auditor Of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey and was related to Vice
Chancellor Pitney. Young Sanborn
began his business career as private
secretary to Warner Miller.
The young mans mother would not
countenance his desire to marry the
dancer. Her parents objected to her
marriage because OF her youth. She
dismissed the attractive suitor, and
for almost two years they did not see
each other.
Then came an accident that ended
Edna's stage career. Not only was
she disabled for further work in her
profession, but for a time 1t was
thought that she would die. Reports
Of the accident n the apparent grav-
ity of her condition were printed. San
born saw them and fastened to st.
Mary's hospital. where she was.
Renewed His Lovemakina.
In the dragging weeks of her con-
valescence he was q daily visitor,
bringing fruit and lowers and renew
ing his lovemaking. Age objections
having been obliterated by time, the
girl consented to wed and Sanborn
braved his mothers displeasure.
At the time Of his marriage Sanborn
was treasurer Of the Granite Construc-
ton company, of No. 745 Nostrand ave.
Brooklyn. He seemed to have plenty
Of money, shot about in an auto and
skinned around New York harbor in
q fas motor boat. He took his bride
to a handsome home in Seventeen
street. Brooklyn. But she asserts that
Of his motor car and motor boat and
ready one h saw nothing. He
always pretended to her TO be land
poor, she says: was always going tc
realize hugely on some real estate deal.
but always bcwailed a lack of ready
money.
Night after night she missed him
, from their home. He had a paucity OF
invention in giving His wife
says he had Only one. Invariably he
would tell her that a carload ofsbricB
consigned to him had become lost in
the railroad yards and he had spent
the night looking for it.
Knocked Her Down.
She says that when she tired Of that
story and old him she thought his
conduct wasn't in line with matrimo-
aial convention. he knocked her down.
why, / never seek woman's COM
pany," he said. I'm fond Of going out
with the boys a bit. but there's no
woman for mine. Tn going u to-
eight all right all right, INC don't
start to shed tears. But I'm not going
out to see n woman. I'm going to q
boxing match. If you don't believe me-,
follow me-"
Mrs. Sanborn pretended to believe
him, but before he left the house she
aad got into communication with her
.ather and private detectives. and when
ne went out he was followed. Mrs.
Sanborn and her father waited for
word from the sleuths. 1t came at
midnight The young wife n her
parent ven to the Crescent hotel. She
was escorted to a room adjoining her
husbands.
A private detective knocked at the
door of Sanborn's room and said:
Gas Is escaping through the hotel.
I'll have to ask you TO open the door
and give us a chance to locate the
leak
Sanborn opened the doc and his wife
bounced into the room.
Obeyed "FoIIow" Advice.
$50 this is the boxing match YOU
said you were going to-" demanded the
rate woman. THAT excuse was worse
han the carloads Of bricks. You asked
ne to follow. I've done it. What have
rou TO say for yourself?"
Sanborn didn't have anything to say
Wife and detectives left the apart
nent. The register, Mrs. Sanhorn says.
shows the entry OF y. Ross and wife"
AS a space saver for small houses
4 Kansas man has invented folding
stairs. operated IN the lazy tcngs prin.
,iple by a hand wheel and gearing.