Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-28
FRIDAY, JANUARY as, 1910.

nent was convalescent therefrom, hav-
ing sat up for the first time thereafter,
deponent's husband requested depo-
uent to dress said children, that he
wished to take them to see his mother,
one of the respondents herein, whom
he told deponent was temporarily In
the city Of Washington on business
relative to making arrangements for
herself and Senator Tillman during
the approaching term of congress.
That deponent, not suspectiL her hus-'
bands real purpose, deponent with the
assistance of an Incompetent SER
want, her cook and against the strong
protest of said infants, dressed the
children and induced them to go with
their father to see their grandmother,
this being early In the morning just
after breakfast on November q. 1909.
That about 8 o'clock p. m, Of that
day deponent's husband returned
without the children, and for some
time did not tell deponent where they
were, other than that they were
spending the day with their grand
mother, finally he told deponent that
he had given them to his mother, one
of the respondents herein, and that
she had already left with them for
South Carolina; whereupon deponent
informed her husband that II he had
no more respect for her feelings and
rights as the mother Of said children,
and his wife, than to treat her
thus, tine deponent, would not stand
for such treatment longer; where
upon deponent's husband packed his
valise, ordered cab and told de-
ponent that he was going to leave
her and that he intended this as an
end Of matters between them. that
she go wheresoever she pleased, and
that he was going to leave for South
Carolina. That after her husband
departed, thus deserted, and bereft
of her infant girl babies. and too
weak as a result Of her illness to
follow them, deponent went to the
home of her friend, Mrs. Brady, near
where deponent then lived. That
upon the evening of the same day
deponents husband sent her a
key, with a message that It was the
key to her flats in Washington,
(Which afterward proved to be the
key to his office), and check for
$500. part Of deponent's rents from
her Edgewood property in Edgefeld,
sage that he would send the balance
of said rents after deducting his ex-
penses to South Carolina and back
to collect the same, and after the
expenses of that fiat which deponent
and her husband had been occupy
ing together in Washington. That
said children were taken from de-
ponent. without any warning from
her husband of his intention to do
so, and in the cruel and deceptive
way as above set forth and without
any cause or justification whatsoever.
That deponent is informed and be-
lieved that her husband did not go
to South Carolina at the time he
instead stayed in Washington until
the following Tuesday, November 80,
1909, during which time he sent de-
ponent several messages and notes,
to the effect that he was waiting for
deponent at their flats to return to
him. That deponent sent word In re-
ply that she would not return unless
he brought her children back to her;
this he refused to do. and as deponent
is informed and believes. returned to
South Carolina on November 80, 1903.
That on the 4th day Of December,
1909. doponent received a letter
dated December 3rd, 1909, from ]. w.
Thurmond, Esq, as attorney for re-
her husband, B. r. Tillman, Jr., had
conveyed the custody, care and tui-
tion of deponent's two infant daught-
ers, Douschka Pickens Tillman and
Sarah Stark Tillman, to the respond
ents herein, which letter is hereto at,
tached and marked exhibit &C" and
made a part Of this AFFIDAVIT That
deponent Immediately advised with
counsel to recover possession OF her
children, and as soon as she was
able to do so came back to South
Carolina and employed counsel to
bring these proceedings"