The Detroit times., 1911-01-19
DEAREST IN LIFE"
man WRITES TO
ANOTHER Wife
Mushy Letters From Geo. Smile To
MIRA J. w. Hammond Read in
Court During Alienation Of AZ
fections Suit.
Woman in Case Says She Was Driven
From Her Home By Husbands
Cruelty.

The damage case of John w. Ham
mond against George Smile, the
Michigan Central brakeman whom hs
charges with the alienation OF his
wifes affections, was made interest
ing, Thursday morning, by the read
ing of a bunch of letters written by
the defendant TO Mrs. Hammond
while she was living with her hus-
band in Cleveland.
These letters were written on the
letter paper OF the Michigan Central
railroad, and many of them were
signed George" They were i'd
dressed to Mrs. Inex Hammond, gem
eral delivery" The reading of these
tender epistles proved the defendant
10 be an expert at letter writing OF
the "mushy" sort. During the read
ing the writer looked steadily ut the
floor, while Mrs. Hammond seemed
to be on the verge OF tears.
The first letter read as follows:
Dearest In Life:
The parting Is gradually grow
ing worse. How can you love me
and stay away when l need you
so badly? Oh, girl. the loneliness
and longing Is surely killing me.
How hope IL you are not coming
back that you will be happy. You
must be. or my great need OF you
would call you In spite of all.
gave up all for you and after all
II Is me that Is the true one and
your love weak. oh. honey gil,
IL you had only been strong in
your love, IL would have all come
right. Your children must have
come to you had you been true to
the best In you, and they love you
as they ought. Oh. little sweet
heart, there Is only you In the
world, and | cannot live without
you. God il good to US, dear one,
when We choose to follow love.
= Come now, dear, only your pres
ence can hel pyour boy. Won't
you come to your loving and SIN
cere GEORGE.
In another letter Smile addresses
Mrs. Hammond as "the dearest girl
the world owns" In another he as
sures her that "in all ways and at all
times | am all your boy" Dear
heart" and Honey girl" are also fav-
orite names employed by Smile. In
one little note that was read, he Inn
plores Mrs Hammond to come to him
In this touching manner: my girl, l
love you now as never loved before.
I need you, dear heart. | must have
you, come, come, am all yours"
When the letter reading was COM
pleted, the plaintiffs attorneys, an
nounced the completion of their case.
and the defense started.
.The attorney for Mr.. Smile an
nounced that he would show that the
defendant had nothing to do with the
parting of Mr. and Mrs. Hammond,
and would prove that the wife was
driven from her home by her hus-
bands cruelty. claiming that he had
beaten her, had choked her, and had
attempted to throw her down stairs.
The attorney admitted the writing Of
the letters, but claimed that Mrs.
Hammond paid no attention to them,
and they had no influence In causing
her to desert her husband and family.
Mrs. Hammond took the stand
shortly before court adjourned, and
testified that for years she endured
the beatings of her husband while
her family was young, but as soon
as the children were able to care for
themselves, she refused longer to
submit to her husbands treatment.