The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25
Wife Says Dr. Uhle Is Controlled By 'X=Rays'
Furthermore That He is in Tolls of Beautiful Bridgeport
 Grass Widow Wife's Application For a Con- servatOr is Denied After Sen satiOnal Hearing-Dr. Uhle's Children Side With Him
Especial to The Farmer.)


 her husband is under the control o1
 psychic waves" sent out by Eliza beth Towne, a famous leader of the
 'eNew Thought" cult, and further more that her husband is in the tolls of beautiful grass widow residing
 on Colorado avenue, Bridgeport, Mrs
 Ottilie Uhle, wife of Dr. Frederick Louis Uhle. a Bridgeport dentist, ap- piled to the probate court here for
 the appointment of a conservator over
 her husband.
 After a lengthy trial, Mrs. Uhle's application for a conservator was de-
 nied by Judge H. w. Gregory, who said it looked to him like a dispute
 as to who was to be boss in the family.
 The trial was replete with sensa-
 tional testimony during which Mrs. Chle accused her husband of spepd- ing his money on "a grass widow liv- 1 ing on Colorado avenue, Bridgeport," !" and also stated that "a notorious wo- man who lived above the dental off, fee in Bridgeport had come down stairs and placed her arms around ( the doctors neck and kissed him !" This occurred in broad daylight, said Mrs. Uhle and when she remonstrat- ed with the doctor he used insulting | language toward her. Later Mrs. Thle saw the same woman throwing kisses at the doctor when he was Griving in his automobile through 1 Cannon street.
 Mrs. Uhle stated that her husband lis somewhat under the control of Mrs Elizabeth Towne, of Holyoke, Mass, a famous high priestess of the ! 'sNew Thought sect" who are believ- CTS in psychic waves" personal magnetism" psychic influence "telepathy," ''soul vibrations etc. Mrs Uhle said that she visited Hol- yoke and paid a personal call to Mrs. ,, Towne and pleaded with her. Later when Dr. Uhle learned this, he chang ed his post office box so hat none of his personal mail would fall into
 Mrs. UhlD said tnat her husband took up the study of hypnotism through correspondence school in Chicago.
 Attorney Charles H. Shapiro of Bridgeport, representing Mrs. Uhie stated that the testimony would bring out the fact that pr. Uhle threatened to burn up his money and end shis life by the gas route. Mrs. Uhle when called to the stand corrobCrated this and added that her husband had in- formed her that he would spend his at Colorado avenue, Bridgeport. This was only two months ago and he had so informed her half a dozen times. n She continued her tale of the grass widow and stated that her husband had spent on two occasions S100 md and her daughters. She had met him in a touring car in Stratford and at that time he had the same widow with him. He would not speak to his wife.
 In response to a question from her vLT putation of the woman in question was very bad. She said that Dr. Uhle had spent large sums of money on this woman for furniture and cloth ing and that he told her on one oc- casion that the grass widow had much better things than his own family. Her husband spent a large amount of his time with this woman, said Mrs. Uhle- He had withdrawn large amounts from Bridgeport banks, for what purpose, she did not know; but none of 1t was for the firm of Rector & Uhle. and certainly none of it came to his family.
 She testified that her husband drank and that he mistreated her. She also added that on one occasion when she supposed her husband at his office in Bridgeport she discov- cred him standing before front win dow in his home in Union avenue here. without any clothing on. She thereupon changed his room to the rear of the house.
 Mrs. Uhle said that she was mar ried 22 years ago. She kept board ing house in Bridgeport for many years. She said her married life was happy until about five years ago.
 Dr. Charles Mohr. a dentist of Bridgeport. son of Mrs. Uhle, and stepson of pr. Uhle, supported his father in the testimony. So did the two daughters of pr. and Mrs. thle Miss Jeanette and Miss F'renelia They denied that their father had at tempted to hypnotise them. They de- nied ever having seen their father knock down their mother although they admitted he might have forced her to the floor.
 fense said the Uhle family affairs were regrettable but maintained that no particular reason had been shown why Dr. Uhle was incompetent a contention which the court sustained Afterward Mrs. Uhle made the fol- lowing statement:
 My own three children. my two daughters and son, went on the stand and held up their right hand and swore falsely against me The chf1-. dren were so influenced by their what they knew. q will not fight in inc courts any further. I will tell all concerning the matter later but I will spend no more money at law"
 While addressing the judge, asking for the granting of their requests. the appeals of Attorneys Walsh and Shapiro so snoved Mrs. Uhle that she wept. She was calm in a short time, however.