The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-02-23
WIFE IN POCKETS
MADE DISCOVERY
Domestic Affairs of Aged Lover
Aired in Police Court-Address-
ed by Another Woman as
Dearest Beautiful-Short
Honeymoon.
RICHMO VA.

Because her husband had been buy
! ing flower bedecl<ed hats. which she
| herself was not wearing. and sets of
furniture. which she was not using.
/ and because he was not giving her
| any money to spend. and had not
| spoken to her for more than ten
months, Mrs. j. ID. Hutson hailed her
best beloved to Police Court this
morning, and asked Justice Crutch-
/ field TO make him support her. Also
! she asked him il she could keep her
husband from getting letters from
! women who addressed him as Dear
/ est Beautiful"
Mrs Hutson is forty-eight years old.
Her husband gave his age as sixty
! has much OF the fire OF youth i'm his
| eyes. despite a venerable snow-white
| beard, which reaches nearly to his
waist. For the LAST few years he has
4 guards at the penitentiary. When he
! is working regularly he makes, he
| said, between $50 and SIS a month.
Sometimes he does not get regular
| work, he declared, and then does not
make more. than $40. a month.
! During the examination Mrs. Hut
! son said she had not known Mr.. Hut
son very long when she married. Ask
| ed to be more explicit she finally ad-
| mitted that she had known him less
| than forty eight hours when the nup-
tial knot was tied. She was q widow
when she met her present husband
had been introduced by letter. a lady
| friend turning the trick for 2-cent
stamp.
After a correspondence covering
| two or three months. during which
! Mr. HutSon declared his undying love
and doubted If he could really live
longer apart from his hearts desire. she
consented to see him. She was then
son visited her. The next day they
took the vow. and she put her sweet
hand. in his she said. and trusted
TO him"
The bride had just turned forty.
and. of course. expected to live at
her husbands home she said. but was
sent back to her own home by the
bridegroom after brief honeymoon
Mrs. Hutson declared 20 Justice
Crutcfield that. though her husband
had solemnly promised 10 support and
obey her, he did not send her any
money. She had TO borrow money 10
come to Richmond. He would not
even send her a ticket
The marriage life Of the newIyweds
passed smoothly for the first year or
two. Mrs. Hutson said. but after a
While she began to suspect her hus-
and. She got up one night and
CROPPED to the chair over which he had
hung his coat. and feeling in his pock-
cts she came upon a letter. which ex-
hailed faint perfume Of heliotrope.
BY the light Of fiickering candle
she opened the letter. and-horrors.
III began. My Dearest Beautiful."
a., the signature was not that of Mrs.
When she reproached Dearest
Beautiful he merely laughed at her.
and finally stopped speaking to her at
all Mrs. Hutson made number OF
nocturnal expeditions through her
husbands pockets. and told Justice
Crutchfield that she had found many
letters and notes; also money orders
bills for furniture and hats.
might not have been for her husband.
MRS. Hutson said that her husband
had never worn hats with flowers and
bows of ribbons on them.
one of the notes was read aloud. II
was not signed, but Mrs. Hutson said
she thought she knew the "hussy's
name" The note sadi:
Il have the room ready this morn
ing. and would be glad IL you would
come and look at It."
Mrs. Hutson declared that her. hus-
oand mad no need for a new room.
They were boarding. and were not
contemplating moving their quarters.
MT. Hutson laughed aloud when he
was asked to explain the significance
OF the note, and was threatened with
eonVulsions when Justice Crutchfield
asked him about the hats and the fur
niture. II was so simple, he said; SO
self evident.
The hat. he said, he had bought
Tor Mrs. Moody, who lives In the
country. She was coming to a re-
union, and had asked him to get the
bonnet Tor her. The furniture he had
bought for a Mrs. Durham of Nor
ioIk. He said he had ordered il ship
pea 10 her. Mrs Hutson then pro
duced bill showing that the furnf-
ture was TO have been delivered at ar
address on Belvidere Street. Mr.
iiutson said the explanation was so
slIhple mat II was ridiculous He
was TO meet the furniture. man ut ma
Belyidere Street address. he said 10
pay him. N' -
Mr.. Hutson stroked his wbisl<ers
ana said that his wife annoyed him.
lie said that he paid for her hoard
and lodging. but had not given her
much money TO spend because he.had
not made much. Mrs. Hutson innne-
ulateiy produced a statement prepared
py one OF the penitentiary bookkeep-
ers which showed that the guard had
averaged over $50 a month for the
fast SIX months. The statement COW
cred only six months.
How about that, MIR. Hutson ," the
justice asked
1t is easily explained" Mr.. Hutson
replied. and he laughed softly to him
self In his white whiskers
Previous to the last six months |
was Iorced to borrow money. 1 made
SO little that 1 couldn't pay expenses.
During the last six months my paw
has been better and more regular
nave consequently been paying off
some of my debts"
The agSrieVsd wife wanted to know
now many debts were fer hats and
furniture, but she. could not find out.
Mr.. HutSon SAID that he wanted TO
get fuller statement from the peni-
Tertiary. This statement. he said,
would cover year or eighteen
months. He declared that it would
then explain everything. and he shook
with suppressed laughter
| Justice Crutchfield said he would
; give him until March 4th TO get this
statement, and on that day he would
nave TO explain. A divorce was then
mentioned, whereat Mrs. Hutson said
that her husband had tried to get her
to apply for q divorce. bat she
wouldn't do it. She knew that he
only wanted to marry one of the
dearest beautiful" women, she said.
land she would not let any woman on
earth have him. She would keep him
herself. but she did want him To SIM