The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-15

child until he was satisfied that her
husband was more of a man than he
suspected. Mrs Worden telegraphed
for her husband and he came. On
the stand the doctor told of this meet
ing with Mr.. Worden in the office of
Bishop Crumrine, who in the mean
while had been retained as attorney
by the Wordens to work in connec-
tion with Chicago attorney
"I hope I shall find you a more
gentlemanly fellow to deal with than
l found your son at the Savoy hotel
said Mr.. Worder1 to me and I replied:
ON that occasion I would certainly
have met you as true gentleman-as
a southern gentleman-thati is, would
have shot you dead on the spot
Mrs Worden has never seen her
daughter since the day she left her in
her fathers home in Kansas City in
1908. She and her husband left the
city. Since that time Attorney Crum-
rine has made unsuccessful attempts
to reach Worden without avail and so
withdrew from the case some time
ago.
The Judges Instructions.
In his instructions to the jury,
Judge Dana told them tha- any man
had the right to the aid, comfort ard
assistance of his wife and that any
one who deprived a husband of his
wife's affections and her services was
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fined malice, which Ware had alleged,
as not necessarily hatred for anyone,
but the wanton disregard TO another's
rights.
In his one effort to defend himself,
Worden had an answer filed to the pc
tition setting out that Mrs. Ware had
had no affection for her husband and
that therefore he could not deprive
Ware of it. A number of witnesses
who had known the family testified
that the couple had been most affec-
tionate and Ware had provided a good
home for his wife with his earnings.
The jury needed no more evidence.
Attorneys Arraign Worden.
In the short argument to the jury
w. E. Atchison, who with John
Schenck and A J. Bolinger, presented
the case, dwelt strongly on the picture
of a man of wealth prompted by evil
designs throwing a net of bewilder-
ment around a beautiful woman, who
by her beauty could demand luxuries
poor, but loving husband could not
give her.
"She was beautiful. vivacious and
charming in her conversation. He
was a wealthy man, one of those
known as a heart breaker. She was
dazzled by his offers of diamonds, fine
clothes, and trip around the world.
Ware earned $50 or $50 month. He
could not buy her 500 hats, $1,000
gowns and jewels. Can you put your
self in this mans place for a moment
and imagine the humiliation and men
tai anguish he suffered? He loved her.
He was as much enamoured by her
beauty as the thief Worden-and she
was his. I saw her when she was
here to see her child. Her fingers
were covered with diamonds and she
was dressed in the finest clothes and
she was beautiful
But now this grandeur of wealth
has vanished if last reports obtained
by Bishop Crumrine are not faulty.
Mr.. Atchison knew wha+ he argued
when he called the defendant a heart
breaker. The happiness of clothes and
jewels is ended.
The last chapter of the Ware domes-
tic tragedy shows Worden as he is.
He now has deserted his beautiful wife
and, argued Mr.. Atchison, probably
taking another trip around the world
advices have it that Mrs. Worden now
is living with a sister, named Con-
nelly, in Hutchinson.
Claude Ware is working again for
the United States Express company in
Kansas City.
He has the little girl, Irma, now
years old in the St Agnes convent in
that city. She never will see her
m mother, he says.
The $500 award may and may
not be collected as a balm to his out
ragged love. The whereabouts of
Worden is unknown. The jury which
gave the greatest award was compos-
ed of: Logan Spau1ding, John Miller,
Henry Mauney, A. T. Fulfort, James
Partridge. c. L. Berkey, D. c. Har-
brough, w. H. Gilfillan, w. S. Kelley.
Elliot, D. E. Conrad and ]. G.
foreman. The case was the
last on the docket for the present
term.