Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-13
Leads Aged Couple to
Legal War Against
Each Other.
MRS. ELMIRA WHEELER
SUES FOR SUPPORT
Husband, Veteran and ex=GOv-
ernment Clerk, Says He Was
Relegated to Attic.

In the winter Of their lifetime and
with two grown-up daughters siding
with their mother, Mrs. Elmira q
Wheeler, and her husband, Emory A.
Wheeler, are opposed in bitter legal
battle In the Court Of Chancery today,
arising from the dissipation of for
tune.
In 1894 Mrs. Wheeler was left 100000
From that time she and her husband
who had previously lively happily to-
gether, found that discord was sepa-
rating them farther and farther from
each other.
Today Mrs. Wheeler, who is "a years
old and lives at So South Maple avenue,
East Orange, told her story of domes-
tic dissonance in her action for separate
maintenance and support before Vice
Chancellor Emery.
Her husband, gray-haired man Of
20, of 16 Hill street, Morristown, to
whom she was married April "a, 1867,
is on his part opposing her suit. His
claim is that after his return from
q sojourn in the Philippines, and after
~she had received her fortune, he was
relegated to the attic.
hr Wheeler wears a G. A. r. but
ton. His family is highly respected
For seven years he was in Uncle Sam $
employ as paymaster's clerk, and has
been stationed at Kansas City and on
Governors Island He enjoys a PEN
sion from the government, and, ac-
cording to his wife, has Independent
means. When the suit was first up he
was directed to pay $40 a month
temporary alimony
Her story, as developed by former
Judge Frederick II. Guild, was that
while she was moving from her home
in North Arlington avenue East Or
ange. to where she now lives. he dis
appeared for about ten days in October,
1909, and even refused to pay part of
the expense. Besides that, so she said;
he insisted upon his return in making
unreasonable demands, but paid no
hoard
His story is that when he returned
from the Philippines in August, 1902
he was relegated to the attic, and as
he had been accustomed to the heat
of the tropics, feared the result of the
following winter. Their married life,
according to him, was happy enough
until 1894, when she received a legacy
of $4,000 from the estate of cousin
in New York. 1t was then, he says,
that her attitude toward him changed
and she preferred the advice of others
to his.
Alfred N Dalrymple, his counsel, de-
veloped testimony along these lines
the witnesses being relatives and
friends.
Received $40 Per Month.
Mrs. Wheeler, who was cross-eXam-
med by Mr.. Dalrymple. said that for
fourteen months she received $40 a
month from her husband when he was
away.
when he was in the Philippines, for
Instance" she testified, receiving $4,000
year and a pension, I repeatedly
asked him for more money, but he said
it was impossible to give more"
Did he ever pay for the music les
sons of your daughter" asked the
lawyer
He stated he spent $500, but don't
know
Did the United States government
pay all his expenses"
"All his personal expenses"
What about paying his board?"
When I asked him FOR so a week
for board he said board cost him only
S35 a month in the Philippines"
What did you do with the $4,000
cash you received as part of your in
heritance from your cousin?" Mr.. Dali
rynple wanted to know.
81 put $500 in the house now
occupy
Mrs. Wheeler was pressed no further
on this point and admitted that on
enc occasion her husband sent TO her
a double remittance while on the way
to the Philippines. but explained that
that was only due to the fact that a
bank ON which the first remittance had
been drawn had FAILED.