The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-11

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mer home Of her mother. widow OF
Solicitor-G General Henry NJ. Hoyt, near
Boston. she came to Washington un.
observed.
She Wished Divorce.
While wylie was putting the acid
test to his love for her. Mrs. Hichborn
finding no other way left open, sought
to cause her husband to 6ivorce her
so that even If Wylie did not return
to her, she would he n free woman,
while if he did return, they would
be step nearer marriage
But Mr. Hichborn was stubborn. lie
would not say whether he intended To-
divorce her. Friends thought he want.
ed to prevent her from marrying WV
lie. Others believed he was wafting
until the first wave OF gossip had sub.
sided.
ON the complalnt filed In the courte
the facts Of thc first nigAt are rcclted.
II IS set forth that Mrs. TIichborn and
Wylie fed from Washington on Dec.
10, 1910, to Canada. where they board
cd ship for Europe Then this state.
mcnt is made:
"lt Is a matter Of notoricty that
said defendant and correspondent
eloped together and travelled and con-
sorted together at New York. Quebec,
Liverpool, London. Paris. ToiHlon
Monte Carlo and other places. and
that no contradiction has been at
tempted from any source"
Couples Were CIummy.
Hlchborn married the twcnty-yc1r-
old daughter of Solicitor General
Iloyt in 1906. Tho ceremony was
performed by Bishop Satterlec and all
official Washington was at the we'd
ding. The bridegroom was the son
OF a former chief constructor Of the
navy lie had lived not far from his
bride for several years.
About a block away lived Wylio
with his wife, who had been Miss
Katherine Hopkinson, ANA their three
children. He was almost forty when
he FIRST know Elinor Hoyt, which was
before her "coming-out" party lie
always seemed to take a fathcrly in
terest in her.
After the young Hlchborns set M
housekeeping they became very
mon TO gee both the women under
the escort OF one or the men and
some times Mr.. Wyiie was seen cava-
liering Mrs. Hichborn alone.
Mrs. Hichborn was athletic. and
loved outdoor sports and indoor
games. Mr.. Hlchborn is of a quiet
disposition. whereas Wylie. In spite
of his forty cd years. liked the same
things that interested his young neigh
Dor.
Mrs. Wyilc n Devoted Wife.
Mrs. Wylie after the birth OF her
third child. was lcgs active than she
had been before. she had been mar
ricd for almost twenty years and her
devotion to her husband was great
| Their home in Thomas Circle, which
had been the home OF Wylle's father
the Judge, was known for It's honpltal-
! ity
Mr.. wylie was in comfortable cir.
cumstances and had no need to worE,
beyond taking care Of his real es-
'ate.
When he disappeared and at the
same TIME Mrs Illchborn dropped
/ from sight It was more than the mos
rabid gossip Of this gosstpy city could
believe. The families succeeded In
keeping the fact quiet for almost two
weeks There was no strong coniir'
nation Of the stories, and the naughty
Mrs. Hoyt persisted in the fiction that
grief at the death OF her father had
caused Mrs. Hichborn to retire TO a
sanatorium.
Hfchborn and Mrs. Wylie said moth
ing. But their reserve was not shared
by the couple who were then doing
| Europe. II comes out now that Mrs
Hichhorn wrote TO her family and hel
husbond that for the first time I'M he.
life she was entirely harl9y ana thas
they need never expect her to return
Her Mother Was Deceived.
Ia the hope she might stlll do some
thing to end the scandal, Mrs. Hoy
went To Europe ana met the pair nof
Paris. With her was her other daugh'
ter. Mrs Ferdinand Won Stungn, wifi,
of the first secretary OF the Germany
ombassy in Rome.
ThCy thought they had succeeded
when Mrs. Hlchborr consented {,
leave Wylle. They ala not know the
separation had been agreed upon hA
the two before Mrs Hichborn Wonl