New-York tribune., 1912-12-12
IGNORANCE NURSES PLEA.
Love for Two Men Caused
Prisoners Plight.
BREAKS DOWN IN CELL
Married Woman Who Sued for
Breach of Promise Asks
for Husbands Pity.

The grim walls Of the Tomos, Wmch
| have concealed the last moments OF so
many little dramas with sorry endings'
| probably have shut in few more lmpres-
sive scenes than that OF Yesterday after
noon, when Mrs. Helen Cauley the young
! blue-eyed nurse who eued David y.
Sherard. a wealthy truckman. for breach
Of promise. and had her case cut SUD
denly short by the appearance OF her nus
band. sat in her cell. alternately crying
against her fate and declaring her love
for Sherard and her husband.
Between flashes Of anger. In which her
remarkable blue eyes fairly bazed hre,
the young woman gave way TO equally
sudden relapses OF pathetic weakness
weeping and declaring her innocence OK
the rerjury charge which landed her In
cell. Her desire for revenge, her igro-
rance Of the law which makes It criminal
TO swear to a false statement, her love for
her husband and the uncanny fascination
which Sherard had for her ever since the
moment she first saw him. patient lying
on a cot in the French Hosptal-these
followed one another I'm dizzy succession,
and were repeated over and over IN a
checked unnatural tone of voice which
plainly indica ted the nervous breakdown
which had set i'm.
The nurses drama of love on tho one
side and fascination on the other goes
the advanced" situation in "Hindle
Wakes" one or two better. In that 1t is
man who loves one and goes off with
anotker-b cause OF her eyes. or course,
In these connections no 'ne takes man
seriously. The man in the play has a
grave effort to take himself seriously. But
how much more advanced life Is than
plays In the CauleySherard case II Is a
woman who goes off and leaves her weep
ing husband at home to mind the little
one.
II didn't do wrong Intentionally cried
Mrs. Cauley yesterday In the Tombs.
"It all happened with such terrible
swlftress that was like woman LIVING
in another world. I loved my husband
and believe now that ! have always
loved him Ny other love was rather a
fascination that totally envcloped me ana
gave me another personality. ! lived in a
daze.
when the break came between MI.
sherard and myself / awokc to my posi-
tion. Il raised a strange resentment In
my heart. had suffered. and didn't
seem 10 realize that at least part OF my
folly was Of ms own making
This outburst was quickly succeeded by
a moment Of calm. in which the young
woman drew herself together and fough;
TO regain her composure.
II wanted satisfaction" she went on
more quietly. II had been wroneed and
7 wanted revenge. Tho thought that
was committing nm unlawful act that
would place me In a cell never crossed
my mind. ] didn't know that was COM
hitting perjury. ! thought my action
against SIR. Sherard was a proper one FOR
a woman who had been wronged.
do you know where my husband f.? ]
want TO see him. / wonder whether or
not ne will forgive mo-?
she put her hands 10 her face and be-
gan weeping. nervousy pushing back her
hair and mumbling something which was
incoherent to the little audience gathered
about the cell door.
II always knew Mr.. sherard would
never marry mt Hllf b'bdl dEhiis
often cav him and went out with him. (
loved rim from the first when ] nursed
him in the French Hospital We were
very good friends and he often asked me
10 marry him. The break came when lie
told me he was going TO marry his sister
in-law. Ny husband Is a good man and a
religious man. Even now, after the
wrong | have done him, ! don't think he
will divorce me.
Il am woman. and | have a woman 5
weaknesses and vanitles. | worked hard
I'm the hospital and saw great deal 81
suffering I craved the bright lights Of
the theatres and restaurants, and-G was
weak. that was all ! cannot understand
II now. | realized that | was telling an
untruth when | swore my husband was
dead. and ! never intimated TO any one
that I was cooking his breakfast every
morning and taking care Of him as good
wife should.
IT was obsessed with the idea that
had been wronged. and l wanted salts
faction. ] am alone now. without a
| friend In the world, unless my husband
comes 10 me, and / have faith In him.
think he Will come because / am the
mother OF his little girl and he knows
that I have no one else TO help me-"
pOMQ WITNESS ARRESTED