The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-27
WIFE INDIGNANT
At BEING CAUGHT
As A RUNAWAY
Mrs. Perkins Gives Another
Version of Mrs. McNamara's
Trip From San Francisco.
kbELD WITH SERVANTS.
Declares She Is Really a Friend,
and Says McNamara'S
Story Is Untrue.
HELD WITH SERVANTS.

Mrs. Cora L. Perkins Of Burlinsame.
Cal, who with a man servant and
chauffeur employed by Mrs. Margaret I.
Mcnamara Of San Mateo. In the same
State, was arrested yesterday at the
Hotel Knickerbocker as a fugitive from
California Justice. is in a cell helow the
West side Court. and must remain there
until the writ OF habeas corpus OBJ
tanned to-day In her behalf by law
yer Is returned before Justice Bischor
on Monday. Fred Patterson, the chauf-
feur, and Patrick Walsh, an old SER
want. who has been fifteen years in Mrs.
McNamara's family, occupy nearby
cells
This woman OF refinement, who lives
in the most exclusive San Francisco
suburb and whose husband and two
grown sons are we'll known San Fran
cisco business men, told an Evening
World reporter to-day an unusual
story which. she says. lies behind the
order sent on here by Chief OF Police
White OF San Francisco for the arrest
OF the three who were accompanying
Mrs. NsMara on a trip to Europe.
Reports from San Francisco which
described her as 'housekeeper'' for Mrs.
MCNAMARA and which detailed the In
| cidents Of an alleged 10y ride" upon
which she. as a servant of Mrs. Nc
Namara had embarked. together with
| the wealthy invalid. must have ema-
| mated, Mrs. Perkins said. from Nicholas
Mcnamara, Mrs. McNamara's husband.
| She said the husband was afraid he
would lose control OF his wife's estate.
This In Mrs. Perklns's story. as she
told 1t to an Evening World reporter
| to-day:
| Mrs. Mcnamara Is counted a wealthy
woman at home. She has been married
for nineteen years and had supported
her husband al of tina time until few
months ago. Among the chief Of her
assets IL a controlling interest In the
Anglo american Bank OF san Francisco;
she owned go hares and some time ago
she decided 60 Of these shares 10 her hus-
band.
"A few years ago Mrs. Mcnamara.
who has long been an invalid, instituted
n suit for divorce against her husband.
but because Of her daughter Gladys and
her two young sons she consented ia
withdraw the suit. At that time she
continued. as she had always done. to
give her husband an income. but In
April Of this year she published an adj
vertisement that she would not be re-
sponsible for any debts contracted by
him and she revoked the power OF at
torney which ne held.
laara-l that har lauu
Gladys. who had been put in a convent
in Belgium, should return to her. for
she believed that she was dying; but
her husband opposed this move. saying
that It was impossible for the daughter
to return until she had graduated. SO
this summer Mrs. Mcnamara planned
to go abroad and visit Gladys. then to
take the daughter with her to Carlsbad.
81 was included In ner plans because
since her last recent Illness and the
Anal break with her husband she has
kept me with her always Ny home In
Burlingame IL only a few miles from
Mrs. McNamara's home In San Mateo
and I was with her almost every day.
TN preparation for the beginning OF
our trip. which was planned to be by
auto from San Mateo to Portland, Ore
Mrs McNsmara traded her old auto
mobile. with q cash bonus. for q new
one valued at S3.60O-the same ma
! chine which. as Mr.. Mcnamara COM
. plains to the San Francisco police, has
been stolen. II was McNamara's car
, paid for by her.
I'VE started on our trip with Mr.
McNamara's full knowledge. In fact
he sat on the porch of the McNamara
villa at San Mateo and saw us on
When we arrived in Portl nd we heard
: from friends that Gladys had alread,
returned II ON Belgium. Her father
b, had sent for her without his wife''
r knowledge.
. I'VE decided to come on to New York
4 anyway and continue the trip abroad
a for the sake Of Mrs. Mcnamara
q health. Though Mr.. Mcnamara knew
n where we stayed in Portland and coul'
have Intercepted us at any point dur
ing our auto trip thither, he chose t
wait until we arrived In New York. 10
some reason which we cannot fathom,
His talk OF my having hypnou
power over his wife and OF my havin
a taught her TO drink are simply terriol
fabrlcatons. am only his wife
!. dearest friend"
!; Mrs. Perkins said that she had com
& municated with her husband and tina
Is he was making Investigation OF Mr., Nc
Namara's charge OF robbery In Sa
Francisco.
Mcnamara md his daughter arc be