The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
VOLER Y. VILEs
FOILED BY WIFE
Former Chief Clerk of Gen.
sus Bureau Calls Off Suit
Against Bride.
MRS. yILES is TO SUE

Special TO The Washington Herald
Springfield, Mo, April 6.-Enorts of
Voler V. ViIes, former chief clerk Of
the Census Bureau, to obtain a divorce
from Eula Ray Paden viles, were de-
feated at Hartville, Mo-. this morning
by the wife's abrupt appearance in
court. Viles, who until a few months
ago was mentioned prominently as can
didate for the Republican nomination for
Congress from the Fifteenth Missouri
district, Immediately dismissed his suit.
Only a few days ago Mrs Viles, who
since the estrangement with her hus
hand, has been living in Kansas City.
wrote Springfield friends of her inten-
tion Of applying for a divorce Soon
afterward she learned OF the filing of a
suit by her husband, and when the ac-
tion was called for trial appeared in
court with former Congressman Robert
Lamar as her counsel. Her first step
was to file a motion asking that the
charges in Viles' petition be made more
specific. 1t was then that he ordered
the action dismissed. Because Of the
probable contest OF her residence, Mrs
Niles is now powerless TO file suit either
in Springfield, or anywhere else, for
several months.
Wife Files suit.
Suit has been filed by her at Hart
Vile, however. in which she seeks to
compel ViIes to fulfill an agreement
made last October in Washington, in
which she says he contracted to pay
her $50 month until she had received
a total Of $500. This was when the sep
aratiOn occurred The wife's suit will
be heard in September.
INN talN
Vorce action. Viles departed for Salt
Lake City, where he is holding a Fed
eral Office. Mrs .Viles has gone back
TO Kansas City, to resume her employ
ment in a hotel cigar stand
Bride Former Waitress.
The life Of the former chief clerk of
the Census Bureau during the past year
has been a romantic one. Mr.. ViIes
first wife died scarcely a year ago. Sew
eraI weeks after the burial Mr.. Viles
went to St Louis. and was quietly mar
ried TO Mrs. Beulah Paden, a former ]
waitress in a hotel.
The marriage was performed on May
%, 1911. on May IL, Mrs. Paden had |
obtained a divorce from her husband, |
Edward Paden, in the courts OF Spring |
field, Mo. The marriage of Mr.. VlIes |
was kept secret for several weeks, but |
the truth finally leaked out through the |
romantic and sensational actions of the |
wife. Following the marriage. Mr. Viles |
returned 10 Washington, 10 resume his |
duties as chief clerk of the Census Bu-
reau.
Mrs. Niles, the newly-wedded wife, i'm |
mediately left for Texas, where her |
first husband, Mr.. Paden, had gone, ac-
companied by their fourteen-year-old |
child. The question of the custody of |
The child had not been settled by the |
tribunal granting the divorce, and Mrs. |
Siles was determined to decide the ques- |
tion for herself. She located her hus-
band and child, and by means of stealth |
obtained possession OF the latter and |
beat a hasty retreat toward Missouri.
Sought Police Aid.
The irate divorced husband sought the |
aid Of police and detectives. and imme-
diately set out on the trafI of the woman
and the child. Mrs. Yiles and her child |
were finally taken into custody in ST.
Louis, and the question was settled by
the courts.
There was a lull in the romantic tale
until a sensation was sprung by the
of Mr.. Viles from his position
in the Census Bureau. The former chief
clerk at once went to Missouri. The
court proceedings for divorce soon fol-
lowed.