The San Francisco call., 1913-11-14
: P|NK|E WAS
AN AFFINITY
SAYS WIFE
Pictures and Letters of To-
bacco Mans Alleged Com
panion Shown in Court

Spicy ~Pinkie~ and Dear Boy let
ters which passed between Benjamin
Walter Mcintosh, wealthy tobacco
merchant OF Oakland. and Mrs Mayme
Rogers. tingled the ears of those pres
ent in Judge Donahue's courtroom
this morning in the hearing of Mrs.
Ivy NJ. McIntoshs suit for divorce.
Illustrating the romantic relations
disclosed by the letters were photo
graphs of Mrs. Mayme Rogers and
the tobacco merchant taken in the
little bungalow Mcintosh had rented.
The Photographs were just as roman
tie as the letters, one of them show :
ing 'Pinkie" (Mrs. Rogers) lying on a
rug on the steps of the bungalow,
and smoking a cigarette.
Here is an extract from one of the
letters Mcintosh sent to Mrs Rogers
in Los Angeles six months ago from
Oakland:
PEEVED BY TREATMENT
Dearest Pinkie-I know it is fool
ish for me to send this note. but just
can't help it. tried to be mad at you.
but l can't. You have treated me very
badly without cause Pinkie.
After taking you all over the con-
tinent and showing you every consid-
Grafton man can show a woman he
loves, I am cast off for red headed
southern gentleman. Babie, I know
you will do no wrong, but just imag-
inc how feel.
The old saying is true that woman
IS not to be trusted.
Fancy. after what he have been to
each other. TO be cast off the first
night in Los Angeles. am not cross.
Pinkie. but you know / am broken
hearted.
.Oh. so lonely How can You act
this way, Pinkie? You make fun of
my love. Have 1 not shown it in a
thousand ways? Maybe I make a mis-
take sometimes. but not Intentionally
Let US be friends, for mercy. mercy's
sake. Call the porter early and have
the trunk sent to Sixteenth street de-
pot. Oakland.
Some day Pinkie viii know who is
her true friend.
"(Signed) MAC"
Following is the portion of another
letter sent by Mcintosh from San
Francisco to Seattle July Il:
ANOTHER LOVING NOTE
Dearest Pfnkie: Only one day
since you left. How will I stand it
for 80 days? Ny Pet. think III send
you money order tomorrow.
I'm so afraid you viii run short.
I was out to the cottage today. but
couldn't hear to stay in the place. Oh.
it was ideal when you were there
simply divine. But. oh: so lonely now.
Have good visit, dear. but please
hurry back soon"
Mrs. Rogers wrote to Mcintosh from
Seattle as follows in answer:
"DEAR BOY, I'M BROKE
Dear Boy-Just had to telegraph
you for more money. Thought you
might fail to send ii in time. I'm dead
broke gain. 1t costs such lot to
travel around You didn't say any
thing in. your letter about my coming
back or about more money There
are some things about this that l can I
understand
A few days before this Mrs. Rogers
wrote to Mcintosh, addressing him
again as dear boy and saying that
she hoped to arrange her plans so that
she would be able to go east with
him. According to Mrs. Mcintosh, the
alleged affinity is now in hiding in
san Francisco. She will not be sub
penaed in the case. Miss Agnes Tel
lerson. who was a companion TO Mrs
Mcintosh in the Mcintosh home, was
the first witness called this morning
She testified of hearing many quar-
rels between the pair since their firsi
divorce suit a year ago. She declared
she heard Mcintosh tell his wife thai
some day he would be driven to cut
her throat There was another guar
rel in which Mcintosh accused her OF
having met his affinity in the street
and or having told her that he was a
=
Mcintosh declared that this pla:ec
him in an unfavorable light with Mrs
Rogers and that he would not permit
it,
Mrs. Mcintosh is prepared to wage
determined battle, not only for q
divorce but for the custody of her
two children and for alimony. She
alleges cruelty and infidelity. The
infidelity charge centers all around
~Pinkie." According to Mrs McIn-
fosh, her husband took "Pinkie" tc
the orient on tour of severa
months She was at the dock te
meet the globe trotting couple upor
their return to San Francisco.
She charges that Immediately aftei
the return he rented little bungalov
m Claremont and spent most of BIZ
time there with "Pinkie.
Mrs Mcintosh has letter from on
of her children. Thelma, 10 years old
in which the child expresses the hop
that the mother viii win her suit i
was recently written in San Jose
where the child is in the Notre Dam
convent. and says in part:
You must win, for Augusta (he
sister, and l pray for You day AM
night. We don't want to go to daddy
He don't love US when he gets us b,
ourselves