Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-28
DAWN LETTER.
WINS DECREE
FROM POET
Wife Of Charles Dwight Folsom
Bares Soul in Missive; chubby
Too Much Of a Gentleman

NEW YORK, Nov 2S-Because
Charles Dwight Folsom. wealthy New
York lawyer, was too much Of n
gentleman" and would not beat her
into submission, his wife, tlorenz
Folsom. known as the Poet Of the
Horse" left a luxurious home at
Great Notch, n. j.. to lead the life
OF a wanderer and to seek her ideal
in the form of cave man"
But 1t was for his wife's dawn let-
ter" one Of the most remarkab bic doc
uments ever flled in tho New York
Supreme Court, to win decree Of d.
vorce for the attorney. The letter
which was written from Reno. was
Identified by Mrs. Folsom's sister. IT
follows;
February 81. Dawn.
Dear Dwight, ! am stronger now
ana able TO write you the full truth.
and before God mean to do 1t: The
situation at Reno Of your e iaf,,ly
year-old son Charles), IL terrible,
tragic and frightful, as can be wen
imagined
love our son. because I once loved
YOU and because | love Gus VII
Uams civilians. a Nevada ranch
man. was named IN Folsoms al
yorce action) Williams has treat
ed me with crushing brutality He
has also treated me with the utmost
kindness. He Is weak In
many ways
Up to the time | met Gus vii.
liams on January o. Charles and !
led an innocent and decent life.
lonely and unhappy, Of course.
He is as much lover
Of horses as l. He knows nothing
but horses His whole life has been
spent with them.
Man Can Not Write Well
gu would consider him coarse
and illiterate tie is that. He can
not write intelligently, one OF the
cruel ngs-unconsciously cruel
see now-was to make me write an
aftectionate letter to his wife and
induce her TO do him business
favor.
evil are strangely blended, | loved
him in every way. never loved
you tenth as well, nor any
suffered Hell at his hands but
shall say no further III of him.
He was with me constantly from
January is to February 10 An
Rered by certain rough acts and by
his making me write that letter TO
his wife. / parted with him in
scathing note on February 10. Al
that night he rode, maddened. All
that night ! lay awake and suffered,
Mother Takes Her TO Task.
Mrs. Folsom next described how the
following morning she went to Will
Hams home and his mother scored
her for certain things her son had told
her,
MY sins against you" the wife
wrote her husband II expiated on
that dreadful morning ~ came
home with a broken brain
An my nights I'm Reno except
those spent with Gus. and many Of
those. too have been nights Of
tears anguish agony and remorse
We may well face the brutal
facts You were too much OF gen
tlcman for me. Brutality Is neces-
sary for my control. This man has
1t. As the wife Of G. | shall have
30 endure rough language and usage.
but | shall be happier than YOU
made me, for Williams is a being of
my kind and species. You are not.
May YOU find your mate, but with
less pain than | endured TO find
NV head is clear see the awful,
ghastly shocking ruin ! have made
Of my life, | plead no excuses,
am suffering for IT. | have sinned
In every way-betrayed your trust.
DO what YOU will. have told you
the truth have bitterly and
grievously injured you. Asking your
pardon is nothing There is no more
for me to say.
Signed FLORENI.
Early this month Mrs. Folsom was
found starving in the streets of Chico,
Cal. where she had gone from Reno
under an assumed name She was
takn to a hospital at public expense
until friends in the East should be
heard from