Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-18
LOVE-HUNGER FOR
MRS. CRANE TOLD
IN 52 LETTERS
Friend Only Family
De.cribes Tone Of
Ketcham S Notes.
Mr.. CRANE NOW SUES
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES
Defendant Referred 70 His Own
Wife as THAT White Ele-
hant of Mne."

pressions applied to love missives all
fall fat when applied to the love let
ters written by Edward Ketcham, OF
East Orange, to Mrs. Eugene 70.
rane while she was in C-lifornia in
1908 to obtain a divorce from her hus-
band.
Crane is now suing Ketcham for
$50, coo damages. claimed as balm for
his wounded heart, alleging that
Keteham alienated the affections OF
his wife. And Crane, through his
lawyer. Fl. IT. Frying. today in the
Supreme Court, put in fifty-two let
ters written by Ketcham to Mrs
Crane to substantiate his claim.
All Told His Love.
In every gone of them the undyine
love of Ketcham was expressed and
also the hope that both of the in
terested parties would soon be free
from marmital relations. so "they
could live for each other as they had
planned"
In one letter Ketcham speaks of his
wife as that White Elephant OF
NINE and in another he describes
a terrible hunger he has. but not a
hunger for food.
Some of the letters read as follows
the entire lot, fifty-two all told, be-
ing equally fervid in expression:
Friday, March 1S, 1908.
My Dear Lillian, My Sweetheart:
This is your hour; that is l
take between 8 and to devote,
or write to you; my thoughts are
devoted to you at all times. 1t
does me good to run away from
the Office and write to you: it
rests me and it brings you closer
to me when | am occupied in
writing to you. Sometimes it is
hard TO know what to write
about. but | can always teli You
of my love for you. | only hope
you will not get tired of hearing
or reading the same old story, but
they say it is ever new, and l do
hope you will find something new
in my letters, and also comfort.
[ have a craving all the time,
Lille Dear, for you. love to
think of you, and | am happy to
think and know there is a lovely
little girl way out West, oh. ever
so far from here, that is thinking
of me and that she is lonely be-
cause | am not with her, That
is why you are lonely, is it not,
dearieo
Were I free, dear one, l would
be with you this very moment,
and l am chafing under the bonds
that hold me here. Oh to see
you, to be with you for just one
moment. l would come all the
way to you for just one sweet.
warm kiss, but you can wager it
would be a long one.
| suppose you think | might
write you something else but love.
Hoping this finds you
much improved in health and
thinking of the one you love best.
Devotedly.
YOUR SWEETHEART.
"Try to Build Up"
In letter dated September %, 1908
Mrs. Crane is eXhorted in the last
paragraph to take good care OF
yourself for the sake of the one thai
loves you so much. Now that you are
away from all influences and people
that worried you. try and build uT
and get real well for your sweetheart
boy"
Under date of October >, 1905
Ketcham wrote as follows:
MY Sweetheart-Isn't it terri
BILE. Lille dear, after being so
close together to now be so wide
ly apart When 1 think of the dis
tance that separates us q wish
that was the only thing that did
separate us), the thousand OF
miles that lie between us, it al
most makes me sick; it certainly
is harder to bear, after having
been so much together as we have
been. / long for the happy hours
we spent together at S.. How
l did enjoy myself while there. |
felt so free, forgetting every
thing. Had nothing to think of
but you, and oh, how much YOU
were to me those days and
nights. and how happy and con-
tented | was in your presence
as ] am at all times.
In this letter he complains that he
has only had two letters, two tele-
grams and two postcards since Mrs.
Crane left Newark. and continues
"And that is not much for such a
hungry boy as ! am; hungry, not
for food, but hungry for you, dearle;
hungry for your sweet smiles. hungry
for your love. hungry for your kisses,
hungry for your dear arms about my
neck, hungry for your dear sweet
self. II / cannot have you all for my
self | shall never be happy again
I love you, dear one. more and more
each day, and / want you TO know
il. | have been so happy since you
were able to say that one word
YOU know the word, little one.
only hope that some day you will be
able to say that word before the
whole world. and then yon will call
me that, and also your sweetheart.
Under date of August H. 1908, he
wrote:
Mrs. Chatham's letter reached me
yesterday afternoon, just as ] was
about leaving to take that White
elephant of mine home, and ! have
got 1t there. and there guess il will
stay for while would have writ-