The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-29
EXPR0M0TER OF
LAND DEFENDANT
Former Grand Forks Resi-
dent Has Many Peculiar
Traits, Says Wife.
PHYSICAL ATTACK
CITED IN ACTION
Interrupts Tea Party at One
Time-Dishonesty in
Property Affairs.

DR.. Henry Waldo Coe, we'll known
to a large number Of Grand Forks
residents because Of his activity To-
cally In the promotion If a western
land selling project, is the defendant
IN q divorce suit, Mrs. Coe filing the
action in Portland. and the Portland
Oregonian has the following with ref
engaged In promoting a sanitarium in
Portland. Says the Oregonian:
Charging that her husband. DR..
Henry Waldo Coe, has attempted to
discredit her socially, financially and
professionally. threatened to do her
bodily harm, treated her cruelty and
in a manner to humiliate her and at
children, Mrs. Viola NJ. Coe has filed
suit against DR.. Coe for divorce and
for the custody Of their two minor
children. Earl A.. Coe. aged II. and
Wayne w. Coe. aged 10.
Feared Violence.
Mrs. Coe filed an affidavit in which
she asserted that because OF the filing
Of the suit she believed her husband
would he greatly enraged. and, un-
less restrained by the court, would
come to her home at .Lovejoy and
Twenty-ffth streets, and do her great
bodily harm. Acting on this affidavit.
Judge Kavanaugh issued an order re-
straining DR. .Coe during the tendency
of the suit from visiting his wife's
home.
Mrs. Coe hled suit several weeks g
against her husband, asking for an
accounting Of funds and accounts OF
AIRS. Coe both claim a large interest.
Mrs. Coe. in her first suit against her
husband, charged hat he had refused
to account for large sums Of money
received as an officer of the Coe san
itarium for the cure Of insane patients
from Alaska, the sanitarium having
a contract to care for this class Of pa
tients
Physical Attack Charged.
1eges her husband commenced sys-
Dramatically to annoy and aggravate
her. About this time. she says, he
became possessed Of an idea that she
believed him to be mentally deficient
or erratic and continually importuned
her to sign a statement to the erect
that he was not mentally deficient.
On numerous occasions he would at
tack her, she charges, and once threw
her on a couch with such force that
bruises remained on her body for sew
eral days.
Accused Her Of Dishonesty.
During the asst three years DIR. Coo
has falsely accused her, Mrs. Coe says,
of being dishonest in their property
affairs, when in truth. h says. she
has saved him from financial ruin by
sacrificing her WI property, as a re-
suit Of which assistance he was en-
abied to make a large profit.
DR.. Coe further Inundated her. the
complainant states. when he gave a
series OF Sunday dinners at Portland
hotel, at which men and women were
his guests, at which time he insinuat-
ed that he did not know where his
wife was, when he knew thet she was
at home. as was her custom, having
dinner with her children.
Husband Declared Eccentric.
Recently the defendant has be-
come more uuarrelsome and angrier
than aver BEFORE" Mrs. Coe charges,
ION account Of serious property dis
putes which have arisen" and DR..
Coe IL attempting. she rays. to cheat
and defraud her out of a large por-
ton Of her property, and has a well
formed plan to ruin her financially.
whereby he expects to e, gain n,m a .nree
Jrr. coe has v overlooked an
opportunity to rummagc through her
room and private effects. Mrs. Coe
charges. and has insisted that his
mother make her home with them,
which, because OF their
embarrassed her. DR.. Coe is ct an
eccentric and cratic disposition n
has become coarse, vulgar and brutal.
Mrs ,Coe says, in his conduct towards
her and exhibits a disposition to hu-
initiate her. -
DR.. and Mrs. Coo were married in
Mandan. n. D.. June "a. 1882. For
a number Of years Mrs. Coe has beer
associated with her husband In the
conduct Of a private sanitarfum IN
and about Portland. At the present
thev are operating the Coe sanitarium
at MorninKside. on the East side. over
the affairs Of which a suit is pending
In the circuit court. They 1--we at
Twenty. fifth and I.ovejoy street. Mrs.
Coe says, which property Is her own.
Interrupt Tea Party.
-. Another chapter in the marital
troubles Of DR.. and Mrs. Henry Waldo
Coe occurred Friday. when a tea party
at. Mrs. Goes residence. S41 Lovejoy
street. was Interrupted by DR.. Coe and
a deputy. sheriff. who demanded some
papers left in the house by Or. Coe.
According to q friend of Mrs. Coe
two women, both prominent In tho
campaigu for equal suffrage In Ore
Ron, had been invited to the resi-
dence. While they and their host
esq were enjoying luncheon. a man
who said he was an ohacer. demand
ed entrance to the house. He was
accompanied by DR.. Coe.