The Cairo bulletin., 1913-09-27
MRS. BLAKE SAYS
THAT HUSBAND
IS HAHELESS
Doctors Wife Explains Cause Of Her
S1,000,0o0 Action Against
Mrs. Mackay.
SAYS NO WOMAN EVER HAD
MORE DEVOTED MAN.

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does not hold her husband, Or. JOS
eph Blake, responsible for the cir
cumstanccs which taused her to
bring suit for st,000.o90 against
Mrs. Clarence Fl. Maoissy for the
alleged alienation uf Dr Blake's
affection
Mrs. Blake denied ihat she hid
authorized a friend 70 lsue state
wont today in Which It was said
that Mrs Mackay gas soleiy respon-
cthle for the present situation, but
Mrs. Clake repeatedly asserted that
her husband was tire best man
God ever made" Az the Same time
Mrs. Blake asked espcciaily that she
be quoted as saying:
Il do not blsfsae my husband in
the slightest degree, ana have nat
believed that he was untrpe 70 me.
Husband r Excnersted
when seen tonight Mrs. Blake
! said;
( Il capnot trust mYgsslf to discuss
this matter at any length, for the
reason that the notortety is nearly
killing me. and also my attorney,
Mr.. Battle, has cautioned me not to|
discuss the case Nfor publication.
Yet, so long as statement has been
made hy ono represented as having
my authorization, Twish totake the
opportunity Of denying III
| kr, I tnI
blame for this terrible affair. other
than to say that | have never said
or believe anything which would re-
feet upon my husband, and I do not
hold him RESPONSIBLE in the least for
anything which has happened.
wish tQ place spe aphasis on
( THIS Statement Nor have [ at any
time believed him to have been un-
\ true to me But my rector, Dr. Er-
nest NJ. stlres OF ST. Thomos Church
could tell you how have been made
to suffer.
OR Blake Is the best man God
over made We have been married
for twenty-one years and | should
know, | will also say that no wo-
man ever had more devoted hus-
band than have had What
| brought about this situation ! can
not tell at the present time The
bitterness feel is more sorrow for
my husband than anything else.
Reconciliation Is Urged.
| Or. Blake came 10 New York
! from New Haven and at that time
be was unknown to the medical pro-
fession in this city and the tremen-
dous success he has made since has
been achieved by sheer merit. ~
Blake was considered one of the
greatest surgeons in the United.
States at the time this terrible
thing happened"
Friends of the Blake family are
now trying to induce DR. Blake to
return to his family, aud If this Is
accomplished Mrs Blake will dror
her suit against Mrs Mackay. This
statement it was made by . personal
friend of Mrs. Blake, to whom the
latter had referred in her interview,
From the same authority It was
learned that ArthurC Train. counsel
for Mrs. Mackay left Bar Harbor
for Portland, Me, to urge his client
to use what influence she may have
with DR.. Blake 20 induce him to re
turn to his family
Mrs. Blake has refused to make
any comment upon a possible recon
cliiation between herself and iher
husband
| The gossip of New York society
leaders was the direct cause which
| led Mrs. Blake to file her suit
against Mrs. Mackay The first In
Itimation that Mrs. Blake had con
cerming the affair was when she re-
ceyed a telephone message from a
woman, who refused to reveal her
identity, but who informed Mrs.
Blake of the gossip which was being
carried on in the boudoirs of New
York society women.
Friends Clash at Tea.
AS the gossip spread the tele-
phone messages became more num-
erous, but it was not until after
friends of Mrs. Blake had engaged
In a heated discussion with friends
of Mrs, Mackay over a tea table in a
Fifth avenue home that friend of
Mrs. Blake called upon her and told
her of the gossip.
: Mrs. Blake then told her husband
replied by defending Mrs. Mackay.
Numerous friends of Mrs. Maekay
took the same defensive stand and
held that the two were drawn TO-
gether by a common interest in the
: work which Dr. Blake was carrying
on in connection with the Presby-
terian hospital.
But the defenders OF Mrs. Mackay
concluded pa--Pcge Eisht.)