The evening world., 1913-12-17
WIFE IN AFFIDAVIT
REVEALS TANCLE IN
MILLIONAIRE LIFE
Mrs. Herman n. Walter Says
They Lived Years Under
Common Law Union.

In aNdavits filed In the Supreme
Court to-day Mrs. Anna Kuthe Walter.
wife Of Herman II. Walter, rn,lionairs
member Of the d. n. & L. Walter fur
niture and carpet firm. who was declared
Incompetent early this year. tells her
VERSION Of the night that is being WaSed
6etween her and her husbands brother
and nephews to have her marriage TO
The millionaire annulled.
''Twenty-four years ago Herman Wal.
ter and entered into q common law
marriage and we Lived together con-
tinuously as man and wife except for
snort intervals when I studied medicine
or MIR. Walter had to 90 West &C. attend
60 his business says MIRA walter. II
was recognized BY social and business
friends az his wife"
I'VE did not 70 through the cere.
monial marriage because Mr.. Walter
had been divorced by his wife In Call
fornla and ne bel eyed that any csrs-
monial marriage might subject him to
arrest. especially so since business IN
terests In San Francisco compelled him
TO visit that city frequently.
SAYS HUSBANDS RELATIVES
INVADED HER HOME.
I'VE lived happily together until
Oct. -. 1912. when Mr.. Walter was
stricken with apopoiexy. out Of which
his present condition has grown. I'm.
media,ely after he was stricken his
brother, Moritx Walter. and his two
nephews. Clarence and Edwin J. Wal.
ter. entered my home. and with their
own doctors and nurses took charge o.
my husband. They treated me with
the utmost disrespect and cruelty. and
subjected me TO shame and ignominy
by instructinE their doctors and nurses
in my house TO disregard me. They
overruled tho Instructions gave TO
my servants and openly ridicuied my
claim ms the wife Of Herman Walter
This reatment continued until Jan.
&c. 1919. On that day ] went to the
marriage license bureau at the City
Hall. obtained . license and was mar
ried to Mr.. walter by church rites.
81 did not do this TO dispel doubt as
TO my claim that was the coinmo, Law
wife Of Mr.. Walter. but to gain authority
to run my household As ! saw NJ de
missed The doctors and nurses who HAL
been brought into my house by Mr.. Wal
ters relatives My doctors stayed until
Moritz Walter and his nsphswA who
were appointed committee Of his per.
son and property. camo and took my
husband away.
INCOME OF THE HUSBAND 10
$4,000 A YEAR.
'My husband Is worth more than
d, 00O. 900 and has an income from stocks
and bonds OF more than $4,000 annually
I am receiving $50 n month temporary
aimony pending this action. but out OF
that 1 must pay rent and the fees and
expenses of well-known alienists. who In
my behalf examine my husband each
month TO determine whether he 10 TN
proving"
The payment Of aiimony 10 being Bit
terly contested by tho committee. I'm
mediateiy after the suit was filed Su-
preme Court Justice 0avegan ordered
the payment OF $50 q month to Mrs.
Walter and $3.50 to <asr attorneys. An
appeal from this order has been taken.
David Lev!ntritt. attorney for the
brother and nephews, In papers filed In
connection with the suit. alleges that
Mrs. Walter compelled the neon pstsn,
millionaire to wed her under threats and
duress.