Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-06

telling her where he went, he LETT fOl
several months. On his return h,
laid he had been to France and Rus
STA.
When Olga. who was born in Sep
fember. 1907, was three months old
Mr.. Ellis came home and gave Mrs
Ellis $500, telling her to go shopping
This she did; on her return both Mr.
Ellis and the baby were gone. He
left note saying that he could give
the child better esre than its mother
could He kept the child for 8 days
end then returned her Since then
be has several times taken Olga and
hidden her as a means OF forcins
Mrs, Ellis to forgive him after his
assertions and abuse.
During most of her married life
Mrs Ellis earned her own and Olga's
living. sometimes working as steno-
grapher and manager in business Of
fees, sometimes by renting rooms.
During the s years of their married
life they lived in 80 different places.
about half. of the time Internationally
together. Mr.. Ellis had several "in-
tellectual affinities' who, so. he
thought for time in each case, IN
tlerstood him better than his wife did.
Between these leases" he would
come home and instruct Mrs. Ellis as
to the proper method of bringing up
OlEa..
Mr.. ellis worked at vraious call
ings: as Universalist and Unitarian
Clergyman, telegrapher. stockbroker
tbncket-shop varietyl,s private secre-
tary. teacher of French, postmaster,
lecturer.
Sept, 1911, he accompanied by
Mrs. Ellis and Olga. went TO Chico
pee, q small town in Massachusetts,
to take charge of the Unitarian
church. While there he received
much sympathy from a portion of his
ccngregation on, the ground that his
wife would not assist him in his
church work. In private, however,
he forbade his wife to do parish work,
ard onee ordered her home from
church social He preached a sensa-
tional sermon defending the Rev
Clarence Richeson for poisoning his
sweetheart Avis Linel, and later at
home in the presence of one of his
congregation, he defended his stand
in still stronger terms. His wife pro-
tested, crying out: Then may. also
expect dose of pTussic acidi" Mr..
Ellis produced this incident as evil
dence of insanity in his vito.
Mr.. Ellis now began a systematic
course to drive his wife insane He
left on her dressing table notes de-
sofibing symptoms of insanity, and fol-
lowing these notes by others, saying,
Il see these symptoms in you'll" You
cid thus and thus; said so and so"
Early in. Feb, 1912, he again took
Olga away from her mother.
Z Feb. 10, 1912, Mrs. Ellis, without
trial, was raiIroaded into the North
aTpton insane hospital by her hus-
land, aided by two personal friends
of his, Dr. Prindle of Chicopee, and
Mrs. DR.. Bodfish. midwife of Bos-.
ton. On the sworn statement of these
doctors that Mrs. Ellis was too vio-
lent to bring before him, the judge
signed her commitment papers (Mrs.
Ellis is now bringing suit against
these people on conspiracy charge.
This suit will come to trial October
next
Inspector Alfred T. Caron and pa
trolman Frank L. Wight of the Chico
pee police were summoned to take
Mrs. Ellis TO the asylum on the ground
that she was too violent and danger
Gus to be taken by her husband. They
permitted Mrs Ellis to telephone to
her brother, Mr.. Christopher Cox of
Revere, Mass. She also spoke to 9