New-York tribune., 1914-12-26
GET DIVORCE OR
STARVE, HIS EDlCT
Wife Says w. M. Hyne
Told Her That He Loved
Another Woman.
SHE ALLEGES PLOT TO
KIDNAP CHILDREN
After Separation Suit Starts he
Decides TO Support the
Sighted Family.

Resisting in silence for almost elgnV
months the alleged opportunities OF
her husband TO sue him Tor divorce
and threats 20 starve her and her three
children unless she freed him or gave
him the custody Of the children, Mrs
,laude J.. Hyne made public ner 40
restic troubles by suing NiIllam W.
Hvr, for a separation.
Mr.. Hvne is the head OF one OF Vhe
departments Of the Equitaoie rus
Companv and a governor OF the Ne"
York Chapter Of the American Insu-
tute of Banking. 49,,
The suit will never come 70 trlai IA
the Supreme Court, however, Tor hyhe
has decided that instead Of replying TO
Tho afidavits of his wife and explaining
tho letters he wrote, he would support
his wife and children. The three
daughters. one n hunchback, under tnls
arrangement will remain in the GUS
tody OF their mother.
AIr. Hyne. it was said. will allow ms
wife 1000 a year and give ner tne
family residence at Rutherford, y. >;
Mrs. Hyne alleged that her husband
abandoned her. Since then, she SAID
II was with great difficulty that she
was able TO support herself ard ner
children. This was made the more df-
dcult because Of the effect tho letters
Of her husband had on her health
But rather than yield TO the threats
Of Hvne and divorce him that he might
marry another woman, she continued
the resistance 10 his demands 70 OBJ
tain a divorce or give up her children.
Mr.. Hyne, 1t is alleged. wrote that II
necessary he would go 70 South Amer
ics 70 get a divorce.
"Bv his letters Mrs. Hyne said,
my husband has been trying 10 alien
ate our children and to compel me,
through my maternal instinct TO save
the children from suffering for neces-
sites. TO give him q divorce
Mildred Hyne, seventeen years old,
who is the eldest Of the three children.
made an affidavit. in which she said:
~ am the bunchback child that
mamma talked about. ! heard my
papa say 70 mamma. when we were
together. Il have loved you deyotedly
for eighteen years and now | have
some one else and | want you 10 make
getting away easy Ny mamma said,
4 may be little crazy, but not en-
tirely So
"iie had no reason to leave mamma.
Mamma took care of us children and
was always At home. Papa never took
her anywhere
Mrs Margaret Jutten, a friend of
the liync family, made an affidavit, in
which she quoted Hyne as saying that
he was leaving his wife "for revenge"
"Of course said Hyne, in one OF his
letters TO his wife, 81 am delighted
with the way you have frightened the
children into believing that ! am look
ing for chance to kidnap them. II
ever | have those children they will
love me regardless Of your efforts to
the contrary. You promised 20 love,
honor and obey. You had only been
married a couple of weeks when you
found YOU loved some other than me.
You do not love me and you have al
ways refused TO honor ME. Have
ever had the freedom of the house
support? No answer is necessary"
On October q, Hyne, addressing his
wife IS Dear Madam" wrote; Last
week I wrote "a Ruth and demanded
IN answer, but Judge from her silence
and from the tone of her last letter,
that the children believe me a villain
one 70 be dreaded. Ii would be bet
ter 70 be honest with them. Tell them
J was not the right man for you and
you would not love me. Tell them
how ! have tolerated your ugliness.
GOODNESS, rebuifs and Indifference, for
eighteen years. They will honor you
more m later years By baing honest
and telling them It is more disgraceful
70 live together quarrelilng than to
separate. ! do not blame YOU for not
loving me, but DO condemn you when
you hate me and refuse 10 sever the
legal bonds that prevent US both from
being free.
This IS 10 give you 70 understand
that you are 70 start proceedings at
once. II the children would rather
starvc, go without clothing and a home,
IN order 70 stay with you, that is
their business. If you refuse. | 20
west, and II ! go without the children,
unless some accident happens to bring
us together in the future. they will
never see their father again. am
going 70 have a divorce if I have 20
90 TO South America TO get IT, | do
nv PiOpVSr that you shali any longer
keep my nose on the grindstone."
About month later Hyne wrote his
wife that if she succeeded in getting
a separation from him she would be
thrown on her own resources. but If
she obtained divorce, she and her
children would be properly supported.
He also wrote TO his children telling
them that their mother did not care
e,r 4
interests at heart, but that she was 2
7eiiish woman, looking only TO her own
interest.