The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-17
Some Sensational Developments
Said to Be Due Thielen Puts
Blame on, McCarn

Yesterday Mrs. George n Thielen in.
stituted action for divorce, against her
husband Of only few mouths, aneg.
ing habitual inteniperADee, extreme
cruelty and non-supports The case is
houbly interesting ID that the petition.
pria attorney is JEFF iiAfeCarn and this
Is his initial suit in the, circuit court
since he arrived to- become United
States district attorney. The suit is un-
expeeted, inasmuch as Mr.. Thielen has
been making strenuous efforts to stave
IL of. Now that the shit has been
started, however, some sensational de-
selopments may be looked for.
!" regret very much that this has
come about, said Mr.. Thielen yester-
day, because am sorry TO say that
my wife is not mentally responsible for
her actions. have had her under OBJ
servation by phssiSiaiIsz and their re.
ports are that she; is mentally uuseund.
The allegations she brings in her di.
vorce libel are only the results of her
disordered mind. have done every
thing possible for my wife and / would
not speak Of her as 1 now have to If
these charges she brings against me
were nottpublic and ! did not have To
speak in seH-defense., f.aa RI, .'t
| Blames Mccarn.
t"I took Doctor Herbert to Mr.. Me.
earn when Iilehrned that she had re,
tanned him to, bring suit against me,
and he informed the attorney that both
he and another reputable physician hau
reached the conclusion, after careful in.
Yestigatlon and observation, that my
wife was not responsible for her actions
or her words. 4 have been advised To
place my wife under restraint, and ]
fear that willhave. To do SO. Ihaye
done everything that an honorable man
could do to protect her, and l do NOT
think that Mr.. MeCarn acted at all
properly in going on with this divorce
suit in tho face Of what he was told
By Doctor Herbert The allegations are
absurd, as those who know me realize.
| Mrs. Thielen came into the public eye
in San Francisco and Honolulu by
bringing suit against Bruce Potter, /
temporary resident Of this city, fol
breach Nof promise, suing for $4,000
just before the case came to trial sht
announced that she had found a balm
/ w wv WNAHNtu AANhiN anu liht SUI
would drop her suit and become Mrs
Thielen, Mr., Thielen was eonrt stem
ographer and the two became acquant
ed lin the court room.
Two other, divorce suits were flee
yesterday in the, circuit court. Mata
| hei Kanishige brings action agains
Sato Kanishige, alleging desertion APP
nonlsupp0rt, and Esther Pun wants he
freedom from George Pun, also an I'll,
grounds Of nol-support, The Pnus wer,
married in Honolulu January 1, 1902
aud have two sons--iSamGel, six year
of age, and James ,Assthree years old
Mrs. Ruu alleges thht her husband il
employed with the Honolulu fire depart
ment and is earning salary Of sevent,
dollars per month. ". n
! The libel in the divorce suit inst
tuted by Adeline Van Giesen agains
Frank Nan Giesen was returned to th,
clerks office yesterday as served on tn
libellee. The Van Giesens were mar
ried by Reverend Lone in Honolulu il
the year 1907, Extreme cruelty O
many degrees is the ground alleged 10
divorce, Mrs. Van Chosen ia one o
these allegations claiming that Fin thi
particular your petitioner says that Of
the 18th Of March, 1914, he did strik
her with his closed fist with such fore
and violence as to close her left eye.