The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-20
III CARA CAUSED
IT. SAYS THIELEN
Defendant in Divorce Action Gives
9sHis version ofl Conference
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tfTm divpree action into which
have ihcen dragged srot a case Of my
wife against me or OF me against my
wife, 3ut Is ono Ct re pngainst Mr..
Meearn my wifc s Attorney said
GcSrzr J. sIhielen yea, sraay Sin n.
guesting fnil publicity for matter
TINT he bad heretofore tried TO keep
OFT Of the papeis. The Allegations
made by Mrs.. Th'cIcn I'M her suit iiel
or Monday are not yet fully hnawi
70 Mr.. Thielen. who has mt tecn
served with the papers, hut in gen,
eral way, be- is iscquaintea with them.
His complaint agsipst Mr.. Mecarn Is
that the attorney forced the snit into
the e9srts 9fter agreeing, according
TO what Mr.. Thielen states. TO with
hold MI aotion,fpptil he had had a
further coirfereree with Dr. George
Herbert, Mrs. Thielen's physician.
Places blame on Mccarn,
'My wife Rotresponsirlc for ths
hnrniFaiing position in which have
sbtcn ll1ctl, r arlhfS y ne}eh, but
MstaTn Is. On SATURDAY afierHo N,
about half.past -four, ] tooS Doctor
Herbert to sees McCarn, having been
informed that she hal retained him
10 act for her Doctor Herbert told
Met arm. in positive Language, that M
wife was not ia her sound mind and
that some Of the charges she was
bring ing a. aiDst me were wholly nm.
true, rs he, as n physician who had
examined Mrs Thielcn, was able To-
state. He told Mr.. Mctsrn that 20
have any such charges made public
would be doing nm injustice to an in
nocent man.
''We explained to Mr. MeCarn that
we ware loath 70 iring my wife be.
fore the lunacy commission because we
wanted to use every caution poss bic
before the decision we fefrcd would
be rendered concerning her. ID ctor
Herbert Is member OF the lunaey
commission and trained alicnist, aud
he spoke as such to the attorney. lie
explained the need of very dcliherat,
action and further explained that i
did not want to have my wife com.
mitted to the insane asylum, for OBJ.
vious reasons, and That there was no
private institution III Honolulu where
she eopld be Detained pending pos
sible recovery. Yt4
when Mr.. McCarn states, il he Is
correctly reported in the afternoon
Eapar, that Doctor Herbert only said
that ''ho did not believe the woman
quite sane, he twists the truth sadly.
Doctor Herbert IS exact words were
that nv wife was ron compos men
It's and that she was not responsible
Tor her statements.
I'VE did state to Mr.. McCarn that
we were hoping against hope that she
would soon recover her sanity.
Has Provided for wife.
sit is extremely unjust to me TO
have MIR. MeCarn Quoted to the effect
that | had thrown my wife out ON the
street and that | had shut of her credit, |
whereby she was IN want. i have done
everything within my means to pro
vide my wife with everything she could
need, ply sically and financially. But,
under. her hallucinations, she has re-
fused the services Of nurs@, she has
driven the servants from her home and
sle has even turned against her own
mother and her relatives. 1t was ne.
essay for her own good that she be
forced to accept th3 things provided for
her and the force took the shape of
making II impossible for her to leave
ZONE and contract bills. have been
ready to provide for her at her own
home or at the home of her mother, and
'he never has been In want Of anything
could get her. sHa..af
1T is extremely distastefnl for me
70 have 10 request the publication. Of
his, but Mr.. MeCarn's action In first
going to the length of taking up the
suit after what DIR. Herbert had tol,l
b i'm and thon Of denying a great deal Of
what he had been told in an interview,
forces me to speak out As / say, my
grievance is not against my wife, for
whom wish TO do everything possible
Ind against whom ! can, under the cir.
feel 40 resentment. Ny
grievance is against Mr.. Mccarn and
what ! believe Is his unprofessionai
,onduct in bringing the suit. When my
VIE first showed symptoms OF an un.
balanced mind and her actions attract
~ the attention Of the neighbors and
.ame TO the ears of the reporters, L
allied at The Advertiser Office and the
star Bulletin Office and Hynlai-ed the
acts in the matter, asking that my
'roubles be not added to by publie,,,y /
hat would only harm me and my unfor-
innate wife and do no. good. Botn pa
1ers agreed TO publish nothing unless
tome court action developed. That
mere would be any court proceedings.
u a divorce nature did not dream.
did not suppose that there was an
''ttorno- IN town who would not take
the professional word of Doctor Her.
bert aud of the other physician assist.
,ng him in treating my wife. /"
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