Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-03
Yates NAMED IN
SUIT FOR DIVORCE
CALIFORNIAN ALLEGES FORMER
GOVERNOR TOOK WIFE FOR
SHORT TRIP.
Accused Calls Charges Untrue and
Based on Harmless Meeting Of Wo-
man on Lecture Tour.

San Francisco. Cal. Feb. 3.-Rich-
ard ID. Yates. former governor OF ILL
nois. has been named in a sensational
divorce complaint hled in the superior
court by Edward r. Freeman, art
dealer and photographer OF Eureka,
against Emma B. Freeman.
Yates, named in the complaint as
the third party in the triangle that
shattered the domestic happiness of
the Freemans. is alleged by Freeman
to have Travelled with Mrs. Freeman 10
this city from Eureka. to have kissed
her in every tunnel and al every cross
ing.
Former Governor Yates is said to
have first met Mrs. Freeman in Eure-
ka in 1913 while he was in that city
20 address a chautauqua meeting He
spoke at New Era park
Freeman Is said TO have invited the
former governor TO make his head
quarters in the formers art store, and
in this way an acquaintance between
Yates and Mrs. Freeman is reported TO
have begun
In July. 1913. Mrs. Freeman. accord
ing 10 her own admission came to San
Francisco from Eureka with Yates.
She denied at the time. however. hav-
ing come as his guest. claiming that
she made the trip to visit her friends
here and at her own expense.
Freeman became indignant over the
reported trip and engaged counsel in
Eureka 10 advise him how he should
proceed.
Accusations Made by Husband.
Here are some OF the accusations
made by Freeman against his wife in .
the divorce complaint filed today:
She travelled with Richard Yates OF
Illinois from Eureka to San Francisco. |
She permitted Yates TO hug her in .
every tunnel en- route. at every bridge T.
they crossed. and at every crossing.
She celebrated her arrival here with I
a Jubilee at the Clin house.
She allowed Richard Seeley. the I
name under which Yates travelled. 10 1
visit her in her room in a hotel IN
wiIlets.
In his complaint Freeman gives in /
detail a trip which he says his wife ]
took with Yates. He says they met
Yates at the depot in Eureka and
when they were Introduced Yates In
yited Mrs. Freeman to accompany him
On a little trip. She did. declares the
husband. against hts wish and desire
Il was hts wife's conduct at a ball
b. WfIiets. however. to which Free
nan makes the most serious objection
md which he describes as ''unseemly
Ior a woman. and which gave him
treat mental anguish. Yates left her
n San Francisco. says the husband.
lfter they had celebrated at the Gin
rouse.
Yates Denies Accusations Il
Springfield. Ill. Feb 3 - The
.harges are all untrue, Further than
hat don't care to talk about the sub /
ect at this time" said former Gov
,rnor Richard ID. Yates. when inform
q At his home here that he had been
FAMED as correspondent in a divorce
complaint filed In San Francisco by
EDWARD r. Freeman OF Eureka. Cal,
xainst Emma B. Freeman
Mr.. Yates was in California on
ecfure tour at the time named in the
ction. Friends OF the former COVER
lor say that Yates met Mrs Free /.
nan while In the west and that by
nance they both rode on the same
rain. They claim. however. that the
aeetiug could in no way be construed
a any but a proper light
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