The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-09-09
OBJECTS TO WIFE's ROMANCE
Potts Makes Charges that Christian
and His Wife Had Been on
Friendly Terms for More Than
Eight Years-offers Letters as Proof.

brought him more trouble on Wednes-
day as George G. Potts, also a former
Kenosha man but now residing in
Chicago, has filed suit in the superior
courts Of Cook county demanding dam
ages from Christian to the amount of
$4,000 on charges of alternating
the affections of his wife, Mrs.
Mary Temple Potts.
Several months ago Potts secured a
divorce from his wife in the courts
of Chicago and Christian was named
in the complaint. In the suit fled on
Wednesday Potts makes many sensa-
tional charges. He asserts that the
relations between his wife and Chris
tian were inaugurated nearly eight
years ago in Kenosha and that since
that time the two have been holding
clandestine meetings in Kenosha and in
Chicago 1t is alleged that Mrs. Potts
and Christian live within short dis
tance of each other in Chicago now
and that they have had frequent meet
ings. Potts in his complaint charges
his wife with squandering his fortune
while he was incompetent of handling
it on account of injuries received in
a rail accident.
The story Of the troubles Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Potts and the part that Christian
played in them is pretty well known
to Kenosha people. Potts came to the
Pennoyer sanatarium here many years
ago suffering from Ia mental lapse
which had followed terrible injuries
in railway accident. Shortly after
he came here he was declared incom-
petent in the Kenosha county court
and his wife was named as his guar
dian. Later Potts appeared in court
and had his civil rights restored. Mrs.
Potts was for time a roomer at the
Christian home and it is said that her
relations with Christian found their
beginning at this time. Christian is
is still a defendant in the municipal
court of Kenosha county where he was
charged with abandonment by his
wife. This case is scheduled to be
heard at the coming term Of the court
and it was adjourned from time to time
on account of the fact that an action
for divorce is now pending In the
courts Of Cook county. This action
was brought by Christian and in it he
charged his wife with desertion.
Potts has made public some very in
teresting exhibits in his suit against
Christian. These are made up of some
sizzling letters which passed between
Christian and Mrs Potts during their
affinity period. One of them written
by Mrs. Potts to Christian reads:
My Own True Love-1r is just 1880
and T arrived home a few moments
ago. Dear, I must tell you how happy
I was to have that little walk with
you this morning. Tt was SO unex-
pected and when you told me over the
phone you would see me / was so
pleased. 1t is so good of you dearest
Walter, to give me that pleasure.
How I do love you, darling, and how
I love to be with you'll You are the
dearest person in all the world to me.
Your own forever. M.
Another, written by Christian to
Mrs. Potts, reads:
My DARLING am sure, dear, that
this will not surprise you. | hope you
will be as happy to receive it as | am
To write it. I was so happy to be with
you last night, darling, and was in
hopes of seeing you today, but was
terribly disappointed. And | know
you are lonely and, knowing that, I
long to be with you. There is no hap
piness, you know, for me while I am
away from you. Your dear notes were
the very sweetest, and so like you,
sweetheart; all love and all for me.
How I long for the time when we will
have a home of our own! You don It
really appreciate, dearest, how I long
for the time when we can always be
together love you SO dearly. I
wonder if you are thinking of me now9
My thoughts are all for you--no one
but you-and my love is all Tor you.
I would be the happiest man in the
world were you with me now. As it is
I am blue and lonely. There are sew
eral around here, and it is hard for
me to write as I would care to- ] want
to do only one thing in this life, and
that is to please you. And if this let
ter brings you any happiness you can
know that I am happy in the thought
Ny happiest hours were spent with
you. My thoughts of you are the
sweetest. Dearest, you are everything
in the world to me. But, sweetheart,
cold letters are so futile. They can
not express even one little part of
what you are to me-. Be good, little
girl, and don It let anything bother
you or make you unhappy. With tru-
est love. sweetest thoughts and