The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-16
sElFFERT GAVE WATER
CURE 10 i|L|NG WIFE
WHILE FORMER GuTHRIAN
5iFLIRrED NTH ADORABLE
WOMAN I'm CASE"

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horn, former grocer and alderman
1f Guthrie. And his wife are being ex
tensively aired IN superior court II
Oklahoma CITY. Mrs. Hartshorne Il
sueing. for separate maintenance.
tThe case Is one filled with sensa-
tlcnal Developments and none was
spared in the testimony Of Mrs
iIartshorn during her time on the
Witness stand this morning She
slated, that long before she was mar
tlrd to Ifartshorn she had told hin
that she vas an invalid and was tod
that All he required o. her as a wife
was to smile She says she was able
10 sliyc up to this requirement for
about ten years. Then he began %
drink and she had 70 Beat him Wilt
4 stick until It looked as though shs
would have to Kill him.
Mrs. Harsshorns Mentioned.
she stated that he spent all the
money thcy wore able to make IN
theIr store at Guthrie and that he
,llsnsI 4 asast oYhtskey a day frcml
d barrel which he kent all Of the.
time. but lie did not spend all Of
iii money for whisky, the woman
stated. He was good to some Of the
other women and didsnot deny tn
fact when confronted .by his wife SO
she stated.
In reply TO attorneys, for her hn.-
hand she stated that II was true shc
was mentioned in divorce case in
Guthrie in which a waman was su,ps
lleg husband a doctor, for a dlvosce,
and alleged that Mrs. Hartshoin was !,
4 close friend OF the doct Y. II So
happens that the same doctor IS one
Of the principals in the present cas''.
yr. Hartshorn naming him as having
been on fricndlr terms with his wife.
3 Mrs. Hartshorn stated on lie stand
that she had visited the home of Mss
brown on several occasions and had
seen her husband in the womals
room. had heard them talk OF leat'hg
her and that the woman had asreed
10 give up other men whom Ss:S asso-
stated with II flartshorn wa.i,d pro
vide for her Mrs. Hartshprn stated
that one OF the men ment:onei rss
veil known lawyer Of this ciiy. size
stated his name.
She saw Her Husband.
The LAWYER then asked her II she
thew it to be a fact that he had ever
,cen at the home OF Miss Brown, and
,he said she, had been told so by sew
,ral neighbors OF Miss Brown. The
,eighoors will probably be called In
he case.
Mrs Hartshofn said that she could
lave killed her husband and Miss
brown on several occasions. SO close
vas she to them, but that she fell.
evidently meaning that her. nerve
allied f.
She produced letters alleged to
ave been written by her husband to
Iiss Brown which the witness stated
be had taken from the room OF Miss c
Brown after gaining an entrance to .
,er room. 722 North Kelley street
Trough window while no one was
here.
The letters contained such loving |
crms az IL am dying TO kiss those Z
osy lips OF yours al am dying by
nehcs.s and to the effect that he waa1
0 lonesome he could not deep.
,octor Is Brought In.
Letters we're also introduced By at
orncss for fIartshorn which II Is al :
prod were written by Mrs. Harts-
orn IN which she spoke of Jumping :
ut of hot place into an ice box IN "
Ding from Oklahoma to Minnesota :
(, a trip on whish she is alleged TO .
I've been. accompanied by the doc
mentioned in the case. She is :
alleged 10 have written a note :
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