The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-09
HELD old LOVE?
Mrs. G.. A. Marker Tells of Hus-
bands Old Sweetheart.
Says He Corresponded With
Her After Marrying.

Pauline, "an alleged old sweetheart
of c. A. Marker, manager or the 10
peka Creamery company, is playing
an important part in the divorce pro-
ceeding in the first division of the dis
trict court today, proceeding
brought by Marker against his wife.
1t was Pauline this and Pauline that
all thru the forenoon hearing.
Mrs. Marker, separated from her
husband for some time, came from
another state to oppose the divorce.
Both are young people. She is dark.
good looking and made an excellent
impression on the witness stand. She
answered questions readily and intel
ligently and when she thought her at
torney, Tinkhayn Veale, might be over
looking a point, she gave him the cue
from the witness stand.
With her husband suing for the
divorce Mrs. Marker made out good
case for herself. She told of a long
correspondence between her husband
and Pauline" told of the contents of
some of the letters and testified to
admissions Marker had made to her
about his relations with Pauline.
Told of Letters.
1.-THE first letter 1 saw said Mrs.
Marker, looked like it might be in a
woman's handwriting. 1 suggested
that to Mr.. Marker. He was just go
ing out and hung it on a hook saying
was gone and that we would read it
together when he returned. 1 did not
read it until he returned. Then he
told me Pauline had been writing to
him for a long time and that he
wished she would quit.
He told me she was an old sweet
heart of his and that he mad been very
intimate with her before he married
me. She continued to write and he
continued to tell me that he was not
answering the letters. Fin.-lly 1 wrote
to her and asked her to quit and 1 re-
that she would be glad to quit if he
would
Did he quit them" asked the attor-
ney.
He did not she replied. Finally
the girl Pauline got married and my
husband received a letter. which l
read. to the effect that the best thing
for both of them was to forget each
other and try to be happy"
Did your husband cease his at
tentions to her while you lived with
him?" asked the attorney.
Kept on Writing.
Not to my knowledge" said Mrs.
Marker. II had many letters she had
written to him and they indicated she
was hearing from him regularly. 1
had the letters under lock and key but
they disappeared. L do not have them
now"
One or two letters written by Mark
er to his wife after she left him were
produced and read in court.
You know it is hard enough for me
to be SOBER" ran one letter, land l
suppose 1 should have celebrated
when you left but 1 guess I'll wait I'M
til the prodigal returns"
Another ran:
Il am surrounded by pleasant en-
viropments since you are gone"
There were times during the testi-
mony when rapid changes spread over
Mrs. Markers face. From a smile,
caused by some amusing thing in the
testimony. she would break into tears
when required to recall some alleged
laxness on the part of her husband
during their early married life.
One such occasion was when she
testified regarding a trip her husband
made to merchants convention in
Illinois when he failed to return for
some time then made a frank confess
sion of having occupied a room in a
hotel with-"three fast people," she
nut it