The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-10
LEON FILES DENIAL
OF WIFE'S CHARGES
NMD. BEAUTY CASE

Nv IIIBI BLlOI lOE
wen, what did he have to say for
kimseIf?' Mrs. Agnes V. Leon queried
today when told by a Times repre-
sentative that her husband, DR.. AL
bert K. Leon, Frederick, Nd, dentist.
had filed his answer to her petition
for alimony and separate maintenance
for herself and little four-year-old
son, Albert, jr.
Informed that he had entered a
sweeping denial OF the sensational
charges made by his wife in her bill
Of complaint, but would not contest |
them IL the court would reduce the
amount OF slimony asked-S1OO per |
month-she declared that she would |
fight against the reduction.
~eH has been spending his money |
on two other women long enough" /
she said with spirit. at is now time |
that he was. paying in part. at least |
the debt he owes his wife and baby"
Denies WIfe's Charges.
On the day the petition was filed. /
April %, DR.. Leon visited his wife at |
the home Of her parents at 4314 Wis
consin avenue, Washington. On that
occasion, claims the dentist, all their /
domestic troubles were rehearsed and /
threshed over. All of the past Of 1
lenses which he may have committed |
and which he says he frankly con- |
fessed, were condoned by his wife. I
He left Washington, and when he |
reached his home. he says. he read |
OF his wife's application for alimony
and separate maintenance.
DR.. Leon denied positively init |
macy with Miss Clara McAbee, known /
as the 'prettiest girl in Maryland"
and Miss Louise Clabaugh, who were |
named by the wife as correspondents. |
In regard to the allegations to the |
effect that he and Miss McAbee stop |
ped at q Rockville CMd-) hotel and /
registered as man and wife on March |
10 last, spending the night in the |
same room, he neither admits nor de-
MES, but declares that no wrong was |
done by him on that alleged .Occa-
sion
He denies that Miss Clabaugh |
caught Miss McAbee in a compromis- |
ing position in his office. As to the |
letter which Miss CIabaugh is alleged |
20 have written to DR.. Leon as a re-
suit, the dentist says:
'-Said letter would not be admissible |
- evidence against the defendant, and |
can only lend a cast Of sensatiOnalism |
20 the bill"
The dentist persists that his wife |
sill loves him, and says that 'only |
after the filing OF the bill in this case |
and the notorious luminosity in the
public press following the same now
refuses to see her husband against her
inclinatiOns, because she still loves
the defendant"
He denies that he has been spend
mE money ''liberally and lavishly"
on Miss McAbee and Miss Clabaugh, !
the two correspondents. His income,
he admits, has been in the neighbor
hood OF $500 a year, but he says
the notoriety obtained through the
sensational publication OF the charges
IN this case has materially reduced
the defendants income" and will
make him less able TO meet his ex-
penses and obligations and incapable
Of paying any such sum as named in
the courts order. He asked that a
less sum. more IN accordance with
his ability to pay. be named.
Mrs. Leon today repeated her
charges that Dr.. Leon while in Wash
fngton last Thursday kidnapped AL
bert, jr, and after carrying him away
notified her that unless she gave him
an interview she would not see the
child again.
says He Kidnapped Boy.
He came by the home Of my par
ents On Wisconsin avenue and de-
manded an interview. ! refused and
before We could interfere he carried
my boy away in his automobile" Mrs.
Leon said today.
Later in the day he telephoned
and said I could either see him or
lose my hoy. / sent word to him
that I would dc neither"
Asked IL she got her son back. she
declared with feeling: You bet I
did. and I didn't see DR.. Leon either"
How did you do it?' she was
asked.
she replied. Il just got busy, and
Or. Leon hurried back with my boy.
He knew better than TO keep him
longer"
Mrs. Leon made It plain that she
is not asking for a divorce, since such
action is forbidden by the Catholic
church, Of which she is a member
She is asking for separate mainte-
nance for herself and child.
Il do not regret the course I have
taken she said. 1T was the only
way. I have suffered enough humili-
alton. Now let DR.. Leon and mis- two
aninities suffer.
''of course, I regret that DR.. Icons
family must be Inundated. Ny
father-in-law broke his arm only a
few weeks ago while cranking his
automobile at his place Of business
en- Fourteenth street Then, on the
following day, Mrs. Leon slipped and
fell on the kitchen floor, breaking
her arm. On the following Monday
/ began action against their favorite
son, so Il has been hard on them.