The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-24
Violence Won Her Love, She Says;
"Women Are Lured by Cave Man

Seattle Stars san Francisco Bureau.
S'o sansome st. san Francisco. Cal
10 most women admire the
BRUTAL maler
Few would admit IL. but two san
Francisco cave man" eases have
sent that question as covert chal.
lcngc to every womant heart.
Mrs Margaret Edlin. beautiful
young wife about whom centercd a
sensational tioo. 900 alienation Of al.
feotions suit. is cynieally positive
that admiration for the ruffianiy
courtier Is one OF the deepest femi.
nine instincts.
It's the old cave man stuff
rHE FORCE THAT NEARLY Ev.
EkN WOMAN FALLS FOR" she
asserts In explaining the lure Of the
interioper for whom she deserted
husband and children.
1T seems terrible admission Ca
make. but I loved him for his yio.
lenee.
lie would grab me aud shake me.
u filled me with fear and delight.
Sometimes I WAS NJ frightened I
couldn't speak. II was like nothing
! had ever known. for my husband
N a tender. gentle man. II tooa
me off my feet"
The love triangle In which Mrs.
Edlin became involved reached com,
pletion when Alcuzio Larocca. crab
king OF the Pacific coast. compelled
her to choose between an ivory
toilet set he had proffcrcd her as
token OF his infatuation and her
husband and four children. Mrs.
Edlin took the ivory.
Schoolgirls. admitting founda.
ton for Mrs. Edun's generalization
that most women are attracted by
brutality. have explained the in.
stinet aS the quest hy feminine
weakness for iu Complementary
protective masculine strength. and
the tendency TO regard brutality as
a demonstration Of strength.
Larocca. hulking and positive. 4
the very antithcsis OF the slender
almost frail. - year-old wife whose
affections he was accused OF win
ming from Edlin.
IL was not long after Mrs. Edlln
admitted meeting him secretly that
she testified openly TO have accept
ed the crab kings protection. she
constantly referred To him as a
cave man" typ. during the trial
OF the alteration suit brought By
the husband
He held me len . yicc-iike grip.
Shc frankly admitted. 1T wasn't
hypnotism. II was more funda
mental. And h~ holds IN. still.
There's no compromise between
purr home love and the shabby sub
stitutc that drew and held me "a
Lsrocca- Imagine prefsrring q mar
who In JEALOUSY would pinch m,
arms until they were blue and who
split my lips with his blows. to my
husband. . gentle. considerable man
But something deeper than all
thai held me 10 larocea."
In the other cav. man case
contrasting sharply with the Ediin
triangle. Mrs. Helen Rose Martin
shaw sued for annulment OF mar
rage because she claimed she was
forced To we'd an importuna,c mar
liner asains, her Will
II there had been any giimmer OF
Response 10 shaw's ardent wooing II
fiared out during the nuptiais. Ons
hour OF cave man" was enough fos
this bride. she left him imfnedi
atciy.
Mrs L.arocoa. loy4.i wife OF this
crab king. also disputes Mrs. Ia
Inns assertion that woHssn uni
versaily admire the brute character
istics tn man. and secs none OF ths
cave man" In I-arocca.
Did my husband beat me-" sh.
scoffed. I'D like TO sec tho mar
that would slap me. Al Is too goo,
naturcd. He never hurt anything
This woman ilesr'