The Washington times., 1919-03-16
SAYS HUSDANDH HAD
5LOVES IN 4 YEARS
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give any statement to the newspapers.
He hates interyiewers. He. said so
plainly. Yet under the soothing in
fiuence of a cigarette, he talked at
some length about the goings on in
Chicago. which have finally reached
down into the little village in Mary
land. HAST never makes a direct
statement. He scores his best points
| by inference. There was just one
exception-that applied to his wife's
lawyer. On that subject he left little
even to an interviswer's imagination.
IL Ready to Fight.
The filing of these letters" Hast
said. "is evidently my wife's answer
to the suit for divorce, which in
stituted against her last fall. / would
have sued for divorce even before,
hut there were certain points I want
ed cleared up. Now that she's gone
this far. 1 won't deny that I'm bitter,
resentful, and ready to fight. They
can have all of it IL they want"
HAST sued for a divorce. alleging
that his wife threatened his life with
premeditated malice" This is one
of the six causes for divorce in I'LL
nois.
The first letter called to Haist's at
( tention was one supposed to have been
written to him by a girl named
Rose" Signing herself "onliest
Rose" wrote:
Dear Teddy: Today is clear
and beautiful. Wish 1 could sit
by you or on your lap for an
! hour or two and talk over many
! things.
Yes. Ours! Teddy. dear-Ours.
: Do you know I've felt so mother
! ish' the past three or four days.
I I've had the ours that we hope
some day to belong TO us-with
me almost constantly, and in
/ imagination have played with ii,
felt it's little. chubby hands
around my neck. pressed it close
TO my breast, have seen you take
il away from my arms and plav
with it-and bathed-dressed-
fed and done everything else that
was heavenly-then / would sud-
denly come back to earth with a
feeling Of utter loneliness. Why
al those certain times I have felt
50 very. very 'motherish.' l can't
understand. / seemed to be able
TO think of nothing else. and It
was so hard to work when
wanted 10 dream of Ours and
Us
4 Dream of Future.
You and 7 are living in the
present and for the future-and
IL those great big obstacles can
be overcome and we are able to
unite our lives. We shall endeavor
to each ennoble the life of the
Other-to raise each other to
greater heights of perfection, and
while so doing we will do every
thing. possible to be just the very
happiest people in this world
you and I and ours (And
curses maybeD Now. good
night. dear-don't put of writ
ing-do il soon. ONLIEST.'
As this endearing message of for
mer days was recalled. HAST never
moved an eyelash.
How interesting he remarked.
f. Then he added somewhat more earn
estly.
Does it ever occur to you that 1
might never have received that let
teri"
Pressed as to whether he had re-
ceived it or not, he would not say.
AVN Nih6 10 tie dluudNAL VI ME
wife, Mrs. Hazel Daley HAST, little
Rose had a rude awakening after she
had written the letter. Then il was
that she addressed herself-nOt to the
Eusband-but to the wife.
Text OF other Letter.
The letter. now in the possession
or the court, reads:
Permit me to assures YOU that
had not the slightest knOwl-
edge OF the fact that Mr. Haist
was by the sacred ties Of mar
riaGe bound to any woman.
Neither did ! know that any
woman bore that wonderful title
mother TO his child. / waive all
CLAIMS upon your husband. Had
/ known l should not have con
ttnued to- accept his attentions.
] could not and would not per-
nit man who, by all the laws,
both divine and human, was
bound to another, to bestow
upon me his attention and avOw-
ais of love.
May l ask you to pardon and
assure me OF your belief in my
innocence in playing the part l
have i'm this triangular tragedy?
This assurance from you would
do much to assuage the grief,
the hurt / endure. ROSE"
Hast looked gIOomily into space
during the reading of this note.
II heard about that note Indirect