The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-30
DENIES CHARGES:
LOVED MAN" SHE SAYS


II never did II is not true" ex.
claimed the wife. II married him
because he wrote me 10 come to him
nj Camp Fremont, and begged mo to
marry him. I loved the man"
And now. when he IN trying TO
set away from this mess. you are
stlil fighting to keep him with you."
the lawyer added.
II consider the marriage vow very
binding" replied Mrs. Wiiiiaina.
Had no, considered ~ 50. perhaps
I shouldn't have lived with my first
husband as long as ! did"
Mrs. Williams told Of row~ii's
visits 90 her horne In the University
district while he was sophomore.
and fraternity brother OF her son.
MY son brought him to the
house," she said He came there
many times. but Il was not untl Feb
ruary. 1917. that we became intimate.
We had eaten luncheon together. !
was washing the dishes and he WINS
drying them. Suddenly he caught
me In his arms. He made love to
me. and accepted"
You mean oyerpowcred your"
asked wiInams' attorney.
NO.
you led him into doing itr'
No. that Is not true. i, was mu-
tuai-
you had Designs
mo. II | had ! should have had
him long before"
You had him around your
finger"
HE came Of his own free will
Questioned concerning her first
marriage. Mrs Williams said abe
had first embarked upon matrimony
when she was Is. The same year
her son was born and later q daugh.
ter.
II never knew my son was older
than Lowell she explained. Low
ell didn't seem like a boy 10 me. He
seemed TO be n man.
QUOTES OMAR IN
LETTER 10 HIM
During the summer OF 1911 Lowell
went 70 Ketchiknn. Alaska. 20 work
In n cannery. Correspondence that
passed between them vas read In
the court
In July abe wrote HIM
Grandma CHS Erandma) kiased
mo before your mother. She told
me she prayed every night for you
and me- never felt 90 like a hyp
ocrite In all my life They have 90
much faith In me-"
In another letter abe quoted
Omar.
Underneath the bouxh.
A jug Of wine. n loaf Of bread and
thou
But since that cannot be- tho
letter added. Il will send You n
kiss and trust your dreams viii
be all pleasant ones"
II was signed. ''Crncie.-
These letters werc wrt,sen.- de-
eiared counsel. TO rouse this boys
passions
No. SIR exclaimed Mrs. VIII.
Jams. Il wrote him many letters
on many subjects. had nothing
else 10 do"
Another letter said:
Il want you NOR. than anything
else In this life. will love you
long after you have grown tired
Of your piayfeilow."
DENIES CHALLENGE
TO SOBRIETY
Another told OF her having zone
70 an art studio In Seattle. where
she met certain persons known 10
herself and Lowell.
You were drunk there that
night" counsel charged.
II was not" she corrected IL
have never been drunk"
Ever drink7''
II have"
How many drinks ala you have
In the studio that nightr
About six"
Judge Frater leaned toward her.
what kind OF drinks we're theyY"
he inquired.
Whisky" she replied.
When she left Seattle and went
to Camp Fremont. II WINS at
Lowelrs earnest solicitation, she
said and before he sailed for over.
seas with the University hospital
unit. she finally consented TO marry
him. She had been there about
two months.
BACK FROM WAR, HE
WENT TO WIF'E'S HOME
we went 10 get a license and
Lowell asked me not TO use my
right name. Zimmerman. so used
Anderson instead. He told me to
put my age down as %. and !
did" she testified.
More letters were exchanged
while ne WAS In France, all OF
an endearing nature.
when he came homo again."
she said. "he went TO my house
He bathed and remained all night
He stayed two weeks Then he
went away and have never spoken
to him since"
Lowell's mother testified that
she opposed the marriage OF her
son TO the ex-wife Of bartender
who had lived on the profits OF
wrecking mems lives. and who had
told her that her former husband
beat and swore at her and did his
kindliest act toward her when he
died.
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