The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-29
HE NIARRIES
mother OF
FRAT CHUN|
Now U. Of w. Graduate Sues
for Divorce; Matrimony
"Snare and DeIusion"

I.aweIl n. Williams. young
overseas veteran and University
Of Washington graduate. ap
pear-d In Judge a. ". frsi~r's
court today seeking . divorce
from Grace w. Williams. Tho
wife h n~sriy twice Williams
age. and h the mother of . fra.
t~ruity brother whom Williams
met while In college. lie mar
ri~d his pals mother on the
eve ef hi~ departure for fnrsre
two Year, Axo.
Thru the marriage. williams sssti
fled. he acquired a siep-daughtei
only four years younger than him
self. and n ssrpson his own age,
SCHOOL. PAL. TOOK
HIM HOME As GUEST
Tho young husband. blushinx on
the witness stand. in n deep bass
voice explained to. judge Frssss
tina, he met his wife for the first
time In the fall Of 1914. when her
son. his frat brothcr. took him 70
his home as a.gusst.
II waa then "a years old" said
Williams. II continued visiting al
their horne for two years.
I'm March. 1917. when was q,
our relationship grew more Intimate
Later In that year I went TO Alaska
to work In a cannery To get money
to continue my course In college.
sh. wrote mo letters while I was
there. and answered them"
This corre-pondenec. ~ well as
letters exchanged after they were
married. and while he was In
France. were introduced In evidence.
when williams returned from
Alaska. he said. he continued "a
visit the older woman In her home,
al nd when the United States entered
the war he enlisted in a base hos.
pi,sl unit recruited at the University
and went Camp Fremont.
SAYS SHE FOLLOWED
HIN TO CAMPS
She followed him. About
O'Clock one afternoon, he testified.
she came out to the camp and told
him that her condition was critical
and begged him to marry her. inti'
mating that II he did not she would
tell his mother all about their af.
fair.
More 20 keep the truth from my
mother" he said. tain for my
other reason. consented. and that
afternoon the ceremony took place.
1T was 20 days before we lcf, the
camp TO sail for France Meanwhile
my wife kept calling me up and
taking me to task for the way
was conducting myself. We quar-.
rcied."
Williams was with his hospital
unit In service In France for II
months, and when he returned. he
said. II was with the firm resolve
TO get himself out OF the mess"
lie and his wife had their resi-
dcnce at 1909 r. s5th st. In the
University district, close TO the
home OF williams mother. The
two women met at times. he said.
and their relations we're not alto.
gcthcr pleasant He told HIS wife
he would see lawyer and lind out
II there was any grounds on which
she could get divorce.
xgaL-tr IN TLSTuL-V
LATER IN DAY
THAT day she saw some lawyers
herself" he testified, and came
home and told me she wasn't going
to let me 20. She said the laws
OF the state required that hus.
band support his wife. otherwise he
could be arrested. She aaid n
got a divorce It would cost me ID
lot OF money.
II was thoroly disgusted with the
whole affair. completed my col
lege course In August and started
these proceedings"
Mrs. Williams, the wife. clad
modishly. sat at table In the
courtroom across from Mrs. VIII.
Jams. her mother.in.law. The two
women looked at each other coldly
at times without sign Of rccogni.
tion. The wife's testimony was
to be heard this afternoon.