The Washington times., 1920-06-06
CHAPTER XVII.

Continued from Last Sunddy)
W1HAT has become of the shonts millionsi
w If the handsome fortune which Theodore P.
W Shonts recently possessed has slipped out Of
his hands into the lap of Mrs. Amanda c. Thomas-will
she be permitted to keep while the widow Of Shonts
lives in povertyi
In three separate lawsuits Mrs. Shohts's lawyers;
ndge Warren Dixon and George W. Files, are endeavor.
g to trace the missing millions and get them back again
these three legal actions are:
D 70 get possession of the Shonts furniture and per-
sona belongings which Mrs. Thomas has seized and put
in storage.
(2 To have Mrs Shonts reinstated as administrative
# her husbands estate instead of the close personal
friends Of Mrs. Thomas, and,
90 The suit for million dollars damages against
Mrs. Thomas for alternating the traction msgnates aec
tiops.
Mrs Thomas denies all of Mrs Shonts's charges and
fighting hard TO hold her grip the Shonts property
Many questions Mrs Shontss lawyers want Mrs Thomas
to answer but she has delayed resisted and avoided
rious efforts to her to court to explain things
1t remarked last Sunday that Shonts and Amanda
were on most intimate terms in New York, and were
travelling about Europe together for years while Amanda
was still the wife Of Herbert Thomas Shonts met the
Thomas woman in 1906 and deserted his family and
year after year became and more closely tied up
with Mrs. Thomas-but it not until 1914 eight years
later that Mrs. Thomas bothered to get divorce from
Mr.. Thomas.
The meeting Of Amanda, the chorus girl Of the
'Nsm mselle Awkins' company, and the nineteen-year
old high school boy Herbert Thomas told quite fully
ia these columns last Sunday. Amanda then married
but she quickly got divorce and married the Thomas
boy, who was a millionaire New York bankers son.
But in 1907 the Wall Street panic completely cleaned
ont the fortune Of young Thomas and his banker father
This made very little difference to Amanda, apparently
She had met Shonts in 1906 If her young husband Her.
bert Thomas was practically penness, she managed to
thrive in comfort and luxury just the although her
husband contributed not dollar to her support.
In view Of the relations Of Shonts and my friend
Amanda" the story Of Amanda's divorce from Mr..
Thomas is extremely interesting The court records Of
New York heavily weighted with judgments
against young Thomas for clothes, etc. purchased and
Boston 1t in Boston, therefore that evidence would
have to be sought against Thomas for his wfe divorce
suit.
1t took 'Hsle timt, money and expense to get to-
gether the evidence. Where did the money FRONT
In 1914 Amanda had no apparent of support
~ income, far as Mrs Sbonts find out She had
not been living With her husband and had not received
dollar from him in eight years Just the length of time
she had known Shonts). And Amanda was not working.
Where did the money come from to pay the expenses
Of Mrs Thomass divorce suit, Mrs. Shonts wants to
know. 1t quite an elaborate and expensive cam
paign of detectives lawyers adavits etc, and finally
in the last act Amanda herself the and
with meodramac effect plays the part Of wronged wife,
Amanda herself married woman, leaves her rich sweet
heart Shons long enough to to Boston the
detectives close in Herbert Thomas and in righteous
indignation shouts:
"You dirty manp'
1t dramatic climax in that room in that Boston
apartment which had taken long time work up. 1t
oil told very fully In the divorce evidence. The