The Washington times., 1921-12-10
'HUSS|ES' STOLE
HUSBAND SLOVE,
WIFE bEM0ANS
Mrs. Wilkinson Says She Will
Name 100 Women Whom He
Was Friendly With.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1O.-Declaring
she will present to the court evidence
involving her husband and one hun
bred women, at least twelve of whom
she will name, Mrs. Elsie Wilkinson
yesterday outlined the charges on
which she bases her separation suit
against William j. Wilkinson, cQlo1,
print manufacturer.
Mrs. Wilkinson, whom her husband
was wont to call "Snooksie," is a
petite. blue-eyed, round-faced blonde.
She told her story in soft. modulated
tones and without rancor. She Is
now staying at the Hotel st. Regis.
Slapped His Face.
Her suit Is one of a series in the
Wilkinson Schlemmer matrimonial en-
tanglements that came to light after
Wilkinson last summer drove along
side an automobile containing his wife
and William +. Schlemmer. hardware
manufacturer. "A policeman injected
himself into the sQuabble. Wilkinson
demanded the pairs arrest. The POI
liceman ordered them all to move
on" Some weeks ago Mrs. Wilkin-
son encountered her husband on
Broadway with a girl, slapped his
face and brought him to court on
charge Of disorderly conduct.
Wilkinson, who denies her charge in
toto. is suing for separation. He also
demands $4,000 from Schlemmer for
alleged alienation of affections. And
Mrs. Schlemmer, who declares her re-
ligion forbids suing for divorce, Is ask
ing for separation.
Mrs. Wilkinson told this story yes
terday:
I'm his answer my husband says
the photographs of undraped women
that l found in his possession were
for business catalogue. In my COM
plant l charge there were $50 such
now in my attorneys
possession, and that they were taken
for no business purpose.
Names Women.
Some of the women who posed
for them, models and chorus girls, are
named in my complaint. If he at
tempted to place these pictures in the
mails in a catalogue Uncle Sam
would take a hand Immediately.
I'VE were married in 1904. l help
ed him develop his business. The
first blow came two years after our
marriage when he informed me his
name was WillenI Gibhard Molken-
boer. Fancy telling my friends was,
after ell, Mrs. Willem Gibhard Mol
kenboer. He said he changed his
name for business reasons. 1 induced
him to do 1t later through the courts.
when wealth accumulated he be-
gan lavishing his time and money on
other women. He always went out
with them in the daytime, when 1
thought him out on business. He was
at home at night
Then, In 1912, / discovered that
he was too well known along BroaA-
way. Chorus girls and models kept
calling up our house in Great Neck,
asking for Billy / learned he was
along Broadway as Billy
Then Comes Parting.
I'VE parted. He sent my sister
a wire. There was a reconciliation
for eight months. during which
times. 1t was eight months before 1
could induce myself to be wife to
him again. And then he went back
to his old ways. He gloated about
his conquests of women.
"Of course, we separated again,
though later for a time reunited.
My acquaintance with Mr.. Schlem-
mer was merely a good friendship,
more. But my husband w9s
ragingly jealous OF him. One morn
ing at the breakfast table his name
came up. NJ husband drew re-
volver Five minutes later he
calmed down and said he needed me,
that was his balance wheel and
that without me he would go to the
dogs.
"In 1917 detectives and / raided
a furnished room In West Thirty.
seventh street and found there q
woman, half draped. on a couch.
Indeed, my husband boasted some
ago he was another Joseph
Browne Elwell. the man who was
shot to death. He reeled off name
after name of women.
"He told of picking acquaintance
with all kinds of hussies. He said
he could easily get women that
looked better than I. He told me
women came to his door begging
a.