Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-08
ABANDONED WIFE
KNOWS NO REASON
FOR HUSBAND FALL
Their Married Life Of Five Years
Mas Everything That Could
be Desired.
NO WORD FROM ELOPERS

Special Correspondence Every Evenlns
l,cvcr Nov. \ Because of implicit
contldcnce IN a man " hom she deemed
true and with whom she had lived n
happ, liie for five years. their fifth we'd
ding annlverSar, having been observed
only two weeks ago. Mrs. Tottcn, the
,hirming aud accomplished wife of
Roget L. fotten. the State Board oi
Education statiSticlan, who eloped with
Miss Margaret ilill, pretty Young
school teacher OF Sussex county, was
reluctant to speak ahou, the distressing
affair Yesterday however, Mrs.
loiten consented 10 talk.
When asked II she could give any
rvaSon Tor her husbands action, Mrs.
1ot,en frankly admitted that she had
not the slightest idea as to his motives.
She saul She had no intimation or S,is-
picions whatever of his clopcmcnt with
Miss Hill. telling, IN this connection of
the trip She and her husband took ON
Wednesday last TO the lower part Of the
State. where she supposed he was gong
ON business IN connection with his posi-
tlon on the State Board of Education,
hu' IN reality. evidently ON his way Go
carry cut the well laid plans for his
clopcmcnt with Miss llill
The trip from Dover 90 Milford, as
related hy Mrs. Totton. was most
pleasant and uo thought Of amy inhdclty
ON the part Of her husband. crossed her
mind. when ne kissed her and hade her
good bye at Milford, he going further
down the State. and she returning TO
Dover. hy tram. expecting him hack that
evening. Even after he had returned 60
Dover Thursday morning secured has
check and then hurncdly departed. she
still believed that possibly his business
WIS so urgent. that he had not had time
80 stop and s,e her Further, when told
that he had been seen getting n the ear
with h Noung woman. she inclined 90 the
hpliei that II might have hecn one oi the
teachers with whom he had worked and
hc was taking her 90 her school
Mrs Iotten further said she had re-
viewed her married life. Co see IL there
might be anything ~ anytime N the five
Nears ol wpdded happiness where she
had failed 90 prove faithful and de-
voted help-mcet, bat could discover
nothing. Their relations had been
pleasing No desire be expressed was
donlcd, no request refused. In fact Il
was a period Of apparently mutual de-
yotion, love and faiihfllncss
Tine instance only a short time ago III
her dcclnatfon to'cOmply with ms WISHES
was cited he wanted her to 80 Ia
Columbia University and take a course
IN physical education hut She declined
hccause ui her desire 90 l,e with him and
% ald hlm M every manner possible
with has work
Iotten i a graduate ~ LAFAYETTE
College and secured hIs degree from
Columbia University Ills wife, Is equally
a. accomplished She carried on the
same work II the same classes az
Columbia University as he did and was
most efficient
Mrs Totien Is an accomplished mu-
siclan, having hccn organist IN two az
the largest churches VA Jersey CITY. She
also taught elocuiion and has hccn
offered many positions Of prominence IN
other walks II liie. due 10 her ability.
Mrs Iotten stated that She married
1otten while she was organisi IN one
ol the Jersey City churches. and that she
had known him tng enough TO think
he wns a man of good moral character
and high ideals. hence thcir marriage.
Mr. 1otien has no future plans and
VIII not know what she viii do until
the arrival 81 her father whom she
expects any tune
Toiien's FIRST appearance m Delaware
was at Harrington two wears ago, when
he was elected principal Of the Harring-
ton public schools lie IS about p wears
of age
While Mrs. Totten has not instituted
legal procccliugs against her husband,