Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-08
QUIZ MRS. GRON
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QUIZ MRS. GRON
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conspired with one Phillips, repre-
scented as the secretary of state, to
keep Mr.. Gron out of the United
States, were ruled out at this point.
Letters written in 1917 and 1918
By Mrs. Gron to her husband were
introduced. One said: "How I miss
you, dear love. You must come and
bring me back with you. to help you
and love you and live and die with
you This note contained a poem of
Sara Teasdale's ending:
1T was your voice l heard,
You walked and loved me so,
I send you back this word,
I know, / know"
Another read: Next Sunday is
I Communion Sunday. Let it be for
us new symbol of our unity and
peace in the name OF Christ. A little
prayer, a special little prayer, l will
say every day in preparation for our
communion together, and that we
may soon have our darling little boy
with us here and always until he is
a man."
This letter was signed your own,
Madeline" and addressed to My
| darling Neils."
Mrs. Gron appealed to the court
when an attorney for her husband
referred to her daughter, Mrs. Bou-
vicr, as Emma Louise insisting
she be called Mrs. Bowler. William
Sergeant Bouvier. the husband, one
| of the brothers, described in a Gron
letter as 1.-The fastest boy in New
| York." is now attending the hearing
daily.
! Reference was made to the libelee
| as her tall, handsome man." and
how she missed him in his long alb
sences was recited. Writing in 1915
when he was in Europe and, accord
ing to her claim, was refused admis-
sion to this country, she said: "You
know, my darling, that wherever
you are I can be perfectly happy"
Another letter, dated 1918, said
"My life without you is impossible
Anything is better than separation
| + want to go to a tiny house and live
so simply, just you and l and oui
| darling little boy. I love you more
than I ever did, and I long for yo'
inexpressibly. What happiness to be-
gin life anew. with a new joy ant
the old love only purer and strong
err"
| In a letter following one in Whlcf
she acknowledged the receipt OF
check for $1,000, she wrote: II wen
into a cathedral today to say little
prayer for you, my darling. thanked
God for our great love and faith II
each other"
The letters are full of little house
wifely admonitions, such as Go tt
| bed early" drink lots of water,
and "sleep we'll" They also related
many stories of the doings of Nlels
the nine year old-child. whose GUS
tody is at issue.
Writing in December, 1917. from
Lakewood, n. j.. she said: Il have
told little Niels over and over of all
your care and loving thought for
| nIIu anu LII Soul iittlS "AAS' 80
thinks you are the best father, a
child ever had"
Mrs. Gron was asked to explain
| this letter. when she had accused
| her husband in her bill of speclflca-
tons of so many acts apparently
| unbecoming to a parent. She said
| that when the letter was written
she might have considered him an
| ideal father. Asked why her 191e
letters were SO affectionate, Mrs
Gron replied. There was always
more harmony when the ocean was
between us"
Aside from the references to these
letters, her testimony in the morn
| ing had to do with her husbands
alleged spendthrift habits and fail
ure to pay his personal bills and
their household expenses in Chicago,
New York, Princeton, n. j., and
| other places.
! Mrs. Gron testified that while thCl
| were living in Chicago she sent
| money by mail surreptitiously to
tradespeople so that her friends
would not know she was paying her
| husbands bills. She admitted that
i he gave her $50 month towards
covering a shares of the household
| expenses at that time.
Occasionally she could get him to
pay the cook and waitress. she testi-
| fed. At other times she paid them.
She said he refused to pay rent or
household expenses 1t Princeton, \.
j., after the first month If their res
| idence there, and that they remain
unpaid.
! An incident at Monte Carlo in
which the titled mystery woman
figured. crept nto the testimony
again today. Mrs. Gron said that
several months after that trip she
learned that some gossip had circu-
lated concerning the morality Of the
woman who was her companion, and
that she Immediately Sc, cred rela-
tons with her. She said she told
Mr.. Gron Of the occurrence.
She said the ady gambled at
Monte Carlo, and that she, too.
played in a small way. She also told
| him of this.
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