The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-15
VV|FE'S LETTERS
BARE Stokes
DECEPTION
Continued from First Page.)
Here is the letter:
OWN, dearest:

Nout1Hue0 from F1rSt EageJ
Here is the letter:
"Will, dearest:
Just a line before jumping in
my lonely bed. Just can't help
writing you a line. Have thought
,, of you all this afternoon. Just
think, this is my first letter to you.
And I doubt in your busy life today
you will find time to translate il,
but it is just to let you know your
little wife Just loves you more every
second of the day.
IF you decided to stay over FRI
day and feel it is alright for Bea-
trice and I to come in, let me
know.
'At least don't forget to call up
and say good night if you stay over.
certainly miss you tonight. dear,
whole heap more than you know.
BE good and take good care of
yourself, and dc not forget to go
! and see DR.. Peck.
Just worlds of love and kisses
from wife and son. The latter
is now resting in our bed talking
as I write.
"Once again. just loads of love
and bushels of kisses.
HELEN"
Written By n Girl.
The "son" she referred to was
probably Stokes son by his first
wife, who secured a divorce from
HIM. The letter was written while
Stokes was in New York and Mrs.
Stokes at North Long Branch in
the year 1911. She was but a slip
OF girl then, capitivated with
life and, perhaps, entranced by the
luxurieS at her command At the
time he was striding steadily to
the moment when he would drop
under a fusillade Of pistol shots
| and be carted off for mending to
hospital.
searched for other letters during
this period when the Stokes shoot
ing affair was choice bit OF
scandal on Broadway. found
| another Of them and another. In
none was there a word of bitter.
ness, Of anger, of reproach. Surely
the wounded woman hunter could
have no grounds of complaint of
| nagging. She stood by him and
stuck to the end, until finally her
patience was rewarded with neglect
and abuse to a degre beyond her
capacity to bear.
Here is an excerpt from letter
when the point of endurance had
been reached:
Begins to COmplaia.
Now 1 am to be a mother, none
too. we'll and ready for a complete
| breakdown. For two weeks during
May I was threatened, as YOU
know, with losing my child, owing
to my worry, due to your treat.
| ment of me. During that time
| you were determined to create the
most awful scenes with the help
| discharging them because they
| served me breakfast after Ger
| tain time, 9:15 II. M, and did such
| things. Then You go to your of.
| flee and dictate lot of al1solute
| falsehOOds for the benefit Of others,
thinking that I would continue in
silence to stand for such under
! handed things.
You are a man old enough to
do better I feel now it is time
you stopped such tricks and be
honest-at least with the woman
! who is to be the mother of your
| child. My hope in life has always
| been to be a mother. My great
dream is to be realized. if only I
can get through all right, and you
do not continue with such under
| handed tricks.
! "I will not allow you to annoy
me any more until after my child
| Is born, so any letters. you write at
any time Will be returned unopened.
| You can tell me anything of i'm
portance you wish to say, as any
husband with any real manhood
would do"
Further contents of this letter
showed that while Stokes would
| talk with 1er about strictly private
domestic matters he would then go
to his office and write her letters
for the benefit Of record. such
letters not being in the tenor Of
his conversations.
The "Old Cove" in any given pur-
pose Is infleXible. Were he sure
that he would walk from the court
room a loser In his suit and his last
dollar spent he is the kind of man
who would stay until the cop nudge |
him and babe him move on. His
case goes on, a case which in it's
presentation - enough. 20 make the
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