Evening star., 1927-10-06
FEDERAL WARRANT
HITS MRS. WRIGHT
Woman Charged With Send
ing Obscene Matter
Through Mails.
Hv The Associated Press,

4y the Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis. October 6.-The
Federal Government has taken
hand in the affairs of Frank Lloyd
Wright, the architect, and Mrs. Miri-
am Noel Wright, his former wife, with
issuance of a warrant charging Mrs.
Wright with sending obscene matter
through the mails.
The warrant was served last night
in the main dining room Of Madison
hotel. in the presence of several
diners. after Mrs. Wright had declined
to retire to her room to hear the war
rant read. She became hysterical. and
after an hours conference Federal
officers agreed to let her remain for
1he night in her hotel room with a
woman deputy, while another deputy
remained outside.
Wanted Warrant Revived.
Mrs. Wright had just returned from
Dodgeville, Wis, where she confer
red with the district attorney of Iowa
County relative to revival of year
old warrant charging Wright with
misconduct G. II. KnudSon, the at
torney. did not favor acting on the old
warrant He agreed. however. to is
suance and service of a new warrant.
provided Mrs. Wright could prove
charges that her former husband was
living under improper circumstances
with Olgavanna Milanov, the "Other
woman" in the extended difficulties be-
tween the Wrights.
Bring Wright before you and ask
him if he is not living with Olga
wanna" Mrs. Wright was quoted by
her attorney, Miss Tillie Levin. as
saying to Knudson. HE will admit it
If you ask him. / am positive he will
admit it,
Agreed to Question.
Miss levin said that Knudson there.
Upon agreed to question Wright, who
Is at his Talicsen estate near Dodge
vile.
Mrs Wright and Miss Levin had
hardly ordered their dinner upon re-
turning here when Joseph Harris,
Federal marshal, approached their
table.
i have a Federal warrant for your
arrest" Harris said. He suggested
that she listen to the reading of the
warrant in her own suite, but Mrs.
Wright would not leave the dining
room.
Read it here" she was quoted as
saying. Shout it from the house
tops"
Orders From Washington.
Thereupon the marshal, in the pres
ence of the other diners, read the war
rant charging Mrs. Wright with hav
Ing indited and dispatched through
the mails letter classified as obscene
matter.
The contents of the letter and the
name of the person to whom it was
sent were withheld by the district at
torney's Office, who said they were
hcting upon orders from the Attorney
General at Washington. 1t was under
ttood that the warrant had been issued
there.
The only information given out was
that Mrs. Wright was charged with
having expressed in writing some
tiews concerning the conduct of
Wright and the Montenegrin dancer.
Dlgavanna. The letter was sent to a
friend, who turned 1t over to Wright.
and he sent it to Federal authorities
ht Washington.
The Wrights were divorced some
months ago. Mrs. Wright, returning
ko Wisconsin from the West Coast, |
was quoted by interviews as having |
baid that Wright had not been living |
hp to the terms under which she |
Agreed to legal separation.
Mrs. Wright was to have a hearing |
bn the Federal charge before United |
States commissioner today.