Show Wt r f Yes I e 1 horsewhipped her herA y Mrs Allen AlIen Admitted d to Reporters y t r 44 d t 6 99 9 I I slashed her with the 0 o p otha 1 whip left and right again and again oguin I got gother gother g t s' s X her by the hair and ss I palled out several large lario tar o handfuls als Chicago's Lovely Lash Lash- Wielder Isn't Interested 4 54 w in in the Mystery Girl g f fV V m mm A t r Any More but She i 4 fr 4 L m 1 j Wants Her 4 Love r 1 Ilen To Husbands Husband's n a r tha 1 41 e P f l I l C J NY BacQ and Pretty A Promptly N Too y x Colonel i r r 1 Pp Francis M. M i f Allen of Chicago's r J i PL q Dana Dandy i R r 4 r Infantry Regiment Re ment K f K ti Who Recently a ti Left ft At Left Lefts ty Chicago r a. a The V t Who His Colonels Colonel's P I s Wife ifs e Is oN Now In a fury she tore Mrs Daily Daily's Dail s s clothes from Lady Mrs Allen Who i a i I Hopeful her leaving her shoulders and neck bare Then Resorted to Woman Cave Cave oman i f l l Will Return n followed flowed one of the tho most roost painful lessons in Tactics in Avenging A the 4 I to Her history r Mrs Sirs Thomas did not finish until her rival her herback ged e i cf of Her Husbands Husband's L r ii Ill J f and Who V Preserves J s a Hank lank back covered with welts welt had sunk into a sobbing Bobbing c. c ter der Rivals Rival's RJ rs i a f IV-fl IV C heap at the foot of the tree Then The she undid undid the c Trophy V ropes 1 and drove away with her sister in p rf hen V when Mrs Dailey finally finaly reached reach d a police M through with horsewhipping salt sail tl 0 u. u I IM I'M Colonels Colonel's lady with convincing vigor If my husband will come com back to toe EGe Ill I'll wipe the slate elate clears clean clen V. V By wiping the slate oilcan dean Mrs Francis M. M Allen AileD wife of ColoneL Francis M. M 1 Allen Anen of the Infantry Illinois Illin s National Guard meant that she would forgive what she charged was the Colonels Colonel's friendship with Miss Ida Martin and perhaps slid she sh will mil drop the suit for alienation of directions affections which she filed against Miss Martin recently re in Kansas City Cit That is I she added Ill drop that suit if she lets my husband alone hereafter But if I ever start after her again Ill I'll do more to her ner her than just horsewhip her and yank out a hank of her hair as I did last January on a Chicago street Mrs Allen i llen brought out of a trophy chest a thick strand of silky blond hair 1 This is what I took out of that womans woman's scalp she phe stated sUited proudly I intend to save it always and always and add more to it if necessary The determined expression on the face of the Colonels Colonel's lady amply supported her statement state state- ment On January 25 1927 the astounding exhibition exhibition exhibition tion I took place Mrs Allen surprised Miss Martin Manin at what she believed was to have nave been teen a rendezvous with her husband and a pretty scene ensued Mrs Allens Allen's account of it given to Chicago Chica o reporters follows f 1 es ell I horsewhipped lipped her I learned that she and the Colonel had an engagement to meet in ir front of a store on Ashland Boulevard I dis dis- disguised disguised guised myself so that even my own husband would not recognize me Then with a horse horse- horsewhip horsewhip horsewhip whip under my coat I visited the rendezvous iss Martin was waiting there I f slashed her with the whip left and and right Sho took refuge in a store and somebody called for the police But nut before the police could come this woman returned to the sidewalk I began whip whip- whipping whipping whipping ping her again And I got cot of her by the hair and pulled out several large handfuls handfuls And Ive I've got that hair here now in this beautiful home the Colonel bought for me And Ill I'll be glad to show it at any time Mrs Allen insisted that the Colonel is one of the best and most lovable of men who ever lived but this woman has dominated him be be- beyond beyond beyond yond all belief The preceding August Mrs Allen brought suit luit against her husband for separate maintenance ance but less than three hours after the tho action was flied filed the thc couple were reconciled They were brought together by James H. H McFarland attorney for Mrs Allen Happy in their reunion reu lon they the said it was all a mistake m bUike The suit Buit had been filed at a time of misunderstanding misunderstanding misunderstanding standing Mrs Allen declared and henceforth they ther were going to live happily ever after In her suit Mrs Allen charged her soldier mate whom she had married in 1917 with cruelty and an ungovernable temper Furthermore Further Further- Furthermore Furthermore more she alleged just two months after they were married he ho had registered in Room of the Grand Pacific Hotel with a mysterious girl referred to su as Miss blips X In addition tho the Colonel of Chicago's Dandy First and Miss X had later Inter registered re Mrs Allen said at a Chicago hotel as Capt Francis rancis o Allen and wife and from November 30 1925 to July Jul- 28 1926 he had been frequently in tho company of Ida Martin of 2238 Warren Avenue Chicago She claimed furthermore that Colonel Allen had taken possession of the household goods in heir home at Hamilton Avenue which fM she i at and had concealed stocks and bolds all of which f were jointly owned she sho stated sUited She said he had an E interest worth ina in ina ina a paint and company and asked for fos en injunction restraining him from om disposing disposing disposing ing of any of this property But these assorted woes seemed to have bela be for for- forgotten forgotten forgotten gotten and the couple de de- decided decided decided to start all over again Things went peaceably until the following January Januar when wAn the horsewhipping scene lok place A short time ago Mrs I Allen journeyed to Kansas City where she filed the alienation action Newspapermen Newspapermen Newspapermen seeking Miss Martin found her registered in a Kansas City hospital in a state bordering on nervous collapse due her attorney stated to Mrs Allens Allen's per per- The neglected wife greeted this news with scorn Per Persecution Persecution I she replied That ThatIs Is to laugh For more than two years cars that woman has swayed my husband under her influence Understand my ro suit against a the girl does not mean that I am through trough with the Colonel I love him dearly and am merely trying to save him from this woman oman and for myself But although according to her statement Mrs Allen is not through with the Colonel it itis itis itis is just barely possible that his point of view may be different At about the same time she departed de de- departed departed parted for Kansas City the Colonel left Chicago However Mrs Allen Alen firmly believes that ho no will return to her herI herI I 1 want him back she declared and Ill I'll forgive everything if he just comes home home and and of course behaves Many similar casts cases have been known wherein a n supposedly neglected and hurt wife ife has resorted re re- resorted resorted sorted to primitive means to put a I. I rival in her place There was for instance Clara Phillips the famous hammer slayer sla erH Enraged at her hus hus- husbands husband's husbands husband's husbands husband's bands band's inattention Clara fortified with a small but deadly hammer called at nt the home of her herrival herrival rival rhal lured her victim out to a lonely road in Los Angeles Angelos and cruelly beat her to death ac ac- according according according cording to testimony brought out at the trial tria triaL Then there was the case of Mrs Georgo George Thomas who emulated Mrs Allens Allen's solution of the eternal triangle According to the reports Mr Thomas did not take his job as a husband seriously seriously seriously-at at least not as seriously as he is said to have nave taken a Mrs Dailey The later a a. divorcee was the belle belIo of Tulsa's Oklahoma lucky happy-go-lucky set of the rich newly discoverers of oil Among these also was Thomas whose original investment of a few hundred dol dol- dollars dollars lars soon gushed back from the earth in a geyser c ser of oil enabling him to devote less time to his business and an Tomas J more to his friends Mrs Thomas had gowns prestige motor motorcars cars everything cars everything everything- that she wanted except the ex ex- exclusive exclusive exclusive society of her husband His frequent absences from their home distressed her particularly particularly when gossip involved her friend Mrs Dailey r 1 ft r Coming upon a 1 little clearing Heres 3 a II II I A A O t t j tree for you said Mrs l Thomas to Mrs Dailey L with such a strange laugh that tho the latter looked lo ked V 1 r sharply around and found herself gazing into s the muzzle of a very like business business I like revolver e I Why I Mrs S Thomas ns she exclaimed I what as 1 0 f NI Joke is IS this t t oi R U K 11 5 f- f ft t J A Thomas I am about to show you replied Mrs 1 I At a sign her sister-in-law sister took two lengths lenc k J of rope role from her handbag and beckoned to S the pretty divorcee l 11 l At the point of the gun Mrs Dailey em em- embraced 1 os f a L j r braced the I trunk of cl the free tree indicated t Her Iler arms ej just encircled c 3 it it And when Mrs r 7 Fine Finel said Mrs l Thomas with a Dailey and her AllEN 5 Vi triumphant smile Now tie her hands husband were di divorced dl- dl u I t i so that she cant can't get away of f course t f From beneath her ner cloak clolk she drew a there was more riding whip and gave ave it a preliminary talk t a I 1 k k Women C mE III 11 II Mrs bIn Dailey Dalley screamed and snap looked look e d at Mrs I it L' L US W WOM OM Hi Lt U begged for mercy melC Thomas with ith a I. I a tT i Lj U L L i 11 t 1 Mercy I g i- i she could not bear In she consulted her sister law desperation Mrs Orville Thomas Say nothing to any anyone one about your suspicions was her sister laws reply I will go to the bottom of things and when we find out the facts wo wi will give it to someone some someone someone one hot and heavy I In the meantime George Geor e seemed preoccupied preoccupied preoccupied but there were moments when he ne was I especially lavish giving giving- his wife an unlimited checking account a home and a new v car His attitude puzzled Mrs Thomas until her sister sister- I law in-law reported on her discoveries i Mrs Thomas was furious But curiously I enough she did not seem to blame her hus bus band He was weak she said in a forg forgiving ing tone to and the major portion of the lame blame belong belonged to that other woman woman The next day in iii her new car she appeared at Mrs home Her sister-in-law sister Dailey's ac ac- accompanied accompanied companied her nero They were both exceedingly gracious and invited Mrs Dailey to take a n spin with them into the country Unsuspectingly she agreed Five Fiva miles out of town Mrs Thomas Tomas became suddenly over over- overcome overcome come with a desire to pick p-ck some of the gorgeous Autumn lea es cs es at the side of the road The other women expressed delight in the idea and to together to- to together together gether they plunged into the woods ejaculating over the beauties of the coloring of the early Fall FaU foliage Tutu Futuro 81 Beni 1837 1977 a E NSW I- I If f fE E y 1 mercy as Mrs ly lYe I S derisive derisive- d What hat Thom Thom- Thomas havo hao shown 1 i you rou r Ill I'll to tome me I teach y you o u to run ruu runaround H 11 PJ S ri with around ft U an another n other worn wom woman's womans r ans an's rg hus h u s- s P bandl band hr GR P J L. L l Concise News Newspaper nl LEW LEWE I ll ENS N S' S i 1 Headline paper mary Sum Summary E BEL RELENTS f fn fIe J of the Ie I r J 59 Romance n of the Colonel and His llis Lady Lad Taken from Chicago Newspapers was hysterical with rage and obtained warrants for both Mrs Thomas and her sister in The case seemed to be clearly one of ol assault and Mrs Dailey swore she would prosecute to the full extent of the law Of 01 course almost every everyone one of consequence in Tulsa attended the trial Mr Thomas himself was there very pink in his confusion Mrs Daily's point was that she was innocent of any wrongdoing and had l been the victim of an outrageous assault But when Thomas' Thomas testimony brought out the fact that his wife might have reason to be angry affairs took another turn After the testimony had been heard the taking breath-taking decision of the court was given as follows The finding of this court Is that a married woman has as the right to protect her home the right to fight fi ht to retain the love of her husband I cannot but believe that there is justification when one woman takes it upon herself to deal dealin dealin dealin in such a drastic way with a friend of her hus band This court will have to t discharge the de defendants de- de defendants defendants and order the case against them dropped Thus ended the strange case Now Mr Thomas is living Jiving quietly in Jn Tulsa safe from all temptations of the fair sex And then there is jg another case in which the tha harassed wife flourished a whip hip of an entirely different nature over the head of her erring spouse Tier Her threat of divorce tamed her wild mate as she called him as ns effectively as ever whip wielded by any circus ring rin master The tamer was Mildred Richardson Hill who used to adorn Flo Follies be before be- be before fore fora she sho became a featured member of a n No No Nanette company The tamed was Walter J J. J Hill millionaire rancher of Livingston the son of the tho late James J. J Hill millionaire railroad pioneer He met Miss Richardson when she was playing pla ng in No No Nanette married her and took her back to Livingston where he owns a large lar e ranch They settled d down to simple ranch life But Hill Miss Richardson stated sUited began to be quite friendly with John Barleycorn In fact they were bosom friends she alleges Further Further- Furthermore Furthermore more when under the influence of liquor which vas eras quite often Miss Richardson said he would use abusive language to her and otherwise maltreat mal mal- maltreat treat her Whereupon when Hill according to Mrs Hills Bills statement became beme be me uncontrollably wilder wildert than t an the mountain scenery Mildred simply went to her lawyer yer and brought suit for separation separation separation tion asking a n month temporary alimony 2500 costs and counsel fees The separation whip seems to have haye worked admirably for it succeeded in taming her hus hus- husband h husband 8 band most satisfactorily as 03 he came into town from his ranch immediately after hearing of his his' wife's fc's impending action and after several con con- conferences conferences conferences with his mate word was sent out that all was peaceful in the Hill lull menage The actress it seems has forgiven for iven all aU for the tho two are now occupying the bridal suite of the hotel in Butte where they first stayed on their honeymoon and both have decided to make confidants of each other hereafter rather than the general Jeneral public Which seems to prove that a figurative whip is just as effective effect e as a literal one Possibly Mrs Hill from adopting primitive e means because it was only John Barleycorn who was washer washer her er rival It is Ss interesting to speculate upon what would have been her method Od had another woman figured in the case It is just barely possible that like Mrs Allen and Mrs Thomas she too might have flourished more than a potent patent divorce whip r i 1 II 1 L i d |