The Pickens Sentinel

Mrs. Tillman Gets Divorce.

Cincinnati, June 26.—Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr., of Edgefield, South Carolina, was this morning granted a divorce from her husband, who is now practicing law in Portland, Oregon. This brings to a close a case that has attracted wide attention because of the prominence of the two families concerned and also because of the famous suit which Mrs. Tillman instituted in the South Carolina courts some years since for the possession of her children who were at the time being held by Senator and Mrs. B. R. Tillman, grandparents of the two little girls.

After the recovery of her children Mrs. Tillman returned to her Edgefield home to live, remaining there until something over a year ago, when she came to this city. Acquiring legal talent here, she several weeks since filed divorce proceedings, alleging neglect and failure to provide. The case was not contested.

In Mrs. Tillman's suit it was shown that B. R. Tillman, Jr., while a resident of Washington, employed as secretary to his father, had taken the children and delivered them into the custody of his parents, who left immediately with them for Trenton, the home of the Tillmans. The sensational suit followed for the recovery of the children.

After Mrs. Tillman won the case and the children were again in her keeping, it was alleged in the divorce suit of Mrs. Tillman, she was forced to support herself and children. On this ground the case was decided.