Charlotte, July 12—Mrs. Flora Lesem White, the plaintiff in the “house in the woods” domestic upheaval Saturday, withdrew her non-support alimony complaint against Charles B. White on the ground that he is not her husband. J. D. McCall, Mrs. White’s attorney, said the move was made because “the plaintiff is satisfied that she is “not the legal wife of the defendant and not entitled to the relieve prayed for in this cause.”
The petition to James M. Yandle, clerk of court, declared that Mrs. White “believed she was the wife of the defendant” when the action was asserted.
The non-support complaint of Mrs. White, the first bombshell to burst over the head of Mr. White, alleged that he, as a husband, failed to support her, left her alone in a $15,000 hoe nine miles from Charlotte and neglected her. Mr. Whtie answered by accusing his wife of extravagant living, and placed part of the blame on his mother-in-law. The second complaint filed against Mr. White by “Mrs. White” still remains on the court records, and Mr. McCall said this case would be left to take its numerical term on the Superior Court calendar.
Mr. White’s attorneys, Conley Robinson and J.M. Scarborough, have not filed an answer to Mrs. White’s damage complaint.
Mr. White, a Charlotte architect, is being held under a $3,000 bond for his appearance in Superior Court in arrest and bail proceedings.
“Just wait until we move,” Mr. Robinson said regarding the many accusations by Mrs. White, among the being the charge that White is a bigamist, a debaucher and a woman betrayer.
He is alleged to have three other living wives, from two of whom he has not been divorced.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, July 13, 1926
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