The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-22

condition which increased her troubles
Mn. Stevens is fifty eight years o! age.
She has a certificate which shows that
she married Coleman stevens al ElDrra,
New York. on Nov. /. 1872. and she
states that two days after their msrri-
age the husband went 70 visit his father
some 100 miles distant, where he re-
manned. The following March she also
went u his fathers. She took this step
because she was advised that her hus
band was going after a Young girl, pros.
pectively rich. She found her husband
very friendly. and he frequently called
upon her, as she resided in a neighbor.
ing house. Then they both lived at his
fathers house, but not as married pee.
pie. On the 18th OF Nav, 1874. she sign.
ed q deed for the sale of land from
Coleman TO his father. and then they
started for Michigan. 1t was the under.
standing that the money realized from
the sale Of the land would BE- invested
in Michigan. They arrived at Goshen
the first day, and remained there all
night The next morning he said he
had made up his mind not TO 60 TO Mich.
igan, and proposed TO return TO his faith
er's house. At Charter Station. en- route
to his fathers, her husband jumped of
tho train. She looked out of the car
window ard saw him running across
the fields. and hat was the last time
she saw him until she met him in San
francisco last year. Up to the day be-
fore her marriage she expected to re-
side upon land which he owned in Che
mung County, New York. The next
day after their marriage he sold a yoke
OF oxen. agreeing to take pay in carpen.
ter work, as he intended TO build a house
for them to reside in. When she saw
him running across the fields she became
50 ~bewildered that she does not know
what transpired until she found herself
in his fathers house. She was i'll and
felt strangely. One day his father told
her that she had better return to heI
own fathers house, Is she would not
probably ever see COlemaa-he did not
expect to see him again. As the elder
Stevens had a large family. twelve chill
dren, she thought his suggestion. under
the circumstances. very proper. She
returned to her father and mother. Her
mother told her that Coleman must be
made to support her. She refused to 60
TO law, her health was poor, and she
cried all the time. She was then en-
ciente. Her mother said she could not
keep her, 50 she went to reside with
She was compelled to sell her
bedding and best clothing to pay for a
doctor and nurses attention when sick
The spring afte, her child was born she
went to Williamsburg. Pa, where she
to reside almost twenty-One
years. During this time she wrote
to the father of Coleman Stevens,
who replied to all these letters. She also
sent letters to various persons, request
ing them to be forwarded to her hus.
band, Coleman. In one of his letters the
father-in-law said he was sorry that she
and Coleman had made q bargain that
they could not live by. From the year
1850 up to the time President Lincoln
was elected, she visited the house If her
Iather-in.law nee OF twice "a year. At
he time her husband jumped the train
she had about $50 in her pocket, but no
)ther means of support except a little
and she owned. After doing house
work for a time at William sburg, she
the milliner's trade. and opened
/ little store. She went to New York
City once or twice a year to purchase
goods. The winter following the close
If the "a she went with her daughter
Camden Mills. Michigan. where she
remained until February, 1875. when she
anne to California. She states that she
never received any support from her
husband from the time he deserted her
Until granted alimOny in the present d.
7Orce case. The first intimatiOn she had
If the whereabouts of the missing hus-
,and was a letter from his father, writ
en- in December, 1872, in which he asks
forgiveness for favOring Coleman. He
lad lost all his property and could not
ssist her. He further stated that Cole
nan was living in San Francisco. Her
maiden name was Stevens.-San Fran.
isco Call.