The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-03
The KANE COMEDY.
Further Developments in Regard to
the Supposed Case Of Too
MICH Wife.
What the Lawrencs People Seem to
Think About the Matter.
The Wheresb outs Of Kane snd His
New Wife . My,tery.
Wife No. I has Unshestned Her
ScaIping Knife ard is on
the Ws-ps.h Largely.
ALudicrous Mistake in Regard to the
Matter Made by Law
rerce Reporter.
What the lawrencs People Seem to
Think About the Matter.

The wyandotte correspondent OF the X ansss
City Journal said as follows, in yesterdays
issue:
The supposed case of too much wifi, men
toned yesterday morning, has not ~ yet come
TO a full oevelopement. The circumsta" ces
of the case, a. now known, are these: The
man Kane and wife found that they were held
by no legal restraint shortly after Thursday =
trains had gone west. They waited accord
inely, at the Luddington house until about
eight O'Clock, when they lett the hotel and
drove $50 il is stated To point between here
and Topeka, where they waited for the mid
night train. On this same train, from Leav-
en- worth, came wife number one, with Mr.
Repine, and his wife. The two latter lett yes
terday by carriage to overt Ike the first party
either at the station between here and Tope
ka or at Topeka Wife number one Is still in
the city, and says she is going TO see the cir
Gus out Kane told his lawyers here that he
had got his divorce in Color edo. Parties in
the city We're acquainted with MN at Ala
mOsa, and some Of them believe him perfect
ly straight. Both women in the case are good
looking.
A especial dispatch from Lawrence says:
LAWRENCE, KAN, March 2s.-ISaac Sher-
man connected with one of the evening pa
pers of this citv. hired double team of Whit
ney's stable Thursday evening for "A short rid ,
into toe country, and has not since been
heard OF. IL is supposed he hiss stolen the
horses or is with Kane's wife, the Leaven-
worth runaway,
Ii is now stated on good authority that
Topeka, but went out of the city TO avoid a
scene. The first wife il still in L'wrence
work King up her case Tn" missing horses
are Large, white and well matrned-
The Lawrence Evening NTndnrd OF the
18th gives the following history of the occur
rences in that city:
Mrs Kane no. /. arrived here about
O'Clock last evening and going 10 the Luding.
ton House msde inquiries or the rruant
husband and his cpnsort She walked the
hotel proprietor up and talke I 10 him about
Two hours, telling her story and trying in vain
10 find out where Kane and the woman were.
Mr.. LpdlngtOn could not inform her of the
whereabouts of the couple, because about s
O'Clock last night they left The hotel and have
not since been seen.
Mrs. Kane worked herself into such state
of excitement that -he did not retire until
o'clock this morning AT an esTly hour she
arose and proceeded 10 look up the fact, that
had TRANSFERRED IN this city. Up Ia present
writing nothing has been heard of NJ Kane
and his bride. IL Is limited tuat they are in
vicinity of L1wrenca waiting tor matters 10
cool down, bat IL il very Likely that last night
they secured conveyance t. SOM point west
on the A., T. Il = r. and took the night
train to Pueblo. Their baggage was checked
for Pueblo 1T the depot Yesterday, while tn y
were detained by tn. officers.
Mrs. sane WAS accompanied by Mr.. James
Repine. a brother to Mrs Richmond, th.,
lady who married Kane at Leavenworih IA, yes
teIday morning. The point in dispute is
TO whether Kane had n divorce from his fir-t
wife or not snd if IL is determined that such
Is tn. case, there Will be no further trouble.
Mrs. Kane No l. is lady about thirty
years Of ago, of fair appearance with a deter
mided expression of counienance.
4 ride ulous mistake occurr, Il Yesterday in
a Lawrence paper, which published the
name of the bird. groom from LeavenwOrth,
as wiggie-wortb. IL happened that the re-
porter for that raper went TO the uiingt
House Ia get the name, and consulting the
register got the name of Mr.. Wigglesworth,
instead of Mr.. Kane, and save the former
gentleman away in bad fashion, in the even
ing issue.