Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-17

A Married Man Elopes with = Gay
Girl-A Cruel Case Of Desertfon.
The Carson Tribune" gives the par
ticuiars Of ar elopement and cruel case
Of desertion that has occurred in that
town. 1t will be OF additional interest to
our readers from the fact that King has Q
brother living here, and both he and his
paramour are now in town. The "Tri-
bune" says:
The usual quiet Of Carson City has been
disturbed by news OF the elopement Of .
~well-known married man with a young
girl. Following is part OF the mans his
tory and the particulars OF the case: Fay
cite King, tho faithless husband, has lived
in Carson since 1852 or 1868, and in early
years lived with a woman, whose name at
this time we fail to recollect. Owing to
the fellows brutality, the IN los com
PEELED TO get clear of his clutches, and left
Carson with her family. leaving her daugh-
ter in this city, q young girl about 10.
After the departure Of the mother, King,
by Establishments end threats, prevailed
upon the girl to live with him, and they
cohabited together until his cruelty be-
same unbearable, when SIZE. too, fed.
Although wearing the fora OF a man, the
villains every characteristic was that OF a
brute, and his nature naturally repul-
siye. King afterwards met the woman
who subsequently became his wife, and
wrung from her q promise OF marriage.
His suit was bitterly opposed by the young
lady's parents. the father even going SO far
MS to chase the wretch over town with a
double barrel shot gun and fill his back
with buckshot. But 'the devil takes care
Of his own" aud King lived; and one dark,
stormy morning about Q o'clock, q preacher
was called from his bed with a promise Of
being paid a good round sum, and the
twain were made one flesh. King and wife
have lived together nearly 10 years, and the
wife bore him six children, three Of whom
have since died. About q year ago, shortly
after his wife's confinement, King hired q
girl named Julia Cannon to do the house
work. and her morals not being Of the
best. he soon became intimate with her,
and since that time has lived with the girl
privately. Last week King prevailed upon
his wife to sign a deed to sell their house,
saying he would give her half the proceeds
Of the sale. The foolish woman consented,
and the husband sold the house for 5000,
but not one cent did Mrs. King receive.
Last Saturday King sent the Cannon girl
on the train to Reno, and hired Glenn Berry
to go on the train ~ far as Franktown.
Then securing his Oldest child, q girl OF
about nine years, he hired q buggy and
drove to Franktown, where he boarded the
train and joined his companion in crime,
sending Glen back to this city with tho
team. Mrs. King is left in destitute cir
cumstances, with her twin children a little
more than a year old. and we understand
the lady is at this time enciente. The dcs-
t~ination of the guilty pair is not known,
but we hope speedy retribution will over
take the inhuman wretch who has deserted
wife and children to bask in the smiles OF
apaintsd hussy, lower, if possible, in the
scale Of human degradation than himself.
''There is a tide in the affairs Of man which,
taken at the food, leads on to destruc-
ton" Let us hope that the tide in Kings
life is at the flood. Mrs. Kings parents,
Doc. Butts and wife, are at present in the
East, or the recreant husband would not
have got away so easily. The sympathies
Of the community are with the deserted
woman, who has ever been q true and de-
voted wife to the monster who has SO
cruelty deserted her.
KINGS STORY.
As noted above, King arrived in Eureka
Tuesday night. He is a brother of John
Henry King, the painter, Of this town. he
called at the SENTINEL Office last night, to
say that great injustice bad been done him
by the Tribune" He alleges that he had
no thought of leaving his wife; says she is
hard to get along with, and he merely
came out on a visit to his brother for a
month, hoping to cure her Of her ''tan-
trums." As to the girl Cannon, be asserts
that he had not seen her for ten days be-
fore leaving home, and knew nothing of
her whereabouts until lac accidentally
espied her at Wadsworth. From there she
simply came along with him to Eureka in
search of a situation. With reference to
the homestead property, he says it was
heavily mortgaged, after paying which but
little was left from the proceeds of the
sale. He further states that he moved his
wife into another house, stocked it we'll
with provisions, and sent back $G5 from
Franktown by Glenn Berry. telling the
sable Glen to inform Mrs. King that she
would hear from him tKing) in a few days.
This is Kings explanation Of the whole
affair, which is given substantially as re-
lated to US. He asserts with emphasis
that he was never on terms of improper
intimacy with the girl Cannon.