, 1880-02-27
CHEAP DIVORCES.

Au6 western LII" bureau anu 1ES al.
1urements-The Mysterious mr. Con"
About ten days ago THE TRIBUNE received
from one of its subscribers In Central New
York letter inclosing another letter which he
had received from an alleged Iegnl corporation
styling itself the Western Law Bureau. The
letter from the Law Dureau ran as follows:
"oFF1cE OF WESTERN Law BuMEAu, CHICAGO,
such arrangements that We Gun offer our services
at II smaller fee than heretofore in procuring
legal and absolute divorces, SO that hoth parties
IN ' court tt for descrton, ineompssti6ility of Of
rhere Eli any and we
ordinary cases, including Ill costs, for $50: If
not convenient for you to have personal in
tervicw, on return OF questions answered, with
$40, bulance on recent Of decree, or certificate
of deposit, for WHICH fec. signed BY bank or
.''Our largc familiarity and experience with
the different laws relating to these causes war
1ans US in thus all 1ts we sn
ssWestern Lnw Bureau ,2i3 State street, Room ls."
In the letter which THE TN1BuSE's subscriber
recipient that
HIs DOMESTIC RELATIONS
married Just three mcnths, and that nothing was
from bis ivG Vile partner 5 Tnc idea Of Suggesting
the custody Of children to a couple so recently
made one he thought had flnyor OF evil sug-
aud the very thought Of incompatihity of
temper in n household still pervadcd with the
bliss of the honeynoon was prcPoste:rou1s pPst:a ,1.
Passing from the iocular strain in which the
previous words were pcnncd. he wnxcd indig-
nant. di1ated upon the terrible conscquences
openc etel mo tho t
tempt to plant discord in Il ncwly-naade home,
and called upon The TRIBUNE to investigate the
matter
THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN
the Western Inv Bureau. Then followed a
Of Pau1 cohvcr9en rn1 Mhc was equally barren Of
to Room No. is, No. ass State street. Upon the
the presence inside of combined array OF legal
talent; nothing even to show that Mr.. Con-
there to ths Inf noe te
the room was occupied at all was conveyed BY
square Of brown paper pasted M "a upon TIE door % !
When the reporter entered he found within the
room stout, 1niddic-aged gentleman Of sandy
hair and complexion and young lady Of very
In cloee conversation, which was dropped the
moment the intruder appeared. When the re-
porter .....-...-. -........
the middle-agcd gentleman, who stated that he
was c. W. Francis, at first seemed decidedly disin-
clined to acknoEledse the eXistcnes :st Of such
asked for had left the office for the day, but
would return the following morning. when be
reporter called, rs per agreement, on the next
day, but NJ. Converton had been called out Of
town upon important legal business, and would
not ncti,rn for couple Of days. To cut short O
lnro series Of fruitless errands it may be stated
that the reporter called 2eul1rly once @ Or twice
= in discovering either Mr.. Conyerton
or any other Of the Bureaus lcgnl lights. Mr.. |
Francis, who was nlxays attended BY the pre-,
nf noiiteness. expressing regret at the absence |
Of NJ. Conycrton, and nctding forth
HOPES or AN INTERVIEW
at some date in the vaEF near future. festsrday y
Sfr' CnnTerton would hardly be seen for some |
1ays to come. as. being one Of the political !