Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-09-14
BRIDE AND GROOM In JAIL.
Two Sides TO This and all CaseS.-NO
New Developments as Yet.

got out warrants, and the bride and
groom were arrested in Chicago and
brought to Mexico. Judge Forrist
has been retained for the defense
and j. Med. Trimble, for the State.
There will be no preliminary exami-
nation ; the case will come up at the
October term of court. and if the
grand jury finds a true bill for biga-
my there will be some startling de-
velopments brought to light during
the trial, all which will be chronicled
in the LEDGER. We have nc desire
to prejudice the minds of the public
but there are two sides to this and
all cases. There is no doubt but
what Mrs. Conalin was badly treated
by her husband.
On being interviewed she says:
"Conalin, my husband, is a pro-
fessional gambler, and my life was
intolerable. He allowed me to go
cold and hungry. Through his abuse
of me we lost a child as l was about
to give it life, and, with the dead
body of the little one by my side, 1
was left alone and refused money Or
the are of a physician. l could
stand such treatment no longer-I
left him. If 1 have done wrong, God
forgive me-" and here the woman
broke down and was led away.
Mrs. Conalin, on being asked if
she was married to Mr.. Buscaren,
replied az follows:
"Yes, we were married in Mexico
on the 21st of June by Rev. d..
Stoddert. l did not know 1 was do
ing anything very wrong for 1 was
nearly wild when l left my husband.
1 stood his abuse for eight long
years. Twice 1 fled a bill for di-
vorce against him. The first time he
persuaded me to drop the case, prom
ising that if 1 would forgive him for
past misdeeds he would be a good
husband IN the future. But it was
no use. Not long ago che was out all
night with n VIGOROUSLY bad woman
in Kansas City, and when he came
home at daybreak he beat me until /
was black and blue because I tried to
put him to bed. l began a new suit
for divorce. While it was pending
l met Mr.. Buscaren. He is a gen.
tleman and highly connected. We
formed an attachment for each other,
but u relations were in every way
honorable. After my husbands con-
duct had grown worse, and while the
second divorce suit was pending, Mr..
Buscaren, to show that he wanted to
act honorable with me and protect
me, proposed that we get married,
promising that We would be re-mar-
ried after / obtained the decree of
divorce. After we were married l
went to st. Louis with my two chill
dren, and Mr.. Buscaren went south.
1 returned to Kansas City shortly to
send my little boy to school, but did
not rejoin Mr.. Conalin. One day he
went to my room at the hotel, broke
open my trunk, and discovered from
the letters it contained, that I was
married again. l at once wrote to
Mr.. Buscaren, informing him of the
fact, and at his request Joined him in
St. Louis with my little girl. From
there we went to Chicago where We
were arrested and brought to Mexi.
CO."
Buscaren is not in laxative hui
NOR. He appears to be confident Of
being finally cleared and in our opin'
ion there is a phase of this case that
the public, as yet, know nothing
about.
Conalin says he is going to be az
light as possible on his one wife bu'
is going to put Buscareu through
There appears to be some sympathy il
Mexico for at least the lady, for j
is evident she has been badly treated
Her mother, Mrs. Singley, of St
Louis, and her sisters, from the SAM
city, r here to see her. They, o
course, feel bad about the matter
They are reported as being respecta
BILE and highly connected people
The final outcome of the case ca
not be guessed at. Conalin left TO
Kansas City last Tuesday. H
learned that the man he had left i
charge of his business there had III:
away with ''everything in sight"
is pretty hard on a man to lose hi
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