Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-01
TABOR VS.. TABOR.
The Cause CeIe bre AZ Denver Because
It IL supposed TO Have MILLIONS
In IL.
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It IL supposed 20 Have MILLIONS
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Denver Special to Chicago Times.
Just now Denver's wealthy and aristo-
cratic society, and the society which is
not wealthy and aristOcratic-in fact,
everybody in the pretty, aspiring little
city who reads the newspapers and listens
to gossip, is greatly interested in the suit
brought by Mrs. Augusta L. Tabor
against her husband, Horace A. w. Ia
Dor, Lieutenant Governor of the State of
Colorado, the Kaiser among the States
bonanza royalty, and formidable will
be candidate this fall for the United
States Senate.
The suit is not brought for divorce,
though the plaintiff says that he has de-
serted her; but is to compel the defend
ant to support her. She states in her
petition that her husband has repeatedly
refused to pay taxes on the family resi-
dence, and other expenses, and that she
is necessitated to rent rooms for her own
support; while among the charges is the
inf1delity of the defendant. The accused
smiles calm smile, and says: 81 have
given her 100000. What has she done
with it," Oh mani great is thy assur-
ance. Twenty five years ago Horace A.
W. Tabor took Augusta Pierce ''for
better, for worse" winning her away
from weather. suitors: took her from
her pleasant Maine home and
brought her to the then wilderness
OF Kansas. Here they pre-empted q
farm, but they were too poor to stock it.
So they started for Colorado amid the
gold excitement, he hoping for stroke
of luck that would enable them to fit up
their farm, she following uucomplain
ingly wherever he went. And for TWEEN
ty years they labored together in Col
orado, she bearing her half of the bur
dens; the first white woman in the
region, living all of the time beyond the
limits of culture, cooking and working,
not only for her family, but for the men
her husband employed, assisting him to
wait upon the customers Of the little
mountain store, of which he was pro-
prietor. A life such as this for twenty
years. Then the waiting and working,
and hoping brought their reward.
PrestOl the Little Pittsburg was discov-
cred in California gulch, where they
had so long looked for gold and found
none. Mr.. Tabor became a rich man.
A State election was held. Mr.. Tabor
became Lieutenant Governor.
In fairy books, or novels, this would
be the delightful climax of the story; it
is the junctUre where the chronicler
should stop, but this tale didn't. True,
they bought handsome house, and lived
very happily for while. But the Gov
ernOr began to display a penchant for
the society of ballet girls, and other pref
ty but naughty females. At last his at
tentions to this class became 30 open that
his wife could not longer live with him,
so he transferred his residence to the
Windsor Hotel; and, it is stated quite
reliably, that he has several times offered
her money if she would sue for divorce,
but the spunky wife would not crafty
him by acceding. And for year and
half they have lived openly apart, both
going IN the best circles of Denver
society.
Now, Tabor is not otherwise bad
sort of fellow. He has built elegant
buildings for Denver and Leadville. He
is always doing odd, generous sorts of
things. l remember, when be intended
building his opera house, he met one
day stone mason, whose only fault was
poverty, as he was both capable and
honest. Tabor, who is himself a ma
son by trade, and knew the young man,
said to him: care you not going to bid
on my opera house?" "No," replied
have no friends who are able to go
on the bond required of me-" The
amount was $4,000. "Bid on it," said
Tabor, "and if you are the lowest, l will
go on your bond myself" And, as the
young fellow was the lowest, he really
went on his bond. and the happy mason
did the work. Every once in a while
he throws open his opera house for a
free matinee to the children of Denver. |
He is ever doing something generous,
and. indeed, it is partially through this
very generosity and good nature that he
has sinned.
But when he comes forward and
pleads that he has given his wife $780,
600, while he himself is worth $40, 000,-
900, have no patience with him. Grant
ing that he has given it to her, about
which do not know, it is very paltry
sum, when by ever unwritten decree of
just humanity, she is entitled to much
more. "The apple raised by the mutual
industry of the pair should be equally
divided among them" Obi it will not
be, you may be certain of that. Men do
not usually agree to division of that
kind; but it is keen disgrace. take it,
to the Lieutenant Governor of Colorado |
that his wife should be compelled to 90
before the courts and ask for mainten-
ance, and that he shall pay the taxes on
the house she lives in, which is still in
his name. But then, there were no taxes |
to be paid in the little log cabin of yore,
unless it were to the Indians, who some |
times constituted themselves collectors,
anyhow, and were ones not to be de-
spised.
The suit is the talk of the hour Just |
now in Denver, and the sympathy is |
on the side of the wife. They have but |
one son, young fellow of twenty-four,
now in Europe. He treats his parents
with equal affection, and both are equal
ly fond of him. 1t is said, however, that
the Colorado law makes no provision for
a suit of Mrs. Tabor's kind. So it re.
mains to be seen what will be the out
come of 1t all.