Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-24

him. After her divorce she was seized
with the stage craze. She undertook
to star under the name of Agnes
Leonard, but made failure. When
Frank Bangs was playing last season
as Chateau. Renaud in the "Corsican
Brothers" at Booths Theater, under
Manager Stetson, she fell in love with
and married him. Following is part
of her account of subsequent events:
After the wedding reception the
groom included "Miss Pickles." his
pet Skye terrier, in the travelling cor.
tege, to which I objected strenuously.
With very bad grace he kissed and
fondled "Miss Pickles." and l could
see that he parted from her with
marked grief, made more noticeable
in the broken tones of his voice as he
babe her a tender adieu. "Miss
Pickles" also appeared to reciprocate
with fearful eyes. In his grief Mr..
Bangs informed me he felt SO bad be-
cause "Miss Pickles" had never been
away from him for "a consecutive
hours since she had won his affection.
We went to Philadelphia, en- route
for Washington, and remained there
over night. After dinner, at the no.
tel, went to my room to put on a
wrapper, Mr. Bangs also retiring to
his room adjoining mine.
Here the lady broke down, as
though frightened by some dreadful
dream. In few minutes she con.
tinued:
You can picture my horror when, as
| was about leaving my room, Mr..
Bangs rushed in, entirely disrobed. ]
was shocked and stupefed by the
spectacle and seized a garment and
threw it over him. Overcome with
shame and modification, after he left
the room, bowed my head and
cried.
Shortly afterward he returned fully
clad and asked for pardon, claiming
that the wine got into his head and he
did not know what he was doing.
The next day he went to Washington,
and | confess that my feelings had
received such shock that l employed
the plea of illness to free me from the
society of Mr.. Bangs. On arriving
at Washington, and contrary to nv
earnest rem Instances, Mr.. Bangs ar.
ranged for series Of costly recep-
tons, always making me pay the bills.
While here he again offended me bv
duplicating his conduct at Philadei-
phia. | became seriously ill; ply
stefan was sent for, and the following
day | was so nearly crazed by reflect.
ing on my position that l told Mr..
Bangs that unless he treated me as
wife and not as a lost woman l should
return home at once. He begged me
to reconsider, and pointed ont what
terrible thing it would be if left him
on wedding tour, and promised to
amend. | agreed on the condition
that hereafter should be mistress of
myself, but in public l would take
care that no difference in our rela.
tons should be apparent. From this
time occasional chickering's, all on ac-
count OF his money needs, varied the
monotcny Of our disunited existence.
We went to Baltimore the following
week and he gave another reception.
which absolutely refused to paw for,
except wine and cake, and after he
had issued seventy-five invitations.
MIR. BANGs's STATEMENT.
Mr. Bangs says in self-defense: II
saw on my wedding night that as
gentleman never could live with that
woman. She perceived that l would
not transform myself into beast, and
that loathed her moral nature. Then
she began to hate me. 1t all began
within ten hours after our marriage.
"Had she child by her first hus-
bnnd?"
"les, and have been told that she
now claims to be with child by me-"
where was she cdlcated?"
''Her father took fancy to this
girl from her good appearance and
carried her to Europe. On my wed.
ding night l made up my mind in
very few minutes that | could never
respect that woman, never could live
with her, never could draw myself
down to the earth where she had
dwelt. She made my existence an
absolute hell; there was not fiber of
my being that she did not torture.
She found that loved my sister; there
she struck with all her might to wound
me in that pathetic place. Her devil
lsh ingenuity at last conceived the
idea that the money she had given me
freely, heartily, she might take back,
particularly since l had given some
thing to my sister. She went off and
found lawyer and had a shcriff's
officer sent to that moor creature's