Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-22
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Extraordinary I~afatuatiOn of q
Rich Man for an Adventures.

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Extraordinary IsfatuatiOn of
Rich Man for an Adventures.
The Chicago Divorce Court has just fur
nished the ending to q singularly romantic
story. In 1878 Douglass r. Hale wal
manager Of the Chicago Clearing House
and was we'll and honorably known il
financial circles. He was married, had two
children, and moved in good society. One
night his house was entered and much
Jewelry stolen. Mike Weaver, a notorious
burglar, was convicted of the theft, and il
now in the Penitentiary. Hale soon after
ward recovered his jewelry through the
efforts Of Mrs. Mike Weaver, who proved
to be a cultivated and pretty woman, who
declared that she had been imposed upon
and had not the slightest idea her husband
was q notorious criminal. The Hales be-
lieved her and the burglars wife became
the devoted companion Of the bankers
better half. This intimacy went to such
an extent that when Mrs. Hsle's health
failed and she saw her end approaching,
she made Mrs. Weaver promise to exercise
a mothers care over the two young chill
dren. This promise was given and Mrs.
Weaver was installed in the Hale mansion
as the second mother of the bereaved chill
dren. She made Q decided impression on
the banker, for she possessed q good face
and charming manners, and as the chill.
dren loved her he offered marriage, which
was TO take place as soon as her divorce
from Weaver was secured.
A week before the wedding the love
dream was broken up by the arrival Of
detectives at the house, who accused Mrs.
Weaver OF p%urloining a valuable diamond
from a jewelry store, whittier she had gone
to purchase q birthday present for her
adorer. This arrest brought out the fact
that her sister, her husband and her
brother-in-law were at that time in the
penitentiary. In spite of this she talked
80 plausibly that Hale believed her the
victim of circumstances, settled with the
jeweler to avoid trouble and married the
woman. Then disaster came. The bank
ers were not so easily imposed upon, and
refused to trust their funds with q man 30
nearly connected with a whole family Of
penitentiary boarders. Hale lost his man
agement Of the clearinghouse, and things
went from bad to worse. Still he was de-
voted to his wife and would allow no one
to speak ill of her. Dire poverty came,
but still he remained bound by his strange
infatuation. The couple drifted to Milwau-
kee. One day Mrs. Hale was arrested for
larceny from a number of stores. Hale was
likewise arrested and lodged in Jail. She
confessed. He easily proved his innocence.
She told a pitiful tale Of suffering. and said
she had stolen to keep the ex-banker's
children from starving. This did not pre-
venth her from being sentenced to the Mil
waukee House Of Correction.
Still Hale refused To give her up. She
had stolen for his sake, and he would stand
by her. After she had served her time the
pair came to Chicago. He secured en-
ployment and supported the family,
though, Of course, not in the way he had
been accustomed to do. Last January
Mrs. Hale was again arrested in this city,
and convicted and sent to the House of
Correction for a year. This was the last
straw, and the infatuation was dissipated.
To-day Mr.. Hale filed his bill for divorce,
on the ground that his wife had been tried
and convicted of crime.-Philadelphia
American.