Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-28
A WIFE's DISCRETION.
UN1CCOUNTABLE DISAPPEARANCE
OF MRS. HdNLEY OF CEN
TERVILLE.
She Left Her Husband Last Thursday
Morning Without any Apparent Cause
and LIS Supposed to Have Gone to Iowa.
The Deserted Husbands Account of the
Affair

me DtStTJ6O buSDauu b ACCOUNT Ot the
Attain.
Arumor was current in town yesterday
that the body OF a young woman living III
Centerville had been found in a prospect
hole in Missouia Gulch with her throat cut.
Inquiries at the Sheriff's Office showed that
the rumor was ~unfounded, no such discov-
cry having been made. What gave rise to
the rumor WAS the fact that Mrs. Emma
Hanley, wife of ]. G. Harley and daughter
OF Peter Raleh, all living in Centerviile, had
disappeared from her husbands house last
Thursday and had not been seen since. A
visit to the house of Mr.. Hanley disclosed
the facts in the case to be as follows:
He and his wife were married about six
weeks ago, being the parties TO a some
what sensational runaway, going to Deer
J -odge to have the marriage knot tied. MIR.
lianley is a Catholic and his wife a Protes-
tant, which was the cause OF Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph's opposition to the match. Mr..
Hanley is a miner at the Chambers syndi-
cate, and he and his wife began house
keeping in Centerville in a house immei IL
ateiy back OF that in which Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph live.
When Mr.. Hanley was seen yesterday
afternoon at his house he was asked if
there was any truth i'll the rumor that the
body of his wife had been found in a pros
pect hole in Missoula GulCh. He replied
that there was not II word vi truth in it.
He was then asked if he knew where Mrs.
Hanley was. TO this be replied:
"She left my house last last Thursday.
On Wednesday evening | gave her some
money to settle a grocery account aud to
buy a stove. She said she and her mother
were going down town next day, ahd would
probably be away all day and she would
leave my lunch basket ready for me to
take to the mine when l went to work in
the evening. | have been On the night SHIFT
for the last couple OF weeks.
Everything went smoothly while 1 was on
the day shift, but she seemed dissatisfied
when my turn ca1ne to go to work at night.
But | never suspected anything was wrong
with her. When / came home at 5 O'Clock
Thursday morning | went to bed, and
about 10 O'Clock l was awakened by
her opening and closing the bureau
drawers in our bedroom. | asked her
ii she was going down town Ii
she replied that she was preparing TODD so.
| reminded her of the grocery bill and the
stove and went to sleep again. | got up
about 3 and she had not returned but | felt
no anxiety. | found my lunch basket
where she had prepared it for NE. Some
thing prompted me to look into the bureau
drawers and [ found them locked. This
was unusual So | hunted round and found
the key under the carpet IN the
sitting room. | opened the drawers
and found she had removed all her
clothes. | made another search and found
a note che lad left wh'ch was to the effect
that as it was a fine day she might go to
Burlington to visit some friends whom she
had promised to see Tor some time and
might be away d couple OF days. l found
she has not been to Burlington at all,
neither is she at her parents, and 50 | have
come to the conclusion that she has run
away"
"Have you any idea where she has
gomez" was next asked.
II think | know where she has gone, "
Mr.. Hanley replied, land so do her par
ents, though they pretend to know nothing
aboutit. She mat have been preparing for
this for some time She couldn't have
removed her clothes without htr parents
knowing about it. They have made
trouble between us because | am o ChthO-
lie and she u Protestant"
Have Won madea any effort TO discover
which road she took?"
mo, | have made no injuries"
~ JOu AUhChu w. S"hN ""J ~" ~
bring her back?" ,
No. she has left OF her own accord and
she can stay away from me now. gave
her as good a home as u has IN
Centerville and provided for her in every
way that q man in my position could.
EVERYTHING was all right az long as l was
on the day shift, but [ have since learned
that, during my absence at night, when l
went on the night SHIFT, she used to run
around q good deal"
"Do you think she went away alone
Do 5S, you suspect any one OF accompanying
mo. I do not. 1 am sure she LETT
alone"
sHow long nave you been married ~
"Onlv about five weeks. She was Il good
wife to me at first and think she has been
put up to taking this step. But it is all
over now. By the way, l wish yeu would
put q notice in your paper to the effect
that, as she has left my house without my
consent, | will not be responsible for any
debts she may incur in my name"
The notice is inserted in another column
A visit to Mr.. Ralph's house just helo"
MIR. Hanlev's found him still i'll bed, as nj
| works on the night shift also. Mrs. Raipt
| was preparing the evening meal and IN 9ns
wer to questions said they had no lde'
| where Mrs. Hanley hhu gone Gu"O 'H0 90
| time they saw her YVES thursday morning
| when she disappeared.
Mrs. Harley left Centerv;lle in time tt
| catch the II O'Clock Union Pacific train
| She had enough money with her to hay
gone to Iowa, which is suspected to b
her destination. NJ. HarIey is greatly de
pressed by the shock Of his wife's sHddeI
departure without the least premonltlOn Q
her intentions.
1t was rumored thai d young bushes
man OF Centervil'e was Mrs. Hanl'y'
partner in her flight on account OF forne
intimate relations between them before ne
marriage, but there was no 10
this az he had been at his place OF CUISINES
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