Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-11

| from her box. The beads came from
| one of Miss Emma Hawes' dresses Miss
| Emma s hair, think, is darker than
| this. l got this out of vase when l was
| packing up the things, ON Monday. 1
saw Mrs. Halves just before dark Satur-
| day evening for the last time She was
| at her house. 1 delivered her clothes
! She told me to come up the next day and
| help her move the pictures. She. said
nothing about leaving town. l went VI,
| about Il. M. Sunday. Mr.. Halves
| and May were there, l went into the
house, L met May at the door and she
| took the FELLOWSHIP L had washed. She
| said: "MaInma is not here, Fanny.
| Nobody is here but papa and IL She
| asked her father if l could come in. He
| asked who 1 was. May said it was Fanny
He said come in, and / did so. There
was no fire. She said her mother went
away that morning. l asked Halves
what it meant-where was his wife.
| He said she had COTTON mad, and he sup
| pofed she had gone to Atlanta. She was
vexed because she had sent VIII off, he
said. He said he had sent viii to At
| lanta by Jim, his brother. He said he
! had not been long at home. He said his
| wife said she was going to bring VIII
| bag from Atlanta. May said her mother
! carried some clothes and her book with
| her: that her papa told her mamma he
would give her a ticket if she wanted to
go to her aunt IS. She said she would go.
l gave them their breakfast and left at
10 o. clock. There were two mattresses
on the floor They looked as though
they nod both been occupied. Fannie
said she had slept with her father; that
her mother had taken Irene, her
! sister, with her. May and her father
said that Mrs. Halves had gone off
: that morning. Mrs Halves came to my
mouse after dark Monday. May had
played i'll the yard all day with little
white hoy vino lived across the street.
Mrs. Halves preserved hair of her own,
of her sister and of her children. ]
Strengthened out Mrs. Hawes' room at
Mrs. Fuller's on Tuesday. I did not
tell Mrs. Fuller that Halves left May
with me when he went off. ! said he had
left her with me during the time he was
in town on Monday.
WAS NOT DIVORCED.
ATLANTA, Dec. G.-No railroad man is
better known in Atlanta than Richard r.
Halves He was well thought of when
he lived here, and still has property in
the city. His brother is now living in
Atlanta. Halves wife was a daughter
of William Pettus, who was assistant SUI
perintendeut of the State road at the
time of his death. Mrs. Halves
was an exceedingly handsome
woman, and her conduct excited
the suspicion of her husband about two
years ago. Halves, who was then an
engineer on the Atlanta and West Point
Road, and lived at l47 Hunter street,
left home, presumably to go on his
regular run to Montgomery, but returned
at a late hour the same night and found
his wife i'll the same room with a man
named Mike Cain. Halves entered the
room and, picking up poker, gave Cain
severe beating. The affair created
quite a sensation ut the time. Cain was
not seriously hnrt, and shortly afterward
left the city. Halves Immediately ap-
piled for Il divorce, and retained Messrs.
Holie & Burton Smith as his attorneys.
The suit was filed but never
came up for hearing. Halves quit
the Atlanta and West Point road and
secured position as engineer on the
Georgia Pacific. He moved to Birming-
ham and took his children with him. 1t
is not known here what became of Mrs.
Halves, but if she is the woman who has
been living with him in Birmingham she
must have followed him to that city.
Halves was always fond of his children,
and it was mostly on their account that
he regretted the conduct of his wife.
This afternoon the chief of police re-
ceived telegram from the chief of
police of Birmingham asking if any of
the children of Richard R. Halves were
in Atlanta. \ reporter went with the
police 10 the residence of Halves brother,
$50 Walnut street, and found there
Willie, little son of r. r. Halves, aged
five years. The child has been here for
several months.
From the above it will be seen that Mr..
Halves story of the divorce is untrue,
and he is at least guilty of the crime of
bigamy.
TIE BRIDE S STORY.
Hawes' bride, who was Miss May
Storey of Columbus, Miss. occupied
room at the Commercial hotel yesterday,
completely Frustrated by the terrible
shock. Even if he is innocent of the
grave charge against him, Halves has
grossly deceived the woman he
married, and she viii seek a legal separa-
ton ut once.
Miss Storey was highly accomplished
young lady, closely related to some of the
best people in Alabama and Mississippi.
She had n number of relatives i'll this
city, who did all they could for her yes
terday, and to them she told the
story of her acquaintance with
Halves. She had known him about |
seven months but only recently knew that |
he had been married. She met him in
Columbus, and found him a man of pleas |
ant address and most agreeable manners. |
He was supposed to be a young man, and |
soon after their first meeting began to |
make love to Miss Storey. The affection !
became mutual and they soon
became engaged. After their engage
ment Miss Storey accidentally learned |
that Halves had wife living, and she |
asked him about it at the first opportu- |
nifty. He frankly admitted that ne had |
been married, but said he had been |
divorced for two years. His divorced |
wife, he said, was living in |
New York, and he had not |
seen her for two years. He told |
Miss Storey he had one child, little boy
about five years old, who was being cared |
for by relatives in Atlanta. So plausible
was this story, and it was so well told,
Miss Storey did not doubt it
for moment, and prepara-
tons for the wedding. went on
without interruption. Miss Storey is only
about twenty years of age, but she is