The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-13
A MAD HUSBAND
Sad Story Of Z Deserted Wife's Trip
Prom Butte 10 Australia.


b STORY appeared i'm the Salt Lake
Tribune Of Fricay. Diligent search by the
day so find any sub~tantiation of the tale
hut none could ne Obtained. IL H. said
that u certain prominent dealer I'm Butte
did become estranGcd from his wife here u
few years q and that they afterwards
rp-united bnt under somewhat different
circumstance. Al any rate the readers
i'm the story as published by 7hr Tribune:
The story. SENSATIONAL as II IL,
hut illustrates anew the hoary-haired tr,I-
The parties are well known i'm Salt Lake
and Butte, and though names are not Civ
en-. the characters i'm the story will b. rec
o0nized; and that trials and tribulations
attend ununartial-like conduct. as we'll as
the fact that the finger of Divine Provi-
dence often mySt:rio,'siy but s'rs'iy 81.
and justice will also, through the medium
Of his narrative, he made more manifest.
s' wh w wcrs. '%,n .Ids .n,G ia,r f nanssn oras'
bound for Butte. The train had just
passed Rock Spring and the ladies must
they asr could i''S So aroa"I by '" Ogden. e. TSe
conductor told them twice that they must
change cars mt Granger when "a Salt Lake
them tlsey need not change at Granger.
and calling back thu conductor
made aid him Mil; assent to 'hh ij which a.
The ladies t~hcrcupon began TO speak i'm
~cidentally of the troubles Of like in gem
eral. and tflOss. attending railroad travel
ing i'm particular. and one feared very
much that her hank account had been
burned up I'm the Butte fire. In the mean
but with SNOW white hair of 20. came into
the car where the two were talking, hav-
ing been routed out OF her berth at am
earlier hour than she thought was neccs-
sary: On securing a seat near by and
catching onto the trend OF the c~onversa-
siG1i she inyoi.ntariiy inircsi":sd her
troubles; OH, ! have had troubles that
neither you nor any one else have any
CONCEPTION %sr tic ho, a.. sides fsw @%sp, nn q % reI
acquaintance, whers,upon the late conner,
who gave her name as-well Mrs. SAN
rimoniai experiences that fairly thrilled
her listeners. Mrs. Sanderson was Eng
lish. and brought M. with a gold spoon
the fact thai in her fathers house. IL single
piece OF furniture. ~ drawing-rooim table,
cost sa,5O. She came tn this IA
however, to In educated, and here she
met. loved and married Sanderson.
They came west. where after many
vicissitndcs they moved tn Salt Lake City.
and here Sandcrson engage. first in i'm
suran'c with "a ~wcli,known Main street
agency. and afterwards went into smcltcr
::Wi,y." exclaimed tho narrator. I've
lived i'm dugoits and log huts and expert
enced all sorts of deprivations with that
living in my fathers elegantly appointed
house: because loved my hus-
hamd.' Al Butte however, about
Sanderson manifested symptoms of in
sanity. The alarmed and faithful wife
immediately, had "a local physician whom
she trusted implicitly. examine the
patient. The doctor said that Sanderson
was really of liis base, and advised her to
TO go away by himself anywhere To let
go for the time ls,inR. To make sure
Of the reliability Of the advice. Mrs. sam
der,son sent her husban nd to Salt Lake City
TOT examination Inv "A nrDIllDlIt nhv-
sicia" here. who c~orroborated fully
the adyi.. 81 his Montana m.ii-
had begged him for a truthful report, as
the happiness of her life depended upon
his decision. So confirmed by this advice
from two sources which she Thought must
be. trust worthy. she went Oft tai Pasadena,
where she bought some property, paying
half down and mortgaging for the rest.
meanwhile keeping AN eye On Butte.
Shortly "a letter WAS received from Nom
tana advising her tai come home right
home she went Ia find him in "a woman
scrape, which she had some difficulty i'm
clearing mp with his assistance, and in the
the mortgage going 10y default
the Pasadena property was seized by the
However, after the insane
husband had got his co~at-tails clear of
"the woman i'm the case at Butte. he
seemed to suddenly recover his reason,
and becoming rs,oncil.d tn his wife. he
went with her To Pasadena and aided her
Everything went lovely for awhile.
hut presently Sandcrson grew rest
less. and becoming suddenly in
sane again skipped oT, the wife
knew not WHITTIER, but AS she supposed
hack To Butte. Ii was not long before she
received am anonymous note from San
Francisco stating hat her husband was
there and for her to come right ON To look
after him. To San Francisco went the
poor wife, landing there with only n few
dollars i'm her pocket, and not knowing
which way To turn. Suddenly, i'm one Of
her ps.rplexed moments something seem
lHl In xhfkuAsT i'm h1sr .nr with m H1asx.k
almost like that Of "a blow. "I;o To the
and after a deal OF psrsistency ON her
part and an almost AS persistent mis-
understanding OH the part Of the
clerks, Mrs. Sanderson discovered, with
the aid of her husbands photograph. that
a man answering precisely his description
had sailed for Sydney. Australia, under
the name of "Stevens.' Ina company with
q Mrs. Mary &. Skilman Of Butte aud her
two children. The sorrow-stricken woman
determined To follow at once her insane,
runaway husband. but how could she pay
her passage? She had but a dollar left.
In her distress she turned to Spreckles,
h finally listened to her story, and be-
coming Interested gave her u pass to Sgd
ney on One OF his vessels, after taking her
watch for security of payment of fare, and
gave her instructions tai go out under the
startling non de plume Of Smith.
Al the same time Spreckles quietly
notified the officers Of .shs vessel Of
tile sitxatiou and ma. IL chunrssd Nfrs