, 1890-07-09
DESERTED THE BRIDE.
R. N. Ames Fled From Wichita,
Kas., 10 Cheyenne.
He Left a Wife of Six Weeks and
and His Aged Mother.
Secured a Place in a Local Bust.
ness House.
Bitter Letter From the Forlorn
Young Woman.

A quite dashing young fellow who gave
his name as Archie became an emploYe
Of the Cheyenne Commercial company a
month ago. Archie worked faithfully aud
made himself agreeable in a social way.
but sang low about himself. Even his in
Inmates learned nothing about him beyond
the fact that he came from Kansas.
Archie is well educated and took well.
He identified himself with a local church
and became active in the good work. The
young man was always gallant and being
well up in the usages OF polite circles
made quite a hit with the sisters.
To see Archie g%allivanting about no one
would suspect that he was scamp enough
to desert a young and con6ding wife after
barely six weeks Of welded blsss. That's
the sort of e whelp Archie is.
The new citizen is really r. N. Ames.
of Wichita, Kas., and he ran away from
his wife and that place six weeks ago.
Sheriff Martin was requested by tele-
graph a week ago to glance over his bail
iwick and see if Ames was a city resi-
dent. The scalawag, with the aid of the
description furnished. was located witt
out trouble. Wichita authorities were
notified, but after a consultation learned
that there was nc case against the fellow
under the Kansas laws. Sheriff Martin
received yesterday a letter from Mrs.
Ames. The poor woman. is in deep dis
tress. Here is the substance of her com
munication:
Il have just received a dispatch to the
effect that my husband, r. N. Ames,
had been arrested. by you at Cheyenne,
and telling me to advise you. Under the
impression that the villain could be
brought back here and punished for his
misdeeds. l caused a search for him to be
instituted. On investigation l have
learned that he is not amenable under the
statutes of this state for either abandon
ing me or swindling people. | presume
he might as well be released. though he
deserves imprisonment. l send you his
photograph TO insure complete identified
ton.
I'VE had been married only six weeks
when Ames cruelty deserted me. l am
only is. He had taught school here sew
eral years and was regarded as a nice
young man. After a wedding tour of a
month Ames did some canvassing at
Kingman and Hutchinson. he then
left, saying he would work Guthrie, ok
lahoma a couple of weeks, and has not
been heard from since.
AT first l thought Ames had met death;
next l concluded he must have gone out
of his mind, but / was reluctantly forced
to the conclusion that he had deserted
me. He left me entirely without support
and for no cause. His poor old mother
is heart broken, and of course 1 feel bad
". Aues contracted a large number Of
debts. One of the last acts of the
worthless sneak was to sell my saddle
pony.
"Ames is a tall young man. brown cur
" hair. blue eyes, that twitch from side
to side, brown moastache and is left
handed.
kansas laws are grand to permit
sush treatment of an innocent girl. II
he had stolen a horse they would follow
him to Puget Sound. l advise all to be.
ware Of Ames. He is innocent of con.
scientious ~scruples. being a despicable hy.
pocrIt."
The deserted wife says much more il
the same bitter strain.
Ames paled and trembled and STAN
mered when approached by Sheriff Mar
tin, who interviewed him last evening.
He could say nothing in %extenuation Of
his base conduct. For cause he assigned
financial difficulties and remarked with
an exhibit of nonchalance unsurpassed
that some men would have remained and
sponged off the old folks. He denied moth.
ing. AT one point in the conversation
he remarked proudly that he had been Q
Christian all his life and was always g
worker.
Ames desired very much to keep the
matter quiet, but a LEADER reporter had
learned Of the case several days ago and
of course could not consent to shield such
a scoundrel.