Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-12-19
They Preferred the East to Da-
kOta and Husbands.

lie little bit of news which has
been known to Elleadale people for
some months past. The Mrs. Wa
ters mentioned is the wife of we'll
to do farmer, Geo. Waters who lives
5 miles west Of Ellendale. He and
his wife have had trouble in the past
but made up and were getting along
nicely together. He went north to
thresh this fall and before going for
some reason Or other gave his wife
a bill of sale Of all his personal pro-
lperty. During his absence she thresh
ed the grain sold it and taking the
best team went to Minneapolis. Her
exploits there are told below.
| "Mrs. Ada Waters and Josie Cam.
pell, for brief period residents of
this city, have fled.
| Just why, is not definitely known
and although the police profess en-
tire ignorance Of the case, it is ev.
ident from the story of the affair
that there are some particular rea-
sons for their sudden and unannoun-
ced departure. Two reasons are Civ.
Ell for their flight, the first being
that each was anxious to avoid q
meeting with their husbands they
are said to have deserted some time
ago at Ellendale, N. D,-which hus.
bands were hot OH their trail. 1t is
claimed that the two deserted hus-
bands pooled their issues and wired
the police at this city and St. Pau
to arrest their erring better halyes
but as the police are not the only
ones who can affirm the truth OF
this, it remains unaffirmed. 1t is al
so charged that at least one of the
migratory wives left Ellendale in
the company Of young man. the
son Of a respected and wealthy
merchant Of that place.
1t is certain that the two women
came to Minneapolis together with
Abbie Campell, sister of Josie,
took up rooms on Washington
avenue north, near third avenue.
There they remained until Thursday
last, when police officer called at
the place and made searching in
quiries for the two women. but,
strange to relate, no one in the
building knew any women Of that
name. not even the women them
selves remembered their cognomens
when the worthy Official questioned
them. Baffled, the "minion Of the
law" went his way and afterwards
sent a small boy with scared look
and the promise Of a fee to inquire
after the women; but even he failed
to elicit the desired information.
That night while the officer and
the small boy slept, Mrs. Waters
gathered togather her earthly
possessions and small boy her
son, whom she took with her from
her husbands freside and quietly
: left the building and the city, and
the country as we'll. for it has been
learned that her destination was
Canada.
J But there is another story in con
nection with the affair, which makes
the women objects Of inter est. 1t
is to the effect that the two women
are wanted in Glendale for horse
stealing. When they came to this
city they brought with them fine
pair of horses, aud these steeds We're
afterwards disposed Of at an exceed
ingly low figure to a hack driver
whose first name is Hen ry, but
whose other name cannot be learned
Supt. Bracket and Police Secretary
George when questioned, both pro-
fessed ignorance of the matter.
The fact remains, however, that the
women who were just getting COM
fortably settled, suddenly vanished
at the sight Of an officer and left
the city without leaving their ad-
dresses"