The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-11
BICAMISTIC Mr.. BINGHAM
- Coat OF Tar and Feathers Awaits
the Oec0ivor OF Mrs.. Ou-
rand. h Victim OF
His wil08.

by the Standards special Wire.
BUTTE, March 1O.-tbn last Christmas
afternoon, about 6:D O'Clock, q couple
presented themselves at the of
tho Rev. J. J. McAllister in Montana
street Of thi. city, and asked that they he
married. As they exhibited n proper
marriage license, there coufd Of course he
no objection, and the pair wcrc united i'm
the usual manner. The couple were
Enoch Bingham and Mrs: Emma Durand.
Both were from Mcadcrville. Mr.. BinR-
ham had becn I'm Butte about six or seven
months: Coming from Utah and locking
how ditch, near Mcadervillc. Desiring
u boarding place near by he was recon-
by Mrs. Dmrand,a respectable and prepos-
sessing widow of about n years, whose
husband died some three years
Gradually an affection sprung up
the new boardcr and his lnndlady. The
boarslcr was recognized as u favoritc and
amounted well up toward sioo. il is said.
When winter came on Mrs. Durand was
so pleased with Mr.. .BinRham's pleasant
board, and when his profession of friend
ship to protestations OF love, she
a Gssaascn :" C h,m: Aa.e VIA. q sc very Ss " the .iaS
knot was spiicsd. Everything went hap
suspicious began to creep into the house
hold. Mrs. Bingham's maiden name had
been BsckMith and her brother; Bertie
sbSNA" ~ ~ ~ os
mrnicated to her reports that had come
to his ears regarding another Mrs; Bling
e esa%i be f learned io"f T i,."e w aSs"i fna% "i'' a"s,
however. that her was receiving
letters of which he said nothing. When
and was evidently either greatly vcxc1 or
much frightened. Mr.. Beckwith set him
s sesf to Of ~%ss Nv sn work saas and "aa careful nissf i + srfas
~ INIT" one letters Of ~ .%e q s'.'I %a at
had a father-in-law and that he was living
in huntsville, Utah. He asccrtained too
that the father-in-laws's name is William
Slater. A letter was addressed to Mr..
Slater and in due time an answer was re-
ccivetl. The answer stated emphatically
, Is%c ha Sah nns ba. mas q w iai nv my " diyo .%a.
that they have three children, and that
one of the children is less than IL year old
and has never been seen 10y it's own
father. The letter ALSO stated that the
that the real wife was at. present away
knowledge of her husbands periidy:
Immediately upon obtaining this letter,
criminal action for bigamy against Bing-
ham. He had not, however. proceeded
far i'm this direction when Bingham. by
that he was discovered, or at least he he
came strongly suspicious that he was ex,
posed. He immediately left the city and
has not since been seen.
Mrs. Bingham. or rather Mrs. Durand,
is of course terribly grievcd by the dis
covcry of the base deception practiccd.
The day she discovered that her husband
was not a legal husband, she gave up her
boarding house. She is now living in re-
tircmcnt i'm a little house i'm the outskirts
of the village of Mcaderville. The
ncighbors say she has not once left the
house nor has she received any visitors.
She has the sympathy of the en- ire COM
munity and IL is safe to say that III Bing-
ham ever returns to Mcadervillc he will
find n coat of tar and feathers awaiting
him. Mrs. BinRhamt to-day began suit for
divorce i'm the district court through her
lawyers. cBrid x Haldorn. In her
complaint she alleges as the ground for
the dissolution of bonds that Mr.. Bing-
ham has another wife living. She also
asks that she he awarded q sum sufficient
for the lawyers fees and costs OF trial, but
names no sum rs to tho damage to- herself,
for that damage is beyond repair. Service
was placed i'm the sherifr's hands and was
returned unanswered, tho deputy sheriff
not being able to find Bingham.