The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-07
AN UNHAPPY CAREER
Why . Spokane Journalist
Was EoFry He Married
10 MsE's QUEER CONDUCT.


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Evssy anA iptssustnG nsturs- J. y Car
rerp soek - Witness Sand and related ne
stpry q - niasS.hfe lie ~ had I'D win
skls ySong woman Jhey vess married
skozs tn ysnn go. his vile being WY
young. He seut heS 70 seb0ot whenes ne
Ysturnsd $500 tUsfss Dssfhs ietsr- Ihsy
then LIVED ssgsthss very hsppsly Tor ssvsrai
DoufhA. Gradually ~ VIE begnn - rs
angTy e friviaa nasssss. Her ssmpsr grew
more vtoient - she m0cfks Soiiod ~. Until
IL wss no uncommon shing for the
unhappy Husband 20 have emp. dszh OF
anything ready 70 her hand 6ung q his
head.
This stsfs Of Affairs vsnf on INCREASINGLY.
Dssutful chiIdssn wsss born To them, bsf
this made no differences, the wranziing
stu went on. Tbs husband vas on
several OCCASIONS fofcsd e lsass his
house st . late hous 70 seek shelter
st some hotel IN The yicinify. and
ones when living In this city be bad
- tsks re1ags In the barn - the
back Of their home. Mr.. Casrere csms TO
Spokane Fails In the summer Of isss. and
. few months later be VS. Soinsd b. bis
wife- They made their home on Post
street, where al went well for short
time: bat this caisu vas not 70 last long
The people With whom they lived we're
leaving and Nys csYrsse was seized With
the idea that shs would like 10 keep
dodgers. She demanded money from her
husband TO buy out those people. He sx-
planned fhsf he had not enough ready cash
70 oblsgs her. She got angry and made his
life burden 20 him until be procured the
money.
Mrs. csrrere thus became the head Of .
Iodsfnghouse and her end Was gained
shs took In people whose actions Mr.. Car
vsYe could not Tolerate. One couple in par
sacuisr were most offensive TO Mr.. Carrere.
who. returning home one evening, found
- strange man hugging the woman on
the porch. daughter. in which the judge
icfnedt Mr.. Carers told his wife this
woman must CO. She answered she
would not 90. that Cssrere would himself
20 sooner. and suofs and called him names
moi ns for publication
About this time Mrs. CarYers fell sick,
and on hsr recovery her husband sng-
eested that trip 10 Medical Lake wouId
do her good. She 6rst refused. bat finally
consented She went thers several times
afterwards. and from what he heard Mr..
Carfere had reasons 10 suspect the nature
OF these visits OF his wife. Ga being inter-
rogated she said she had dined several
times ct the Pacific Hotel with a young
man named Jack Owens, Q detective. Mr.
Carrere Vas introduced 70 Owens and did
not like his LOOKS. Owens called 1t the
house on Mrs. CarYers's invitation. Mr.
Csrrere expostuiated, when bis wife replied
che would do ~ she pleased and swore at
him. ousns finally seemed 20 live at the
house, and would be found there by Mr.
Carrsse. with the children on his knee
Finally Ovens left town and short time
afterward Mr. Cssrers had reason 70 believe
that secret correspondence Vas kept 40
between the two. One day be discovered
packet Of letters In strange hand in bis
wife's room. He FASTENED 10 obtain legal
adyics ~ 10 whether he could read and APP
propriats them. Finding he could. he hur-
rsed home. bat the letters were gone. Mr..
Carrere discovered that bis wife carried the
letters about with her in q hand -satchei.
which never left her hand. One day whiIc
htiing ON . cloak in the Boston
store. and being accompanied by
her husband. Mrs. Carrere laid
the bag on the counter. The husband
rooly picked II mp and left. pursued by his
wife. Who begged him 10 give her bag back.
lie refused and finally elnded her Mr..
Csrrerc deposited the letters In . safe place
and returned 20 his home. His wife. with
every art that woman can use. tried 10
.aiole him out Of them, but without effect
Their eldest boy was sent TO Gonxsga col
IeRe. bat Ut his mothers instisaiion. which
Ia proved by the principal. ran away. The
WOMAN would leave her children without
iood or protection. and the house open for
hours together. while she WAS 'sup having
some fnn with the braksmen At the North
arm Pacific depot" - she lsughingiy told
nsr husband on one occasion.
When her husband was away at the con-
astasicnal convention Mrs. Carrere re-
viewed money from him az the rate of $3.50
sr san per month. The husband has often
returned home 10 End the children crying
snd hungry and utterly without protection.
while his vile would return home st II
o'clock from having the tun."
la The afternoon q dozen OF amstory let
ssgs signed mostly your loving Jack
acre pu, in hy the plaintiffs attorney.
After same discussion the Judge allowed
sbsm 10 t~ read as evidence. They were
iuli u lore and much above the usual d.
sorce letter. the absence Of poetry being
.specsslly noticeable. A eypher in Mrs.
Ria Careers handwriting was not per.
asitied ss evidence