The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-11
A DECEIVED HUSBAND
He Finds His Wife and Her Para
mOur in g Wine Room.
While the Woman Assaults the Man Whom
She Suspects OF Informing
Against Her.

There were grisley rumors floating about
town yesterday to the effect that faithless
young wife, who in disregard of the eighth
commandment had been discovered by her
husband, had in a fit of remorse, swallowed
dose OF laudanum and was about to atone
for her sins with her life.
A HERALD reporter at once commenced
investigating these stories, and after q
long, hard chase, succeeded in obtaining
all Of the facts in the case.
1t seems that about year ago q young
man, accompanied by his wife, arrived
here, and the husband obtained EMPLOYMENT
with street car company. He proved him
self to be sober, industrious aud reliable
man, and the confidence which his appear-
ance inspired was confirmed by acouslnt-
ance. he quickly won the esteem of his
employers and was popular with his fellow
workmen. His wife is very handsome
young woman, and it seems that her liking
for male society is the whole cause of the
trouble. The husband recently learned
that she occasionally took advantage of his
absence from home to indulge her flirting
propensities, and last Tuesday night he
was informed that his wife was going ont
with clerk in certain grocery store and
wine room attachment of saloon between
and 10 O'Clock that night. He decided to
keep his own counsel and investigate the
matter, so he left home in the
evening as usual, taking his lunch
with him. He did not GO to work, how
ever, and shortly before 10 o'clock he an
peared IN the saloon and quickly made his
way to the wine room. On entering all be
had been told was confirmed. There sat
his wife, and with her was the clerk. AS
the husband entered the latter arose. and
just then he got a smash in the face which
made him see stars, and after the dose had
been repeated two or three times the hus-
band, ii is said, went down for his gun and
was only prevented from using it by a
friend. The parties shortly afterwards
left The place, the clerk taking advantage
of his first opportunity to escape
from the presence OF the man whose
wife he had led astray. The woman was
considerably excited, and surmisinR that
the person who had informed her husband
OF what was going on was the man who
had prevented her husband from settling
matters in the saloon with his gun, she
turned upon him. and after giving him a
tongue lashing, she picked up stone and
started after him. At this juncture Officer
Poole appeared on the scene and placed the
woman under arrest, but she was released
at the request of the husband and his
friends. Here the story ended, but the
gossips yesterday added sequel to it by
stating that the wife had taken laudsnum
with suicidal intent, which proved to be
wholly without foundation. Last night
The HERALD man made his way to their
home and when he stated the nature of his
errand the husband pleaded with him to
spare him the disgrace of leaving the names
of himself and mis- wife out of the report.
He stated that they had effected a recon
Citation and he was satisfied with matters
as they stood. Out of consideration for
him we withhold the names