, 1891-01-24
A PECK OF TROUBLE.
Separation of a Newly Welded
Cheyenne Couple.
Married in Haste, They Repent at
Leisure.
Another Wife Said to be Living
East.

A comedy OF matrimonial errors has
been having a fine ruu on Eddy street.
with l. W. Peck aud his wife as
leading comedians, both of whom are
convinced that the proverb, Married in
haste, we may repent at leisure is as
true as ancient.
Peck, who has been running a commits
sion store on Eddy street for several
months, made a trip TO Denver a few
weeks ago, and while there was smitten
with the charms OF Mrs. johnson, a
widow. who was one of The proprietors of
a hotel on the corner OF Blake and TWEEN
tieth streets, where Peck stopped during
his visit
Mrs. Johnson's attractions were
Augmented in Peck's mind by a few hints
when she dropped that she had several
thousand dollars on deposit to her credit
in oOe of the banks which she had re-
ceived as insurance upon the lats Mr..
Johnson The favor which Peck found
in Mrs. Johnsou's sight was not lessened
when lie gave her to understand that he
was the proprietor OF a large grocery
store in Cheyenne. And so they were
married. The first shock to the blissful
experiences of the newly married couple
CANT when they reached Cheyenne and
Peck found bis stock Of goods had been
attached and his store closed On
their wedding day he hal given
his bride as a wedding present
a note for 81 500 drawn BY himself In her
favor and payable IN a year. When the
closed doors OF the grocery store con-
fronted the newly made bride she began
to realize how much she would realize on
her wedding present. About this time
Peck began to be certain that the several
thousand dollars 10 bank story was a fairy
tale, aud his love for his bride waned
proportionatelY. The difficulty with the
the creditors was, however, patched up.
the store reopened and for a few days
peace reigned supreme in the Peck house
hold. Then Mrs. Peck received a letter
from Syracuse, n. Y, telling her that
Peck had wife and two children living in
that city, and no divorce court records to
show that he was entitled to marry a sec.
ond wife. Mira. Peck did not tell her
husband of the news she had received,
but broOded in silence over her troubles
and pinned in thought" Wednesday
night the troubles of the Peck family
eliminated IN a grand row.
A silk dress which Peck had given his
wife furnished the immediate pretext for
the quarrel. Peck threatened to take it
back to tho store where he had purchased
1t and Mrs. Peck called in the police to
prevent him from carrying out his threat.
The police wisely refrained from mixing
up in the row aud left the Pecks to fight
it out. Mrs. Peck hen told what she
knew Of the Syracuse wife and children
and threatened to have her much-married
husband arrested for bigamy. The mat
ter vas finally compromised by an agree
ment to separate and yesterday Mrs Pook
lett for Denver.
Mr.. Peck says the charge of bigamy
cannot be maintained. He admits having
been married in Syracuse, but claims that
his wife aud children are dead. He. of
course, regrets the notoriety his family
troubles have given him, but feels that
the loss Of his wife is not an irreparable
one. He thinks she will want to return
to him before long. If she does, he is
not certain whether he will receive her or
not.