The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-05
HANS CHEIsTENsES's TROUBLES.
He Tells How Butts Has Broken Up His
Home

Hans Christensen, the rancher whose
wife and daughter have been beguiled to
live 1T the house OF " +. Butts, Yesterday
called at the Po~I-IyTgILiGEycER Office to
give his version OF his troubles. He Is a
tall SResle, Of some education, and is evil
IDENTIFY suffering much mental pain at hay-
ing bis home broken up. He is extremely
poor and has only lived on his ranch,
which is unimproved, by working for his
neighbors, 50 that he lacks means To en-
ploy lawyer 10 assert his rights. He in
tends 10 seek the aid Of tire w. c. T. Z. in
rtgaining possession of his wife and
daughter. He wrote the following account
OF his troubles for publication:
IN regard 20 an article that appeared in the
PcST-INTELLfszSCEE OF December 81 last. wish
% state, IN lsfsce TO al parties concerned. that
some OF the iacts are misstatcd. The article is
concerning y. r. Butts, my wife and danghte Ter
and myself. 1 came To Seattle In October lSsss
and left my family back in CoIorsda till could
bring them hare ] weat 10 Colorado IN June,
lsses ard brought them here. During my
absence from Colorado ny wife had had
charge OF a boarding house, and succeeded in
clearing several hundred dollars, fart / was
kept in Ignorance az. Here In seattle I built a
hogsse Tor US to live in and l put the necessary
furniture In H. On May - lied on a piece OF
land in Mason county as a homestead and soon
began improvements Right after the seattle
FIRE came here to see ii could sell nv hous..
and take my family 70 shelton, near r1y home.
sssadl bat i,ob9g wife Eiuse de- g isays
ios X did not sell it then, bat vent back to
my claim.
Dqring the time following my wife became aC-
quainisd with \. +, Butts. He wss a harbsr,
and my wife had washing 90 do for him. Ia the
month af March last lett seattle ard went on
Fay ciasn, and told my wife that about May ISal,
l kbao!d b able ~ have nay farm in such shape
IS 10 take her and oGg gil there TO settle
\ few weeks thereafter Butts borrowed
saoo from my wife, gave her a mortgage On sbe
furniture ~ bis barrier shop as security. coming
due on The ist OF May, ISL. Il appears 10 me
that my wiie thereby intended 70 make me 4
pleasant surprise with this money, when she
should come to me On the farm- But a-ast Mr.
Batts turned bankrupt in a shoY; time after ans,
my wife could have taken her ebAtfels ii shs,
had chosen. 1hls she did not do, but IL seems
she pgcierrcc u trust 70 his personal honesty 10
paw.
The next step taken was that my wife moved
out Q. 1aS house on south Twelfth street aud
took my furniture with her to house on south
Seventh street. Here she was 10 pay sis Per
month reut, NJ. Bgltfs renting one room Tor Sf9
per month Then she sold my house. OF all
this was kept ignorant. took trip TO Seattle
house, who showed INC 20 my wifc's bouSs.
en- seventh street. did not 6nd
talked Of 4 divogce People then told me of tie
money she had loaned OUT N ben asked her
about il Sue said she had that money hack 50 /
thought that, when she wanted divorce. aud h
Ele take nay furniture But when was ready Il,
take Il she said that she had not got her money
haeS. and bad "a stay near to Mr. Butt !
| IN order - get il. when heard
that she really had acted so foolishlv
as - let her money out Ina that manner, did
/ net have the heart 70 take the furniture froyy,
/ her thcn- bat said Inst must have il next Mav.
Nhca ] came here last Tuesday. found her
moved from seventh street and iuso the garnet
shaye Butts saloon, very DARK aua unhealthy
( place. Thefe ! knocked on the deer. u h1ch wSS
nos og2aed, bat the curtain inside tie glass IVES
taken aSide. 20 see me. The cur
I tain fell hack and was not let In
/ Was nay fgEnit8re hidden away, or whv should
! ! ROT Con1e &u+ cSf1c ca 4 peaceful erraad
I lheresaTe I Nent 20 the police, but not ~ have
anybody arrested I simply wished to get 8
sfarea warrant - aftey ms furniture, but tic
/ Justice hsfi convened CoHrs and ! did nos sue
/ eece iG ceitiGg the warrant
N3 wise has cceG VsFcirSs t. expa<s herself 70
SO mach ncseF-rgy all nut disposed 20 think her
80 WIS bai, IS outsiders are likeiy 10 view the
/ matter. Abolst my Sri working in TIE barber
shop ara ttla yA8f hiittS crcFcG his men 70 nc
decsnt - IRE gil hut ! sEn inclined to think
that my sslie suffers fran iufFEasty Cf the mind
and = not reNsausthte for her acts We must b,
! ehSritSh3e sid and opaele, ret crush the ut.-
fortunate. Bats haS been guilty al in.
wEieS money. This invasion ni nv :hreshoia
Is breaking ,sa my family ana the result slar h..
tragedy. This money wss nay wlies PRIDE u
she eanaot rst Il hack L viii ~ serious 2, :.
Ter. Cn9ld nos TO law assist Tacr Wlfn so Ike
her 70 set her nfo2ev haesf Wousd The csty
pseSse let Nr Butts run 81 his fcSaSa and era
he him IN pax ny wife next Na4T