Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-25

,.o,v +. Casper came to this cry
,' s,lt Lake nearly a year ago 10
Ii,u ,,,s a home for his Wife, salli''
I' sam ne lef, behind. He was " car
SDI who by his Industry during the
A, year. he was married had m''Hbeu
~ .,come the owner Of several pieces
IAN Lake the Caspors were re-
- by their friends ~ motel
anls lie seemed to be devoted TO
~ wife, although She was consider
Ais the elder.
ro,atime after his arrival here Cas-
-. letters to HE wife were regular
I,d frequent, AMI expressed the hope
ma, no would soon be able to have her
Kin him. lie was working steadily,
4. wrote, aud saving money.
Then bis letters became Irregular
.,I la. frequent. Those he did write
,,rs short aud contained no further
Terence 10 the home he was supposed
~ preparlng. His wife wrote sew
.,Jume-, chldlng him for his negll-
nee. At last he ceased corrospOnd'
~ entlfely,.and permitted Mts. Cas-
~. letters TO remain unanswered.
ssme months Of silence passed, aud
,tsu he wrote that he was lying sick
u Oikland, that he had spent NIL bis
money anu was destitute. 5ho was in-
,Iuc,od 10 sell the property la Salt
lske and send the money TO him.
Mn. Casper was suspicious OF the
NTH Of the letter, but she Immediately
s,pos,d of her furniture and some per.
ppal effects and wIoie her husband
mai ahe was coming west 20 nurse him
h,ck TO health. She told him when she
,xrscted 10 start, and when the train
reached Oakland he was waiting for
her.
CONFiR,iATiON IN LETTERS.
The couple went to the lodging house
Al az Eighth street Kept by Detective
Hollands wife and secured room tenn
p9nrily.
Casper told his wife that he had re-
covered sufficiently to so 10 work IN
San Francisco. lie seemed very teti'
cent aud refused 10 allow her TO come
over 10 this city. liis manner con.
filmed the suspicious Mrs. Casper had
formed In salt Lake, aud she accused
him Of being uniaithful.
He denied II, but without any great
emphasls, anu his wifc's suspicions
0uIy Increased,
one morning she arose before he did
and examined hts pockets, hoping u
procure something that would confirm
her distfust. She was not disappointed.
In one Of his pockcts were two letters
In the handwriting OF n woman. They
were signed with inc Initials "b. s."
aud told Of the writer's love for Casper,
and implored hlm not to desert her
and return 10 bis wifi.
81. >" said she would die " cher
Harry" did not come back ~ her.
Mrs.. Casper waited until her husband
had gone out aud then came 10 Sau
Francisco. She visited Chief Cowley,
who, after hearing her story, placed
the matter Ia the hands OF Detective
Anlhony.
Anthony discovered that Casper hal
teen r0oming Rt the house OF Mira. Liz.
Ile Scott nj Noe Moss street. HewAs
materially aided In discovering this by
the following "peTsonal" Ia one u the
morning papers:
Harry c., who went away on the 27lh,
Please come back or write 10 81. So No.
She i very sick; sho will die II she
don't hear from YOU"
Anthony and Mrs. Casper went to.
geiher 10 Mrs. ScOtts house, taking the
iell.tale letter..
CASPER wALKED Is.
Casper was not there, but Mrs. Scott
admitted that he had u room there.
She was shown the letters, but denied
having written them, or that she had
Inserted the "psrsOual" In the paper.
While they were talking Casper
camv In. There was some excited con
yetatlon, In which all three took part.
Casper said he didn't know who had
written the letters, AMI finally ended
the discussion by going away with his
wife.
On the Sunday following Mrs. Gas.
per again visited Mrs. Scott, and again
her husband came in.
ANoNntI Altefchlluu luilOWtl ana
Casper again went away with bis
wife.
The next Wednesday Mrs. Casper
went TO the house on Moss street foi
the third time.
Mrs. Scott refused 10 let her In at
Inst, but finally did 80, and tho two
women were again Joined by Casper,
There was some further heated Tau.
guage, Mrs. Scott finally ordering Mrs,
Casper to leave the house.
The latter subsequently, went 10 pc,
lice court No. and procured the al
rest OF her husband and Mrs. Scott on
charge Of battery. She said the lat
ttr had held her with one hand over
her mouth, while Mrs. Scott beat her,
The case came up for trial and was
dismissed by Judge Love.
Mrs. Scott deules that she battered
Mrs. Casper and alleges that the
laiief broke bToomstick over her
head, and otherwise abused her. She
Gays that Casper was nothing more
than a roomer In her house, anu that
PRIOR to Mrs. Casnor'a visit she did not
Know that Casper was married.-S. =.
Examiner.