Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-11
THE DEFENDANTS STORY.

He Says Overtures to His Allegheny City
Wife Were Rejected-Nothing Kept
Back From His New Friends-Father.
in-Law Glade Has Implicit Faith in His
Son-in-Law.
There is of course, always two sides to
every story The following is the other
side of one recently given to readers of THE
DISPATCH.
In justice to a man who is trying to live
honorably we ask The DISPATCH to give
space to an article which necessarily must
be brief at this time 1t is well known to all
the acquaintances of both pScties in Allie
gheny that Maggie Kfefer refused to become
TecOnciled or resume her marital relations
with E. c. W. kiefer. Failing to make re-
Cancellation, Mr.. kiefer endeavored to es-
tablish himself at various places in the
West, and finally located at Grand Island
Neb, in the spring of 1880. During all this
time he was in constant correspondence
with friends and relatives in Allegheny City,
and wrote many letters to Maggie A. Kiefer,
endeavoring to persuade her to resume her
martial relations, to which she paid no at
tention. On the contrary, she repeatedly
declared to people in Allegheny that she
would never live with him again.
Despairing of them ever becoming recon-
Ciled ag'lin, in June 1891, kiefer instituted
proceedings TOR divorce in the State of Ne
DT0Ska, ana on the 1St OF september OF the
same year the decree was granted. Some
months afterward Mr.. kiefer was married
10 the daughter of Henry Glade, of Grand
Island, Neb., and is now established in bust
ness in Pueblo Exaggerated accounts of
his prosperity reached his old home and his
former wife hastened to Pueblo expecting
TO reaD a rich harvest. kiefer refused to
pay tribute, whereupon she instituted suit.
In the first article published in Pittsburg
from Pueblo Z. c. W. Kiefer was represented
as a man who had been found after being
Sought for five Years. In the second article,
namely the one published May 4, he is rep
resented as having CORES ponded with NJ. a.
hIefer constantly from different points in
the West. One of the statements is neces-
sarily false He is represented as having
written letter begging her to stay away
from Pueblo and not to make trouble. The
Glade kiefer Drygoods Company, with
capital of over 500 600 and credit for double
that sum, will pay unconditidnally S. l00,not
for the surrender, but only fer the
production of such letter. The truth of
the matter is that silence and peace were
promised to Kiefer upon the payment of a
sum of money, which he refused to do, hav-
ing acted the part of a man in telling his
wife and father-in-law all of his past life be-
tore his marriage. His reply to the demand
1Or money was Let the courts settle that"
Mr.. Henry Glade, senior member of the
Giade-klefer Company in conversation with
reporter of the Pueblo Cbieftdtn, said:
THAT kiefer is honest, honorable and up
right, have the best reasons for knowing.
Before going into business l trusted him
100000 now, If he needed it or wanted it,"
The whole sensational story of Kiefer's
past was offered to Pueblo papers, who re-
fused to publish it, whereupOn it was stated
that it would be published in other papers
and used against kiefer. The matter is
simply this: The newspaper correspondents
who Uelegraphed the item to different pa
pers received his Information from the law
yers who are opposing Kiefer, and are try
ing his past. not his present life. The state
ment that Kiefer skipped his bail is false in
every particular, the case against him being
dismissed by the Allegheny county courts,
as the records will show.
In regard to kiefer having become un-
popular here, the opposite is true, as his
business books show an increase oil about 40
per cent since this trouble began. He very
mantuliv resigned his position in the church
choir upon the first story being telegraphed
around the country, tearing to compromise
the church. His resignation was not ac-
cepted. Mr.. kiefer, accompanied by his at
torney, will shortly visit Pittsburg to attend
to that end of the case. He asks no greater
boon than to have the case tried in court.
G. q. WITHERs,
Secretary Chieftain Pub. Co.
PUEBLO, Col, May 10.