The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-05
LEFT BY HIS PARTNER
A North Seattle Man Mourns q
Faithful! Helpmate.
ALWAYS REFusEpTo MARTY HIM.
Strange Story Of womsn's Levo and
CaDrlce-She Suddenly Leaves and
Wul Net Return to Hin.

pie OF North Seattle Tor several yoafD Is MA
Thomas J. slime, has abandoned the bed and
board Of the man with whom she has lived for
she past six yeara MI. Slime 10 . coal and wood
dealer at the corner of Roy aud Temperance
streets, and also has Q cigar and notion store 1t
the same place, and now sincerely mourus the
loss OF his helpmeet, who. he Gays, has helped
him make every dollar he has, although she
WIS never legally his wife. The gossips of that
section are telling contradictory stories about
the AFFAIR. and Mr.. Slime frankly told the whole
story OF his connection with the woman to
Posr-lNTELLlGENcgR reporter last evening. He
said:
She was married TO Will Potts in Philadel.
phis. He was one Of the meanesy men on God's
green earth. and she left him. met her while
road, and ! did not know at that time that she
had been married. She never told me she was
grass widow until approached the subject Of
could get divorce she would marry me. After
that ! went to the Southern Pacific at Los
Angeles, Cal, and did not see her for two years,
when she came there. She then told me she
had obtained . divorce, and said:
"Aii right: we'll 60 and get married"
She said: "No. Tom, this will hurt You here"
:. We lived together a. man aud wife from this
time, and elk months later l got a letter from
her stepfather. who. it seems, had been hunting
for her all this time, wanting to know why was
living In adultery, and saying he had thought
me, and she said:
II thought 90 much of you, Tom, and my
ioika were not able to get divorce"
Alter we had lived together nine months We
went back to Philadelphia and went into bust.
ness. Then tried To get a divorce for her aud
paid out from $5O0 to 500 to that end, but Potts
defeated. lost nearly all my money in Phila-
oeiphia and nearly four years ago We came to
Seattle
Potts had begun action Tor a divorce because he
had fallen heir to $1,000, and papers were sent
here for her to sign. took her to a notary
named Wiusor, in the Epler clock, and the pa
pers we're signed. Then she go, letter rom
the court saying Potts hai been granted
divorce on the ground Of desertion. Then l
proposed that We get married, but shc made the
same excuse as che had ia Los Angeles. and
'when We 60 away from here We will get mar.
riei."
wanted her to 20 with me to Tacoma or Port
lane or Victoria and be married, rs it was not
right Tor US to 60 Oh ~ we had been doing, but
About two months ago got my life insured in
her name and at that time again wanted to be
married. but she made some excuse After that
she got dependent and complained about her
her hired girl, but she said we could not
afford it She was always hard working little
woman and know was severe and cranky TO
her sometimes, but don't believe that any
other man is connected with her going away.
can't believe it We had been talking OF her
going East on visit, Tor she had worked hard
changed her mind and concluded to go to Cali
fornia. On March o took her and her trunk
to the Northern Pacific depot. saw her on board
the train, aud got her trunk checked and
bought her a ticket to Portland. The first
knew she was back in town was on March 30,
when a street Car conductor told me he had seen
her Gown town; that she was on the street and
waved her hand at him. l went down town
Immediately and met her in company with
Miss Wright in front OF Stewart 4 Holmes
store. As she saw me she said:
rnSN6 (,fNA nvv,e hat hall t1
him?'
asked her what this meant and she replied
''Nothing." She said she had come back TO
town the night before, and when asked her
why she had not telephoned me. she asked
homer and she said mo"
teen minutes, but she would not come home,
saving: II am sick and tired Of being worked
Ike slave. I've studied this thing wei! and
have come to the conc. usion that could make
my living easier by myself. and then I'll be my
ownbOss."
When / saw it was no use left her, but saw
followed her up and offered to turn all my
property into her name tnat we had worked so
hard for and so long together. she had helped
me make every dollar ! had. and she was en-
titled to half anyway. But she refused to come
home and when saw could not see her any
more, made her promise that II she ever needed
me this / asked her why she had come back to
town. aud she said II was because she was &C.
Quainted here and knew every body would help
or
went to see her at the Russell house the next
morning Just a. she was coming out to break.
fast, and made ner another offer that we would
90 TO some other place and get married; but she
said:
"No. it's no use. You would be all right for .
month or two"
Nobody ever begged any harder than I did,
but she would not come back. Since that time
have hunted high and low for her, but think
she has left town. Mr.. James. my landlord, aud
his wife went to see her at the Russell house,
aud Mrs. James begged her to come back home.
This was sunday and she consented to
come, but wanted to wait till after
dark. Mrs James went for her after church, but
she had just lett the hotel and left her key say.
ing she would not be back that night None of
US have seen her since. think she will 60 to
her folks in the East. ! wrote her step-father
that would pay half the expenses il he would
come and get her and take her back home with
him.
Mr.. Slime reiterated the statement that he did
not believe she had gone oil with another man.
He knew her too well for that As to q certain
street-car man who had been mentioned she
would not stoop to "ths likes of him."