The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-25

EcD10 City mas LeIt inc AefksessAy se'y
Suddenly But Not Before TaikisE 90 HIS
Partner and Friends-His Side Of the
story About the Correspondence With
the Mythical, Mrs. sheridan of New
York, Who Sent Him the Money-Whas
Hunter had to Say.
Guthrie, O. T., Nov. 2i.-There is Sc
queI to the New YorkiHeraid's divorce ex-
pose. II Is told by the Oklahoma City
Times-Journal as follows:
Saturday afternoon Attorney Hunter
of the firm OF Johnson & Hunter in this
city. left presumably for Old Mexico.
No small sensation was caused here in
the legal fraternity a week ago By an
article in the New York Herald which
stated that a prominent Attorney or this
city had in answer to dseoy. obtained
for a person in New York WHO assumed
the name OF Sheridan. bogus decree Oh
divorce, for which he received the sum Oh
$3.50. The article also claimed thst all
kinds Of fraud in the divorce BUSINESS
was perpetrated in the courts OF Ok,s-
bona. The article in mentioning the
particular case, said that the postmaster
had recommended the firm of vhich the
attorney who had been caught in trap
was a member and suspicion soon point
ed its finger at the junior member OF the
firm OF Johnson & Hunter.
The talk that Attorney Hunter was
the guilty man soon became genera.
rumor and finally the matter was hAeu
almost to a certainty upon him. MS
partner demanded an explanation Dns
,<rr N
wer At last the pressure became 50
great and the talk of an investigation
being made caused the young man ~
make q confession to his most Intimate
friends, who were deeply greived that
such a suspicion should fall upon a
young man who had hitherto borne
good reputation.
He confessed that he had answered the
decoy letter, which his partner had all
ready answered, stating that the thing
as requested could not be done. He says
ne took the letter after Colonel Johnson
had answered it and read 1t to Lsdru
Guthrie and Guthrie told him that ne
had better let ii alone, but as he started
to leave the room, called him back and
told him to answer IL and see what they
said He says ne did answer the letter
and was promised by Mrs Sheridan
5000 to begin with and Noo more when
the decree was granted.
Hunter says that he wrote the first
letter but that others were written by
another attorney over Hunters sigma
ture He says that he obtained the $500
and then made out the decree and secur-
ed the other $3.50, all of which ne placed
to his own bank account. and that the
other attorney did not get anything.
After ne had done all Of this the people
who represented Mrs. Sheridan wrote
to him and demanded $500 as hush
money or else they would prosecute him
for the fraud perpetrated
Hunter says that he Immediately sent
word to the people that he would send
them back the $3.50 paid for the bogus de-
cree If they would return TO MIN all OF
mis- correspondence c. o. ID. This they
cid and he sent them the money tie
savs thar he Immediately sook all of the
letters out in the back yard ana tore
them I'D and burned them But II Is
not doubted that the people VINO re-
turned them to him first took photograh
copies of them before they sent them
back.
Shawnee. o. T., Nov. 24.-The contract
for constructing the St. Louis, Okia-
homa and Southern railway, which runs
from Claremore, 1. T., to shawnee was
riened today. Messrs. cajiaaan and
tractors. The building of this road yin
give Kansas City a direct line to Shaw
rec and the southwest. and result IN an
advantage of over 100 miles over the
other points. The road also means
much for Shawnee, the wonder OF
1896" Work Will commence immediate
ly after the meeting of the board of d.
rectors, which will be held December l,
in this city. -
SMOTHERED IN COTTON.
Kingfsher, o. T., Nov. PA fatal ac-
cident occurred at The North Kingfisher
cotton gin, about O'Clock yesterday
evening. Arthur Hunt, an employe, was
carrying cottonseed on the second floor
from the south building into the north
one, when the floor of the latter gave
way, precipiteting him along with tons
of seeds and cotton down upon the cot
ton stored below. where he was smother
ed in the cotton packed densely about
him.