The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-04
MISS REDDEN'S WORD
Her Side Of the Betrayal Affair From
Her Own Lips.
SHE HAS A CONVINCING WAY
The Woman Tells About Her Com.
pact With Ledford and Her Ar
rival Here and the inter-
view With the Man.

Salt Lake woman VINO brought the sen
sational suit for $4,000 damage
against william L. Ledford for be
trayal under promise of marriage, lef
yesterday afternoon for her home. Be
fore her departure she was seen by {
Standard reporter and questioned re
garding the statement made yesterday
morning by Ledford. She repeated the
story of her wrongs in a manner OF
simplicity and straightforwardnesst thai
would convince most any jury of the
truth of Ii. She denied that she knew
Ledford was still married. but knew
ne had been married. She admitted
that her father had been in Ledford's
employ but declared that her father
. knew nothing about her relations with
Ledford.
Her story, as related yesterday to
the reporter, is that Ledford, as pre-
viously stated visited Salt Lake last
July on business, as he claimed. con-
nected with some real estate transac-
tions. After he had been in the city
a day or two he called on the Reddens
and practically lived there and took his
meals there after that. 1t was then
he began making love to the girl and
told her that he had instituted divorce
proceedings against his wife and that
he would soon be a free man. He told
her he no longer lived with Mrs. Led
Iofu anu Wntn he DttdUlt tUBdRtu TO
Miss Redden he asked her to keep their
engagement a secret until he could
settle up his divorce case and his busi-
ness interests in Butte. She kept the
matter from her parents but just before
Ledford started back to Butte she
made a confdant of her mother and
told her about the engagement. Led
ford wanted to give the young woman
$500 so that she would not need to work
again until he married her She re-
fused to accept 1t. saying she would
not dare take the money as she could
not give satisfactory explanation for
having so much money, but suggested
that he give IL to her mother with an
explanation of IT'S purpose.
Ledford and the girl then went to her
mother and he gave the money to Mrs.
Redden saying he wanted 1t to be used
for Lizzie to keep her until their
marriage. He told the mother how
much he loved her daughter and made
great protestations of his sincerity.
and further said that If he could not
return to make her his wife in a few
months he would send her 800 a month
TO keep her in comfort to fulfil his
promises. Mrs. Redden replied that IL
her daughter loved Ledford and he
loved her consent to their marriage
would not be withheld and then she
took the $500 and Ledford soon after
returned 20 Butte. From Butte he
wrote her several letters. and she
never learned that she had been shame
fully betrayed until her father returned
home from Butte some time ago and In
n conversation with his wife and
daughter mentioned that Ledford and
ms wife were not living happily to-
gether.
Mr.. Redden know nothing of his
daughters relations with Ledford and
his statement regarding the trouble be- |
tween Ledford and his wife was the |
first intimation the girl had of the true |
state of affairs and that she had been \
cruelty deceived. On the first oppor- |
tunity she came to Butte to personally |
investigate and arrived in the city a |
week ago last Thursday. She was short I
OF means and being unacquainted in |
Butte she walked part of the way up I
town and then took a street car to Park /
street. She asked boy to direct her
10 a restaurant and was shown to a |
place on East Park street. In the res
taurant she asked to be directed to
respectable place where she could OBJ
tain nice room and she was sent TO
an apartment house opposite the Ben
net block. conducted by a Mrs Stone.
a respectable woman. 1t was at this
place Ledford called on her the next
day and which he designated in his
communication to the Standard as a
mouse OF fll-repute. On Friday after !
her arrival she sent n messenger with I
a note to Mr.. Ledford demanding an in
terview. In the note she told him that
he could find her by following the mes.
senger. or, she said. If he preferred n
she would call on him at his house. Mr.
Ledford was not at home and the boy
returned with the note. Later in the
uay she sent the same note again by
another boy and Mrs. Ledford met him
at the door and told him he could not
see Ledford and no note could be deIiv-
cred to him except through her. The
boy took the note back to Mrs. Redden
and she again sent 1t by another boy
and this time Ledford returned with
her messenger and saw the young wo-
man In the presence OF Mrs Stone. She
refused TO see him alone. but he begged
Tor private conference. She said he
oegged ner to spare him and she re-
piled that he did not spare her. He Of ! !
Tered her $500 and a railroad ticket ( i
back TO salt Lake II she would go and !
she refused the offer. She SAYS that in ,
the presence of Mrs. Stone he renewed
MS vows OF love and said he loved her
more than any other woman and was
still ready and willing to fulfill his !
promises If ne could. He offered Mrs I
stone $40 TO permit him TO see Miss !
Sedden alone. said the girl. and sald \
nat IL he could see her for five min !
ties IN private he could effect a settle !
nent with her. The offer was refused :
nd he then offered other Inducements
Mrs. Stone would use her influence
With Miss Redden 10 have her agree to
settlement. He is also quoted as saw Z
lg that he would see Miss Reddan dad F.,
iefore ne would give her more than 4
200. and as she would not accept that y
mount the suit followed. She saws he :
allied on her five or six times since she a
as been in Butte and tried to effect a ! n
ettlement for small consideration. 1
Miss Redden expressed the hope yes 1
arday baforE leaving that her father a
as still in ignorance OF the true state 1,
Z affairs and said she feared for the 1,
suit when once ne knew all. as he r
as a very quick tempered and des- n
crate man. :
An interesting fact in connection n