The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-01
YOPOLSKY HAS GONE
For Weeks His Deserted Wife Has
Been in Mental Distress.
AN ITEM IN THE STANDARD 4"
He is the Man Who Wrote From
Rossland Directing Judge Mo-
Hatton to Give 1is Wife a d.
vorce-Left Her Before.

For four weeks or more Mrs. Jennie
Yopolsky has worried over the mystic
rious disappearance of her husband,
Michael Yopolsky, German barber,
who had been running a shop at 81
West Park street and, until a friend
yesterday called her attention to an
item that appeared in the Standard re-
Gently, she did not know whether he
had been murdered or had deserted her
and her three children. The item re-
ferred to related to a postal card re-
ceived by Judge Mediation from Ross
land, b. c. II was written by Yopolsky
and stated that he was willing his wife
should have a. divorce provided she pay
for 1t. But Mrs. Yopolsky does not
want a divorce, and when she learned
that her husband was in Rossland she
made immediate preparations to go af-
ter him and compel him to support
their children.
According to the story she related to
a Standard reporter yesterday, Yopols-
ky is not much of a man or husband
either. He had deserted her before and,
without her knowledge, had obtained
a divorce, but they were afterwards re-
married. Their first marriage took
place in Philadelphia, IL years ago,
when Mrs. Yopolsky was but 16 years
old. They lived together in Philadel=
phia over six years and then one even
ing the barber forgot to return home,
and his wife and three children did not
see him again nor hear of him for three
years. The police searched for him,
| but could find no trace OF the missing
barber. There had been no trouble in
the family and no reason could be
found Syvhy he should run away He
had told no one of his intentions of go
ing away and the case was recorded as
one of mysterious disappearance. His
wife believed him dead, and she and
her children hustled for a living the
best they could.
After three years, ana when she had
about forgotten there had ever existed
such a man as Michael Yopolsky, the
| missing barber walked into her house
and cast himself upon his knees at
her feet. Before she could recover from
her surprise he begged her to take him
| back to her heart and marry him again.
He told her he had been out in Dakota,
where he had obtained divorce and.
as proof of II, he sowed her the court s
| decree She refused to have anything
| to do with him and then he pleaded
with her sister and the latter enlisted
| in his cause and between the persuas-
| i've influence of the two Mrs. Yopolsky
relented and she accompanied her ex-
| husband to Montana, and about four
|
Deer Lodge and then came to Butte.
| where he opened a barber shop.
Everything went along smoothly UNI
til about four weeks ago, when one even
ing he again forgot to come home. 1t
| did not occur to Mrs. Yopolsky that her
husband had again deserted her, and
she thought he would be home the next
day, but he didn't show up. She went
to the shop to inquire for him, but no
| one there knew anything about him ex-
cept that he had taken his outfit with
him the evening before without saying
anything to any one as to his inten-
! tions. That was the last time he was
seen in Butte by any one that knew
him, and his wife heard nothing more
of him until her attention was directed
TO the item in the Standard. She has
a sister living in Butte, from whom Yo-
polsky borrowed 5000 some time ago,
| and his wife will be compelled to pay 1t.
She has been trying to support herself
by running the barber shop on Park
street, but with rather poor success,
owing to her lack of experience in that
| business.
There is apt to be trouble in the
Queens dominion when Mrs. Yopolsky
meets her husband In Rossland.