The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-17
came home very much dissatisfied with the
opportunities which Toledo gave them for
Gun a sPLuRGE ~ cHIcAGo.

came home very much dissatisfied with the
opportunities which Toledo gave them for
show.
CUT A sPLURGE IN CHICAGO.
Mr.. Ketcham startled Toledo one day by
announcing that he was going to dispose OF
his controlling share In the bank and go to
Chicago to live. Their palace was closed.
The banker and his estimable wife soon APP
peared in the most elaborate and expensive
quarters in the Lexington. They had more
money than anybody. All the fine horses
from Toledo were brought along for use on
the boulevards. Mr.. Ketcham was elected
to membership in many OF the clubs and be-
came favorite among the men of rapid
hahits. 1t was matter of talk about wn
Whether he would be able to stand the game
or not, and within two years the change
IN MS appearance proved that the end was
not far Off.
Mrs Ketcham wore the most exquisite
gowns and was conspicuous for her daz-
zLng appearances In Michigan boulevard.
MT kefcham had traps Of his own, and
sometimes he did not appear N them
either alone or with his wife. This led his
wife TO the courts, and there was threat
ening of divorce proceedings. The differ
ences did not come to trial. Mrs. Ketcham
was granted a decree without trial of a
suit, and the correspondent was not named.
She was allowed about $50 900 in real es-
tate, ana with this she returned to her
fathers house in Toledo. Mr. Ketcham re-
manned In Chicago. taking apartments at
the Auditorium.
Mr.. Ketchams society aspirations ended
WIFI this sad turn of affairs. He continued
10 10 devote himself to his horses and the
traps, with their fair companion. Men fire.
qnently saw him on the drives, and for
nearly two months he had been an object OF
genuine pity-a pity which was pathetic.
ne was terribly sick man. He sauntered
about the corridors of the Annex any
nodys victim, and willing 70 follow at any
body's beck His condition was such that
absence from he Cf
three weeks was not regarded as serious or
OUT o. the ordinary. His people--who came
put question OF weeks until the last cur
tain would fail upon five years of misliving.
Mr., ketcham died at the residence OF
Mrs Mabel Estelle Wallace 1927 Indiana
avenue. Mrs Wallace announced that he
had a right to be there, as she was his
wife. There was no record of the marriage
in Chicago, but Mrs. Wallace sad that made
no difference as they had been married in
Milwaukee by a Methodist clergyman. She
declared the ceremony performed near
~ seven weeks ago ard that to anybody
who had right to know she was willing to
show the certificate. She lamented it was
not with her in her charmingly decorated
house, but that 10 save any accident she
mad locked 1t in a strong box She explained
that she always did that with important
papers, and that this one there along
with Mr. Ketchams will making her the
sole lesatee of his remaining property.
Mrs. Wallace mourned yesterday for her
dead husband She could find no comfort in
all the beautiful trappery she brought to
Chicago from Kansas. where her first and
rich husband died so suddenly. She was in
vited to tell court how it happened. Her
name was then Mrs Minnie Walker Walk
up. The jury concluded that she the six
teen-year-old wife of a man of sixty, had
had nothing to do with a tragedy, and upon
this verdict she came to Chicago. She
changed her name, for prudential reasons,
to Mrs. Wallace. Mr.. Ketcham met her two
years ago. She was then twenty-seven, and
even more attractive then than she is now.
She did not seem. to mind telling that she
might have been mentioned in connection
with the divorce case which happened in
Ketcham