The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-24

before he was joined by Audry Hazleton,
IN whose sunny smiles he is now presu1 !lt.,l
TO be basking. 1t is the same Ola stoty
of q stald. sober man becoming ehtanGted
in the facinating mesheS OF naugnuL
woman and following her TO the prihh oL
destruction. Co.,
ire dualfty Of giddyness in Mr. Crooks
nature did not become APPARENT until latt
last winter. Doubtless his giddineS5 was
latent and needed only cultivation at the
right phase of the moon TO so abnofmally
develop it as to quicken his onward pace
Wren Mr. Crooks came to SAT- Lake from
Minnesota q couple OF years ago ne WAS
possessed of considerable means In an
of his dealings with the bulls and GEARS IN
the nit OF the mining stock exchange he
wa rated as a careful, shreWd operator,
and when he esayed the acts of the pluns-
er it was inyariably not ne VINO came ouI
OF the deal the worse TOR the experience.
In his family relations ne was a m?aei
husband, kind, considerable and ahectoh-
Somehow he formed the acquaintance
of Audry Hazieton. and whose abIGtng
place was at lilly Evans malson de Joie-
At the time Mss HAzieton lett the EVANS
resort. Mr. Crooks IS said to nave paid the
laadlady her bill.
MRS. CROOKS SUED FOR a DIVORCE
When the Corbett- Fitzsimmons prize
hg1f nj Carson CITY was Feeled off, Mr..
Crooks ara his new found love were
among the interested spectators. and II Is
related that FitZs.mmonS' knockout blow
was responsible for the mining mans ios5
Of several large sized bets Inc ecapade5
of NJ. Crooks on this trip and subse-
quently prompted his wife to sue for u di-
Vorce and an equitable division Of his
property, which she valued at upwards OF
$50. 00c Mrs Crooks alleged in her COM
plaiut. which was fled OF May y last,
that her husband had been guilty OF eN-
IRENE cruelty. had threatened to desert
her and had declared he no longer had
any affection for the wife whom he had,
in 1883, vowed to love. honor and protect.
DID NOT COME TO TRIAL.
However. the divorce suit did not come
10 rival IN due season. for the reason that
the PARTIES in interest had aSreed TO settle
their differences out of court. me carry
ing out of this agreement ehaWeu Nj
Crooks IA qIietly convert the greater part
of MS nosses1ions into cash
Having completed his conversions, Mr..
Crook nu{etly stole away on the fjth inst,
md now he Is believed TO be in New York.
FLUSH WITH GBEENBACKs.
An irctdeut occurred a day or two bafora
MIR. Crooks shook the dus. OF sat LAKE
from his feet Which indicates that mis-
secretiVeress did not desert A-m even II
self-co1npo1uYe did. Drawing from me
tEanh Win WhaSh he did business S0,Gul IN
currency on the pTUaXt Ultt he M15 song
to Put che Wad into a sateB deposit box,
he proceeded TO carry OUT ms. intentions.
Soon afcer ne took u fellow broker INTO
the de9ositors vault room to settle. q
commission account OF 500. Mr.. Crooks
Inadvertently handed his companion IN the
pit crisp Sl,CSV note and would not nave
detected tae error had not the broker
called attention to the mistake. Whlie
this transaction was in progress the
broker noticed 4 hatfug of bank oils. most
OF which were in large denominations. in
Mr.. Crooks box Iglis would Indicate
that he was well prepared financially to
take Il long trip.
KEPT HIS WIFE UNINFoRMED
When Mr.. Crooks took his departure ten
days ago he failed TO inform mis- wife of
his intentions In fuct. he. made his
evanting q mystery and his WIFE was sIow
10 learn the secret surrounding his going.
His business associates have been watch
ing his selling out and paying up process
with interest.
Mrs. Crooks IS a very estimable lady.
She IS heart broken and can scarcely re2l-
I've her unfortunate plight. About all that
he lett her was the mortgaged horne at
953 Third street and minor interest in
the salt Lake Electric Supply company.
Mr. Crooks was always square in his
transactions here and had the confidence
OF his business associates.