Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-07-15
N. c. CREEDE is DEAD
HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
His wife Wanted to Live with Him Again
and He Preferred Death-Sketch OF

His Wife Wanted to Live With Him Again
and He Preferred Death Sketch of
Their Life-His Wealth Was Not Large.
Los Angeles, Cal, July Nicholas
G. Creede the millionaire mine owner,
RADIO, was named, committed suicide
with morphine this evening ut his
home In this city because his wife,
from whom he had separated, insisted
upon renewing their martial relations.
On January 4th last Creede and his
wife separated and agreed to dissolve,
as far as possible without legal process
their martial bonds. Mrs. Creede ac-
cepted $4,000 cash and surrendered all
further claims upon her husband, mt
the same time voluntarily withdraw
ing from the premises. 1t was under
stood, after the necessary time had
elapsed. Creede would institute legal
proceedings and begin suit for absolute
divorce
At that time 1t appeared that both
husband and wife We're well satisfied
that they We're not required to main
tain intimate relations, and while Mrs.
Creede considered that the amount of
cash settled upon her was insignificant
as compared with her husbands
wealth, she left him and took up her
NOME Ill ABDUL tHTce WethS
ago Mrs. Creede returned to Los An
geles and proposed to her husband
reconciliation. This was much to
Creede's distaste and ne cndeayored to
avoid his wife, but being unsuccessful,
he determined to end his life. This
evening he took n large dose of NOR
phine and went into the garden to die.
He was discovered by servant and
medical aid was summoned, but he died
two hours later.
Mrs. Creede was notified of her hus-
bands death, but declined to discuss
the tragedy.
The two-year-old child of Edith Wal.
ters Walker. the actress, adopted by
Creede over year ago. is In the care
of his friends at Escondido, Mrs
Creede declaring that she would not
be bothered with the child when she
separated from her husband.
Denver, July 13-The Republican
this morning gives the following sketch
of n. C. Creede's martial experience:
The marriage which caused the death
of \. c. Creede. grew out of II late-in-
life love affair. and what the Creedc
pioneers regarded as an elopement. II
smncked of rough mining camp ro-
nance In It's every detail.
Ten or twelve years ago. when n. c.
Creede roamed the mountains poor
and lonely prOspector. lie made the ac-
luaintaance of his present wife. She
ran a travellers boarding house in Del
Norte, and was married.
In winter. when the deep SHOWS
among the mountains made prospecting
nigh impossible, Captain" Creedc
drlfted into Del Norte. He usually
made his headquarters In the house of
lao. h., IIx. ms iaI
Once he returned with difficulty In the
midst of snow storm. which had al
most bound him In the wilderness of
ridges and canOns. The experience
brought on pneumonia. and, neglecting
her own business. the lnndlady of his
boarding house spent day and night by
the bedside of the stricken prospector
until she nursed him into health.
In the fall of 1891 n. c. Crcedc dis.
covered the Amethyst vein In what
was then known rs Sunnyside section,
now Crcede. giving him rich ore before
his first years assessment work was
done. When the output reached $1,000
a month. notion that he could afford
to keep home and wanted one took
hold of him. While II WIS on lie built
him n cabin at the head OF West VIII.
low gulch In Upper Crccde.
Having furnished the cabin In rude
ly comfortable fashion and swept the
hearth clean. the discovcrer of the new
bonanza made quiet trip to Del Norte
and called on his kind landlady Of his
prospecting days. What promises he
might have made her Is their own So.
cret, but when y. G. Crecdc returned
to his new-made log abode In West VIII.
low gulch the Del Norte boarding
house lady accompanied Him. Those
who knew her then cannot now re.
member what her true name was, but
they distinctly rccollcct that she had
n husband. Him she left behind with
the abandoned boardcrs and the lnres
and penates of the boarding house.
In West Willow gulch the Del Norte
lady established herself as n. G.
Crccde's housekccpcr. Then and thus
amounted to 5000. ON the strength
of this insurance on the future, she
went to Del Nortc. and. with all the dis
patch possible, she secured n divorce
from the already discarded husband in
that town.
Having got rid OF him, which she
succeeded in doing by the early fall OF
1892, she replaced linn with n. Q.
Creede. To New Mexico the couple
went for the marriage. certain that
they were on the lead to n rich vein of
weuueu Dllss. uuu III the iiot spt"Ss
hotel, Las Vegas, justice of the
pence made them man and wife.
While yet in the honeymoon time
Mr.. and Mrs. Creede went to Pueblo
nnd bought n cottage close to the state
lunntic asylum. There they remained
until the bridcgroom's bank account
showed seven figures in n row. and
then they moved to the more fashion
able Los Angeles. The separated hus.
band and wife are each nearing the
age of three score years.
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