, 1898-10-13
HIS BLACK RECORD
CHARLES A. WHITE, THE VILLAIN
AND ABSCONDER, WOULD BE-
TRAY ANOTHER WIFE.
A Handsome San Francisco Heiress is
Informed of His Past Just in Time
The Smooth Adventurer Who
Created a Sensation in Cheyenne
Social Circles.

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cooio, c;.
"A San Francisco Ispatoh says tha'
Ihe soeie's Vi Ihat CITY mas Deeh sfe'Dl-
~ stifreu up oS the puoi'c"lioh ot WHAT
purpoltea % oe the true stoi! or RAIN
eli the siiaus RECORD Oh Chaf'eS A. VIII
iams' VINO was 10 marry MISS GeneVleve
uoad' local helfess' yesterday.
n story was substantially the same
lhal was prihVeu SIX years ago from
cheyenne ana NeW YORK. put what
d~uHlouhued local society leaders was
that Charles a. WHITE VINO inquired as
the ieadlns character IN the scandal OF
1897 was really WllllamS,
VINO mas cut d large social swain mere
Tor nearly a year.
"liiiahs went 10 san FRANCISCO from
South AFRICA and was introduced at
CLUBS ana "loh Ihe exclusive social set
ny 4. a. "litsee' also OF 'ohahhespurs
south Africa. Wiitsee Vouched for
"liiiams' ana as Wiltsee already mad
the entree of clubs and society, Will
Jams had no difficulty in getting into
ehe Social DIVISION
lie is a handsome ana tac,iul ielioW'
ana II was not iong before ne gained
the affections of Genevieve Goad, one
OF the children OF a wealthy mining
lawyer. O dead, who left her $500 900
in her own right. She fell madly in
love with Williams, alias White, and
the engagement was announced a fort
night ago. All arrangements had been
made for a big church wedding today,
when, like lightning out of a clear sky,
came the publication this morning of
Williams record.
1t evidently ratified the girl and her
friends, for after a statement had been
given to the afternoon papers that she
knew all about Wllllams record and
tfat the wedding would take place as
announced, the announcement was
made tonight that the wedding was
postponed indefinitely.
rms probably fle'ns hat Williams
VIII never get the young oma S hand
and ample fortune, as she has many
sensible advisers, who Will show her
record as Williams mas. Williams him.
sel1 would not talk To-Day, out MS friend
"licsee trlen 10 llshten some dark spot
OF MS record.
his of1EfhNNh oAftEbf.
yesterday morning denver News
gives the following particulars OF his
Inc most sensational divorce pro-
ceedln2s ever instituted in Laramie
county, wyoming was brought when
Mrs. Emma }. White commenced a
suit against her husband OF a year for
absolute divorce with ahmony. This
was on Sept. 10, 1892. Mrs. White was
quite a handsome woman. She was
formerly the wife of Erasmus Maggie, a
man OF very high standing in the bust
ness community for many years. He
had been regarded as one of the most
solid men in the state. At his death
he left an estate valued at half a mill
lion dollars and a magnificent resi-
dence in the city of Cheyenne. Mrs.
White first met White at Hot Springs,
Ark, where she was spending a short
season. White was some years young
err thar his wife. He represented him
self as a distinguished young Ameri-
can, who had travelled extensively as
correspondent of the London illustrate
ed News, of which he was the American
manager under a salary of $40, 900 a
year.
A match was soon struck up between
the pair. which on Whites side was ap-
parertly m%ercenary from the start. The
day Of the wedding was fixed and White
made his first visit to Cheyenne.
1t is now known that as a preliminary
to the marriage White insisted that
$25, 900 be placed to his credit in bank.
This was done before the ceremony was
performed. Inc couple were married
in August, 1881. Within a few months
White succeeded in securing a mortgage
upon everything his wife owned. He