The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12

ported attempt of Charles A. White to form matrimonial alliance in San Fran cisco by questionable means. His expe- riences here were of such a character that when he left word sent him that he would be lynched should he return. His victim in this place was Mrs. Emma Nagle, widow of Erasmus Nagle, who died in 1890 leaving an estate of about half a million dollars. His only surviving heirs were his widow and a boy of thirteen. Mrs. Nagle was about 8 years of age at the time of her husbands death. She lived in a handsome stone house which had cost her husband s50,000. About eighteen months after Nagle's death Mrs. Nagle. while on visit to Hot Springs, Ark, met Charlie White. He was good-looking, posed as a literary man, and claimed to have an income of s10,0O0 a year.
 Mrs. Nagle was captivated by him and an engagement followed. One of the features of this was that Mrs. Nagle bound herself to pay White $100 900 in the event of a marriage between them. Some time in the year 1891 Mrs. Nagle returned to Cheyenne and in a short time White also appeared. Mrs. Nagle short ly afterward went to prominent lawyer in Cheyen Fe, WHO had been hr. Nagle's adviser, and requested him to draw up a marriage contract to be given to White, in which she bound herself to pay to him the $1O0,0O0 The lawyer remonstrated with her, but she brought the controver- sy to a conclusion by asserting that if the lawyer wouldn't draw up the contract she would go elsewhere and have 1t drawn up, and drawn it was. Mrs Nagle in 1t agreed to pay to White, flor the purpose of extending his business" the sum of S100, 900 Tn the event that the mar riage took place.
 She at once signed the contract and de- ivered it to White. The marriage took place shortly afterward. For a few months events moved along smoothly. The estate of Mrs Nagle or Mrs. Whites first husband had not been as yet settled, and all she had was the al- lowance paid her by the court Under the laws of the State of Wyoming, MT. Nagle having died intestate, half his property went to the widow and half to his boy. Not long after the marriage, however, White began to take considera~ ble interest in the estate matter and commenced to urge it's speedy settle ment He also commenced to take con- siderable interest in the boys matters, and family made an attempt to have his guardian, one w. A. Robins, removed, and to have himself appointed.
 About this time, too, 1t was noticed ! that Mrs White did not appear very often in public, that most of her time was spent at home. White was about great deal, and spent money freely. He expressed his intention of taking part in politics and of helping run the Demo- cratic party of the State
 In the early spring of 1892 affairs reached a crisis. White had engaged at torneys to press the settlement of the Nagle estate and also to attempt the removal of his stepson's guardian. In the latter he was not successful. In August 1893, the estate was finally set- tied. White in the meantime, secured from his wife a power of attorney and under it he drew what money he wanted from her bank deposit. Shortly after this he took Q notary to his house, where his wife signed a note and mortgage to him for S75,000. The room was darkened in which the transaction took place, and Mrs White afterward explained 1t was to hide the fact that White had black ened her eyes before the notary came. few days later Mrs. White was given $85 900 in bonds and securities by the ad- ministrators of the Nagle estate.
 Just how White secured possession of them has never been learned. He had them the next morning and that evening left for New York This was the last ever seen of him in Wyoming. Shortly after White left his wife told her story to a lawyer. An investigation showed her husband had taken with him in mort gages, bonds, notes and securities about one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. This was in September, 1892. Notice was at once given to stop negotiation of the securities and criminal suits were com menced against White for enbezzlement and larceny. A requisition on the Cover nor of New York for White was issued. White fought it in the courts and was defeated. He had been told that he would be lynched if he came back to Cheyenne. and rather than come he forfeited his ball. ten thousand dollars in cash, and fled to South America and later to South Africa.
 Mrs. White in her. suit for divorce, which was granted, proved that White had frequently knocked her down and had several times struck her In the face, and once had driven her from her home at night The indictments against White remained in the hands of the authorities here until about a year ago, when the charges were dismissed, 1t having been represented that White had reformed. In the legal fight over granting requisition for White in New York 1t was learned by the officers who went from here that Whites true name was Williams and that his mother was employed in 8 col lar and cuff manufactory at Troy.
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