Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-26
A WESTERN VILLAIN.
CHARLES A. WHITE, THt FELLOWS NAME


The society Of san Franciscu yya,cr-
dry waa grca,ly surred up by ihe pdb-
ncmion or what purportcd 90 BE- the
true story g rather TIE shady record
Of Charles a. Williams. wh1 was 90
murry Mss Gmc,hvc Go1i. l0cal
hdisvi. today
THIS riory was suhr.an,laliy the
same that vas printed six lfs eEl
from Chcy tnno url Sew YORK Nut
wins dumbf1urdc1 local ucIeiy ltld o.
waa that charles a. White. VINO uk-
ufci aa the leading character in ihe
f-hndll W 1889 Wia rHiiH dchpnnaii
Williams, who has uW large n''ih'
swiih here for Nearly a year.
WluiHma came hero from Sluih At.
rioa ana wfH irtrriucad at clubs ana
wNh She gNciuaIVH social art - U. A.
MlHsee. aisY of Johannesburg. Niuih
AREA. WlBsat touahed fur williams,
and az Wiii1ec already had me cn,fp'
Of clubs AMI society. Williams bad ~
o.niculty IN getting tnio ihc social ~
yiasn.
iic j. a handsome au1 ilriful follow.
and % vas not Ions hf1fa De- gained
she anct.llnl q Ocncv0ve ul1l. one
OF f1N children ~ wDlHhy mining
trwtar. nov dead WIN iHfi her t4ll-
900 in haF own rrht fhH f'Il mhiy
b. love uHh william .H Nhhts
aui the engagement wu1 Announced a
fBriuiaht nrl. Al Arrangements had
been made FOR a biz church N, illnE
today whfn. No. NgMn|nF nut oi a
cic1r sky. came The publication ih''
n1rnlnr % WliNaWH'H record.
u ovidewiy D. lll ihr rin and hfr
friwsa for after % r1fenicft hid %. %
rvn o. The afternoon p1p'if -1.t .n.
knfN aii about WiliiamfH rro'fi an
ina tho wedding would i1kn place nf
announced me aunouncou ~ was
made t0uiFtf that tht WDid'ng Wus
psagnnfd Indefinitely
This probably m,ira that Williams
viii nlvlr gut the young wumihs nam
AMI ample fJrtuur. ~ fhc hi4 mthy
sensible advinnfa. Who viii iAoW her
the lmpca.li.uty " burylnE such
rsonfd al Williams has Williams
himrrif would no, talk tuity, but hia
frirnd Wlgrrc tri1d ~ lishinn some
6ifk spots q his record.
ms CHEYENNE CAREER
The mos; sensational divorce pro-
eeeiinga ever Instituted 10 Laramie
e,unty wyoming. was brought Whcn
Nrs Fwfnn J. white commenced
suit aFalnst her husband OF a year Tor
absolute divorce with ullmlny. Ihh
was on sept Is. 1899. Mrs White waa
quite hAulNNluf MNNAW
formerly the wife ~ Eraamua Magic, a
man ~ very mri standlng ln the buai-
neas community Cor many years lie
had brnn REGARDED az one % the most
Holid men IN the state. ~ his death
h. left an estate valued at hair mil-
lion dollars and a magnificent t.al-
dsnca In she clty " Cheyenne. avs
White nrsi mot White at Hot sprinEs,
Ark., where ahc was apcninE short
season. White was come years young
or than his wife. Tie represented him
self as a distinguished young Amer.
can. VIM had Travelled extensively as
correspondent uf the London lNusiril-
Cd News. of which be was tho Amt ".
can manager under a salary 81 NO,ooo
< mach was soon struck ny between
shr pair, which on whites side was
apparently mcrccnary from the start.
Tho day " the wedding was ilScd and
White made his firat visit 20 Cheyenne
II Ia now known that ~ preNml.
nary 90 the marriage White Insisted
fhat IS 900 DO placed 60 hla credit In
bank. This was done h-furu the cofe-
mony was performed. The couple we're
married In Angus 1891. within few
months white succeeded IN securing
a mortgage upon everything his wife
owned. lie left for New York taklng
with him Mrs. whites 500 Helrgc,
whom he was 20 place In Hchool. TO-
800.
According 20 che story ~ now iali.
white besrhn soon after his mArrinEe
a systematic course Of abuse. lie ape
piled 10 his wife the vilcnt Language,
no. only 90 her face, but Ia talking
about her 90 hor frlonda lie accused
hUr 81 criminal Intercourse With Nurs
Gus men alHut Cheyenne, when no
knew herc was not a shadow OF excuse
Tor tho charges, ON June 20, 1888 hn
reached home early In the mlrnilr,
after some months absence IN The
East went nt once % his wife'a bed
naom and threw a pitcher at her. Tho
pitcher was broken and the ceiling
badly damaged
-Four days later NJ struck hih VIII. In
the face fhrru or four times Wth his
clenched INST. The same night he kick
ed her out ~ bed. Three days later
he MI her In tho face. causing blood 90
nov freely. tie chukcd her % severely
she was obliged 90 call physician,
Later he drove her out 81 the house at
O'Clock IN the morning.
In one OF his flts " anger he threw
Homuih.nE al her az the table and was
only prevented from doing futScr vio-
lrucc by her son thf ntcnlnF Go shoot
him. lie struck her Ia the face. cauH.
Ink her llpa 90 swell 20 three times
thelr usual aEr. frum the effects NJ
thls beating her face was h,tck and
tdue Tor three months.
The feeling against white IN Ch'y-
cnuo became exceedingly bitter While
q was inspected that Mrs, white was
not particularly happy her friends dld
not dream her husband was So morci-
iesly cruel Had he been loo the city
when the facts became known No.
would have been tarrod ana faathoted.
White Was rather good looking young
follow, but crrutlc ln hIH manner and
an ndyeniurer " the nrst water.
n was disclosed during tho develop.
mrnt % the ease while Attorney Sfuu
was IN New York looking after Mrs
NaEle's Interests. that h. b. a member
of notorious gang ~ HhlrprrH M New
York city This organization furnished
white with money 90 make rrprrsenta-
lions 10 Mrs Magic and 90 create q IA
vorahle Impression IN Cheyenne White
deliberately went tu Hot spring.. Ark.
90 met Mrs Nngle and 10 make hi
charms genuine and give stability No.
his preleniionH he was artful enough o.
be introduced by senator Dan w Vnor-
bees OF Indiana. After brief courtshlp
the marriage was cuusumtted 40 .he
handsome Naglo residence on Aug 90
iAT, II was celebrated hy Grand o..
cpptl0n. which was attended hv hun
dreda VI the citizens 0f Cheyrnne's test
society tie began hIs cruelty lmmr-
diatoly and MS ntfar.0us sefamo was
mt betrayed by hia harsh treatment
Of hls wife.
At the May. 1909. term OF dltrle,
court The administration o. me Magic
estate was closed md the estate AL.
tributed between Mrs. Magic and non
son oeorge' About the tlinr NJ h.