The Anaconda standard., 1899-03-21

vain. His letters and kilograms re-
NAMED unanswered, and he wrote to
the mayor of Cache for information.
The answer to it was the first news he
mad of his wife's marriage to Lake.
Shaffer armed hin:Self with a gun or
two and took the next train for Utah.
When he reached Cache he consulted
with Mayor John Thompson and enlist
ed his sympathies and active assist
ance. Shaffer waited until near time
for the departure of the next train from
Cache and then went to his wife's home
and burst in upon her unawares. Lake
happened to be absent from the house.
Shaffer ordered his wife to take their
little girl and follow him, which she
most willingly did, and hailed him as
her deliverer. They lost no time in get
ting to the train, and a few minutes
later We're on their way to Butte. Ar
irving here Mrs. Shaffer or Mrs. Lake,
wrote to her mother and explained mat
ters to her and said it was her intention
not to return to Utah.
Under the impression that she could
obtain a divorce from Lake on the
ground of desertion, after the eXpira ton
of one year, she occupied house sep
arate from that in which Shaffer lived,
and at the end of that time, which was
about a year ago. they consulted At
torney Maurice D. Leehey about getting
a divorce. He heard their story and
then informed them that in his opinion
a divorce could not be obtained on the
ground of desertion, but from what the
woman told him he thought the mar
riage might be annulled on the ground
that she had been forced into the mar
riage, and that Lake was of unsound
mind. The suit was brought and was
allowed to go by default of Lake. When
the plaintiffs proofs We're heard by
Judge Clancy the story of the marriage
was told with as few details as possib
Mrs. Lake said her husband was not of
sound mind and that after her marriage
to him she discovered that insanity was
hereditary in his family and that other
members of 1t were insane. deposit
ton from John Thompson Of Cache cor
roborated her testimony, but Judge
Clancy decided that the evidence was
not sufficient to warrant an annulment
of the marriage. An appeal was taken
to the supreme court and the matter
would have been heard there shortly but
for another sudden and sensational turn
in the plot.
A month or two ago Mrs. Shaffer-
Lake. with the consent of her common
law husband, went to Idaho to visit her
sister, expecting to remain for some
weeks She took her child with her.
Near the end of her visit, and when she
was preparing to return to Butte, she
was startled by the sudden appearance
on the scene of her mother apd her hus-
band, John Lake, and a flock of Nor
mon elders. What arguments, influence
or threats were employed against her
are not known, but the next thing Shat
fer heard was that she had accOmpa-
MED the Mormon outfit back to Cache
and was again living with John Lake
as his wife. Shaffer was almost broken
hearted over the information, but at the
same time he became disgusted with
the woman. and now declares he will
bother himself no more about her. How
ever he is anxious to get possession of
the child, and a suit to that end viii
probably be brought in court here.
Attorney Leehey has just received a
letter from Mayor Thompson, in which
he says the people of Cache had made
town issue of the case, and that gen
orally they sided with Shaffer and the
woman and wanted to get her away
from Lake and the baneful influence of
her mother and her Mormon friends
Mr.. Thompson wanted to know if Shat
fer would again receive her if she were
taken from Lake and sent to Butte, but
Shaffer has said that he is through with