Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-12-29

In return tut deceit ana dishonesty.
She helped me In the store and, I do
not want to deprive her OF one OF the
smallest credits due her. Why was
she helping mep l see now 80 plainly,
only 20 rob and ruin me. As for my
wife's lying in q pauper's grave there
lie not q word OF truth, Sc any one who
knew us will gladly testify.
As for my marrying her In i've
months after my wife's death, | wish
to say IL was only ak months, and l did
not want TO marry her until after q
year and told her 80. When she said |
had to do so of that time or not at all.
| loved the woman aud done so. As
for my leaving her sick oh my God
knows los | begged OF her 70 let me
stay with her, but no, she would let no
one do a thing for her but the doctor
and her daughter, Maud, who we're
constantly together, and told me she
would not have any use for me as I
had no more money. And ! went and
wrote 20 her quick as | could the next
day after leaving, begging her % let
me come TO her and for her TO at least
let me know how she was. She never
answered me. As for my yer in any
way or in any hammer taking advant-
age OF any living person In my business
she knows IL Is false, as she knows how
well | had TO watch the accounts and
figures she made as | could scarcely
keep any costumer m count of her
ways OF doing business. You need not
take my word for this or any other
statement, ask any man, oman or
child In Bland and see who was the
rascal. Ask, Ne she says, any one in
Walla Walla.
/ cannot imagine what she means
by saying | charged my own son-in-law
with things he got, ~ | had no
son-in-law, she had one here and
threatened, as q lady Is willing 70
testify, to lock up my store II I con-
tinued to credit him. For her daugh-
ter's sake | tried to help him along and
10 cut prices to him.
| do not know exactly how much
money she got away with, but do know
IL must have been large. A certain
lawyer In Walls Walla told me she had
%, 200 when she came there. l had no
means Of knowing only as TO what she
had spent for things before enum-
Grated.
As for my own character 1t is an
open book and / have not one dark
spot l would wish TO hide. / have
always tried 10 50 conduct myself that
! might bring no disgrace Ipon a
family that never before knew what IL
was. And | assure you IL Is with the
deepest regret | am brought into this
most undesirable affair. Indeed l
loved that woman and for that love I
now forbear going back on down into
things which had better not be said.
/ content myself with only q complete
denial Of her letter and hope | may not
be compelled TO go deeper. | ask you
as publishers Of our county's leading
daily TO come here or investigate fully
and thoroughly every phase Of this
sad case. See II you can lind one soli-
tary person that has known US for one
year that will condemn me.
! have been robbed Of not only money
but Of that which was much more
precious-home and wife. And can
only add may God forgive her and re-
move the mist before her eyes that she
may see Alright the truth. | want moth
ing but the truth and that | am
willing should be made as public as
possible. And would rather remove
some shadow from across her path than
10 put n in.
Respectfully Yours,
b. IL. SHAW,