The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-24
HIS VERY YOUNG WIFE.
Who Ran Away TO Southern Kansas
With Another Man.

| Inc King nan Leader Courier relates
the following romance in real life which
! occurred vhis last week:
a few DAYS ago there was an elderly
/ gentleman in this city from Dcniphar
/ county looking for runaway wife. III.
name was Robinson and he gave his axe
as Il years. According TO his story. con-
} hdentially told TO a reporter. he was mar
/ ried last June TO a handsome Miss Of soms
! eighteen sumers. and there is where his
T trouble began.
[ WHEY has led him IN interesting but
7 not altogether pleasant life ever since
I they were made ono " IN about three
! days after their marriage she commenced
/ 10 act UP. find fault. and make marriage
/ a failure so far as he was concerned. lie
/ lavished money upon her without stint.
/ furnished her with every fancy she called
I for in clothing: hired servants 10 perform
( all the house hold duties so she had moth
/ ing to do except sit around and lock pref.
/ ~. and eat and breathe and contrive ways
/ to spend money. he allowed her 10 give
parties and receptions at their home. and
ia turn would attend others I'm the com
munity as her escort Bat she never
seemed quite contented.
Finally whisperings we're brought 20
him that a younger and handsomcr man
was figuring in her affections. IN fact
had Just about m0nopolized them ana
the two were Systematically reducing the
size OF hJbtv's bank account at a rapid
rate as he had given the young wife free
access 10 his caeck book with the privil-
eye OF drawing al sight" whenever she
felt so Inclined
The husband was a large land owner
and received the bulk Of his income from
rents shortly after harvest he had
placed the proceeds Of his wheat rental
in the bank. amounting 70 some 81. 200.
which. together with former deposits.
made his rcedi- in that institution about
$500 subject 10 check-as ne supposed.
About the 2Sth OF last month hts wife
made excuse that she wished 10 visit
friends in Troy for a few days. telling
him 70 come after her tho following sun
day Four days after she left. he had oc-
casion 10 visit the bank where his money
was on deposit ard took his bank hook
ia 10 have Il balanced. Judge II YOU
can. Of MS surprise when his book was
handed hack % him to fine only about
S35 70 his credit, All checked out bY his
wife IN various amounts in the previous
three weeks the last check for q .7ps being
cashed by his wife on the dsy she left.
lie drew the remaining 81 and started
in pursuit when ne arrived az Troy Dc
found that she had stopped There only
about haif day. when she bad started
sounth. presumably 70 Leavenworth. in
company with a young gentleman vhom
she introduced as aer cousin. They were
traced % IeevenWorth where they put
up ri = hotel the first night out ard rex
istered as J SmoCk and wife. The next
day they departed were traced %
Wichita, registering fhere az Aug saittz-
man and vie. From there they came o.
Cheney. ana put up ~ the Graad View
Hotel. remaining there about ten days
when they came on - klngraan.
The same DAY they arrived lH Klaz-
nan. e being sneut two weeks after theF
left northern Kansas. theg Hrre located
nsre ~ the Objective senf or bg Mr
Ronineor sai the husband a-r cotiaet.
30 being in wichita Th.y Bad fhe nsrrl
20 register ln f-inenaa 81 Rotirsau
and zlfe. ~ Kansas. assnz fHe
initials of The wrourel k3stard ari g.F-
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