Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-02-09
CARRIE e. HANRrsHr REPLIES.


Dehnes Her Position.
The SENTINEL is in receipt of the fol-
lowing communication from Carrie +.
Hsnright, who for . short time was the
supposed wife Of Rollin f. Cromer, and
resided with him here from the time the
marriage ceremony was performed on
March 27, 1900. until she took her de-
p~arture for the East some four months
later. On January 10 last Mr.. Cromer
published . statement in the SENTINEL,
declaring his marriage to Miss Hsnright
to be Illegal, and claiming that without
resorting to divorce proceedings he was
freed from his marriage vows. The lady
in the case. in reply to that statement,
defines her position IS follows:
To the Editor OF the SENTINEL:
l don't see why the people of Eureka
should try to modest me. l never in
jured any OF them, and we are all liable
10 make mistakes 10 this world.
When l married Rollin Cromer / was
certain that my former husband was
divorced from me almost three years
previous. When the papers were served
on me the lawyers advised me to 20
away and not appear in Court, IS the
case would be decided much easier and
everything would be settled all right.
Accordingly l went away to Rhode
Island TO live, and /, supposing that the
divorce case had been settled, took it
for granted that l was free.
l was married to my former husband
six years ago last October. l was then
Is years Of g and . very impulsive
girl, for / married without love, and l
soon found myself very unhappy. All
his wealth could not make me contented,
but / acted honestly with my husband
and told him the truth. for l could not
deceive him, and then / left him. l
begged him TO let me 60, and to get .
divorce from me, and after Q short time
be consented to my wishes.
1 felt certain that they had been CON-
piled with, and / knew no different until
two or three days before | left Eureka.
The letter | then received / turned right
over to Rollin Cromer. l never deceived
Rollin. l kept nothing from him. I
told him everything eleven months ago,
so be knew all before l left. Rollin
Cromer had nothing to find out since,
but it didn't make any difference in him
toward me. He promised me faithfully
then and there that he would marry me
over again as soon as l had obtained the
divorce from my former husband and
was at liberty to marry.
And | believe Rollin would keep his
promise il the people would do less talk
ing and leave him alone. as l am willing
to keep my promise to him when the
time comes. The law now does not
permit me to be Rollin Cromer's wife,
but it can not prevent me from being
the mother OF his child.
The night Rollin and l were married
some OF the Eureka people came to me
and said: "You are foolish to marry
Rollin Cromer-he is q poor man." but
/ told them / was marrying for love, not
for money. Yes, | love Rollin Cromer,
and / Z don't care il all the world knows
it. am very sorry that our lives have
been SO bIighsed. but l was perfectly in
nocent Of the wrong / did by marrying
him. and l have positive proof Of it. /
was q true, faithful wife to Rollin
Cromer, and none can say differently,
unless they wish to tell what is not true;
but some people would rather try to.
break two loving hearts than try to.
unite them.
l am now in Amherst. Nova Scotia.
with my mother, who is Frustrated with
grief over it sll.
CARRIE Z. HANRIGHT.
AMHERST, Nova Scotia, Feb. l, 1901.