Arizona republican., 1903-12-08

numerous affidavits by persons living
in Missouri where the defendant re-
sides and where the plaintiff is sup
posed to be when he is at home.
According to the statement of the
defendant both she and the plaintiff
are well along in years. Until early in
1902 she had been a widow living at
Independence, Mo, with a married
| daughter, Mrs. Shaw. Burroughs was
| a widower and a farmer of consider
able substance residing near Marshall,
Mo.
They were married at Independence
and accompanied by a friend of the
bride they went on the same night to
the home Of Burroughs. Within two
days after the wedding the ardor of
the bridegroom cooled to a great eX-
tent and he showed in a variety of
ways that he was sorry that he had
set out on his second matrimonial voy-
age. About the third day he began to
try to scare his wife. He told her that
he could hear his dead wife walking
about the house and that sometimes
she talked to him. This was not a
very cheering revelation to the new
made bride. Then Burroughs began to
show signs of insanity, and at times he
approached the verge of violence. Will
liam T. Burroughs, a brother of Bur
roughs, told the bride that his brother
WAS going crazy and that he feared
that he would Kill her. She began to
believe it, and on the fifth day after
her wedding she returned 10 her for
mer home at Independence.
Soon after her departure Burroughs
sold off some of his personal property
and went away, leaving with his broth
er $500 to be paid to his wife in month
~ installments. Burroughs came to
Phoenix; that was i'm March of last
year. In the meaRtime the brother o?
Burroughs was paying his wife the
monthly pension and trying to arrange
a settlement with her for the payment
to her of a lump sum
Burroughs was putting in his time in
this country trying to get a divorce.
The suit was begun last May and in
his petition in which he alleges aban-
dOnment he stated that he did not
know where his wife was. Thus he was
allowed to get service upon her by pub
LEGATION in a paper which she never
saw.
At length she learned from q niece of
Burroughs living at Marshall that de-
positions had been taken in that neigh
borhCod in some matter affecting her
and her husband. Mrs Burroughs call
ed on her lawyer about 1t and he wrote
to the clerk of the district court OF
this district, who informed him that
Burroughs had filed a suit for divorce.
Mrs. Burroughs prepared to resist
the suit and her attorney wrote to
Mr.. Lewis directing him to enter ap-
pearanCe for her BY the time this di-
rection reached Phoenix the divorce
had been granted and there was moth
ing 10 do but to move to have the
Judgment set aside.
1t ia alleged In the first place that
fraud was committed in the statement
In the petition that the plaintiff did
not know where to get service on the
defendant: that the plaintiffs brother
was in communication with her all the
time trying to arrange Il settlement.
and in doing so was acting for his
brother.
1t is also stated in the notice that
Burroughs was not at any time a resi-
dent of this county; that he still
regards Missouri as his home as ne
has property there; his farm is occu-
pied by tenants who are expecting his
early return; that being a nonresident
of the territory and of this county the
court could have had no jurisdiction
in the divorce suit