Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-08
HODGE TALKS FREELY.
Does Not Give Hts wife Very Good
Certificate of Character.

Hodge was found at Riverside, Cali
fornla, by Tribune correspondent last
night. lie talked freely Of his wife
with whom he has apparently not en-
Joyed very much welded bliss While
he does not give her very good cei-
tificate OF character he talked freely u
her and her hayward ways and II he
tells the truth she is a stranger woman
than was even supposed This Is what
he said
II first met her last November and
married her Jan. I at her solicitation,
She deserted me after the ceremony
and went TO Los Angeles the same
afternoon, ! believe with a man named
Lang, from Pittsburg, and James Co
hen, Of Needles. Cal, She had been on
terms OF intimacy with these men at
Relief Springs, She always had the
character at Relief Springs OF being in
innate with many Of the guests.
WERE SEVERAL MEN.
"She was familiar with man
called TONY" who owns the glass bot
toned boat Avalon al Catalina also
with a sailor from the Happy valley
district IN san Pedro, whose name /
don't know. She was loose with other
men at Relief Springs. but ! was u
hostler and did not know them.
WENT TO ARIZONA,
After she went 10 Los Angeles on
the day OF our marriage ! next hears
Of her at Clifton, Arz She Went there
10 work In a Clifton hotel under con-
tract for six mouths With Humm 4
Bros, employment agents al Los An
geles. She wanted to quit her job ana
wrote me 10 help her out OF the scrape,
SECOND DISCRETION.
Il went 10 Clifton, fixed up the mat
ter and went with her to El Paso, Tex.
There she got all my money and de-
serted me In the middle OF February,
! was stranded and came back to Car
ifornia as hobo, tramped part way
and rode the break-beams OF the over
land trains | arrived at Highgroyc
about March G and went TO work as IA
ranch hand tor Charles Kldd. | worked
for Kidd until May g. then went to worN
for Olserschmidt and have been with
him ever since
WANTED HIS INSURANCE.
Il have not heard from my wife
since she left me al HI Paso except
that she telegraphed my brother, ".
H. Whitney, Of Denison Ia, that |
was dead Whitney Is my brother,
but was adopted by man named
Whitney | am a regular member OF
the Odd Fellows lodge at winthrop,
In. ! had receipts for dues which /
think the girl got hold or She proDa-
bly, thought had Insurance and
wanted TO Marry me for that reason.
/ think she circulated the report that
was dead with the idea Of getting IN
surancc.
READY TO TESTIFY.
Il wrote the chief Of police at Salt
Lake to let him know where ! am II
they want me ] am ready to testify
but really | know very little about th1
woman. i have not been with her 10
days since we We're married The first
knowledge ! had of the Ryan muld der
was from the newspapers-rea Il la
Los Angeles paper
GREED HER SIN.
The Woman's besetting weakness Is
greed for money She would do any
thing In the world for money, but was
eNtrayagant and could not keep t.
don't know where she got the money to
travel around as she had little when
she left me. | think she has been to
Hghgroye since she deserted me at
III paso. A woman answering her de-
scription arrived at Highgroye with
man and inquired for me from ranch
hands but did not find me-"
LOOKS LIKE AN ALIBI
Hodge added that the woman had
frienGs at kedlands with whom she
came TO California from Iowa She
claimed to him to be the adopted
daughter Of her uncle, Lewis Schmut.
gtr at Denison, la.
The alibi Of Hodge is very positive.
Many people can be found al Riverside
who are ready, Il is said, 10 swear that
he has been at Highgrove all the time
since March