The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-07
w EDS WOMANW WITH
HYPNOTIC EYE"
Simon T. Pearson of Salt Lake Mar
ries Mrs. Ellen Gsge-McBride.
DOUBLE LIFE is CHARGED
WIFE IN SALT LAKE TELLS OF
ANOTHER WOMAN IN CASE.
DOUBLE life extending over a pc

DOUBLE life extending over a pc
~ riod Of nine years has been
brought TO light by the wedding
of Simon T. Pearson and Mrs. Ellen G.
Gage. formerly of Salt Lake. who We're
married in Oakland June :. Pearson Sc
cretly obtained a divorce from his wife.
who is now residing at 462 East First
South street. this city. Pearson Sc
cured a divorce March Is at Hawthorn.
NeV-, after learning that Ms Pearson
intended To bring action for separation.
Besides the usual features of the
maintenance of two homes. the Illegal
one unknown for many years to his
Tightful wife, the hypnotic eye the
DRY is applied 10 certain phases of the
case
Salt Lake friends of Mrs. Gage are
asking if she has not the Hypnotic eye
Of which writer's of late years
have been wont to discourse Mrs
Gage was an ardent student of hyp-
nOtism. 1t was often her boast that by
Sheer mental force she was able TO
make man turn, drawn by some iutlu-
ence. toward her.
Both Mrs. Gage-P Pearson and aIr.
Pearson are well known in Salt Lake,
the former coming here from Chicago
in the early ninetieS. Soon after her
u.
died and she then entered the office of
the tax collector as clerk. 1t was there
she met Mr.. Pearson, who was dep
uty. subsequently she married Judge
j. r. Mcbride. now deceased. Her mar
riage 10 the latter was Mrs. CAGES
third matrimonial venture and it
proved a failure Judge Mcbride sued
for and WAS granted divorce
Mrs Gage-Mc Brides latest conquest
whereby she gains tie right to add stiH
another hyphen and another name. fol-
lows an acquaintance with Mr. Pearson
of dozen years 1t comes as an abso-
lutte surprise 10 Mrs. Pearson. waO uu-
I'll few days ago knew nothing OF the
u~arriase on the coast
Lived Long in Happiness.
A-r. and Mrs - sr-ol lived together
T1,il about two years ago. when there
came tEe disclosure or PeurSOn'S past
conduct, i'm which local woman Of
admitted bad rcoUtc was concerned.
For over a year Pearson has been in
and about GOldfeId- His business re-
quireS frequent visits TO san Francis
co and ii was in this way that he man
aged to keep in contact with Mrs. Gage.
According to Mrs Pearson her hUs-
band led a double life in Salt Lake for
nine Years., the first mixing of the
truth coming 10 her thrc-gh an anouy-
nous letter while she WAS III at Pacific
Grove Cal. I'm August. 1903. The We
man IN this case was a Mrs. WVlie also
known as Mrs. Phillips.
Mrs Pearson SAYS that her husband
acknowledged maintaining "a home for
this woman on Sixth South street for
many years. Following Mrs. Pearson's
discovery of his guilt and his confes-
sion Pearson wds threatened with suit
by Mrs Wyiie- To avoid giving up
property IN case of judgment he
turned over local property to Mrs
Pearson
During the years Of this affair Pear
son gave his wife no reason to SUS-
pect that he was anything but q low
ing. aHecilonate husband His evenings
were rarely spent away from home
However. he would urge his wife TO
make trips away from home and sew
eral years ago persuaded her to make
a "oyaee abroad
Married Twenty-Five Years.
The Pearsons lived in welded life
twenty-five years. coming % salt Lake
from Boston They moved i'm the best
circles in this city and during the
entire time that they lived together
there was no sign of discord- Theirs
was looked on as an ideal union and
home For many years they resided on
Brigham street.
Mrs. Gage. the name she retained aft
err the Mcbride divorce. also was wei
come an the best society circles She
entertained frequently and on Occa-
sions numbered among her guests Mr.
and Mrs Pearson. She is now a vO-
man past 80 years. while Pearson il
% In the license issued i'm Oakland
Of Pearson as so
The first intimation Mrs Pearson had
OF PearsOn's marriage TO Mrs Gage was
Wheh she was given clipping from
the San Francisco Chronicle OF June
- telling OF the difficulty Pearson had
found i'm securing a marriage license
at Oakland The latter part of the ar
ticle reads as follows:
When asked if ne had been di-
Notced Wltnh year, Pearson replied
Inat ne mad been separated from his
Wife by a divorce decree on March ;
last Under the law Of California
divorced person cannot Temarry until
year has elapsed and the interlocu-
tory decree made final In Nevada
there are no. iuteriOcutOTv dpcraps of
divorce. Pearson had with him a final
decree County Clerk Cook was con-
suited. and decided that owing 10 the
fact that there was nothing to prevent
Pearson marrying under the law of the
state where he obtained his final di-
Vorce. he could be legally married in
this state 4 license was accordingly
issued 20 him"
Mrs. Pearson Talks
Mrs. Pearson was reluctant last night
TO say aught of the trouble i'm which
she hgures. but made the following
statement regarding her efforts To Sc
cure divorce from her husband.
T went TO GOldfeld last March for
the purpose of securing a divorce from
Mr. Pearson. arriving there March 10
During my husbands entire absence
from me up to that date. a period of
about one year. I had correspondent
with him, apprising him of my where
abouts. but the letters Went unan-
Swere5
Il remained in Goldfield nine DAYS.
and during that time Mr. Pearson re-
manned away from the city While
there I received a letter. forwarded
from my Salt Lake address. saving
that he had secured a divorce some
time ago but this statement I learned
was not true. The court records at
hawthorn, New. show that he secured
a final decree March 10
After my return to Salt Lake I
wrote, endeavOring to learn from Mr.
Pearson the grounds for divorce To
this inquiry I have never received an
answer. While the decree was OBJ
tanned presumably on a default / have
no intention of suing to have it set
aside"
LOSS S15O.OOO.