Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-10-14

able rather than otherwise, even IN a
pretty woman.
From the the Nellie Benthuson had
gone into Ions skirts she had asso-
ciated principally With men. among
whom she was a favorite: and neigh
horhood gossip recorded numerous love
affairs Of more or less earnestness In
all she had earned the reputation OF be-
ing tickle. quick In forming attach
ments and equally quick in dismissinx
them. These love sffEirs had culmin-
ated in her marrisge 10 Shannon
Bailey, young lawyer. good looking.
OF some means. giving promise OF rap
I'd advancement in his profession and
Intensely in love with the high-spir-
tied hoydenish Nellie.
During the courtship Bailey had
been the victim Of at least one OF that
numerous class Of individuals who de-
light in carrying gossip TO the person
most Interested. In this case ne OF
these oficious chatter-boxes whispered
things 90 Bailey about his dancee that
adoring lovers do not like 10 hear
These whisperings had the usual effect
Instead OF breaking the attachment Il
strengthened it; but az the same time
it planted seeds OF distrust that later
bore their fruit in a most grewsome
way.
Bailey promptly married the girl.
but decided that they could be happier
were she taken away from the scene
Of her girlish attachments. The Pa
cifc coast was decided upon. and 20 the
coast they went They spent two
months IN California. Oregon and
Washington over This trail I did not
follow them. They returned TO KAN
sas, settling temporarily at Clinton.
Here the tickle bride almost immediate
ly on their arrival fen fin love with
telegraph operator and Bailey noted
the attachment There was scene.
Bailey shot at his wifes new a1miror.
missed BIN and then wiisked his bride
away % Dakota.
They FIRST went 90 Huron. intending
TO settle there. and took rooms at the
Wright house IN O. few DAYS Mrs.
Bailey plunged into another Irritation.
AS furious as tho Grst Another scene
resulted euding in separation Bailey
took quarters away from Tho hotel ana
his bride remained $40 tho Wright
house. Several days later Bailey ana
bis wife aeain became reconcned. She
evidently had thc power 20 throw him
into The most violent Cts OF Jealous
rage, and then by preteuse OF repent
ance and other wOmcn's wilcs. 90 brlnE
him TO hor fcet aea.n. Right after this
second reconciliation the pair moved
90 DE Swet. mcre hamlet az that
time. containing only l6 families The
country was new and was beinc dcyel-
opcd hy the railroad tlat had just built
q line throueh &c.
Bailey believed that the village had
a promising future and announced his
intention to settle there and go into
the real estate and loan business. In
tis travels Dee had carried with him
several thousand dollars. and soon
after arriving 40 Do Snet ne deposited
this money in The Bank OF Kingsbury
County, conducted by A. and Thomas
H. Ruth The Baileys rented q two
story building that had been used os
q shoe store. with living rooms above.
bought furniture and soon were. 20 an
appearance comfortably settled
The ground a. hy the Bauevs
from thc tme tHt &rcturncd from tie
Pacific coast until they settled in De
Smet was 1li carer Fully gone over by
me. 10 must De remembered that In
these wandcrines they had been nearly
a year in advance OF nae. and / neces-
sarily depended 90 a great extent on
tho gossip they had left in their wake.
From this Z sifled as carefully as I
could the statements that / deemed
worthy OF crcdence Al each place
they had stopped there were plenty OF
tales on jealous quarrels. always due.
as nearly as ] could judge, 10 the tickle
ness OF She bride ana her seeming wan
ton pleasure ga keeping her husband
In the thr9ee 90 ica' GUS rage. The con
clusion 7 drew was this: That here
was q case of n woman who had mar
riet. not from love. but because her
sutton had ben n desirable catch"
was satisfied tat she bad had no gen
uine aiect'c1 Ter Bailey; but 10 the
daus % en- ob-cu-e carpenter. an
oder OF marric~e from a rising. agree
able young lawyer of ample means was
not 20 be treated lightly.
anus JN-4ArA zee woman on the
facts as had gathered them and with
out prejudice OF desire 20 work any
injustice. Ans here I wish to say that
In my many years of work In hunting
down and securing evidence AGAINST
criminals Of all k.uda-a career begun
in 1861 have never been dishonest
in trying TO manufacture evidence
against any person suspected or ac-
cused. and / have never formed prema-
ture notions OF the guilt OF innocence
OF suspect. always reserving conciu-
sions on this point until the facts
CLEANED forced such conclusions. am
fully aware that many detectives OF
my personal acquaintance first assume
the guilt OF suspect and then make
the evidence 1T their preconceived idea.
Even-handed justice IS due the worst
criminal. II they are guilty intelli-
gent. honest and persevering work on
the part Of TIE o@cers OF the law viii
develop that fact IL the evidence is in
any way obtainable II not--weII.
have always believed In the adage that
IL Is better for nine c-fsfIfe- v,~r - -.