The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-23
ONE WIFE TELLS
LIFE OF TROUBLE
Mrs. Agatha Peters Sohettler Relates
Her Struggles to Raise Children.
LITTLE HELP FROM BANKER
STILL PROBING TO LOCATE PROP
ERTY OF THE BANKRUPT.


rather reversal. in the SchettIer case,
and as a result Of yesterdays expert
eure the depositors are doomed 70 wait
few additional weeks, il is feared.
before they viii be able To collect the
first Of the dividends promised when
IL was found that there were several
tangible pieces OF property from which
money might he realized Furt hermore
% was SHOWN at yesterdays session
before Referee i'm Bankruptcy Charles
Baldwin ana Trustee Gould 3. BlakeIy
+. tHal SChettier'S treatment of his plural
wives was in keeping somewhat with
the manner in which he has treated the
ueToS1toTs of his defuuct bank
agatha Peters SchettIer. better
known an the proceedings as the third
VIE Of the eN-bankeT, was the star
witness of the day She took the stand
late IN the afternoon and near her was
htF counsel, former Judge f V Hig-
SINS In the room at the time were
former Receiver L. r Anderson. Mrs
Amelia h Dale, chairman of the de-
L4-llors committee. and Andrew
Srundfor, the latter being one of the
most lnSiste9t of the depositOrs since
IIle proceedings were iuaUgIrated
Mrs SchettIer was iuterrogated by
attorney g =. Stewart for the dep0s-
itors.
Never Gave Full Support.
Are You wife Of b H. SchettIer?"
Alr. Stewart asked.
1 don't think So 7 have never been
MS legal wife. but [ went to live with
/ nun as his wife Aug s. 1873. Four chill
I dFen have been born To- us. and he *
the father of all of them He has part
~ supported them. but not wholly He
gave me the home I'm which we live and
has paid me 81 month for our sup
/ port The home IS at 215 Fourth street.
ana consists of piece of land 5Nl0
! rods tt is very small he gave me
/ TINS piece of property after he had
/ been injured at the time of the attempt
| ed robbery of the lions Savings bank.
and delivered the deed to me i'm 1884.
/ was at my home when he gave ne the
deed, and ] placed it in a box for safe
Keeping From that time il never left
1 my possession and was never deposited
J IN the bank- 1 recorded il a year ago,
! that is. about last July"
! Why did you retain the deed all that
/ time without having il re, orded2-
/ II did it because he told me that il
| WAS not necessary but when ] became
/ cramped for room and wanted to build
! am addition 10 our little home 7 went to
/ Dr- Theodore Never and asked him for
! the necessary loan He told me that /
! could not obtain any money unless I
/ frs had the deed recorded. and 1 fol-
] lowed his advice"
| Mrs. Schetter then went on To tell
] some of the things which have come
/ INTO her life since she came to this
/ country and became plural wife of
/ the ex-banker. she said maj eba -,a,-er
! bothered the other wives mr. IN
/ dren. and thar as q r7att.,. Cr So -,
/ left SchettIer twenty ,-a.1-s o., -1,5 l,-,..
had nothing to do win him ei,1,e rJ,s1,
/ exceDr IN 7agsi,- - ----li IN NC.
month. which he sends to tLa bo-l l
l When she left him which sha ala ~
cause she found fbaf tbai,. roIatil,,s
,,sTe i1I,1 - &c, 'li5ll iel'' -i'''S
living for herself and cbfrra IN 5,i''15 d
/ ing chickens for marker tt ,,.,- MI
! work. and no one could imagine inst
what she has gone tfrouab She lsf4
At present two ,f ba,. do,7c-f,+,.,-.. -.
employed and her SON has no., in ~
army Will, he was i'm the PbfffDnfues
he used to send her = mart of hi. 7,7g,r,.17
[ ~ earnings. and when no ,.ar7e how.
I he gave her 500 and that Was q cod
send" she added
L. g., ~,
@Ee0 Up MONEY
All i'm an. even though she ms b,,-,7
I pressed at times for money ebe MAJ
AGED 10 save a little bit here and +bara
for nv old age She said ..for 49,
| is always staring us i'm the face Then
/ my sister Mrs Peters Never haIre1
| me out CCCa si1UaIIv. and when the chill
dren were able 10 add in nv s,,-i-7,5-
/ my sister and myself bought = 1;tffs bit
I of property on the west Side of tov-1l -
She was questioned AS fo t1a ,,-a,.r.
/ location of this marcel of real a.+sfe
+ but her memory was defective and She
t I.'.'iI. II ON The ground that all the
( of The proDertv was done tb,-o,I,I, -,
sister.
Now tell us. Mrs. SghettTer~ said
+ Mr.. Stewart how Won MANAGED tn NJ
! the taxes ON the house i'm which Won
live"
When Mr. Schcttfer began 10 nav
me SI5 II month for the support of nv
self and children he said that 7 ought
. 10 pay the taxes I told h5m that T
/ thought the amount BE- was eoutribut-
: ing was small enough without demand
/ ing that I should pay the taxes. but he
insisted. and So We had to manage the
/ best way we could 10 get along. That
was the end Of our relations and for
f twenty years have never seen him
He has never visited me. nor has ne
+ ever taken a meal in the house i'm that
time"
Then YOU have not really been OH
good terms with him during an those