The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-04-27


esiing that has been. tried in the fed.
eral court for some time. Stuchul wa
charged IN the indictment with hay.
ing married a Miss Nellie Troxel. q
daughter Of 4 Troxel. a well.to-dD
citizen a Wheeler. while he was a..
ready a married man. Roth women sat
side by side to ofeT testimony agliEst
the defendant Though they rrsrit,l
az least a thousand miles apart. on
this occasion they were drawn togc'r
er by ties Of common rympd.hy. ~
was the same old story OF wife's
udelity aud m1u Who sacrificed
home and family for another wunin
Il g. ineXorable as fate that rcitiar
tion come. to him who violates the
sanctity OF the home and 60 was the
popular opinion that the jury should
have given the defendant the limit OF
the law. five years.
Several years ago the stuchul home
IN Pennsylvania was a happy oue. full
Of life and hope Today Il is desolaie
and dark. -Four children. which came
TO bless the union between Miss Glib.
son and x. D. stuchul. are without
support This Is nothing compared
with the heart pangs that q faithfu
wife has suffered
Leaving home one day. as the tea.
timony showed. Stuchul bade his wife
and children q fond good bye. lie ad.
monished his wife to look well after
the little cne. he came to Indian Ter.
ritory In search of work for bis f,m
ily Stuohul was an oil opertor. D..
ing an experienced man. ne secu -rl
employment In the Wheeler OF fields
Each month he remembered the folks
at home with q remittance OF $40.
He wrote tender love notes TO his wife
and told how bright the future looked.
Ono dag By chance he met Miss
Nellie Troxcl. who lives within two
miles OF Wheeler. Being q young man
OF pleasing appearance he impressed
the young lady, who invited him TO
her home. Stuchul called regularly at
the TroNel home. He woocd her with
al the grace and ardor OF Faust.
But Within him dwelled the spirit Of
a Mephisto. The happy courtshlp ri.
pencd into love. then marriage In
the spring OF 1905 Rev Clowdus Join.
cd the happy couple In wedlocl. It
was a simple wedding, but the bride
was as happy as though the marriage
was the most ostontatlous event that
could happen
Stuchul worked in the oil fields
with the oontentment that only comes
10 happy man. at times he seem
ed "a worry" said his young wife.
"and would cheer him up" Seem.
ingly there was nothing that caused
his wife 10 grow suspicious.
II was late in the summer that
Suchul wrote back 20 Pennsylvania
to his wife, saying.I am going 20
California and will write you from
there. The train Is now due and
haven't time to write more. The
reason that I am leaving Is that
have had trouble with a man at
Wheeler and | think 1t Is best to
leave"
With his failure 10 write as was
his custom and thinking that hcr hus-
band was in serious trouble, Mrs
Suuchul wrote No. I wrote TO Post.
master Killingsworth at Wheeler.
making inquiries concerning him.
The postmaster promptly answered.
stating that Mr.. stuchul was living
near Wheeler and that he was mar.
rled. Then came q letter full Of
pathos. There must be some mis-.
take added Mrs Stuchul. The Fed.
eral authorities started an lnvestlga-
ton, II was during this investigation
that stuchul disappeared. He was
located In Bridgeport, Texas, where
he was working and placed under
arrest Since that time he has been
in jail here. In February. 1906, a
boy was born 10 the second wife.
Il could hardly believe that my
husband had married said Mrs.
Stuchul No |. "Once a letter came
from a girl In Missouri II was full
OF love. when my husband came
home demanded an explanation. lie
got on his knees and begged to be for
given. saying that It was only case
OF Irritation. II seems that in his
travels he had courted this woman,
too"
Both wives sat In the Federal court
room yesterday and expressed sym
patty for each other. Both were I'm