The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-07-27


Last night in this city was enacted
one Of the tragedies of life but, fOrLuI-
ately, one that falls to the lot of but
few men. The occurance took place at
The OrtOn hotel and those who played
the parts were husband and wife. Er4
this is read they will be on their way
to the southwark to the home from
whence they came, but they came sep
,arately and in that lies the sadness of
the story. On the one hand it was love
and faithfulness, SO it seems, and Oh
the Other-well the circumstances alone
can answer.
Last night when the train arrived
from the north it brought a young
man on whose face was written the
deepest sorrow, not such a sorrow that
would be caused by some ordinary cir
cumstance but one that had dug into
his very soul. He had visited other
towns since he left his home in another
state of the sunny southland and his
fears had been realized When he ar
rived in this city he hastened to the
hotel and once more did his face grow
pale and his hand become unsteady as
he gaZed upon the register for there
he saw written the name of a man
wife, two children and nurse. Nothing
unusual III such a registration as it
appeared on the register-but wait.
Leaving the hotel he fastened to The
police station and there poured out
his story to the officer in charge. He
had been drinking some, but 1t vas
not surprising. Having sworn OuG
warrant for the arrest Of the man
whose name was registered as men
toned above, accompanied by two Of-
ficers, he went to The Orton. There
was a consultation with the clerk ,nd
then one of the officers and the young
man, for he did not look to be over
2S years of age, left the office and Went
to one of the bedroom floors
And here transpired the saddeSt
scene. Accompanied by Il bell hoy
who knew which room the party was
in, they went 10 the door The cell
boy knocked and a woman opened the
door She was a small woman and
not what could be termed pretty. The
officer was standing in front of me
door and when it was opened he called
moment stepped from view. Yes, hat
is my wife" he said, in a voice over
come with emotion. Yes, | am his
Wife" she calmly replied. And then.
continuing, What are you doing hero
come in." The husband entered the
room and so did the officer. She want
ed to know what the officer was doing
there and then it was that the husband
made his accusation, which the WON n
branded as false. In the room was Il
little girl perhaps five years OF age
and also another child Is months cid.
The older child was by the woman
first husband She had as a nurse
small negro girl.
Having aScertained that those in the
room were the ones who should be
nearest and dearest of all on eartn
the grief stricken husband returned 10
the hotel lobby and then an effort was
made to locate and arrest the man
above mentioned. All efforts TO find
him proved to be without avail and lie
had evidently seen the officers with the
Woman'S husband and made his escape.
Officers were stationed around the
hotel but nothing was seen OF him.
Soon after the above occurrence, the
clerk notified the woman that sne
would have to leave the hotel. At first
she said she would not do SO but she
was told that if she persisted in re
manning in the room she would be put
out. At last she consented and he
husband. not wanting TO carry her TO 4
hotel, took her and the children TO The
Coast Line station and they remain
ed in the waiting room from midnight
until the morning train left.
A representative of the Messenger
saw the husband at the Coast Line sta
tion this morning and he was the pict-
ure of utter despair. His hand trembied
and on his face stood out large drops
of DerspiratiOn. He wanted to come up
the street to see an officer but feSrel
to leave the station for fear that his
wife would leave, so he returned 70
remain with the woman whom ne
had found here under the circum-
stances related above. The husband
was a nice looking man with browEl
hair and brown eyes and was nearly
six feet in height. He named several
towns he had visited in this state and
found the same registration on the
hotel registers as he did here. His
wife left home about week ago pre-
sumably, 80 he says, to visit her
parents. What the sequel will be no
one knows.