The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-11
[onnie Dame, Former Wa||a Wa||an,
Under Arrest
He CLAIMS he HAS Been 1R|CkED
HE ASSERTS THAT THE MAR.
RAGE ENTERED INTO WAS
A FALSE ONE,

Lorenzo Dame, a former Walla WAL
la boy, is under arrest in Portland on
charge of polygamy. Dame claims
that he is innocent and that he is the
victim of a conspiracy and when the
time comes he will be able to prove
his statement. The Oregonian has the
following story of the affair:
Only two weeks ago he took a young
Myrtle B. Kelso. The knot was tied
by Rev. Mr.. Ghormley, an acquaint-
ance of the bride. The honeymoon pro-
crossed smoothly until a few days
ago, when the happy bride received a
visit from a woman who said she was
the rightful wife of the groom. The
marriage had occurred, she said, In
Portland, two years ago. Dane then
spelled his name with an m" but
had the same initials. Her name prior
to the wedding was Marie Sutcliffe.
In a year her husband deserted her.
Reading the papers recently, she
saw an announcement that Lorenzo
Dane had been married. She investi-
gated, got a look at the groom and
recognized her ex-spouse. Recalling
that there had been no legal separa-
ton, she called on the district attor-
ney and secured a warrant charging
Dane with bigamy.
Clerk of the Court Frank Hennessy
says that Sutcliffe showed him two
marriage certificates, one showing
his daughter to be married to Dame
and the second showing him to have
married third woman. If this be
true, Dame is guilty of polygamy in
stead of bigamy. By peculiar error,
coincidence, the charge placed opposite
his name on the police arrest sheet
yesterday was polygamy, instead Of
bigamy.
The story related to the police by
L. Dame, is, remarkable in the ex-
IRENE. According to Dame he believed
that he was entering a conspiracy to
deceive the public in order to pro.
tect a girl, and was himself victimized
by the others in the plot He says he
thought he was taking part in a fake
wedding ceremony, whereas a genuine
minister of the gospel performed the
ceremony.
when 1 came to this city," said
Dame, Il intended working at my
trade of plumber, but strike was
on and L secured employment as
waiter in a restaurant. followed this
business until the strike was settled.
Then 1 went to work as a plumber. In
the meantime, 1 became acquainted
with Maria Rosetta Sutcliffe. Relatives
of the girl came to me and told me
1 would have to marry her. T told
them 1 would not marry any woman I
didn't love devotedly, and while
thought well Of Miss Sutcliffe,
would not marry her. Then it was
proposed to me that l should take
part in leading the public to think
was married to her, anyhow. A false
marriage was proposed.
Il consented, and what purported to
be a marriage license was procured.
The knot was tied, as I supposed, by
some friend of the family not a
preacher. / have since discovered that
regularly ordained minister of the
gospel was secured to marry us. In
fact, it was this minister who saw a
print, went to the girls relatives, told
them I was married again, and in
sisted that 1 be arrested. So here
am
Not His First Arrest.
Dame lived in Walla Walla quite
number of years following the voca-
ton of waiter in several restaurants.
About three years ago he went to Ia
coma where he was arrested for steal
ing a number Of brass electrical nix
lures. He was convicted and sentenced'
to six months in the penitentiary,
which he served at the Walla Walla
prison.
TEXANS TALKING Nuts.