The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-04
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ROMANCE
BEHIND DIVORCE SUIT
Wealthy California WidowWeds
Ex-Convict Who Has An
other Wife in Omaha.
LATTER sUEs
Mrs Anna Jam;son Says She Will
Prosecute Husband for Biaamy
Tells Sensational
Story.
LATTER SUES

Omaha, Neb., Jan. "A romance of
the kind which would be declared pre-
posterous il presented on the stage, in.
volving the love of a wealthy widow for
an e~x-conNict, q romance which may
yet be blighted by a suit for bigamy,
lies behind the innocent looking divorce
suit brought in the district court in this
city by Mrs. Anna Jamlson.
The papers in the case merely set
forth desertion as the cause why Mrs.
Jamison should be divorced from
George II. Iainison.
In addition to his Omaha wife there
Is also another woman who bears
Jamison's name and therein lies a re-
markable story of a Woman's love
which scoffed at social conventions and
dared all things for the sake of a man.
upon whom lay the shadow OF a prison.
Mrs. Jamison No. 2 was the wealthy
n dashing widow of h late Judge
j.. A. Campbell, of San Francisco. A
standard-bearer of the law who had
sent nan men to ~prison-that his
widow should marry an ex-convict gave
added piquancy to the romance.
In the little town Of Winfield, Ia,
Mrs. Jamison No. 1, nee Miss Anna
Thompson, vas engaged to Jamison'
and they were married at Mt. Pleasant
Ia, November /, 1893. The couple To-
Gated at Wapello. Ia.
Need of Money Starts 1t.
Here" said Mrs. Jamison. the
weeks, months and several years rolled,
by, during which time two boys came
to add sunshine to the household.
CAL went well until my husband be-
came involved in questionable
difficulties, owing to the fact that his
father, like many other cattlemen, suf-
fered financial reverses and became
generally bankrupt.
Financial entanglements resulted,
and my husbands inability to meet
these obligations forced him to obtain
money under false pretenses, eventually
placing him behind the bars in Bur
liirgtoi, Ia.
AFTER his release on bond my hus-
band became implicated in other finan-
cial deals in Omaha. Chicago. Kansas
City. st. Joseph, Wichita and other
places.
In the meantime Mrs. Jamison came
to omaha to obtain q position. she
and her two boys secured two small
rooms where they still live. She Sc
cured employment.
Heard Of Him in '99.
The Young woman received no word
from her husband until 1898, when he
wrote from San Francisco, annonnc-
ing that ne had enlisted in the army
and would sc TO the Philippines.
Shortly thereafter Jamison wrote from
Manila protesting his love for his de-
serted wife, but his MiSSlNeS received
no response.
After the war with Spain was over
Jarnison returned to the United States
and was arrested in California, charged
with the theft of 500 from F. M.
Black, a Pullman car conductor.
Jamison protested his innocence, but
on trial was convicted n sentenced
to San Quentin prison for eighteen
months. Owing TO good behavior dur
ing his incarceration he was dis
charged in August of this year.
How He Met New Love.
After the prison doors were opened
for Jamison he went to Berkeley, CAL
where he attracted the attention OF
Judge Campbell's widow. h knew OF
the ~ex-convict's San Quentin career,
but believed him to be innocent of the
crime for which he had been SEN
fenced, and that he was no doubt the
victim of circumstances and mans
enmity.
on November 81 the former convict
was welded to the judges widow
startling the society on the Pacific
coast in which she was q prominent
figure.
Jamison and his new wife are al
present owners and are managing a
large mission furniture establishment
in Berkeley, Cal. the business being
financed by the money OF the woman
Divorce Revealed Scandal.
Affairs on the Pacific coast, so fal
as Jamison was concerned, were pro
crossing without an obstacle until hi!
wife began divorce proceedings. Ii
some Jamison was apprised Of
this action and he hurried to Omaha
telling his California wife, it is said
that he had business of Importance tt
look after in Chicago.
Upon his arrival in Omaha Jamisor
visited his first wife and pretended
that he desired her to return to Cali
fOrnia.