The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-20
WANTS MAN WHO
STOLE HIS WIFE
W. W. Williams Is on Trail
That May End i'm
Blood.
HONEY MOON CUT SHORT
BY LOVERS APPEARANCE
Seeks Runaway Pair in Zion,
With Aid of Local
Police.

". ". Williams. a wellknown chef
of Butte, Mont, is In Salt Lake on a
peculiar mission, He's after the man
that stole his wife. If he gets him there
Will be a tale TO tell which IL will prob
ably be necessary 10 punctuate In the
gore of T. ]. Thelen. alias John Tabor.
Williams was married at the Montana
metropolis last winter, his bride being
a beautiful girl OF 10. They had but
entered upon the bliss of their honey
moon when the young bride confessed TO
her husband that she had been Induced
to go through some sort of fake marriage
ceremony at Aberdeen, S. D., with the
man Thelan, who was then in Butte.
Programme Wouldn't Work.
Williams was enraged at this first evil
dence OF his wifes deception; but, after
the first shock agreed with her that the
proper course would be for her TO first
get separation from him, then go TO
Aberdeen and get her marriage with
Thelan annulled, after which she might
return TO Butte and re-enter the holy
bonds of wedlock with her own, truly
husband,
This programme looked all right on
paper but II didn't work out With Thelan
and the double husbanded young woman,
They had scheme Of their own and the
carrying out thereof caused world OF
circles.
The young woman's first move was To
leave the boarding house where Williams
lived and shortly afterward, for no cause
known TO him. stopped speaking 10 him
on the street. He saw her frequently In
company with her other" husband and,
following them one day, discovered that
they were living together.
Charged Them With Crime.
He got out a complaint charging them
with Illegal cohabitation. They served five
days in jail awaiting trial and then, ac-
cording to Williams. secured their re-
lease by some sort OF hocus pocus pro-
cedinSs.
The woman continued to cling to her
first love and the demon of jealousy now
gnawed at the vitals of the wretched
Williams. He might have endured even
this had not the man who supplanted
him in the affections OF the tickle Aber-
deem belle undertook to unload on him
watch chain, woven in the hair OF the
woman he loved, for trifliug sum,
In Again, Out Again.
Then Williams waxed wroth, and, after
wrenching the precious trinket from the
hands of the hated Thelan. had him again
arrested and thrown into Jail. Chief OF
Police Mullholand, however. let him so
and the next day he left town, The wo
man had preceded him TO unknown parts
and Williams is now satisfied that they
are together, perhaps in Salt Lake. He
has reported the matter TO the Salt Lake
police and they will do all in their power
TO assist him in his search.
Williams is not the only one who wants
Thelan. John Anderson, Sheriff of Alb
erdeen S. u. has developed a deepseat
ed desire TO get him In his clutches, for
Thelan is said to be an cmbezzler and
notices have been sent TO all police de-
partments In the country asking for his
detention.
Living Under His Name.
Mr., Williams is of the opinion that the
couple are living together under the
names OF Mr.. and Mrs. Warner w. Will
Iiams. Thelan Is about 27 years old. .
feet tx inches in height, weighs 145
pounds, has dark brown hair, ruddy com
pleXion. white teeth with no visible fill
ings. He is German-American. well
educated, but worked in Butte as a com
mon laborer. He does not dress expen-
siyely and wears little jewelry, except a
cheap silver or nickel watch and an l. w.
w. lapel button. He wears heavy near
sighted eyeglasses.
The woman is 20 years old, we'll built.
has prominent white teeth. She has very
light brown hair. She left Butte the last
week In February and he followed May 5.
Mr. Williams Will continue his search
in Salt Lake for week or so. and IL un-
successful will seek the fugitives else
where. He looks like n determined man
and his heart Is certainly In the work he
has cut out for himself.