Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-04-07
JONES IS STINCIEST
MAN IN WORLD"
So Remarked Mrs. Ethel
Jones Who Is Suing che
New Mexico Caltleman.
NAY Be CRIMINAL PROSTITUTION

from los ANGELES Examiner
Mrs. Ethel Jones, who D. a ~
year old mother. and Rho has been
twice married since she achieved
what she considered t0 0a tae aEe
of matrmnny. three and d half years
ago, yesterday denounced Walter u.
Jones'. whom She claims as her nus-
band. for having uccused her OK pe-
/ lnF a hlackmalltr
WI am not hif logai wife" she
said. "then be played The most COW
ardiy trick upon me of which 9 man
could be capable and lett me IA the
most humillailng situation woman
could experience.
The young WOMAN has brought euit
against Jones. who is New Mex
lean catiicman 6s yean Of age, ior
$500 month maintenance she did
not appear when the case came be-
fore Superior 1udgc fora Friday. in
The shape % n snlt 90 dissolve the
Injunction restraining Jones from
drawing any Of his money from the
Farmers and Merchants National
bank
MY attorney Elmer Hardcsiy.
went back on me" she said and,
begi0us. ! was waiting for new ovl-
dence in the shape Of letters ! have
secured a new attorney and che case
win be- pushed There may BE- a
criminal prosecution
Until yesterday Mrs Jones had
kent herself prosigtenily from re-
porlers. aud an atmosphere oi mys-
terry seemed 30 gnvolop the cottage
she occupies with her child aud
mother and younger sister, az 32u
East sixteenth street,
She ls @ handsome young woman,
with the dlinploa Of child. Her
baby. % boy was born February 2id.
aud was named by itH father Wall
tor %. Jones"
n was arsi married TO James
| Stowe. she aaid "m 1909. when
was MOI quite No. We lvci together
bnt a short time and then entered
Into al agreement that he should Eei
divorce. did not appear a. tne
trial and supposed that The case went
] by default
"a maniod Ne. Jones. july D. i05.
under the impression that / was tree
10 DO go. lie had known ~ my mar
Flaec % MI Stowe, aa he had acted
az hcet man and knew Of the divorce
} suit. n wasn't until after be sent me
and my mother out here last August
that / learned there was a question
about the divorce having heen
graDtbd.
"Ho wrote o. me then. saying that
a lawyer had come 20 him with bil
Of $50 which / owed on account OF thf
divorce suit He told me Ia the let
F, ter that stowe hadn't got the divorce
b "'You are not my wife. anyway,
Inc wrote. because the man who per
/ formed the ceremony was not min'
lister lie was only q iakir
Z "gVhon the ceremony wan perform
+ cd. Nr Jones would NOT have o min
Iaier 80 knew, bot got q man lruu
I lW paso. ar Jones rot possession oil
, tho marriage certificate and NO rec
!. ord vi the marriage was ever made
{ He explained his getting This strange
man by saylng that n his friend.
knew ~ was married they wuuli
make him treat And hos one of me
stinriesf men in the world.
Gle bought this place instead 81
the $1,000 house be- was gOlng 90 pro.
vide ioF mo- and give ny never mor'
} THAN $40 a week That's all We gu
g when we had 20 pay rent sonnet ime'
q 4 was only SIS and we nearly starved
q probably would have 10 We hadn'
! found good friends
A.. "Ho never addressed any letters q
me but always aont them 20 ml
- mother Ne never introduced me n'
Y hls wife. bat Ia several places herr
! ne Las lived with me. ana peopl
e have called ne Mrs. Jones' 90 ht
q presence.
q when the baby was born he tole
p. ph0ned the notice 10 the health ~
a dec and gaye hlg name as the intho
!. land my name Mrs Ethel lonea,' a
/, the mother " he Is not my husband
p ho should be forced 10 support ms
because he ls the father Of my bahi
~ ana hna. up To three weeks ago, rec