Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-21
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~ uouaires and their SONS have been
unfortunate in their marriages
And they can scarcely make
Adams excurc and say. 'The woman
Thou CAVES, me oh Lord, for IN most
cases il has been the wife Who has SUE
tered wrong az the hands Of the hus-
band or at least me evidence Boa the
divorce courts seems to have born out
this theory
One OF the earlier Thaws his name
has been forgotten just for the moo
mcnD started the lisL That was ,he
famous "inian Princess trial Glorious
old Tom Marshall Allegheny couu-
Tvs most famous criminal lawyer made
be reputation out Of that case.
cuba a. Quiet was the Indian prIn'
cess She married d Thaw At least the
world recognized them as married, ana
the man never made any denial ~ H.
She knew little Of her husband or his
autecedeuts when ne died she was
advised 10 sue Tor her widows dover
1f his rich estate. only the older peo-
DIE ~ the nation remember that trial
today. but 20 was one Of the most. re-
markable ever tried here. The Thaws
won. although the popular verdict was
lu favor ~ the dGsky Indian girl who
had pledged her life and honor TO the
scion Of rhaws All that remains IN
Piitshurg today TO recall that famous
trial is an alley named FOR the lndiao
princess.
10 was rich scandal while It lasted.
Buried somewhere under the dust OF
two generations IN the Allegheny coun-
81 courthouse are the records Of the
famous cuba l.. Quiet" claims To his
dying day Tom Marshall maintained
the indian woman had been wronged
because Of Der color,
There Is a legend that when denied
even the honor Of wifehood the Indian
woman pronounced a curse on the name
~ fhaN. Whether she did or not the
family has certainly suffered from ITS
share of the tragedies ana scandals
Ola William Thaw. founder OF the
family never Went through the divorce
courts. but ne hai his own troubles. he
Is known only as a Christian gentle
man. philsuthropist and business man
~ remarkable ability The fact that
his wife ala not live with him for years
because ~ HIS foninesy FOR the society
~ other women. pa,"ruarly young
girls is not exploited 20 much as his
good deeds
~ course. The cases ~ William Ellis
Corey. president ~ The United states
Steel corporation Harry Kendall ThaN
and Augustus Hsriie. the millionaire
paper manufacturer Of this city, are
lust now crowding the newspapers.
They are each sensational enough IN
their way. Corey. lifted from compat.
atiyo poverty as clerk I'm a coal office
az $40 a month 90 a position where he
presidcS over the business Of billion
dollar corporation. lost his head over a
chorus girl The wife he married when
she was a house servant for his father
would not 90 Tor his exalted station.
he wanted 20 be rid Of her and The d.
vorcc suit recently fled in Nevada Is
the result
James q. Blaine, Jr. was a Pitts
burger His father was born and rear
ed a few miles outside Of the city ana
be met and married his first wife here.
She was Miss Marie Neyin Of this city
She was a pretty actress with a bril-
liant career ahead Of her She prob
ably thought an alliance with the son
of the first statesman Of the day would
bring laurels To- her she could reach Ia
no other way II brought heartaches,