The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-04
STARTLING ROMANCE
BEHIND DIVORCE SUIT
Wealthy California Widow We'd,
Ex-Convict Who Has An
other Wife in Omaha.
LATTER sUesFoR voR
Mrs Anna Jamison Says She Will
Prosecute Husband for 1iaamy
Tells Sensational
Story.

Omaha. Ncb.. Jan. A romance OF
the kind which would be declared pre-
posterous VI presented on the stage. In
volving the love OF "A wealthy widow Tor
an ~ex-convict. a ROMANCE which may
yet be blightcd 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 I'm the case merely set
forth desertion as the cause why Mrs.
Jam.son should be- divorced from
George III. Iamlson.
In addition To his Omaha wife there
n also another woman who bears
Jamlson's name and therein lies a re-
mnrkable story OF n womnn's love
which scofred M social conventions and
dared all things for the sake OF n man
upon whom lay the shadow or n prison.
Mrs. Jnmison No. . was the wealthy
and dashing widow OF the late Judge
J.. A. Campbell. OF a Francisco. \
standard-be a OF the law who n
sent many men TO p~rison-that his
widow should marry an ex-convict gave
added ~piquancy TO the nan
In the little town OF winfield. Ia.
Mrs. Jamison No. !, nee Miss Anna
Thompson. was engaged TO JaTnison
and they were married ut Mt. Pleasant.
Ia, November 1. 1898. The couple To-
Gated at wapcllo. Ia
Need Of Money Starts II.
Here" said Mrs. Jamison. the
weeks, months and several years rolled
by, during which time two boys came
to add sunshine 90 the household.
IAN went well until my husband be.
came involved In questionable
difficulties, owing to the fact that MS
father, like many other cattlemen. sur
fered financial reyerses and became
generally bankrupt.
..FinancIal acknowledgements 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
lington. In.
':Af,cr his rclcnSe on bond my hus-
band became implicated In other hnnn
cInl deals ia Omaha, Chicago, Kansas
city. 81. Joseph. Wichita and other
In the meantime Mrs. Jamison came
to Omaha To obtain "A position. she
and her two boys secured two small
rooms where they still live. She Sc
cured employment.
Heard Of Him in 'es.
The YOUNG woman received no word
from her husband until lS9S. when he
wrote from san Francisco. announc-
ing that he had enlisted In the army
and would go Ia the Philippines.
shortly thereafter Jamison wrote from
Manila protesting his love for his de-
serted wife. n his missives received
Uu response.
After the wal with Spain vas over
JamIson returned to the United states
and was arrested In California. charged
with the theft OF 800 from +. NJ
Black. n Pullman car conductor.
Jamison protested his innocence. but
on trial was convicted and sentenced
to san Quentin prison for eighteen
months. owing To good behavior dur
ing his incarceration he was dis
charged la 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 OF
Judge Campbell's widow. She knew OF
the ex-convict'R San Quentin career.
but believed him To be Innocent OF the
crime for which he had beer SEN
fenced. and that he was no doubt the
victim OF circumstances and mans
cnmity.
ON November q the former convict
was welded to he judges widow.
startling the society on the Pacinc
coast In which she was "A prominent
figure.
Jnmison and his new wife are ut
present owners and are managing n
large mission furniture establishment
i'm Berkeley. Cal. the business being
| financed By the money of the woman.
Divorce Revealed Scandal.
Affairs on the Pacific coast. SO far
as Jamison was concerned. were pro-
crossing without an obstacle until his
Wife began divorce proceedings. In
some name Jamlson was appraised OF
this action and he hurried to Omaha,
telling his California wife. IL N said.
that he had business Of Importance to
look after In Chicago.
tIpon his arrival in Omaha Jamison
visited his FIRST wife and pretended
that he desired her To return 10 Cali