The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-21
WANTS MAN WHO
STOLE HIS WIFE
w. w. Williams Is on Trail
That May End in
Blood.
HONEYMOON CUT SHORT
BY LOVERS APPEARANCE
Seeks Runaway Pair in Zion
With Aid of Local
Police.

". w. Williams, n well-known 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 n tale To tell which it will prob
| ably be necessary to punctuate In the
gore OF IT, J, Thelan, alias John Tabor.
williams was married nt the Montana
metropolis last winter. his bride being
a beautiful girl OF 49, 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 60 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 wife's deception, but, after
the first shock agreed with hor that the
proper course would be for her TO hrst
get a separation from him. then go to
Aberdeen and get her marriage with
Thelan nnuulled 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 IT didn't work out with Thelan
and the double husbanded young woman,
They had a scheme OF their own and the
carrying out thereof caused a world OF
complications in Butte court and police
circles.
The young woman's frat move was 10
leave the boarding house where Williams
lived and shortly atterward. for no cause
known to him. stopped speaking TO 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.
He got out a complaint charging them
with illegal cohabitatton. Thoy served Ave
days in jail awaiting trial and then. ac-
cording 10 Williams. secured their re-
lease by some sort OF hocus pocus pro-
cedings.
The woman continued 10 cling TO her
first love and the demon Of jealousy now
gnawed at the vltals OF the wretched
Williams. He might have endured oven
this had not the man who supplauted
him in the affections OF the tickle Aber-
deem belle undertook 10 unload on him
a watch chain. woven In the hair OF the
woman he loved. for tritling 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 go
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 WIFI do all in their power
10 assist him In his search,
Williams is not the only one who wants
Thclau. John Anderson, Sheriff OF Alb
erdeen. S. u, has developed a deep-sea
ed desire TO get him in his clutches, for
Thelan is said TO be an embezzler and
notices have been sent 10 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
liams. Thelan is about 81 years old,
feet ~ inches In height. weighs lao
pounds. has dark brown hair. ruddy COM
plexion. white teeth with no visible fll-
ings. He IA German-American, we'll
educated. but worked in Butte as com
mon laborer. He does not dress expen-
sively and wears little jewelry. except a
cheap silver or nickel watch and en I. ".
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 s.
Mr. Williams Will continue his search
in Salt Lake for a week or so. and IL up-
successful. viii seek the fugltlves else
where. He looks like a determined man
and his heart is certainly in the work he
has cut out for himself.