The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-19
CONSPIRACY CHARGE
MRs. WELLS TELLS HEn STORY ON
 STAND.
t,ounsei Claims scheme Was Formcd in Montgomery To Divesf Woman ef s3eo0 in Memphis--rssc
 possoemed.

While the newly wcded wife or J R. Wells of Montgomery. sat soboing in the Recorders Court yesterday at- ternoou. her attorney pIeaded for the prosecution or her husband. whom he alleged to have married her n Mem psiis. Friday, for the sole purpose of se- curing s,3000 from her. thereby leaving her peHniless.
 In his appeal for a continuance. hcr counsel said he proposed to bring wit nesses here to show that conspiracy was eoncocted in Montgomery and con- sminmated in Memphis. to divest this
 woman nf her money. He desired to have time to secure court records front Memphis. showing that wells has never
 been legally divorced from his iirst wife in Memphis.
 Though counsel for Wells demanded an immediate trial. and asked that the warrant for the arrest of Wells be
 quashed. on the ground that'a wife car not prosecute her husband. according to law, Recorder RGber gave cay to the appeal of the wife's counsel. He saw her, with her face buried in her hand kerchIef and he continued a hearing of the case to Thursday, February 2S. Wells was arrested by the police Sun.
 day afternoon on warrant sworn oui
 by his newly welded wife, charging him with bringing stolen property mi" Alabama.
 The latter told her story IT ihc DO lice court yesterday afternoon. She said she met Wells in her home fin Jackson, Miss, three years ago, He camc to se' her for a while and then he left. She saw him again last June, she said. st.
 ter which they entered into correspond' once with one another
 On day last week she said, he
 called up at Jackson by long distance
 phone. and told her to send him $10o
 to defray his expenses from Mont
 gomcry to Memphis. She sent him
 the money. and they met in Memphis
 according to agreement. Wells being
 accompanied by his attorney from
 Montgomery.
 T stopped at hotel there, she
 said. and had s2,see with me. the
 only money had In the world Before VIC were married. they kept after me all day to sign papers. as under
 stood to invest my money In Mr Weifss business. I told Wells he must not have secured his divorce from his first wife. he was acting so peculiar. Then he said we would be married. He got the license. came back to the hotel. and we drove off In hack and were married. When we returned .o the hotel and were in our room. the first thing he asked me was: Where is the glue?' got the $2.9ea and he took 1t. He wouldn't give the money back to me. The next day he get a telegram, tell- ing him to como to Montgomery. We reached Montgomery Sunday morn- ing Since our marriage. he wouldnt 1 talk to me and he kept my money. Counsel for Mrs. Wells said he | wished to show q conspiracy was | formed In Montgomery and consum mated in Memphis to ct his clients money. He proposed to show that ' Wells had never been legally divorced from his first wife.
 Recorder Baber continued the case until February 2s,
 | Wells claims Mrs Wells has a false impression of him. that his in- 1 tentions with her have always been | good. He is on bond.
 Mrs. Wells was Miss Georie Haynes of Jackson Miss