Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
COWBOY FIGURES IN
SENSATIONAL DIVORCE CASE
ST. LOUIS WOMAN LIKES WILD
WEST
is Wife Of Prominent Dentist, but In.
sisted She Had Married Her
Riding Master in Cali
fornia

Special TO The Herald.
ST. LOUIS, July 13.-How Mrs. Rose
Wickersham of st. Louis reciprocated
the love-making of bronco buster
Bert Daniels during long saddle dashes
over alkali plains was related Monday
to PostDispatch reporter by C. q
Hull, railway agent at the wayside
station of Chalender, Ariz., who has
crossed half a continent to be tbe
principal witness in the divorce suit
or DR.. ". r. Wickersham against the
horsewoman -
Hull is waiting to be called to testify
In the suit, which is on the docket in
Circuit Judge McDonald's court for
trial today. 1t was series of letters
written by Hull to Wickersham that
laid the basis for the present suit. he
reported to the dentist what he says
he observed of Mrs. Wickersham's OUT
Ing in the woolly West.
Mrs Wickersham came to Chalen-
der about September from Los An
geles, Call" said Hull, 'in answer to
an advertisement of c. Won Achen for
housekeeper. There were no women
IN the place. 1t only had six in
habitants.
Attracts Attention
Won Achen had several children. The
arrival Of Mrs. Wickersham with a big
wardrobe of fine clothes attracted
great deal of attention from the few
men. She was a fine-looking woman
and wore a few Of her good clothes
about until she took to riding astride
with a bronco buster known there as
Bert Daniels.
He was sort of tramp buster and
was working at the time for e. A. Ell
linwood, who was stockman near
Chalender. Daniels was hired to break
horses. He was a splendid rider. Mrs.
Wickersham met him and after watch
ing him ride wanted to learn to sit a
horse. Daniels was ready enough to
teach her.
"They didn't begin with a. side saddle,
because there were no side saddles in
Chalender, so she started man fashion.
Horseback riding over the prairies
seemed to suit Mrs. Wickersham. She
neglected her work as housekeeping
until Won Achen complained of it.
About October /, she and Daniels took
the train for a county seat about
twenty-five miles distant and after re-
turning to Chalender she said she and
Daniels were married.
Posed as Wife
"She told the few inhabitants that
she was Mrs. Daniels. 1 knew of her
husband, because she had told me a
good deal about him and her nice
home in st. Louis
II did not believe the story of the
marriage, and besides L concluded that
from what 1 had learned o. me hus-
band in st. Louis, he must be pretty
good sort of fellow. So ] sent boy
of mine to the county seat to look up
the marriage licenses. He reported to
me that there was no record of the
marriage license.
"Then 1 wrote to DR.. Wickersham
and told him about the way his wife
was enjoying life in the west. ! wrote
him several letters and 1 didn't con-
slider that I was putting in, for /
would have been glad if SO: zone had
done the same thing for me under the
circumstances. I agreed to come on
and testify in the suit.
at was about October 10 when Mrs.
Wickersham or Daniels or as they per-
sisted in calling themselves, Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniels left Chalender for Los
Angeles with a. wild west show that
Ellinwood had organized. 1 think
Daniels was breaking horses for the
show at the time he met Mrs. Wicker
sham.
DR.. and Mrs Wickersham made
trip from ST. Louis to Portland, Ore,
during the exposition in that city. He
says that she became so enamored OF
the west that they continued their visit
to Los Angeles, when he was compelled
to return to st. Louis, leaving his wife
to follow him later.
my wife contracted the western
fever" said DR.. Wickersham to
Post-Dispatch reporter, following our
visit to the Portland exposition. We
went to Los Angeles, and, business
calling me home, she tarried for a
month.
Bought California Land
During that time she bought sew
eral lots at Venice, Cal, for which she
left two diamond rings, valued at $1,000,
as security.
"IJpon her return to st. Louis.
month after my return, she concealed
this fact until it became apparent that.
having no receipt for the investment 20. ol
Jewels she was liable to lose the dia-
monds."
rErr rOMATRE WON RY