The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-13

the cause of the trouble she said: He
yust went away and left" She replied to
the stereotyped inquiry as TO his ability
to provide if he should care to do so thus:
81 don't know how strong he is. How
should I? see him the last in the middle
of December He was strong then, L
guess. Then / hadn't seen him since three
days after May" Heriief has not written
her from Copenhagen, but he wrote her
sister last week that he was more than
satisfied with Copenhagen, that it had
Salt Lake beaten to death and he was
going to drop his anchor. In closing he
sent his love to his wife and hope she
would get divorced quick" She was.
Mrs. Amanda Peterson, friend, also tes-
titled Total, six minutes and three-quar-
ters with time out for dialect.
KIenke Was Easy.
George Klenke took almost twenty
minutes to tell the story of his matri-
moniaI misadventure. He is the proprie-
tor of a pool room. a man of perhaps 40
years of age well dressed and told his
story in a straightforward and affecting
way without any frills, emotion or plays
to the gallery. After it was over and his
decree granted from Emma r. -Klenke,
he searched out the newspaper boys one
by one and asked them mot to be too
hard on the little woman" They were
married at Ephraim, Utah, on the 18th
of January, 1892, have lived together since
that time but have no children. Mr.
Klenke worked at night in his poOlroOm
to pay off the mortgage on their home.
Mrs. Klenke's sister lived with them and
during the evenings the two women were
apt to stroll about the town. The first
great shock which M. Klenke had was
on his return from a trip to New York
in the latter part of last year. He hur-
ried back. He wanted to surprise his
wife He did. She wasn't glad to see
him. Il said,' testified Mr.. Klenke, Il
hope I haven't spoiled anything. 1t broke
me all up" The next day Mrs. Klenke
and her sister stayed out until O'Clock
Three days after the happy home coming
he overheard his wife and sister-ln-laW
discussing with pleasure and merriment'
the merits of various gentlemen they had
been out with. He asked them, DO you
think 1 have no feelings? Days four,
five and six. etc. wife out and came
home between 1 and 2, frequently slightly
intoxicated but not always, generally with
a man"
Question by the attorney: Did you ever
protest against this conduct on her part?''
Answer: II always protested"
Question: What did Mrs. Klenke re
ply?'' She told me TO go to hell gen
orally asked her to bring the men in and
introduce them. Once she did. A man is
naturally interested. The men didn't look
good to me. But 1 suppose that is nat
ural."
Goes to Masked Ball.
WAS your wife in the habit of going
to the Salt Palace with men and drinking
with them and coming home intoxicated?'
Answer: Not always"
Were the nature of her replies to your
protests on these occasions consistent?
she always told me to go to hell
Would your wife fix herself up in an
attractive manner when she would go out
on these excursions?
with paint and powder and-and ct
ceteTa-"
"She would use the paint and powder
all right, but she didn't look good to me"
Did your wife go TO certain masked
ball at the aTmOry?"
"She did
In what costume did she go?'
She wore a short skirt and had her
hair down her back.
In the costume of a little girl?'
q suppose you would call it that"
over your pTotest?'
'I said she wore the costume of little
| girl"
Il repeatedly begged her not to go to
| this ball: it is not fit one for a lady
to go to- / walked by there that night
| and they laughed as 1 went by
Have you a recollection Of a phone call
| in which your house was called up, which
YOU answered and was asked in a mdscu-
! line voice if Miss Beall lived there?"
IT have. 1 had not before learned that