Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-21
EOPES; WIFE
is HELPLESS
J. c. CARMICHAEL, MINING MAN,
GONE
TAKES WITH HIM 0EMuRE SAN
FRANCISCAN
Without Funds, Deserted Woman Must
Care for Baby Boy--Nellie Sayers
Posing in the East as
Bride

..Mv husband thought he had found MI
.fan,tv in Nellie N. sayers. SO he de
serted me and my little boy ana net
with her. She was young, pretty ah'
dainty. and the old love faded before I'M
rew said Mrs. ]. G. Carmichael, WIZ
of former mining promoter, yesterda!
afternoon.
"Our home at 1851 Hoover avenue is nov
vacant" she continued, "and with my ht
.tIe boy 1 am occupying rooms on I'LL
street. - ,,,,
"With scarcely enough money to puN
food am left alone, unable TO nno
place for myself because my cnilo neeu'
NV constant care. While L am mere II
this condition my husband ana the woman
who has won his love are living IN ex
ceilent style in hotels In large cities o,I. =.
the east. The prosecuting attorney TEN
me there Is no way / can have MIN
brought back and forced to support me:
AFT Is rot lust. We have been married
three wears and our little boy is one yeal
Of age. We were very happy until apou
six months ago, when Nellie Sayers,
woman my husband had known In former
years in San Francisco, came TO Los An.
geles. He brought her out to the house
to see me. She was pleasant ana ikeo
her. I invited her to come again, pu'
after two or three visits 1 saw my hus-
hand was lavishing a great deal OF at
tention on her.
.sI spoke to him about it. but he only
laughed and kissed me. He remarked tna'
he thought she was pleasant companion
for me. and 1 thought he was trying to
make me happy.
"About three weeks ago heard that he
had been seen taking late suppers with
her at downtown cafes and tnat tney hau
been to theaters together.
..I spoke to him about it and he became
enraged. He accused me of being Jealous
and said I was making life miserable for
him. 1t was the first time he had ever
spoken in that manner to me and was
SO surprised 1 could not answer.
, Leaves for Nevada
"The following day he came to the
house and told me he had to go to Gold
field. where he owned.considerable mining
property. He bade me good by and left
the house. Since that time l have not
heard from him directly, but friend OF
mine In Salt Lake has written me that
he and Nellie Sayers were registered as
husband and wife at one of the hotels
there.
INV husband left me without funds and
i was compelled TO dispose VI OuI hOuSS-
hold furniture in order to get money. /
have not got the money to pay the fare
of an officer to go after him, SO 1 sup
pose he will escape.
sI have visited the police station and
asked the aid of the officers in apprehend-
ing him, but they told me l would have
to swear to a complaint against him.
went to the prosecuting attorney and he
told me he had no money which could be
used to bring back a man on charge Of
desertion.
MY husband has always earned a
good salary and until the time this
woman came into our lives he treated
me well.
Nellie Sayers formerly worked in a
department store in San Francisco and
my husband knew her then. She is about
q years of age.'
Mrs. Carmichael is a slender, blue-eyed
little woman of % years. Her parents live
on Webster avenue in Chicago, and it is
her wish to return to their home
Carmichael is well known in the mining
world here, having promoted several min
ing schemes which brought him large re-
turns He is said by his associates to
have been shrewd business man, but to
have been fond of a fast life.