Arizona republican., 1908-11-19
FORMER PARTNERS SPITE
 AGAINST PHOENIX MAN
A Reported Intended Proceeding Against z. C. Angevine, the Basis, His Neglect of the Terms of an lnterloeutory Decree of Divorce.

Information was received by The Re
 publican on Sunday night that an at tempt would be made in Los Angeles
 to prosecute z. c. Angevine of the Bi- Lo-Zone company of this city on a charge of bigamy for his marriage within two months after the issuance
 to him of an interlocutory decree of divorce by the Los Angeles courts. There had been no indictment nor so 1 far as known any other proceeding, but
 it was understood that the matter was
 being agitated by one Fay Butler of Los Angeles a former business asso-
 ciate of MT. Angevine in the Yosemite
 Mineral Water company of California.
 The Los Angeles Times which came to Phoenix yesterday told the story, il- lustrated by pictures of MT. Angevine and .his wives. No mention however,
 was made of any bigamy proceedings, but on the contrary it was stated bv a deputy district attorney of Los An geles that there was no ground for criminal action there; and that only the federal court of this territory could | take cognizance of the matter. The story had been furnished by Butler and | it included various transactions in which Mir Angevine had been engaged | in Los Angeles.
 MT Angevine had been previously in terviewed by a reporter for The Re publican in regard to the case. He said that there was no cause for worry about it and that he regretted it only on account of the annoyance of his If ha fa1e inn fpression that might be carried to many by the mere mention of the word biga- my.
 Beginning at the beginning he said that Butler was man whom he had befriended after he had lost everything he had in the San Francisco earth quake and fire. Previous to that time Butler had been a theatrical manager and actor. MT Angevine was then forming the mineral water company and he let Butler in for some interest without the payment of any money. So far as he knows, Butler has not since then contributed anything to the com pany though in his official capacity he secured practically control of whatever is left of the company.
 MT Angevine said, that almost from the moment of his admission to the company he began trying to Oust him and that the company now owes him s75O for salary, beside owing his wife, who was one of the stockholders in the concern. The animus of Butler grew out of their business relations.
 Coming down to the bigamy charge, Mir. Angevine said that he was grant I,yl q h ic fa m and sufficient grounds for they had been separated for some years. She has since married and he believes she is happy. One of the stockholders of the mineral water company was Mrs. MCrillis his present wife. His decree of divorce was interlocutory and he was forbidden by terms of it to marry within one year. Of course the decree could not extend beyond California and MT Angevine said that he and Mrs. MCrillis came to Yuma for the purpose of getting married.
 Arriving there he stated the case to Justice of the Peace Redondo and asked him if the marriage would be in violation of the laws of this territory; if so he said, that it would be post poned to the end of the year. The justice replied that the laws of the territory did not forbid the marriage and 1tbat the prohibition against 1t would not be recognized on this side of the river They were married that night and said NIT. Angevine, that is all there is of the bigamous marriage.
 MT Angevine said that this was not the first he had heard of the trouble Butler was trying to make for him. He said that both he and his wife had been receiving anonymous and threatening letters which they believed had been written by Butler. one of the letters threatened that the matter would be laid before the federal authorities and some days ago, Mir. Angevine called on United States Attorney Alexander about it. Captain Alexander said that he too had received letters on the sub ject but he said that the necessity for taking any action had not suggested it. self. Mir. Angevine had also consulted his attorney and was told by him that no case could be made against him since he had violated no law of this territory and that it was evident that there was no intention on his part to violate any law.
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