Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-01
U. r. LECGETT
 FILES 4 SUIT
 FUR DIVORCE
Home of Former Bisbee and Cananea Man, Now Resi- dent of Los Angeles, Wreck ed by Bring Wife.

With his home disrupted, his house | in the possession of strangers, his
 beautiful wife on the way to her
 mother in Mexico and his two pretty
 children being cared for in a convent,
 J. E. Leggett. prominent mining man
 and hotel owner of Los Angeles, has filed papers for divorce with the most serious of statutory charges against
 his wife. The papers were filed with
 the county clerk by the law firm of Lawler, Allen. Van Dyke and Hutton,
 who represent Mir. Leggett in the
 action.
 Leggett is a former resident of Bis.
 bee, having worked in the mines of
 the Warren district for a number of
 years, later becoming interested in
 mines himself He conducted the Los Angeles hotel at Cananea after leav-
 ing Bisbee, and is still its owner. The filing of the charges caused ne surprise to the intimate friends of Leggett and his wife, most of whom
 have known for some time that such action was contemplated Leggett has
 spent much of the time out of the city iH connection with his numerous mining ventures, and it was upon his return from Daggett in the early part .of this month that he, secured the evi- dence which forms the basis of his charge against his wife.
 On that occasion, as related in the divorce complaint, he had received in formation that she had been accustom- ed to spending much time in the com pany of others and he laid trap for her which resulted in finding her in a lodging house on South Main street. Leggett alleges that he, with wit nesses. burst in the door, found Mrs Leggett there with a man and identi- fled her before the witnesses.
 This incident occurred on the tenth of the past month. Previous to that, Leggett declares, he had suspect ed his wife, but had no direct evidence. With the facts now in his possession he has asked for an absolute decree and the custody of the two children, Ruth. aged 10, and Helen, aged (. Both are now in the Sacred Heart Convent Mrs. Leggett has gone to Cananea, Mexico.
 Leggett has made a fortune in min ing and in the hotel business. being owner of the Rainier hotel. I37 South
 
 merous other pieces of paying prop erty. Shortly after his marriage 10 his present wife, who was Mrs Louise Sweetland, he built for her the beau tiful residence at 1923 West Twenty fifth street, which is valued, he says, at 5000
 Because of his frequent trips to his mines he gave her the right to draw freely on his bank account, and says that at any time she could have writ ten a check for as much as $10,000 l without fear that it would not be hon i ored at the bank In addition to this, ! he says. he supplied her with every | luxury that money could buy.
 In discussing the wreck of his home, ! Leggett says:
 T was married to Mrs. Sweetland | in Naco, Arizona. in 1904. She was | Louise Escoboza of Sonora, | Mexico, and had been divorced from i who is now, I believe, liv- ing in San Francisco. She had two | children, whom I have now taken care ! of and placed where they will be prop i eTly educated. I intend to do all l | can for them.
 T do not think Mrs Leggett will contest the divorce, as she acknowl- ! edged that she had done wrong, and | last Sunday l gave her S225 for her | expenses to Mexico, where she will | stay with her mother I loved my | wife and would have given her very thing I possessed, but suppose l made l mistake in marrying a pretty wom- | m and supplying her with luxury.
 When Mrs Leggett took her de | Darture Sunday, Leggett sent the chil- 1ren to a convent. rented the house and took up his residence at one cf he hotels owned by him.