The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-27
Beautiful Young Widow
Shares and Bleeds
Land Dealer.
Now Attempting to Secure
Mine Through Superior
Court.


bank account and a little property
which be claims 10 have secured
possession Of since being divorced.
" =. Yeager. In the land business
At 81 American Bank building,
tells a plausible yet strange story
OF bis matrimonial troubles.
lie was divorced from Minnie
feaEer. whom he styles as
Bunco Queen July 10. 1907. but
stu he seems TO have a spark of
love for her. using few harsh Wordz
as he tells how she got all OF his
money.
The day We were divorced and
! left her she got all Of my prop.
erty and ready cash. so that ! bad
10 borrow 30 cents to get a square
neal he says During our two
years OF married life | believe ]
gave her between s.. 900 and ii2,
GOO.
Back for More.
Mrs. Yeager r. now ia the courts
again. claiming that at the time
the divorce was granted TO her
her husband owned mines in
Idaho valued at SIS. 900. which she
uOw seeks 10 secure possession Of.
The case has been brought up be-
fore Judge A W. Frater. who re-
fuses TO consider H. Mrs. YeaKer
filed an affidavit In the superior
court claiming 20 have learned
many new facts about the life Of
her husband.
That story about the Idaho
mines Is all a myth" says Mr.
Yeager. 1T has been put into her
head by interested parties"
Mr.. feAger was already married
~ the time Andrew Hamilton, a
agent. sent ~tbe beau
tifui young widow" across his
path
Hamilton was my friend. says
Mr. Yeager. "and told him that
| would not have anything TO do
with The woman. Nevertheless she
came TO my office. at l7e-s Arcade
building. where ! was then In the
real estate business.
Woman Pursued Him.
she wouldn't LEI me alone. and
persuaded me to 20 10 the Butler
hotel with her. After that things
went from bad 20 worse. and my
wife said that she had better get
q divorce. which she did. and then
married the beautiful young
widow. May rs, 1905"
Il seems To have been a clear
case OF an affinity who would not
lose herself Mr. Yeager admits
that he was breaking the law, but
SAYS they cant do anything 10 me
now That was over three years
ago.
she was a pretty woman. and
always dressed neatly" he says.
but she seems 60 have been pos
sessed OF an insane jealousy She
followed me everywhere, and once
couldn't get shave for two
weeks. when she went TO the bar
Der shop with me herself.
Demanded Much Affection.
Whenever we Went 20 the the
atre she persisted that ] should
have my arm about her. and when
would pull IL away she would
make me get up and walk out with
her At times she would get angry
and slap me in the face without
any nroyocation, and then again
she would be as docile as ever.
Affairs reached such a condi-
ton that ! offered her $4,000 in
cash II she would let me alone.
believe that we moved ie times
here in Seattle. when We would
travel anywhere she acted in such
a manner that We were not al
lowed 10 stop In any hotel more
han one night
she wanted $500 to let me
alone. / believe that she Is pos
scssed OF a mania for money. Men
would often give her dinners that
would cost from slo0 to $500.
Paid for Freedom.
4 allowed her 20 get the divorce
~ default. all of the mortgages I
held. money and furniture going to
Ter. Among other things she got
wo houses worth $3.50 l am
low in the land business, and have
secured a little money, and | In
end to keep Il from her. although
have given her S657.95 since We
were divorced.
One of her latest means TO get
money from me was in pretending
ha. she was about 20 marry a man
worth $4,000. 600, who was to give
Ter S25Q000 on her wedding day.
She would hold imaginary con-
over the telephone with
Tim TO seek to impress me with
he truth of IL. Her home Is ar
Icffersoa. Ore. She was a school
eacher before she became mixed
~ with Hamilton. Even now she
.laims that | am engaged 90 marry
very woman she sees me with
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