Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-26

;,, aped John Scanlan, noted ,a;oo man of southern Arizona, pret- ,r yiyacous and venturous Marion Me ,..kv is the object of search that .sects nearly every officer of the law ,,ueen Tucson and the Mexican ,,,5er which. it is believed she IS at canning to cross in order to evade her pursuers'
 Miss Mearky is buxom, extremely at .-a.tive-at least to John Scanlan-and ,a.optv. .four. Scanlan is deerepit, pal ind alleged to be mentally incapable, and s;xtv-fve. Miss Melarky is a trained nnrse and poor. John Scanlan is min ,a man and worth S60,000 or more. That is. John Scanlan would have ,ooo voeth it if he had not met Miss ,,els,ky and he will he worth it if ,to n,esent criminal and civil proceed nos instituted in his behalf are sus- tamed by the courts.
 Otherwise. ii is said, John Scanlan may be a pauper.
 The story of John Scanlan and his alleged atfaire amour with the pretty nnrse possesSes all those details which Co into the making of the most success trl dramas on the American stage--or, os for that matter, on the French stage, wbere sensations are not sensations un- less of the most bizarre order Perhaps. ike most sensations in real life. all of inc facts will never be made known to inc outer world, but enough of them are kuowu it is claimed, to satisfy the most m.rbid demands of the average Ameri- can.
 Inst when and how John Scanlan, who. as has already been stated, has long been conspicuous figure in min ipg circles in southern Arizona met Miss Nelarkv is not known to the general pubhc. Just what sort of an attach ment sprang up between them, and how it originated is an unknown quantity. The feature of it all is that the attach meut apparently exists-at least on the part of John Scanlan.
 But Scanlan $ friends are endeavorlng to solve the problem and they have of- fered number of possible explanations. That most commonly accepted IS that the young nurse has acquired something in the nature of hypnotic influence over the aged mining man and IS using it for selfish ends. This, however, will in all probability be determined in the Pima county courts, for it seems un- likely that Miss Melarkey can escape the vigilance of the Arizona officers who have been placed on the trail of the fleeing party.
 Seanlan, it is stated. fell from horse he was riding over the mountains about year ago. He was found some two hours later in an unconscious and pre- carOus condition. It is claimed that he never completely recovered his mental equilibrium after that injury. Besides this it is claimed that he took to hard drinking. which served to further impair his mental faculties, in the course of time
 It was at the time of his injury that he met the pretty nurse who figures as the woman in the case. An attachment is said to have sprung up between them lt is not known that Scanlan and the woman ever claimed to he engaged to marry But it is claimed that as a re suit of his attachment for the nurse Scanan agreed to transfer to her all of hls worldly possessions, including real and personal property, and all that he should come into possession of during the remainder of his natural life, pro yding that she would support him and care for him during his declining days An agreement to this effect was entered into in writing, The woman is said tt have then secured possession of all oi Scanlan's property.
 Judge William F. Cooper, Seanian ' attorney in the matter, Wednesday m Shtuted civil proceedings against thu woman asking for q mandatory injune uon from the court restraining he Tom dsposing of any more of the prop eny. In his petition to Judge Camp Uell court Judge Cooper asks that thu conveyance made by Scanlan to Mis- Nelarkey be declared null and void be eaCse of the man s mental and physica 0heit'6n at the time of the conveyance ~legng that he was incapable.
 When Seanlan arrived in Tucson, ac "on was taken by his attorney to hav' guardian appointed, and August Kei D"' rmer business associate, wa 1"lN sr that duty.
 And here it was that hints, vague ant o"Vef'an as yet, were made of gigan 'e eonspiracy-Keidel decided that i
 ~Ouia be best not to permit the woman " tue ease or any of her friends t.
 ""unieate with his aged charge, an,
 qua MT. Pool of Mammoth. tool % 9 to the Alameda lodging house nea
 southern Pacific depot.
 immediately after their arrival there
 ,r ~e'ael left his charge with Pool an,
 mo.' % pack to town on some bushes
 Fool, thinking the man woul,
 ''i' gave orders to the landlady [,