Arizona republican., 1909-12-17
SENSATIONAL
 PROCEEDING Ministers Suit For Divorce
 Starts Something AN UNFORTUNATE ROMANCE It Seems to Have Started in Phoenix and By a De- vious Route Has Reach ed Publicity In the Reno Courts
AN UNFORTUNATE ROMANCE

John CronenberGer. alias George
 High. formerly minister of the Chris
 tian church in this city. and else
 where. now applying for d divorce in
 Reno. Ne,.. seems to be treading on
 rather thin ice The following news
 dispatch from Reno to the Sacrament to Bee says:
 Reno. Nev.. Dec S.-Rev. George High. whose true name is Rev James Crpnenberger. who was accused by his wife. in d telegram from BucyruS,
 Iowa. to the local district attorney, of having eloped to Reno with an
 other woman. is in Reno. and is here for a divorce. His attorney, H. W.
 Huskey. was seen by d Bee corre-
 spondent yesterday. and in speaking
 of Cronenberger's case. said:
 Rev Cronenberger is here for d
 divorce. and has been here about d
 year His wife drove him away from
 her by her cruelty. and he has good grounds, for a divorce. He will file
 his complaint within thirty days. and the ground will be cruelty. His wife
 refused to live with him as his wife
 for four years. although she made
 
 against his vocation. that of a min lister of the Gospel. and made his
 life so miserable for him that he
 had to leave her.
 He went from Bucyrus. Iowa, to some town in California, I think that | it was Santa Barbara, and there be- gan to preach His wife again pro- | tested. and he came to Reno for a
 divorce He had only been here a short time when he learned that his | wife was i'll. and he went to Bucyrus | to attend her He went to Denver after her Illness, and there earned $500. which he sent to her Then 2 he came back to Reno to sue for his divorce.
 l He took the name of George High | here so that he would not in any
 way disgrace the ministry He was ] not accompanied to Reno by q wo- man, and after he secures his divorce
 he does not intend to leave here with
 q woman It is not his intention to
 get married again He simply wants 1 to get q divorce from his wife sn that he may follow the teachings of God"
 1 Though the troubles of Mir. Cron- 1 enbergcr and his wife had been known to the leading members of the Chris tian church here for months. the ! Knowledge had been closely confined
 to that circle. Early this week The
 Republican began receiving inquiries
 from Reno regarding Mir. CrOnenberg
 CT. Then came the following from the Reno Gazette:
 Reno. Nev.. Dec. 14.-"Who is Miss l- of Christian church :. and what was reputation Rev Johr , Cronenberger? Please wire.
 "GLADWIN.' Thus was set on foot an inquiry that has led tO the revealing of nu- merous interesting. though regrettabl' ,! facts. MT Cronenberger. it may b' said. left Phoenix in December, 1906 and at the time was held in higl .t esteem by the Phoenix congregation some of whom knew him from thu . days of his earlier ministerial worl . in Ohio Going from here to Sant; Barbara and santa Ana. successiVely as pastor. nothing gained publlcit, . to bring him trouble until the occa 1. sion of a church convention in Loni {. Beach. when his conduct in the com panionship of a women of his forIne . Phoenix congregation. whose name Il :. suppressed for her own sake, attract .. ed attention. and he was spoken f . by friends who knew him here. Fl . denied any improper relations. II -i June of this year Mrs. Cronenbergei :. then residing in Santa Ana. becam very i'll. and was sent to the hom of her parents in Bucyrus, Ohio.