Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-24

| 10 come west with him. %cNf so n
| Is claimed, he courted ana welded =
| yonng lady living near Spokan,.
washington shortly after securing n
| separation IN similar manner
His heNtmarital experience. 80 tho
tue goes, was in Coldwater Aicht,o,n
the welded life rs usual being mi,
ana resulting In Darden's spcndtn >
most Of his Wfes money
Next it is said that ne woo,d and
won IN" daughter of rich .h4nl-,r
ot portland, Oregon. named smith
9'Vu' ius' II Is claimed. a considcla blr
Suii ol ia1hefs money ON alleged
illse pretenscs. Next. one is tola b,.
those who profess to know, tb.i Xxx
"epohalr Mr.. Darden then induced
one Mary Louise Ross to marry MIN
~ Nsw York city II is set forth thar
sala Mary Louise Ross was H., datteb.
t'r OF wealthy New Yorker who V1s
prominently connected With the stool
trust ana Uncle John Rockefpllrrts oil
octopus 1t is stated however. tbaf
this particular wife was somrn,bat
cahny as to financial matters ANA th,f
her husband was denied access "a mo
eNchequer, the bride securing a al
Nrce in some ten DAYS after her mar
rage. This was in 1902. SO deponepi
saith 1t will be remembered thot
TWO or three years ago a notice ap-
'V"leu IN the public prints of the
ueath OF Mrs. James G. Dnrden In
Asheyille, North Carolina. II is ~.
leS"d ny those who believe thev hnvc
4 grievance against the defendant hus.
pand-at-iarse that Darden left tbB
Wie. VINO was Miss Mary Bond. a
snort tlme after he was married to'
ner at the Antler's Hotel i'm Colorado
springs Colorado. where it IS said he
lett her alone after renting a FUR
nish house and departed for British
Honduras where he professcd to bavo.
an important banana concession from
inns particular banana rebublic. II is
said that Mary Bond Darden annaaled
20 her relatives in Mississippi and that
her mother came to Colorado Springs
ana TOOK her to Asheville. North Car
oiila Wherc she died soon afterWard
day or two before her death tho
mother, SO it is alleged, received no.
nee that Darden has commenced di-
yorcc proceedings on the ground Of
lesertion.
This notice, so the narrative runs,
was not shown the wife ana she died
n ignorance Of the proceeding.
The home where 1t is said Darden
eft Mary Bond Darden was at t26
Lake street, Broadmour, Colorado. II
$ allcged~-ali OF course are allepa-
lons-that Darden secured sotnc
w 900 from this wife with pat OF
which he purchased the Virginia
arm which is awarded to Mrs. Fannie
Van Ripper along with the Albuquerque
property of her cX-husband. 1t Is
urther alleged that in his petition for
divorce from this wife. Dardcn al
eyed cruelty in addition to the aban-
lonment charge. Mary Bond Dartlcn
hed III Ashville, North Carolina |
March 10 of the same year in which !
he was married,
From this point the narrative |
to New York again whore it |
$ sara Darden placed the balance of
lis marital savings in the Mechanics |
sank and WAS thenceforward a prom
nent fgure on the houlevards of New
ork aiid Washington where he min
ed with prominent mon and. It Is
'laimed, represented himself as a |
arge-scale capitalist. It Is related |
hat he formed the acquaintance Of |
asher James Parsons of the Me- |
hanics Bank and took him to dine |
nd thence to the theater where hc |
net Mrs Fannie Van Riper-whose |
ame, report whispers, was not Van
tipVr but an ancient Dutch name
nuch better known in Gotham. In
hree weeks afterward he married her |
nder circumstances which have been |
etailed in these columns in the ac-
nunt Of the proceedings at Las cru
es. 1t is alleged that Dardens first
au from his last wife was $55, 600
nd later he pushed the figure up to
: 600. the sum named In Mrs Van
lqiY
which she receives by the court
ecree his Albuquerque property and
ne Virginia farm
It is alleged unoficially that Mr.. II
financial transactions con II
arned a number OF other women, in
uding Miss Katharine May of 500
ass street, Chicago. who was a Valu
bic witness for Mrs Van Ripper ut
le Las Cruces trial and who was IN !
le city yesterday with others press j
ut at the trial 1t is understood ;hot G
tss May, who Is sister of John Ell D
ard May, prominent in Chicago Ma a
mic circles, is seeking to Recover all IN
p any part of some S. 600 said To- "
ave been loaned by her TO Dardcn y
veral years ago s
1t is rumored that Mrs Van Ripai's II
alden name is one well known in la
lated to one of the most prominent "
ilroad and mining magnatcs oporat- i(
< in the southwest, II Il understood
at Mrs. Van Riper's charges are re-
~ sensational and that she accused I
r husband of actually beating her d.
Mrs. Van Ripcr, who is expected to I,
rive in Albuquerque this morning >,
tn her party in private car from -
T. south, is young woman who, IL -
said, shuns publicity Go 20 degree
Il who is extremely sensitive regard ="
: what part Of the proceedings un- al
oidably has become public property.
~ is accompanied h.. w r. Van X
eek who is connected with the
lelps- Dodge interests, and number
lady friends, also Attorney Britt ot
W York, who WAS associated with
n. Renehan of Santa Fe as coun-
for Mrs Van Riper
Mr.. Dardcu arrived IN the city yes m
day morning and left LATER for san te
F.. lie is expected TO lee in Albu- OF
cirque today Mr. Darden has made ~
statement for the prrss. apparent or
avoiding publicity as much az the ~
Ter party to tho divorce suit Mr. W
rdeu has bccu I'm Albuquerque or u
4 on Tor four or five Years past and "a
made many trirndJ 900 this city | Sc
80 dtnN the sensational charges ~
dc against him lIc IS ecEtlemug ci
pleasing address who makes friends de
lly. HIS friends insist that when so
side pf the case b. heard 10 win %
d different aspect On tho matter pr
q il alleged that On 1909 Nj Oar Geo