The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-16
FUGITIVE SAID
To BE BOLD
DECE|VER
MRS. MABLE MITCHELL, DE-
SERTED BY GAY HUSBAND,
FILES DIVORCE SUIT IN
WHICH SHE DECLARES HE
HAD ANOTHER WIFE.

With her love turned to bitter
hatred toward the man who Is
said to have ruined her life, Mrs.
j. B. Mitchell, well known in ra-
coma, yesterday swore to charges
against her husband, the former
pet of young social bloods in this
city, that may send the fugitive
civil engineer to a long life be-
hind penitentiary bars.
Bigamy, desertion, swindle and
fraud are but some of the accusa-
tions against Mitchell, all sworn
to in complaint made to The
prosecuting attorney of King
county at Seattle.
According to the woman's story
the man who is said to have fed
from Tacoma with a sackfull nf
fraudulently secured cash and
later from Frisco with an affinity.
has broken more than her own
heart.
First Wife in Panama.
Buried away from the world In
Panama is the first Mrs. Mitchell,
desterted and broken hearted, 1t
is declared, by a profiigate who
respected neither marriage vow
nor friendship. Misery and bad
checks would seem to have beeas
the aftermath wherever this hand..
some young clubman six feet tall,
and attractive. a free spenden and
a high liver, and a general good
Fellow among those who knew
him, has intruded his basilisk per-
Kissed Photo Too Often.
An unnatural desire to kiss a
cert ain photograph is said to have
led to the discovery of the man
asserted baseness. The woman
whf now complains so bitterly had
accepted the statement that the
picture was that of a sister, until
she began to hear of her husband
interest in certain other women.
Correspondence developed that
this Sister" was former wife,
Garnet Wear Mitchell, whom
Mitchell is alleged to have mar
ried eight years ago and deserted
About the time of this discoy-
cry Mitchell, who was then living
In Tacoma, disappeared, leaving
his partner in the engineering
firm of Mitchell & Dennis, to make
good for a long list of financial
scrapes. Later he appeared I'M
Frisco. An unknown woman is
declared to have left that city with
the fugitive and their destination
Is said to have been Mexico.
Left Behind in Disgrace.
The wife was left behind toI
fight with poverty and disgrace.
At first she was crushed and
knew not where to turn. Later
she disappeared from her friends
here. 1t was thought she had
returned to her parents in Port
land With her despair replaced
by a desire for retribution, she
yesterday filed her charges in Sc
attle, Showing that the man Ia
comans were fond of as a good
sport" had a trail of bad checks
behind him in San Francisco ana
other cities as we'll as here, and a.
reputatio mas heart-breaker
worthy of Don Juan or al
Lothario.
Hold Warrant For Him.
The police of Frisco hold al
for Mitchell. Here he IS
accused of uttering a fictitious
check for $50.
The young man arrived tnere
several weeks ago and spent
money lavishly, living meanwhile
at the st. Francis hotel He
gained entrance to number of
the exclusive homes in San Fran
cisco and was seen much In the
company of wealthy society wom-
en-.
The warrant charging him with
uttering fictitious check was
sworn to by M. Friedman of the
Sample Suit company, on Novem-
Der 6.
He disappeared few hours be-
forc detectives arrived to place
him under arrest.