The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-01-19
IBABY-FACED Wife is SOLD
TO man HUSBAND KILLED
DENVER HAS A THAW
CASE OF THRILLING
INCIDENTS.
Remarkable Chain of Evil
dence Leading TO Stay
ing of c. c. Dury.

DENVER, Colo. Jan, is-Ry u.
p.-Dcnver will have a Thaw case,
This much was made cer,alp when
tho coroner's jury. after hearing a
!. great deal ~ testimony, declared
hat tho killing OF Cuthberl Cuvier
Dury by hurdette Bell tho day he
lAafore New Year. was "felonloua,
Boil thought there would be no
trial and that he would be set free
~ once.
The story Is one IN which lives
have crossed and rccrossed and the
iure OF the stage has Influenced the
lives OF the three chief actors IN
che tragedy.
Five years ago Dury and Bell
were classmates tn the Cincinnati
School OF Music Six months aEo
they met IN a Denver hotel. AZ a
banquet of alumnae OF the Clncln
natl school
Durys father Is Prof Chas Dury
az the University 81 Cincinnati ar
orthin0logisf ~ national repute and
q saxldcrmiet of the Smithsonian
Institute The son has always been
dast on the theatre He was IS
years old and had dahbled Ia news
paper work.
Warts 20 se an Actor.
Hell was a singer. He worked AZ
many things bus WAS always trying
10 get into theatrical life. lie
waited to be an actor. but vas
willing 10 compromise on the
treasureship Of a nickelodcon.
Mabel Perkins Bell Is rs years
old. She Is blue4eyed. golden
haired. baby faced and. as she
gays. she never knows her own
nlnd.
Bell went 10 Denver Tie worked
ahont amuscraent parks, played aud
sang. and was a good entertainer
tie met the ltyearold doll
Mabel Perkins He Says she told
him she was Is years old. They
elopcd and we're married after a
brief acquaintance.
an less than q year a baby came.
The childs mother handed the little
mite over 10 her mother. Mrs
- Francis Perkins. and resigned the
tures Of motherhood At the same
time.
Fervent Letters Written.
Hell was Ia hard luck and he
l lirally set out 70 find ON opening
~He weut % Cheyenne, lie wrote
rss wife fcrvcnt letters. every other
DAY. One letter. fail Of hope. Says
that being hasd up be had taken
. job in a laundry at $40 per week
lie spent s. FOR room rent s. 81 for
meal ticket and cent the rest TO
the girl IN Denver
There came 90 replies 20 bis ief.
ter and Der FASTENED back O. DeH.
yer Ills wife vas not a. her
mofhera house For a week h.
walked the streets. Finally be mei
bis missing wlfe
She tossed her head and told him
she Was Twins with another man
She would not tell who nor where
Bell watched in the streets day
and night and 1t last gos track 81
the pair
Meanwhile to go back to c.
c-vier Dury
Three years ago Dury was mar.
ried IN Cincinnati Ills Wits de-
Yeloged tuberculosis aud Tor s#o
years they bad lived ia q tent tn
Denver.
Two months ago Dury ceased 70
pay any attention. 90 the woman
who Was fighting Tor hfe. She WAs
compelled 20 find employment or
stRrve
Dury hung around the theatres
and amusement parks iie wanted
80 De- al acfor--or a manager. or
something theatrical
Beautlfui Girl Replies.
a Finally be- put two ads Ia the pa
&uer One vas Tor actors and the
other was for d partner. with
money. 70 back q show
Among those who replied 10 ,he
first al was Mabel Bell Her bean.
ty struck Dufv. fie ceased going
to the tent where hts wife vas. lie
and Mabel planned q theatrical
conquest
Then he went 20 live with Mabel
ia her mothers home. and au the
girl says. AZ the mothers Invitation
and with her fun knowledge
Bei came back 90 Denver and
the guilty palF fed Bell secured
. a paper which read as i0il0Ws
j ]. CUvier Dury. DO hereby agree 10
! convoy and deliver 20 Mrs Frances
pcrklnH g. per week, commencing
JH rs. 1909. and each Monday
thereafter Tor as Indefinite period
governed ~ the time Mrs Mabel
Eeli daughter 81 the aforesaid Mrs
q Perkins. shall remain in The iheairi.
~ business WIfh q G Ours ! sign
this document in good faith and
hereby SCI my hand and seal this
zsth day Of December. 1908.
q. CUVlER DURY
Witnessed by Mrs Mabel Bell.
Mrs MARY Riuker, 1922 Curtis
Bell says that was q biil OF sale
81 bis wife b. her mother. 10 uuff
II was signed after Bell bad met his
wife and she had confossed her sim
dis day and might vigil WAS final.
~ rewarded and Beli tracked hts
wife 10 the Leon rOOming house
Inquiry showed that bis wife. aud
sometmes bis baby girl, 10 months
old, occupied room with "a man
who was known as Mr. Attention
she was known as Mrs Attention
Bell went 70 the room, called his
wife who was dressed only IN q
short kimono~ont VI tho room and
then empiled the contents Of q
heavy fiyec yllndered revolver into
Dury'o head and body Dury died
Instantly.
Bell won't 10 the police station and
surrendered lie had the contract
! usbrtween his motherin.law and
: DuFy Ia hia pocket
n dl0 right 10 had the girl
going He hypnotizod her ! saved
her Iii get out and make a happy
homo for her
Held for Trial.
Bat. after a week OF examinations