The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-10
MRS c. e. GILL is LOCKED UP I'M
COUNTY JAIL AT INSTANCE
OF SPOUSE.
YOUNG MAN IS INVOLVED.
Walter j. Heure Is Also a Prisoner,
Having Been Arrested at the Same
Time as Woman, Following Arrival
of Mr.. Gill From Cedar Rapids,
lowa-Both Principals Tell Story.

In the county Jail, arrested at The
instance Of her husband, Mrs. G. Il
Gill is locked in a CELL charged witt
the most serious offense that can bt
committed by a wife and mother. lr
another cell is Walter j. Beurle, the
man who is Jointly charged with the
oftense. Mrs. Gill is Il woman Of 40
pleasing in appearance; Beurle is 9
boy in appearance; he says he is 23
back in Iowa he was q chum of Mrs
Beurla's son.
The arrest was made upon the COM
plant of the Woman's husband, who
came here from Cedar Rapids upon
receipt of information that his miss
ing wife was in Missoua. He arrived
Saturday on No. 3 and the arrests
We're made by Under Sheriff Miller
after the necessary prelmnaries had
been complied with. The two We're
found at 524 West Spruce street
where they had been living, the neigh
bors knowing them as Mrs. Lewis and
nephew.
c. r.. Gill is manager and wire chief
of the telegraph service of the Rock
Islands northern district His head
quarters are at Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Until last October Beurle was Gills
confidential man in the office. He was
the friend and companion OF thp Gill
children, who are young men and
women.
September 10, 1908, Mrs. Gill left her
home and her family; a letter which
she left said that she was going away
and all she, asked was that no effort
be made To find where she had gone.
A month later Beurle gave notice of
his resignation, and was given a clear
ance. Since then Mr.. Gill has searched
for his wife; he had Il reward posted
for information Of her whereabouts,
until one day in December he learned
something which led him to believe
that she was with Reurle, and that
their relation We're improper. Then
the reward was pulled down; the
search, however, was continued as Wig
orously as ever.
Left Family.
Mrs. Gill left family consisting
of two daughters and two sons, the
oldest a daughter, % years old, and
the youngest 16. According to the
statement made yesterday by Mr.. Gill
to Il Missoulian reporter, there had
been nothing in his family relations
that was not pleasant until shortly
before his Wife left; until then he had
trusted her and believed in her; the
whispers of gossips OF the neighbor-
Ic IA; IN, Il;
to believe that things We're not all
right Mrs. Gill tells another story.
She says that she was abused and ILL
treated by her husband, and alleges
that his relations with other women
have not been those OF a model hus-
band.
Gill was for 90 years, he says, in
the service of the Pennsylvania rail-
way; in 1906 the office on tho Rock
Island, which he holds, was created
and he came west to live at Cedar
Rapids. From that time until last fall
Beurle had been his confidential Of
flee man, and had been efficient, his
salary having been raised until it was
almost doubled Gill is much wrought
up over the affair; his wish, he asserts,
is to have his wife return to his chill
dren; he will never live with her, but
he wants the stain removed from his
family.
Arrests Are Made.
When Under Sheriff Miller and Mr..
Gill went to make the arrest, they
found both Beurle and Mrs. Gill at
home. Gill unbraided his wife strong
ly; she replied that she had left him
because she was abused and ILL
Beurlo attempted to speak,
but Mrs. Gill bade him not to waste
words on the man." In the house on
West Spruce street Mrs. Gill and
Beure had three rooms, one of which
was used as a kitchen. Another was
rented to Melville irwin, a telegraph
operator, who was also in the employ
of Gill in Iowa until last year, and
who was a boarder with the Gill fam
lily. In the third room was the bed
of Beurle and cot which Mrs. Gill
is said to have used.
Statement Of Husband.
Gill offered to drop the prosecution
of his wife and her companion if she
would return to her family, and TO
give her and the children the home
and to contribute $75 a month to their
This offer was rejected and
the woman remains in Jail. Gill's
statement of the affair is as follows:
I'VE have been married % years.
never suspected my wife of anything
wrong until 1907. She was a good wife
and a good mother. / had all faith in
her. Our home, $40 A avenue, Cedar
Rapids, was well furnished and COM
We never had any domestic
trouble until two years ago when a
Mrs. Gott, became a caller at