The San Francisco call., 1909-02-09
HUSBAND FLEFS
WITH AFFINITY
B. Hughes, Who Disappeared
With "Soul Mate" Will Face
Divorce Proceedings
Wife's Family Wants No Prose-
cutiOn, Fearing Mans Return
Might Bring Reconciliation

Fear that Mrs. Ada Hughes of 223
Fair oaks street might forgive her re-
miss husband if he We're brought back
TO this city a prisoner has led the
woman's brother. Thomas Campbell, to
ask Chief of Police Cook to dismiss the
charge pending against the man and
have him released from the city prison
at Albuquerque n. NJ. where he had
been held for several days on war
rant charging him with abandoning his
wife The derelict husband in the case
is Beverly Hughes, who was book
keeper for a wholesale butcher and
who left this city on January 81 with
Mrs Alice Nusser. a wealthy woman of
Pittsburg of dubious fame
STILL LOVES HUSBAND
Mrs. Hughes was married two years
ago. She is but 20 years old now, and
in spite of her deserted state she is
said to retain her affection for her hus-
band Campbell, the brother, and Mrs.
Campbell, mother of the young wife,
say that only unhappiness would re-
suit if Mrs Hughes forgave her erring
spouse, and they have decided that
Hughes shall not be brought back to
this city to again appear before his
wife. In few days Mrs. Hughes will
be taken to the Campbell ranch in
Mendocino county, where she will stay
for two months. At the end of that
period divorce proceedings will prob
ablysbe instituted.
Mrs Hughes is now at her home in
Frustrated condition and is being
nursed by her mother and guarded by
her brother, who has been irregularly
employed by the Pinkerton force as a
special watchman at the Emeryville
racetrack.
Mrs. Hughes, it was learned yester-
day. had no inkling of her husband S
faithlessness until he was discovered
to have left the city with the Nusser
woman On a few days before his de-
parture he borrowed 500 from his
wife's family, saying that he was go
ing fishing over Sunday with some
lowing Monday, as he had promised,
and the wife feared that he was
drowned.
HUSBAND LEFT CITY
But Campbell was suspicious and
made an investigation. He says he
learned that Hughes and Mrs. Nusser
had fled the city on the Santa Fe route
under the name of Mr.. and Mrs. j. P.
Connor Sunday January 81. Campbell
Immediately secured a warrant for the
husbands arrest on a charge of aban-
doning his wife. Chief of Police Cook
had the couple headed off at Albu-
the train There was a fearful scene
between Hughes and the woman he
was with at the Albuquerque depot.
The woman offered to give her diamond
jewelry, valued at $500, as security if
Hughes were released, but the police
could not accept such q bond. Then
the woman continued on to Denver
She was to have established Hughes in
the butcher business in the middle
west.
At Albuquerque Hughes made con-
fession to the chief of police of his re-
lations with Mrs. Nusser. affording evil
dence which will be used when divorce
proceedings are instituted.
Hughes comes of a well known local
family. His father was one of the
contractors who built the city hail
Hughes father and mother were di-
vorced.
At the Hughes home, 223 Fair Oaks
street. yesterday afternoon Thomas
Campbell admitted the facts of his Sis
ter's domestic troubles. but said that
Mrs Hughes was too i'll to be seen.