The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-17

LttlefMrS.t agnes Selktl-or Durano
arrested on charge of polygamy.
waits in the city prison for the un-
tanglinga of the twisted threads of her
matrimonial ventures and the decision
as to whetherN she must go TO prison
for term Of years, yield again to the
husband who is not a. husband. or
marry the man of her choice, who
says he viii stand by her to the end.
A pitiful, rather sdrdid little tragedy
is the tale she tellss-a sad record of
wrongdoing without jnteht to sin. of
law breaking through Ignorance of the
law.
She says she feels no fear of the
consequence OF her ARREST, as it is sim
ply a move made by Sam Seaka, TO
whom she was married eight years
ago, TO compel her TO return to him.
PATHETIC LITTLE FIGURE
She speaks with freedom of her life
and tells of the misfCtrtunes in the
way of husbands that she has had
with apparently no thought of guile or
concealment. She is a pathetic little
figure, and the directness of the glance
from her blue eyes-set wide apart
and her quaint acknowledgements OF
manner have made even police officers
and newspapermen believe in her.
But &c years old now. she has been
married half her life and has had three
children.
Seen at the prison yesterday she said
that she was sure she was not going
to be in trouble long and that she
knew she could never be made to re-
turn to Selka, who has, sine declares.
/ i'll treated her for years,
When Agnes HiIliard was 13 years
old she was married at her parents
home in North Carolina with their
consent to a Frenchman named E. P
Durand, many years older than her
self and a worthless character. With
him she went first to Illinois, where
they lived. she says, in a shack. 81
used to cry then because I didn't have
enough to eat she said Nothing
but bad bread and bacon, so awful
couldn't eat it at ALL"
Later they, with their baby born
before the girl was Is years old. went
10 the Indian Territory and there sepa-
rated. She then joined carnival
show" which was type of theatrical
organization, where she was. she says.
"a sort of soubrette." In this she
/ met Selka. who is few years older
than herself
MARRIES SECOND TIME
Barely Is years otu, SHe was married
+ second time. about six months after
she left Durand. Selka telling her that
/ the first marriage didn't count be-
cause she was so young. She seems to
+ have accepted this with simple, child
I like faith and to have believed that
Durand's separation from her ended
all legal ties.
She says that she told the clerk
when she went to marry Selka that she
had been married before and asked If
it made any difference and he said that
he didn't believe she was old enough
4 to be married even then.
Il loved Selka then" she said 81
loved him as much as hate him now"
Her life with Selka was soon as
unhappy as 1t could be. according to
her story. She was forced to work
hard in the cheap theatrical business
that he conducted. Il had TO work
something awful" she said. why.
he used to make me be a dancing girl
and living picture and anything else
/ in the show that he happened to need
all at one performance" When he
was not in the theatrical business he
( was a jewelry faker, selling on the
street but finally drifted into the
Legitimate jeweIry business, she
says.
SHE WORKED; HE PLAYED POKER
They lived in Marysville, in this
state, for two years and that seems
to have been the happiest time of her