The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-07-06

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appeals Of the wife had no influence
in bringing him back.
Many letters came from him, let
ters which addressed the woman as
my dearest wife" and my devoted
wife," but they all contained excuses,
and none gave hint of return.
The Ceremony at the Train.
Miss Rotemeyer was suffering
sometimes from want. She still be-
lieved she was the legal wife OF Rob-
ert Allen and she believed that some
thing could be done to make him sup
port her. He had sent her no money
since he left her about the first Of
January, 1909. The laws Of California
provide for cases of non-support and
so Miss Rotemsyer appeared to SAM
uel 7. Bush, the attorney.
In that interview came the first hint
that something was wrong with the
marriage.
II had known Mr.. Allen for some
time and he had been introduced to
my people in Kansas City," she said,
"and we all had faith in him: Well,
one day. he took me to the depot and
there he introduced me to a man he
said was justice of the peace. He
already had tickets for California and
we stood right by the side of the train
when met the Justice. He told me
that We ought to get married at once
and that he Just had to get out of
town.
Lived Together Two Months.
II asked him. what the matter was
and he told me he was implicated in
shooting affair and that whiles he
was innocent. he might he charged
with the crime and that he had better
leave town. loved him and l was
willing to marry him. The justice Of
the peace said the things that are
usually said in a marriage service and
then we got on the train and came out
here. He lived here with me a couple
of months and then he went hack to
Kansas City. He left an address Of
430 Westport avenue, and told me to
write him there. | wrote to him many
times and asked him to come hack to
me. He wrote many letters to me.
too, but he never came back
Mr.. Bush heard t. e story of the
marriage with much suspicion. AS
soon rs his client left the office he
wrote a letter to Edward P. Bowie.
inspector of detectives in Kansas City.
telling him Miss Rotemeyer's story
and asking him to inve stigate. Sever
al other letters followed, and a photo
graph was sent along for identified
tion. u
No License Issned Here.
The result was that in about two
weeks letter was received from the
Kansas City police department saying
that Eugene Sullivan. a detective had
made an Investigation and found that
Robert Fairfax Allen was married
and the father Of four children. living
on farm about mile and half
from Paola, Kas. The letter also said
that Sullivan had shown the photo
graph of Allen to an old schoolmate
of the man who lived in Paola and
that the photograph had been identi-
fed. In addition the renort of the de-
tective showed that no license for the
marriage Of Lena Ro.emeyer and Rob-
ert Fairfax Allen had been issued at
any time within three or four months
Of November %. 1908. and that no
shooting occurred at that time in
which Robert Fairfax Allen could
have been interested.
With this information in his posses
sion. MIR. Bush decided to so ahead
with his prosecution of the case. Bush
intends to charge Allen with two
counts of felony and bitter fight
against extradition is expected to fol-
low. As soon as the complaint is
issued by the district attorneys Office.
Bush will wire instructions to Kansas
City and Paola. asking the immediate
arrest of Allen.
Tried to Avoid Publicity.
Il have made every effort to avoid
any publicity in the matter" said Miss
Rotemeyer today. but now that 1t has
become a matter of legal process
must speak. l have tried to bear the
blow in silence and have not even in
formed my family of the horrible sit
uation in which find myself. 1t has
been hard to work here among strang-
ers with such burden on my mind,
but now l hope some Justice will be
done me and can return home. Mr..
Allen is. believe. the son of Judge
Allen of Kansas City. We are inform
ed that he has a wife and children at
Paola. which is a small place south
Of Kansas City. kept company with
him for a year. believed in him. My
family met him.
Miss Rotemeyer is comely girl Of
brunette type, rather tall and of a
very reserved disposition. When in
formed that the matter had become
public and that her family had been
informed. she wept. She has had a
high school education.
May MAINTAIN