The daily sentinel., 1910-09-01
Eastern Family Connections.

Eastern Family Connections.
The Cheneys are well connected in
the east and all their belongings,
clothing, toilet accessories. etc, bore
the hallmark of gentility. MIR. Chen
eys clothing bore the name strip of
well-known Denver clothing estab-
lishment
The young mans father is general
manager OF the New Hampshire
branch of the New York Mutual Life
insurance company, with home head
quarters at Manchester. For some
reason or other his father had not
been furnishing him funds SO he APP
peared to have decided to marry and
settle down TO steady occupation. The
couple were married in Boston June
10. The bride was the daughter of
Mr. Mores, cashier of the same insur-
ance company of which Mr.. Cheney's
father is general manager. and is re-
puted TO be quite wealthy. which is
also the case OF the elder Mr.. Cheney.
Possible Cause for Act.
Within few weeks after the mar
riage young Cheyey began to have
spells of moroseness and despond-
ency, brought on. it is believed, by
tNtl lut lhNl thhi ht uih ioA
consider himself the proper helpmate
of his wife. Mr.. Cheney is 26 years
old while his wife is about twenty
years his senior.
Mrs Cheney decided that an ex-
tended tour would benefit her hus-
bands condition and they started
westward with the intention of ulti-
mately settling in California. She
had $500 of her own money on
which they essayed to make the trip.
OF this amount they had about $500
when they arrived here.
Shows Signs of Derangement.
When they reached Denver Mr..
Cheney began to show symptoms of
metnal arrangement and began to-
talk wildly of ending his life. Going
to Colorado Springs by auto they took
the train for the west, ID. & r. G. No.
| . and probably would have continu
ed their journey to the coast, had not
Mr.. Cheney shown signs of violence
on the train and caused general con-
sternation in the Pullman by making
threats and declaring that the pas
sengers were in league with his wife
to try and put him out of the way.
He told the trainmen that If the thing
was not put stop to he would kill
them all. Conductor Newman said
last night that he never had a load
of such anxiety taken from his mind
as when the train pulled into Grand
Junction last evening at five O'Clock
and Mr.. Cheney left the car.
Wanted Drink of Liquor.
Upon arriving here Mr.. Cheney en-
tI.n ttaly nff
the depot and asked for liquor, but
when 1t was refused him he said he
didn't want TO live in a town where
he couldn't get booze. 1t Is stated,
however, that he had not been indulg-
ing in intoxicants recently and no
traces or evidence of liquor were
found on his person or among his eff
fects.
The first attempt to secure a room
was at the Sturdy rooming house,
where Mr.. Cheney's actions were So
peculiar that Mrs. Sturdy refused to
give him a room. To her he boasted
that he had money enough to buy the
whole place.
Engage Rooms At Stamford.
Tney then went to the Stamford
TooiHlus uOuse, ID oeltCt dpditiueuS
establishment, and Mrs. Cheney made
the negotiationG. They took the best
room in the house on the second
floor. but as Mrs. Cheney went to pay
for the room Mr.. Cheney handed a
roll of money to her and told her to
pay the charges out of that Mrs.
Cheney demurred and Cheney ex-
claimed You'd better take 1t, for
you'll need 1t pretty bad before very
long" No particular Significance
was attached to the remark at the
time. but in the light Of later develop
ments it is believed that he contem-
plated suicide at that time. The cou-
pie repaired TO their room and laid
down on the bed for few minutes