The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-08-18
WOMAN
BRINGS BIGAMIST
TO HIS DOWNFALL
Attributes His Ill Luck to Ma
cilinations Of Dark Haired
Beauty Who Prose
cuted Him.

Denver. Aug. 15.-.Never marry q
brunette-they are envious, Disagree
able and Jealous" says D.. l. Saunders,
Just released from the Buena Vista jail
after serving a sentence Tor bigamy,
and re-arrested on an embezzlement
charge.
Saunders should be well qualified to
discuss the question as he had been
married six times and the bride in
every case but one vas a blonde. h
one exception, wife NC. s, was a spark
ling brunette with coal black eyes and
hair like the proverbial ravens wing.
And she, Saunders asserts. is the one
responsible for the troubles, jail SEN
tence n all. He was arrested as he
left the Buena Vista jail n brought to
Denver, where he was lodged in the
county Jail on a charge Of embezzle-
iment, preferred by ATTORNEY G., F.. Mil
Ter.
are loving, kind and affec-
ttonate and a the best of Wives" Is
the verdict Of this much-married man,
while brunettesc are the reverse. Young
men contemplating matrimony should
be guided by my experience"
Approves of Marriage.
In spite Of Saunders checkered ex-
perience in the role of a married man,
he is far from ~pronouncing marriage a
failure.
There is no life like married life"
he says. SHOULD I be SO unfortunate
as to lose my present wife. whom /
love dearly, I would in all probability
marry again" Saunders at this point
volunteered the information that his
love for his present wife exceeds in in
tensity that felt for any Of the other
wives.
The matrimonial experiences of
reaching the g of rs years without
being scathed by the arrows of Cupid,
he fell In love M married a petite
blonde whom he had known for two
years. A blissful period OF four months
was terminated by the sudden death Of
the young wife who was claimed by
pneumonia. Not being able to endure
his loneliness, a few months later he
found another blond, who consented to
share his fortunes. Again did death
cut short his happiness, the bride sue
cumbing to heart disease after five
months of welded bliss.
I though then that I would never
find another to take the place in my
heart twice left vacant said Saund-
ers feelingly. However, within less
than a year he again faced the altar
with the inevitable blonde at his side.
For the third time the shadow of death
fell on his household and his wife was
called to the great beyond one year
from the date they were welded.
Il determined then that l would not
IeAhpI rdLe IuftHeT, Says "A
year ago l came to Denver and earne
Of a good position open only to a mar
r1ed man or one with a ~hollsekeeper.
Recalling a young lady back east to
whom I was once engaged, but parted
from on account Of religious differ
ences, I sent for her and installed her
as my h~ousekeeper. thereby securing
the position.
Feeling PIatonio.
Go1nHers fpcisto tbof tho faa1i,r 10
tween himself and this young lady was
purely platonic. In June Of last veal
he was married to a young lady, this
time a brunette, whom he no doubt
classified in his matrimonial archieves
as wife No. 4. But a brother Of his
bride had learned of the housekeepel
in the case and the brunette was tori
from the arms Of the bridegroom ar
hour after the ceremony.
Saunders was arrested for bigamy
He commended that he had never mar.
ried his h-ousekeeper, but under the
CONNER law was adjudged to be he,
legally welded spouse, the genera
reputation" of the couple being that Of
man and wife. The brunette who was
thus relocated to the position Of Nc. s
secured an annulment Of the marriage
and, shortly afterwards, Saunders was
married in the Golden Jail to his
present wife, his truest love anG
former housekeeper, who has stuck by
him through his present trouble and II
eagerly awaiting the time when hel
husband will be released.
Saunders, whose one matrimonial
venture with a brunette proved disss.
trous, is himself a blond, small i,
statue n Of slight build. He de.
scribes himself as a teetotaler, never
using strong drink, tobacco in an,
form, nor profanity. He is a lover O
home, never stayed out at night ant
was a model husband to all the wiye:
with whom he has lived.