The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-12-28

, dren, so that the annuities which ars
I TO come from the United States gov
5 ernment will go to the woman.
pl The man in the case. according to
T Martin, is Lawrence Dallas. a sheriff
I iiof Mayes county, Oklahoma. who
: was named in the divorce suit by Mar
+ tin in his cross complaint as the one
who broke up his home and came be
tween him and his wife. Martin also
declares that Dallas is now seeking
revenge for political reasons. in that
his uncle, George W. Mayes, defeated
Dallas at the recent primaries held in
Oklahoma in the race for sheriff Of that
lcounty. He declares further that Dal-
las is providing the money with which
1.-THE woman is making the fight for
the child, Mamie, bright fair-haired
little girl Of years of age, and who
has been in his custody for some time.
The story Of the alleged plot to OBJ.
ttain possession Of the two children
and thus gain the annuities and the
small fortune is best told in Martins
own words:
1T was about three years ago" he
told a Tribune representative the
other day. that Dallas came between |
me and my wife. We were then living
in Adair, Oklahoma, comfortably sit
uated and had everything we wanted.
She seemed to be infatuated with him.
and she applied for a divorce. / filed
a eross-complaint and it was on this
cross-complaint that I received the
decree. Afidavits were filed by prom
inent citizens OF Oklahoma in which
il was stated that the wife was not a fit
person to take care OF children and in
order to compromise was given the
custody of the boy and Mrs. Martin
took the girl.
Later when matters took another
course, We wanted TO swap custodian.
ship, and in order to make matters
,lear an agreement was entered into
whereby she was to take the bog and
the girl. This document was signed
Nay 1. 1909, and at that time the Girl !
vas ? years old At this time both !.
# us relinquished all claim to any
property which is to come to our chill. :
Iren in later years. :
Since that time have Travelled r
rom Oklahoma to the Atlantic and 4
rom there to Seattle and then down b
San Diego, arriving here on August a
? last During this chase / have spent s
early $4,000 in the fight to keep the ?
tile girl away from the hands OF thai :
oman.
Dallas has wife and two little /,
iris in Oklahoma, and at the las, G,
his actions in relation to t,
ly wife were used as a club over his 81
cad during the campaign. He was a.
efeated nevertheless, and since that Of
me has been trying his best to ge, y
zen with me- -
i was arrested here on a warrant :,
sued at Pryor Greek, but / believe \,
lat the requisition for my return Al
lst must have been obtained by mis- ia
of the case. After my
rest my former wife was 10th to I
me here and when she did arrive
re Dallas came also. he first going to AZ
ieremento with the papers. ar
The last seen of Dallas around the @
y, or the woman, either. for that nj
after, was Friday. when they left "
cal hostelry. according to a report n
Hieh l have received from. my detee- g
Fes and left Tor more secluded :
ot.
Since Martins arrival here. he has =
1rked up nice little business at his Ii
street grocery, and when arrested st
5 establishment was closed I'D and al
mained so until he was released on
.beas corpus proceedings last week
Martin feels confident that the hea--
9 before Acting Governor Por.er br
IS afternoon will result in his being on
free and after that end has been tv
tanned he declares that he will bring ut
ton to recover possession of his
tie daughter, Mamie, who is now in ne
e custody Of Mrs. E. c. Chambers. = =
'nding the final disposition Of nis ),
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