The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-18
SLAYER IN JAIL HERE
WANTS WIFE BACK
Korean of Noble Birth Writes
Letter to Chicago; Interests
Prominent Persons.
HIS AFFINITY DERIDES HIM
Madeline Julien of Salt Lake Says
He Wants Divorce to
Wed Her.
HIS AFFINITY DERIDEs HIM
Jec!aI TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune
CHICAGO, July 1J.-Members OF the
Chicago Woman's club and federal ofri-
cinls have interested themselves In
search for Mrs. Ruth Hughes. 20 years
old. whose county jail' marriage to II.
Y, Hughes. said 10 be a Korean of noble
birth several months ago. resulted In
severnl jail guards being called on the
carpet"
The young woman. who is said TO have
been Ill, disappeared from her sisters
ago. Today Deputy United States Mar
shall C. F. Guenther received a pitiful let
ter from the Korean husband. who is
sens tD SIX Es months TOR White sayery IN
his love for his wife and begging that
she be found. The federal official called
the attention OF the woman's club 10 the
case and search Tor the missing woman
was started
The letter to Deputy Marshal Guenther
In part reads,
III my wife is doing wrong l cannot
blame her, as she has no close relations
TO care for her, but Is frlendless and
helpless, as am. AS soon as | am re-
leased l will do everything TO MAKE
amends.
her and | will hurry TO Chicago when |
am released on November II, and we will
start life anew"
Mrs Mark A Foote. wife OF the United
states commissioner. before whom
Hughes was arraIgned when he was sent
back 10 Utah FOR Trial. is heading the
search for the girl She will provide her
with home until Hughes obtains his re-
| lease,
The plight OF the Korean Is a peculiar
one. He formerly lived In South Bend.
Ind, and while there he met Ruth Car
ter, who was a pretty country girl When
ne went to Salt Lake city Hughes sent
her money and she went to Utah. He
was indicted ON charge of white slavery
county Jail here he sent for the girl and
married her.
| Madeline Julien. the handsome little
| blonde. who was brought TO Utah by
| Hughes. laughed derisiyely when shown
| The Tribunes special from Chicago last
night. Miss Julien, while responsible in
a measure for the conviction OF Hughes.
in that she had permitted him to pay for
her transportation to salt Lake City
from Denver, did her utmost TO exone-
and the result was that he was given
only six months In the county jail while
other white slavers'' were given more
than seven years In the penitentiary at
Discussing the special telegram Miss
Julien said
In the frs, place, the girls name is
| Lima Carter. instead or Ruth and in
the second place; Hughes was, never in
love With her. He married her In Chi
cago. after his arrest on the white slave
charge. because he believed 1t would so
easier with him upon hIs trial here.
| Lima Carter was never in Utah. ] am
the girl that Hughes brought here and
| | left him after my arrival here. l am
probably the only woman fricnd he has
| in this state and | have been to him
several times since he was sentenced. He
has told me since he was sentenced, as
he did many times before. that | am the
only woman he ever cared for and he
also has told me that he would get a
divorce from his wife and marry me,
after the expiration OF his term, ii ]
would consent. l have not consented and
will not 60 so, I understand that he is
| OF noble birth Whether that Is true or
| not. found him to be n good fellow
and am sorry that he got into trouble
| still this talk about his wife amuses
| me, He has told me himself that he
cares nothing about her and never did,