Bisbee daily review., 1911-01-26
FORMER B|SbEE MAN IN HOT
 WATER
Graham, Now in Chicago, Ac, cused by Woman of De-
 serting Her

be remembered for various reasons hand by varying tokens, as having
 been at one time a resident and
 hpsiness man of Bisbee, where he
 got his start. has slipped a pes
 in the ladder of fortune which he 1 has climbed as nimbly as jump
 ing Jack. There is a woman in the
 case Her name is Sharpe. The
 cbicaeo Tribune tells the story
 as follows:
 A quiet trip around the world
 WAS shattered rudely through he
 injunction suit brought against Ben
 ;a,n;r F. Graham. timber land pro
 meter by Miss Della '. Sharpei nurse. who sas she was uliea
 after loaning her money 70 the
 defendant
 Miss Sharpe yesterday told the
 story gleefuny Graham froWned
 xben he heard about ;t, but denied if Miss Sharpe claims the nan ;.,orest in the Gri ham Island i'a' her company and the Graham steam Shin Coal and Lumber company , whose principal holdings are
 British Columbia. She values uhen at sr zoo 900. and sued because she -a,a Graham had sold an option to Harry E. Hopper without heI ktnoU,Iedge after giving her Slo'VVV Cor her interest and telling her ne was through with her But sue t,sed to be dealt with so abrupuE and employed Attorneys James Ham uton Lewis and John M. Duny 70 got husv after Graham is said to boye hired a new nurse in the lform of a State street departure store saleswoman and started aoroau .to forget about the original
 l. Loved him, l should say ] did. He was so crazy about me that rom grue 1908. until June, 1910, he re- fused to leave me long enough to 20 to the barber shop for shave but had the barber come right to the apartment But l have found e..l the gay deceiyer.
 q was a hard working nurse WILD little money and lot of collateral . when we first met at the Congress i hotel in January, 1908 He was ill and vas being nursed by woman acouaintance of mine. Through her id met him. He learned that ! could raise s75,000 on a short nc ice and he induced me to accom- ranv him to Pittsburg. I was reg istered as his nurse. Then he hoeh ed my diamonds and my insurance policies We travelled all over the ! country together He told me that | his wife. in Los Angeles, was about sto sue him for divorce, and fg- ured he would marry me. l used my influence and got him into the l Chicago Athletic association the | Illinois Athletic club, and prom fnent lodge Then he threw me down for a shop girl
 Why, ! was SO strong with him that I could go to the Chicago Am bill charged, and I could draw as l'letie association and have my tayi high as Sl00 at the desk of the ! Congress hotel and have it charged to him. They believed I was his wife Then the Congress manage fment compelled us to move Last June we were living together in a Superior street apartment building. | zen he came home and said: Della am up socially now and I ana go | ing to wash my hands of this whole l1thing. I am going back to my chi dren. Here is s1O.O0O note for your i interest in our enterprises. am through with you
 seeking him. He fibs, I was in
 hiding. registered at the La
 ale hotel, and because refused to go back with him he hunted me mo, and threw me brulany agasnst the wall of my room and tried to take the note away from me. Then he went to British Columbia and wired me: Dearie, am sick. o please come Like a fool I went There ] loaned him S2,O06 more
 We returned to Chicago and on Dec. 13 he again showed a prefer about me. It was so cold blooded enee for the shop girl. and said he was going to Honolulu to forget that I decided 10 employ counsel
 and fight for my rights ,neh sued out the injunction"
 'No. she didn't get me into those | clubs or that lodge" said Gra- ham. q won, talk See ny law
 yers They know all about her claims made a sad mistake ip
 getting mixed up with her. and } don't care to talk She said she staked me and hooked her diamonds for me? Well, she is liable to sag anything"