The Alaska citizen., 1912-09-09

francisco dated September 5th state that Thomas Beaumont is held by 'he authorities there on the copr plaint of an 1S-year-old girl. who gave the name of Charlotte Hara Thomas beaumont is an old trader, who for the last few years has been station. ed at Fort Yukon. Last summor he brought to the town of Fairhanks young girl whom he married here ana who was supposed to have been the mother of the child that was christened shortly after the wedding The Alaska Citizen has made stren. uous efforts to ascertain the whole story Of Beaumont's relations with the woman whom he married, bu. the old Yukoner told so many diff ferent stories that the truth of tho matter is difficult of solution.
 eEAUMoN1's BULLS.
 oh the boat coming from the Out. side to Fort Yukon, Beaumont kept the woman he married here in close confinement. At first, he let her go around the boat and pose as his daughter, but when the ouestiopers got too persistent in their queries the old man locked her up. It an pears that some one on the boat Khe" the three children of the sourdough, and was aware of the fact that they had at one time or other been connected with mission work on the Yukon. The girl on the boat denied that she had ever had anything to do with that kind or work, and so it is supposed that the story was false.
 When he reached Fairbanks over year later the girl he had intro duced as his daughter was a mother The man took the young girl and their baby to hotel where they posed as man and wife. Here he told story of how his wife had eloped with another man, how he had obtained his divorce, and how he had brought this young girl, who he claimed was niece of his. into the country to keep house for him. He soon found out that the affe.- tion she bore for him was more than the usual affection of a niece for an uncle, and so they decided to marry. When it was discovered that they were not yet united in wedlock, people who felt sorry for the young girl, and sorrier still for the little baby, demanded that the ceremony be performed. This Beau mont at first refused to do, as he was Catholic, and his religion did not permit him to marry second time. Still he was finally prevail ed upon to have the knot tied, and later on the child was christened
 GIRL SEEMS SANE.
 When she was married, the girl gave the name of Elizabeth Dove. She seemed rational, and gave her age, and the address of her parents, as well as the date of her birth To all who became at all intimate with her she gave the impression of be- ing a good, ignorant girl, who Was under the baneful influence of beast, Beaumont seemed to have his young charge under a hypnotic spell She was most uncommunica- tive when there were men or stran- gers around. At the now famous party given by the old trader to celebrate his marriage, the young bride was as silent as death. There seemed but little doubt in the minds of those who saw them together that Beaumont held his wife under a sort of mesmeric spell. The only thing that seemed to cause a smile of enlightenment to brighten up the madonna-like face of the unfortunate girl was the sound of the piano. It seemed as though some mystic charm lurked in the dreamy music of the instrument.
 Beaumont led life of dissipation while he was with her. At times his remarks so humiliated his wife that she arose and left the room. He did not seem to be as immoral as un moral, the finer nature being abso- lutely lacking, and his carnal de- sire being the predominant feature of his existence Elizabeth Dove was in constant fear of her seducer. Whether brute force exercised In the early days of their life together instilled that fear within her or not no one can tell; but she feared him. She often sat huddled up on a chair, her little baby hugged close to her breast, gazing vacantly into space.
 BRUTE FORCE HELD HER.
 A story is told of how in the Yukon town, the old trader was used to lock his housekeeper, as he called her in his cabin. There in solitary confinement she awaited the bidding of her lord and master and even when the roof of the