Arizona republican., 1912-06-13
OKLAHOMA MAN
 IN THE TOLLS
H. w. Key Jailed Yesterday by Officer Egley for De- serting His Family; Ok lahoma Sheriff Coming After Him

When a man insists vehemently that | he is not married but that his supposed
 wife is his sister; and the woman in
 the case insists with equal emphasis i and snapping eyes that the man is her husband what is a policeman going to
 do about it? And when it is we'll established that the man in the case l has deserted another woman who claims to be and whom he admits is his wife, together with five daughters the fruits of that alliance, does it not add complications that are embarrassing to l all concerned, even including the po- uceman?
 Such is the fabric of the story that surrounds Harry w. Key, alias w. H.
 Osborn, and Mary Mitchum, alias Mrs. w. H. osborn, who for the past two
 weeks have resided at 911 North Third
 street, presumably man and wife.
 A. E. Egley is the policeman in the case
 and his temporary solution of it was to get the stories of Key and the woman
 separately after the formers arrest,
 then bring them together and secure a
 symposium of the circumstances for the purpose of comparison, after which Key was locked up on charge that would hold him for a while in any event, pending telegraphic instructions from Clinton. Oklahoma, where Mrs.
 Key and her five daughters reside. The
 information came last night to the eff | feet that the sheriff would leave Clin- ton this morning, armed with requisi- tion papers, asking for the return of Key to face the charge of deserting his ! foil | vide for them.
 | The police were apprised of the pres pnce of the couple in Phoenix by a let ter from Mrs. Key. She said she had | been apprised by former residents of l Clinton that her husband and Mary | Mitchum had been seen here about l June first and she asked them to eX- l ert their energies in locating them and | apprising her. She said that her hus- | band was formerly in the mercantile business in Clinton for a number of l years as proprietor or part owner of | the Key Mercantile company and that the woman named had been in the em- 1 plov of the company for two years as | a clerk in the store. Eventually the | company failed in business and her | husband left home. The woman dropped out of sight about the same 1 time and it had been suspected from | the beginning that they went away to- 1 gether or with an understanding to | meet somewhere the presumption be- l ing they were still together. though she | had been unable to learn anything | definite {" that effect until she got the | news from Phoenix She said her huS- l band after leaving her nine months ago | sent her money occasionally until four l months ago, since when she had been l unable to hear from him at all. She said she loved her husband but never | theIess ohe wanted to know the truth l about him and pleaded with the of l ficers to give her any possible infor- | nation Then followed a description l of the man, together with a picture on | a postal card. He is about 50 years l old. well dressed and of neat and gen. l tIemanIy though not striking appear ance, his hair beginning to tinge with | gray.
 | With the assistance of the letter sev- Il l eral persons were found here who had | known Key in Oklahoma and who had
 seen him Yesterday forenoon he was
 pointed out to Officer Egley on the
 corner of Center and Washington
 street the woman being with him at
 1 the time Key was taken at once to
 the station though he was not informed
 until. he got there of the nature of the
 charge against him and the woman l who had date at the office of den- f tist left them to keep her engagement s At the station the man was asked his . name and replied that it was Osborn . He told where he was living and said s the woman was his sister and that
 they had come here from California 2 two or three weeks ago, being engaged = in taking and filling orders for enlarg- 2 ing or painting pictures in water col l. ors: that they had thus canvassed Cal f ifornia and several other states. V He was finally asked if he was not y better known by the name of Harry w . Key and admitted that he was. or
 further questioning he admitted sthai l he had lived in Oklahoma and finally n that he left his wife and five children s but he stoutly maintained that his con- h sort was his sister. though Egley hao " been apprised that in renting then e rooms he had represented her to be hls e wife Key was then locked up, or talk r en into another room and short time - afterward the woman arrived at th'
 station to ascertain the fate of hel
 friend.
 She WIS asked if he was her husband 'l and replied that he was. Asked wher
 they were married she said she re = fused to answer the question But Whe1
 told that he had asserted they were
 not married her eyes flashed and sh'
 became very angry. She seemed II " doubt whether the man had really sai{ n so or whether the officer was mlsrep g resenting him for purposes of his own
 Thereupon they were brought together S and in her presence the man was asked u if she was his wife. When he answered - , no there was brief but exciting scene t' in which she rather indicated that sh' - had suffered a throw down at mos 7 embarrassing time. Key was there 1f upon locked up to await advlceS iron q Oklahoma and his sister left th' e station there being no charge preferred e against her.
 @ HEARD ON THE TRAIN.