Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-06-05
HIIE ! CHARGE
Re- d JOURNEY
BY MINIS TER S WIFE

Wealthy Huron Citizen Accuses
81 immoral Conduct In
Sioux City.
Mitchell, IS. D., June g. I'd. Montgom'
cry, of Huron, was brought to this city
yesterday afternoon and taken before
United States Commissioners Drake FOL
commitment, pending his removal Il
/ Sioux City on white slave charge
i Montgomery was arrested at Huron BY
i Deputy Marshall Laughlin. and they
made the trip to Mitchell in an auto.
| mobile. He was later released under
/ $1,000 bonds, T., ]. Spangler and Rich.
ard Haney OF this city appeared as the
i attorneys for the defendant, and de.
manded preliminary hearing OF the
case before permitting the marshall te
take him to Sioux Falls. where he war
turned over to the federal authorities
from Iowa, after securing a removal
order before Judge Elliott in the Unit
ted States court.
was indicted in federal cour,
at Sioux City on the charge Of
enticing Mrs. May Richmond from this
| state to Iowa for immoral purposes. In
statement Mr.. Montgomery denies
that there Is anything to the story, and
claims the seton IL due merely to jeal-
ousy.
The alleged incidents IN the case are
to the effect TINT Montgomery has been
associated with Mrs.. Richmond more
or less for some time, and that on. April
16 Mrs. Richmond and her daughter
left Huron for Sioux City. where they
We're met by Montgomery. He conduct
ed them to the Martin hotel and Sc
cured suite OF three rooms, the wo-
man taking the name of Richardson.
Mrs, Richmond received telegram
/ during the night from her husband at
L Huron, announcing the death OF Mont
sgbmery's wife, which occurred during
the early part of the afternoon OF that
day. The clerk in the hotel had sus-
piclon that the woman REGISTERED as
MRS. Richardson was Mrs. Richmond.
and delivered the telegram to her at 2
O'clock IN the morning In apartments
which MONTGOMERY had taken: She
signed for the message. The party of
three left the Martin and it II said they
later registered at the West.
Mrs Richmond is the wife OF the
Meth0dist minister at Huron, and Mr..
Montgomery Is classed as leading
member or the church. Al conference
was recently held at Huron by Bishop
LUBBOCK concerning the affair, but
& nothing was given out ~ the result OF
the session. a
Amos O. Curtis, Sioux CITY detect
I've, obtained reports for the church Of s
nciRlS concerning the alleged move
K1ynts Of Montgomery and Mrs Rich
mOnd while they were In Sioux CITY
II III supposed that Montgomery and
11rs. Richmond ard her l6-year -old
/ daughter were here about April Il:
Curtis says that he found 4 man reg
slstered@ AZ the Martin hotel under the
/ name Of Haley and that Mrs. Rich
4 dsUn nd tiaug Inter occupied room
4 adjoining Haley 4. A photograph OF
4 Haleysx signature Ii claimed to show
the l,andWrtt ting 10 pc that. Of Mont
/ gonlery W
cl4AHTER RS iSsu o.
s Pierre. IS. ~. June The secretar..
OF 9tate has chartered the ssoiiuMin
foreign corporations: a mexican Gu
entlar anufActuFing companx, Au-
srora. 10. Afro American Exporting
EcoMpany Kansas City. MO.
ss state cor porati ions North
vest dght and Power company.
B Huron ncorporators. Robert ID.
Sl Aitchelil 81 New Fork city: q Med.
Campbell Js w, Campbell and Irwin
Churchill, Hlxoil 4: capital stock
9260,000. Minnehaha Count re club,
ssi0ux Fails; ncorporators, Allen nj.
Fellows. " y 81 Cook, 3. Mc1SInney,
Sioux ain; capital stock. $50, ooo.
or PRoerECTllpucEs .s
ACTIVITY I'm "a 10 ENTRlEai
Rterre.s q D,, June apparently
due to th6 oil prospecting IN Potter
hborinG counties the United
81 tes land 81 ice. Pierre, has been