The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-20
eAVE-BRIDE Is
DESERTER, SAYS
HERMIT HUSBAND
John Otto Gets Decree From
Former Miss Eornham in
Colorado Courts M
MARRIED ON MOUNTAIN
TOP TO SALUTE OF GUNS
Girl Got Burro for Wedding Gift
and Lived in Cave, but Re-
!. turned to New England

GRAND JUNCTION. Colo, Feb. 20
"A divorce was granted by Judge
Sullivan to John Otto, the Hermit
Of Monument Canon" from Mrs. Beat
rice Fsrnham Otto, artist and sculp
tor. They were married three years
ago, to q salute from 100 revolvers
ON the summit of Monument Hill, an
erniuence four miles from Grand
Junction.
Friends OF Mrs. Otto In the east
regarded the wedding az an oddlty OF
4 romantic girl. Though she wrote
home that she had found the ioeal o.
her heart, and renounced the east Iot
all time. they are not greatly sui
prised that the so-called aoVens"re
has come to a premature end.
The manner OF the end has anora'
ed the only surprise, Otto ana ms
wife separated few months ate.
the wedding, and Mrs. Otto departed
for Boston. At that time. Otto maoe
a statement that he and his wife mao
not been able to agree. ana mao
reached a. mutual understanding 70
live mart for ave years. at the ena
of which period ne was to seek = IL
Sorce II she did not come back
II now appears that he secretly pc
ran an action almost Immediately
after she was gone. alleging deser'
ton. The case was not contested.
This Is. the end Of the romance ~oi
Miss beatrice Farnham, who gave up
q palatial home In Massachusetts 70
five IN the mountains OF the west
Rorn IN South weymouth. Mass. 10
\ house which had sheltered her Iam'
Nv for $50 years, she decided when
she MAS a mere girl to study ART III
san Francisco.
She distinguished herself In az art
school there, and went rowing over
she mountains in search OF adventure
and types At the end OF. enc Gay
ride. she came upon a one-man camp
nnrolled her poncho and introauced
herself. $50.
: The one man was John Otto. whom
she married one year later. after =
courtship~ more or less casnal, ana
extending over Q great deal OF te,rr
tory. Otto had just escaped enter.ns
the ministry. but heard the can OF tne
wilds. and left his home IN iowa "
become q. prospeetor. -
The wedding took place July y
1911, and was one Of the social events
of Monument Park, Cal. They si0g9
nj an altar carved, out OF the rpc.
by the hands Of NE brtde--ehe, eS
feet tall, deepcheated anq sun
lbrowned--a veyitA hae Diana: hegi :
costume o. leather .breeches and .
cutaway coat. An Episcopal recto!
tied the knot. and the assembled
guests fred . salvo from the revoiv'
ers at their sides.
Then Mrs. Otto cooked the wedding
feast after she had cashed her white
sstin costume aud donned an outfit
az Khaki and leather. They went
away for their honeymoon. on q pair
81 broncos, the bride leading the
little burro which John, had given her
In lieu Of q wedding ring.
II Ike John because he 10 90 un'
conventional" she wrote home to her
mother. There's no nonsense about
him. He il al man."
They went to housekeeping In .
cute little cave at an altitude OF TO-.
900 feet back in the Ute country. ana
were sure they were going to Do
happy ever afterward.
ai'm tired Of houses" she wrote 20
an eastern friend.
About . year ago Mrs. Otto an
nounced that she had founded an
Independence colony IN the noun
tains on the $40 acres she and her
husband had taken up. 1t was to be
for poor little rich girls who never
had known the Joys OF the open.
There was no instant respouye, and
the experiment died natural death.