The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-08
LOVERS TRIED SUICIDE
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 prfviliged to use it's contents as she saw 1t, he said.
 This trust, he said, was misplaced. Mrs Patta was in the habit of leaving her house for a period of three or four days without the knowledge of her husband and when she returned she was generally penniless.
 Patta began to doubt and he decid- ed to move to -At1antas Ga Aftr two years residing in Xtlanta. they became separateds the wife leaving Patta had rented five room flat but this was not. satisfactory to his wife and she Jeff him
 After two weeks separation Patta's love was as strong as ever and he de- cided to call upon her and endeavor to straighten things out to her satis- faction. Gaining entrance to her boar ding house he srneH1ed gas fumes escaping through a key hole of a bed room He says he broke in the door and found his wife in a semi conscious condition, prostrate upon the doors and fumes escaping from two wide open gas Jets Sc was removed to the innrmary at Atlanta and she recov- cred
 They became reconcf1ed, but after three momths of happy married life they again qtzarrened and the young wife advised her husband to ktH him. self He says he attempted to carry out The demand by firing bullet into his breast but was prevented from carrying out the threat successfully by the efforts of the attendants at the Atlanta. general hospital. who caused his speedy reepveFy a . After his recovery Patta kept hts whereabouts hidden from his Swtfe and he claims she spent $50 in advertis- ing for him In perusing the news paper advertising columns he saw the aaaver taseznent and then decided to re- turn to his spouse At this time he was in California
 couple settled their grievances and de- cided to move to St. Paul, Mi1ln- Here tn ey lived happily for about two years
 until, upon his awakening last Fri day morning, Patta discovered that
 his wife was missing. The police of that city made search of the city
 of St Paul were unsuccessful In lo- cating her.
 n aenrchznE her bureaH Sunday a1- ternoon Patta said he found a letter
 addressed to his wife bearing the pos4xnark Brddgeport- Conn It was
 an inv1tataon for her to come. to this city and visdt with James Halloran, who sadd he had a steady Job here in an anurnuaiAon factoEE-
 Path started for this city in search Of his wife. He I1Ially- 1e611eo or st11ts location Of the Remington Arms & Ammunition factory and at l o'clock yestsrdaT afternoon boarded an East
 Main street trolley car and started for the plant
 Tn passing the office of the Arms kuIant. Patta discovered his wife walt ing outside the enp1oymen office of the factory He left the trolley car and walking up to her he sal q. How do you do, Mrs Patta- z and she, on hearing the voice of her husnand d whom she believed to be in far Min nesota collapsed in his arms. AfEnr being revived Mrs Pattas ac- cornpanisd him to police headquar- ters Here she informed the police 1 that she did not care to live with him any more as she feared him. Her story was told Ha11oran and she were then arrested
 After today's session of city court Patta sa1d that he is willing to bail | out his young wife and become re- concd1ed if she will agree He later said that he had offered not to prose cute if the wife wvvEtd sign a certita-- cate granting him an unconbested ol- yorce She has refused to meet any Of his offers and is now held at the county jail awaiting trial in city court Dec IL Haloran, is also coTEfined in the county jan in default of bonds f of &5N0