Weekly journal-miner., 1918-04-17
LOOKS LIKE JOSE IS IN A MIGHTY
 BAD WAY NOW
MAN WHO QUIT COMMON LAW WIFE TO MARRY ANOTHER SWEETHEART, LANDS IN JAIL WHEN WOMAN COMPLAINS.
(From Sundays Daily)

(fTO1n SuHQdy Odll1
 Hell hath no fury like woman scorned.
 Thus spoke the wise man of sev- cral centuries back, and from per usal of the case of Jose Esperita and Rita Imperial, which became public yesterday, 1t seems that woman's na- ture has not undergone any material change during the time which civi- lization has been marching down the corridors of time, the petite and black-eyed Senorita Imperial appar- entity having as much fury pent up in her small body as did the speci- mems of fcminity who came under the observation of the philosopher who got the aboEe-mcntioned bit of wisdom off his chest along about the time that Nero burned Rome while playing Big Night Tonight on his violin.
 Rita appeared before Justice Me Lane yesterday morning with com- plaint. It seems that for several years she had been living in common law relations with her lover Esperita. When the local board sent out the qucstionnaircs, the man applied for deferred classification, stating that he had a wife and several children. Rita signed an affidavit that she was his wife, and the deferred classification was granted. A week or so ago, some sort of an argument seems to have come up between Jose and Rita, and the man left the woman, stating ! that he was going to marry another girl, and reminding Rita that she didn't have very much on him, and that the marriage certificate and the wedding ring were conspicuous by
 their absence from around the old homestead Jose left for Phoenix, and on Friday word reached this city that he had married another Spanish
 maid at the capital city. Rita waited until the following morning and then l decided to tell her troubles to the officers. During the morning hours of Saturday Jose and his bride came | home from Phoenix, and the sight
 of the other woman hanging onto the arm of the erstwhile lover so en-
 ragged Scnorita Imperial, that she
 made tracks for Judge McLane's of- ' flee. She told this officer of how she | had saved the faitlilcss Jose from being inducted into the military serv-
 ice, and of how he had married an' i other woman.
 | McLanc got down some of his cop ics of the revised statutes and looked
 up the law made and provided for
 such cases. He decided that the man should be turned over to the govern ment officials for prosecution on charge of perjury, and warrant for the mans arrest was at once issued. Jose was taken to jail, and then the question of common law marriage was looked into. Since 1901, Arizona has had no law or provision which would tend to legaliZc common law liaisons So when the military au- thorities get through with the gay Don Juan, the civil authorities can begin action against him on bas- tardy charge, there having been four children born to he and Rita. Or in case the common law plea IS upheld, the defendant will be nabbcd on a charge of bigamy on account of his matrimonial venture at Phoenix on Friday.
 "I was willing to swear 10 false affidavit for Jose when he needed it to escape going into the army" said the dark-Skinncd Miss Rita yesterday, but his'going to Phoenix and mar rying the other girl after all have done for him was too much, and when 1 got a chance to cause his downfall, I couldn't overlook such fine bet Now that he's in jail, l feel much better. The other girl cant lao, 1,