The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-08-09
TO The PUBLIC
Eureka. Nevada. Aug. 9. 1919

terested in me and my work in this
county. a few facts concerning the
much-talked-of affairs concerning
myself.
After | had been in Nevada, ap-
proximately a year. my former wife.
in Pennsylvania. started a suit against
me for abandonment and non-sup-
port, a misdemeanor under the laws
OF the State of Pennsylvania, stating
that | had deserted her nCLEARFIELD
County, a county in which l had rev.
er lived.
also had started in this county
divorce proceedings against her,
and, after obtaining personal SER
vice on her and Acknowledgement of
the same from her. she defaulted
and did not appear to contest the
action; subsequently | received my
decree.
Before / understood the nature Of
the charge against me in Pennsyl-
vania, | had offered. as any mar
would, to settle upon her a sun of
money for her support; that is. any
sum within reason and within my
means. 1t is, / believe. customary
for a divorced man to pay alimony in
a lump sum, or in any manner satis-
factory to the other party. Her at
torney asked for $1,000; that seemed
too high for a man of my income
and / hesitated before agreeing to
same. On February 10th, came a
telegram to my attorney reading as
follows:
Must hear from you at once re-
garding $1,000 proposition. or sheriff
leaves for Nevada"
/ waited several days. debating
whether to leave Eureka where l was
unusually busy at the ii m e. or
whether to pay her the money and
call it quits. Finally. on February
Il, l wired that | agreed to deposit
$4,000 in the bank to be paid on
March 18th provided no further
trouble was caused me. etc.
To that wire came a reply on Feb
ruary %. as follows: Cannot now
accept proposition; will accept $2500
and me pay sheriff's fees"
To that l replied at once that l
would not pay over $1,000 on terms
offered; and that all settlement pro-
posals we're withdrawn if sheriff ever
reached Eureka.
The sheriff of Clarified County
went to the Governor of the State of
Nevada for a Governors warrant to
take me back to Pennsylvania; the
allegation again was that | deserted
my wife in CLARIFIED County,
Pennsylvania. | filed a petition for
a writ of habeas corpus. and upon
the hearing my attorneys took the
stand that Clearfield County had no
jurisdiction of me in ase | were TAX
en- back to Pennsylvania.
On Saturday August 2. 1919. the
Clerk of the Supreme Court wired
my attorney as follows:
Carson, New, $40 p. M. August
2. 1919.
Edna G. Plummer:
In Bremen habeas corpus cas- this
court to-day unanimously orders
that petitioner Bremen forthwith
surrender himself to sheriff Ormsby
County, Nevada. to be delivered into
custody of duly appointed agent of
Pennsylvania, or return to Pennsyl-
vania, and that when he complies
with this order his bail be exhoner-
ated. +. VIM. kENNETT,
Clerk of Supreme Court of Nevada.
Immediately wired for a compe-
tent physician to come in to take my
place while | was gone. asked the
Commissioners for a 60 day leave of
absence. and prepared to carry out
the instructions and orders of the
Supreme Court. On Tuesday the
9Th, l started overland for Elko. 1.-THE
SENTINEL had published a notice
there would be no passenger train
service on Thursday in order that l
ro;oht confer with DIR. Hood about a