Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-08-08
BETRAYED HUSBAND
WILLING TO FORGIVE
HIS ERR|NG MATE
JOHN NUSMlTH, WHOSE WIFE
RAN AWAY WITH ANOTHER, is.
SCLS FRANTIC APPEAL FOR
HER TO RETURN TO HIM.

Failing to find his clipping wife Mt
ST. ouis or Rock Island, after MAKING
trips TO those cities In hope of FIND.
ms some trace Of his missing help.
met John kuSmith, Federal Plate
districts champion vistim OF misiOr-
tune, today issued a frantic appeal for
MIS-. kpsmth 10 return to HIM
Will forgive and forget every.
thing she has done, said John, as his
eyes brlmmed with tears. Il don {
care II she did ruar away with jon
Ceganick and has done wrong, | want
her back and ! will be good to her jusr
as though nothing had ever happened
to come between u.s." he promised a
Free Trader.Journal representative.
Asked il he would receive his vile
with C)Cn arms John said he would 10
anything to get her back" so they
could take up LIES thread together
whore II wa" abru )tly broken off when
Ceganick. the friend who BETRAYED his
hospitality and won Mrs. Kusmith into
an agreement to run away. came be.
tween thcm and broke up their home.
Before JCe'3 advent on the scene.
John, who operated a grocery store
near thu plate glass factory until a
hrebuG burned him out, said he AMI
his woman had never had any
trouble. They were married nineteen
years ago when Mrs, kusmith was
girl Of twenty summer. To them, h.
added we're born fourteen children.
all Of whom have die1 The last, a
boy OF TX mG3ths PASSED away about
two years ago.
Believes Wife's Mind Affected.
John is inclined to the thought that
the loss Of har fourteen children
proved upon the wife's mind until she
was not wholly responsible for all she
did. When Joe, claimed by friends
to be a victim OF filthy malady
came along Mrs Kusmith due to her
gricf and aOrroW, listened to his pleas
TINT thcy ocpe and finally consented
and ran off with her pa.amour.
= On Aug, Joha received tip from
neishbOrs that Mrs. Kusmith was in
st. Louis. He wasted no time in
boarding a train for that city At St
Louis he obtained no clew which
would lead him to the hiding place of
the runaways. Returning home dis
heartoned, his hopes arose again when
he was informed they probably were
in Rock Island The next train out
carried him and friend to the tri
cities, but there, as in st, Louis. no
inkling of where Mrs Kusmith might
he could be obtained. Detected, John
returned to Ottawa again. This mora
Ing he came to the Free Trader-JouI /
nal and begged II to print his prom
Use Of forgivene $ and willingness 20
forget all The Wifc's indiscrotiOns pro |
rlding she came back to him. Later
In the day he left for Standard on an. !
other tip that his wife and Joe may
be in that coal mining Village. as /
someoTe had talked to woman
there who said she was from Ottawa
Misfortuns3 Pile Up. /
John is hurt man. With the death !
Of all his children enough to crush tie
average individual his cup OF grief 10 /
now OverfCWing at the wire's conduct /
Aside from his monumental home
troubles. John h2s met with serious
reverse in business way His store
was burned by IN incendiary. Thea
his homo was set on fire and destroy ,
ed. Later he was arrested by the .
SHtitu. tIht!Stl Win tbtidlihS Il Stiti. !
"All is gone wrong End everything Is |
against me. cried John.
Mrs. Ku.mih and CePanick disap- !
peare1 on July 70 after Mrs kusmith /
had sent John on an errand uptown |
for meat and groceries. They are ac
cused Of taking $40 from a roll Of
bills containing $500 and carried IN
his trousers nCCkets, most of the bed !
clothing and whatever else they could I
find about the house of value to them |
in setting un new menage where /
their elopement would never b.
known.
But John, wearied by his long and
futile search for the mate he knows
is not accountable for her acts, Will
not give up the hunt for Mrs. kus-
NTH until he has found her. lie
wants her to know that all will be for
gotten when she returns The slate
will be wiped clean and they will start
life anew without any other Joe's ana
his ilk to come between them