The Coconino sun., 1925-02-06


all subsequent letters; that he sent her
$40 by money order with which to be
gin proceedings for divorce; that She
wrote that the lawyer required $10C
in. advance; that he did not have $100
and let it drop at that.
"McDaniels said that he came t.
Pineville to see her and straighten
matters out; that he thought prob
ably he might see her at the church
where he learned she had gone, but
/ failed; that he went to the home OF
"Shorty" Dodd, her uncle, where she
was staying and requested to. see her;
that Mr. Dodd told him she was oul
on "the farm" that he thought she
was there and persisted in seeing her,
that finally Mr.. Dodd invited him ii
to dinner and that while at the tabl
eating, Mrs. McDaniels arrived; thai
she greeted him, shook hands an,
seemed cordial; that in few minute
the sheriff arrived and arrested hin
without him having had time to make
any explanations to her. He declare
that he believes that she left the housc
after he arrived and went to phone til
sheriff and came back to hold him un
til the sheriff's arrival.
"McDaniels says that wife No. 3
whom he married about six month
ago in Arizona, is now completely oui
of the scene. He declares he never
lived with her and took steps immed
lately to annul the marriage, which h
claims was annulled on November 26
1924.
"In answer to a question from th
reporter whether or not he was con
nected with the killing of child il
an automobile accident in Arizona il
November, McDaniels admitted that /
child was killed while riding in a ca
which he was driving when it over
turned. The reporter had talked tt
those who had seen an account OF thi
incident in an Arizona paper.
"In this connection, McDaniels ex
planned that he was driving a Film
| four-wheel brakes touring car; tha
The car was moving at the rate
about 20 miles per hour; that Ii
rounded a curve and approached
bridge up an incline when the steer
| ing wheel, which he said was walnu
veneer, became severed from thu
standard on which it was fastened
hat the father had the child in hi
arms and that when he saw the ca.
would unavoidably turn over, h
queezed the child to death in his fea
Cor its life; that neither another child
the father nor himself were hurt, al
though alllwere occupants of the caI
at the time of the accident.
"He says that he came back
Pineyille strictly to see wife No.
and have legal settlement with hel
and get things Strengthened out H
I especially requested the reporter
interview his daughter, Ollie Mae Nc
Daniels"
While McDaniels in the above inter
view mentions only three wives, new
dispatches assert that there are twt
others, one a Miss Johnson of Lufkin
Texas, who it is alleged McDaniels
married and deserted recently, ane
another whom he deserted, it is said
ives at Pearl River, La.
1t is known here in Flagstaff that
part of McDaniel's story to the TowE
Topics reporter was fabrication. Nc
Daniels was driving at 40 miles al
hour, or more, when the automobile
accident occurred in which little a.
! gear-old Josine Pyland of flagstaff
/ vas killed, and her death was not
caused by her father crushing her.
! Also McDaniel's story that he ha6
he marriage to Miss Dory of Flag
| taft annulled last November is un
true. No move was made for annUl-
nent until after word reached Flag
| staff that McDaniels was to be al
'ested for bigamy. Then, on January
p, this year, through Attorney E. r.
Byers of Williams, application wa
made to have the latest Mrs. Nc
Daniels mother, Mrs. Ada Dory, ap
pointed guardian ad litem on the
! ground that the bride was only IL
/ hereby being under the age of con
! sent. On that same day McDaniels
| eft Flagstaff for Louisiana. And OF
January 26 the marriage was annul-
ed by Judge J. 4. Jones of the su
perior court, Flagstaff The brides
maiden name, Annie Dory, was re
stored
McDaniels' first wife declared ta
| he Rapides parish sheriff that she
never got divorce from him and re
married supposing him dead. She has
/ Sl1i VI IL anu q IVY - NY A4N0dillSiS
md several children by her second
husband. This daughter, a press dis
patch says, "showered upon his cring-
ing form there in the prison cell all
the scorn and hatred deserted child
could have accumulated during these
many years of suffering and neglect
due to him, with all the vengeance OF
young tigress."
Miss Dory and her mother were cal
| ers at The Sun office on Saturday
Miss Dory, who is II, and was .
freshman at Flagstaff high school last
sall, said she will not prefer charges
against McDaniels. She said She
now has her freedom and that is al
he wants. McDaniels, she said, fur
nished the money for the annulment
proceedings. Miss Dory asserted
that she had seen letters to McDaniels
from his wife (Cordie) saying she had
procured divorce with the money he
had sent her for that purpose.
The marriage was annulled on the
| ground that it was performed with
out consent of the brides parents. The
ceremony was performed last October
% by Justice of the Peace r. j. Kidd
Of Flagstaff.