Year: 1877

The terrible results of the pernicious
system. Of "easy divorces" has found
another exemplifioatlon in the suicide
OfMr. Sebin Rinher one Of the best
known and most highly respected citi.
zens of Galveston, Texas. The posi-.
tion Of County Treasure which he held
atthe time of his death, he had filled fol
several years, and he was regarded as
one Of the most prominent business
men Of the city.


Becoming infatuated with the beau
ty Of Miss Lulu Walter, he con-
Oluded that life away from her would
be not worth the having. He spoke
Of her continually to his intimate
friends, dwelling on her purity and
innocence, and saying that be would
rather go to bis grave than live with
out her."


To be sure wife and three children
stood In the way of such a union, and
though he claimed that he loved the
children, he acknowledged that he
married bis wife through sympathy,
and not through love.


AS Providence did not see flt to
make him a widoweF. there was clesr-
ly but one way of release from the
marriage tie, and that was through the
medium Of divorce. This " ss readi-
1y obtained through the office of A..
Goodrich, OF this city, on the
grounds Of inoompatibility. The de-
cree was supposed to be obtained In
Salt Lake County, Utah. and was In
due legal form, being dated May %.
At this time Mr.. Rinker was still liV-
ing with his wife, and continued the
marriage relation until June IL,
when Mrs. Rinker left the city for a
short visit. Though aware of the in
fstustion of her husband. there were
still friendly relations existing be.
tween them, as is shown by the fact
of Mrs. Rinker's sending kilograms
TO her husband asking him when he
was coming to the place where she
was visiting.


Meantime Miss Lulu, having
reached her 18th birthday concluded,
on the representation of her lover th at
he was really freed from his wife, TO
yield to his wishes, and she according
ly ran away from home with him.
They were married. and as no secret
was made of the affair, took up their
abode at one of the hotels In the city.
All this had occurred during the
eight days absence of Mrs. Rinker,
and this was the state of things she
found on her return. Still loving her
husband, she Left no means untried to
win him back, and a mutual friend
sent to him the message: "Your wife
Is gTiefstrioken at the continued false
position you occupy, and she bids me
beg you to come home to your lawful
wife and loving family. Your cham
Der is ready for you, and she is imps-
tient to see you beneath your own
roof. Ifyou would avoid compelling
her to do what wife must do, come
home. otherwise she will prevent
your remaining together tonight at
the hotel. Come home, II you ever
Intend to come; come now, or never"


The appeal Of his wife had no effect
but that Of ofawakening him to a sense
of the enormity of his crime, and lesv-
ing the hotel after kissing his sup
posed bride, he proceeded to his office
where he ended his life by shooting
himself through the temple. A letter
left by him says:


az have ruined myself, my wife, and
my sweet little children. o how 1
have struggled to make all right, but
it was useless. / procured a Chicago
divorce and am married 10 that poor,
good, sweet little girl that my infer
nal passion has ruined. See my poor
wife and comfort her. and do not
blame any one but me. Lulu is pure
and good, and did she know but half
the truth her love would bs turae6 10
hatred.


Ample provisions had been made
for his wife and children. and 1t is al
80 believed for the girl, who finds her.
self only one OF the victims Of the
fraudulent divorces for which Chicago.
10 so fsmous.-Inter Ocean.