Show ELOPERS SEEN IN N SALT S LALE K Figure in Texas Romance Is in inthe the I City With Run Runaway Runaway Runaway away Wife PROMINENT I If IW EL PASO ACTOR IS RECOGNIZED FOR FORMER F FORMER R MER FRIEND Raymon Whittaker formerly leading man of the Washington Park Stock company which has been playing at atEl atEl atEl El Paso Tex and who is alleged to have eloped with Mrs Virginia Carroll wife of W B Carroll of El Ei Paso was in the city yesterday and was seen in Salt SaIt Lake yesterday by a former form ac The woman with him lim au an answers the description of Mrs Carroll The story of the elopement of the ac actor actor actor tor and the rich merchants wife was first made public in El EI Paso Tuesday when Carroll Carron who is the head of ofa a big electrical firm In the Texas city filed Sit for divorce in which he charged charge his wife with having run away with Whittaker I According to the formal complaint filed flied by Carroll his wife became enam enamored enamored enamored ored of Whittaker when the latter played the saintly character of John Storm in The Christian While Storm resisted the temptations of the world and buried himself in a re retreat retreat retreat treat Whittaker did so only for the few hours in which he trod the boards While John Storm relegated the pleasures of living Jiving to the forgotten past Whittaker lived Jived in them daily Story In Complaint Whittaker and Mrs Carroll are al alleged alleged alleged in the complaint to have left El ElPaso ElPaso ElPaso Paso on the night of Aug 3 and their destination was not learned by the n raged reged husband 1 s soon as he had con convinced convinced convinced vinced himself that his wife had for forgotten forgotten forgotten gotten what she had promised him himI I when she took his name he promptly filed an an action against her in the di divorce divorce divorce vorce courts Carroll charges that his wife told him that she wanted to go to Detroit Mich to visit with her mother and that he consented to the trip He declares that instead d of going to the home of her par parent parent parent ent she left El Paso with the actor As soon as Carroll he began an al a investigation which brought out interesting developments One of these was the discovery of a note which was shown him which was directed to Carroll and which he h de lie declares clares dares is in her handwriting This lat latter latter latter ter is signed with Mrs Carrolls maiden name and bears her monogram Breathing affection and adoration of the most torrid character in every lire line for the actor the note enraged ged Carroll who lost no time in applying to the courts for relief Text of Torrid Note The note which caused all the trouble is as follows Happy shall sha be the time when I may lay aside all aU pretense and I shall be yours completely A little quatrain comes to my mind of Garrisons per perhaps perhaps perhaps haps you are familiar you should be with it for you enjoy all aU good clean things Only four lines yet when all is told Much tinsel is outweighed by little gold Love is a tiny word no doubt you see It holds all aU life all aU joy now for me meThe meThe meThe The last three words are my Improvising improvising improvising but you will please accept it Go rest now my darling Meet me tomorrow morning with a dear smile and just manage to whisper once to me mein mein mein in the course of the morning I love you cu I shall shaU be at the card party until late probably until 1 but I shall shaU think of you ou with every breath I need just ju t a few words dear to brighten up this afternoon Yours Signed VIRGINIA Man Is Matinee Idol Whittaker has gained a desirable rep reputation reputation reputation in California as an actor His father it is believed helleved is a surgeon at atthe atthe atthe the Mare Island navy yard in San Francisco Whittaker the hero in inthe inthe Inthe the alleged elopement went to El Ei Paso after the San Francisco disaster He is isa isa isa a strikingly handsome man and was much of a matinee idol among the women omen Mrs Carroll was a leader in El Ei Paso society and gave some of the largest entertainments of the city She was prominent in the club and other social organizations She is a handsome woman and possesses great personal charm charmEl El Ei Paso was shocked by the an announcement announcement announcement of the elopement but no nomore nomore nomore more than by other developments which came close on the heels of the first sensation El Paso society learned aft after after after er the elopement story became public that Mrs Carroll was before her mar marriage marriage marriage a circus actress employed with the circus In Mexico She and her ber husband met while both were in Li inthe Lithe the circus business she as a performer and he as chief electrician They were married and went to El EI Paso where Carroll entered the electrical business and made considerable money acquaintance who met him here with Mrs Irs Carroll says that the actor showed great hesitancy with regard to recognizing his former and ani endeavored erd to avoid him |