Show BROKERAGE DIVORCE gand GANG DECREES GIVEN WITHOUT SUMMONS OR olt RESIDENCE wo no complaint or trial necessary in cheyenne wells courts six xen men run eun the whole county denver jan I 1 12 investigation into the wholesale divorce business conducted at cheyenne wells has been in progress during the past week acer or t two wo and has resulted in the disclosure of many very overy sensational lonal facts cheyenne wells is the seat of 0 ch cheyenne e yenne county and alid Is in colorado seventeen miles west of the I kanias boundary boun ilary being on oil the line of 0 the kansas pacific according to the tha evidence gathered the county government has been for or several years in the hands of 0 six men all of whom were aware of the divorce court truffle the clique had a falling out two of the party deserting the others politically one ot of these was elected ta li november to the hou house ao of ta t lwslie f t tbt ii i i ay ria ture bandit ali b Is 24 ins buor 1 f ihs fihs 41 1 f t h e I 1 wap t alei t I 1 ai i sas taken up agai against the remaining four T IS IV the county judge G 13 sl slattery a I 1 teia lias bas a law in denver sharing ills his quarters with C 11 farrall slattery became judge in ili 1691 farall is the local attorney of tw the union pacific railroad and was county attorney until tuesday last and was waa deputy district attorney of the county in fit the fourth Juli judicial cial district under district attorney cochran of colorado springs in one case that of of f Ln lafayette fayette gardner vs 1 SI arletta larietta gardner suit was instituted august IS 18 1894 and determined november 10 1804 there is nothing la in the court flies files regarding the case except a complaint not sworn t to 0 and an af giving mrs card Gard gardeners gardners ners residence as schenectady N Y and a summons which was never served the weekly paper in the town did not publish all tho the summons it Is claimed that in most of these divorce cases even where no default was vas made that no jury was im paneled th there e re are but 0 or r pe people ople in cheyl enne county not halt so many as the number of divorces granted and according to the residents or of cheyenne wells not over one or two till divorce or suits have ever been instituted by residents of the county it is also alleged thit that the divorce brokers have agencies in other towns than denver where business was drummed up proceedings for the disbarment of judge slattery and lawyer barall will bs be before the lower house of the e legislature at once it Is also intended to commence criminal proceedings and it is alleged that enough evi evidence is in the hands of the authorities to lo send all four of tile the parties to the pen penitentiary tertiary tent iary |