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Show NAIGIITY MR. FRENC1L He is Married, but the Fact Does Not Prevent Him Yisiting Mrs. , . . "' Wallace. . THEY WERE VERY FAMILIAR. The Parties Furnished Food For a Rich Society, Scandal on First Street. ' A nice, juicy scandal. A married, society woman and a "lady" from the Smith. A couple of married business men. A midnight scene. Such is the outline of a sensational scandal which culminated iu the arrest last night of E. E. French, the senior partner in the Hotel Uintah, and Mrs. Alberta Wallace of 405 First street. Scandal mongers and gossiping women wo-men are holding executive sessions today on First street. They all seemed tickled to death on aecouut of a few women alleging al-leging to have seen Mr. French in a compromising position with the Wallace Wal-lace woman, uud that his family would be ruined. Mr. Freuch is a man about 35 years of age and has au estimable wife, while the Wallace woman is said to be a deserted de-serted wife. He was arrested last night ou tho charge, of adultery and the woman was also taken into custody on the charge of fornieatiou. All this ae-curred ae-curred last uight, and today tho third party is implicated. His name is Albert Walker, an insurance man, and was arrested at noon. If reports bo true tho Wallace womau is scarcely anything moro than an abandoned female. French when arraiuged before United States commissioner Greenman was held in the sum of $2,000 for his appearance Monday, when he will be given an examination. ex-amination. Tho Wallace woman and Walker could not give bail and are having their preliminary examination on the charge of fornication this afternoon. They have been tinder arrest ever since taken into custody. Mrs. Wallace, who, by the way, claims to be a single woman, said to a Times reporter this afternoon that her home was in Moulton, Alabama. Those who know her says sho is not. At all events she is not possessed pos-sessed of the southern pronunciation. She is a woman between 28 and 30 years of age with au unattractive and somewhat some-what withered faco, although she has a neat, trim figure. Her hair is dark and she dresses tallefully. Six months ago she came to Salt Lake, according to her story, and she takes particular pains to impress upon tho minds of her acquaintances ac-quaintances that she is a 'southern lady," while as a matter of fact no one would otherwise know it. Sho has a lease of the premises at 405 First street, and there is a small family living on cither side of her. It is a sort of double house and Mrs. Wallace rents one side of it to youug Mr. Paul, a nephew of Street Supervisor Paul. On the othor is a married woman by the name of Mrs. Patterson, whoso husband is sick in tho Iiouse. Sandwiched between tho two families is Mrs. Wallace's apartments. apart-ments. According to these people, Mrs. Wallace is extremely fond of gentlemen's gen-tlemen's company, and has encouraged French and Wilker to call after sunset of different nights. The neighbors noticed tho frequent visits of the different gentlemen at hours not becoming to a lady to . receive company. The visits or calls were so frequent that other peoplo took notice of them, and as the immediate neighbors did not care for anv such reflection!) on the house iu which they were living, a scheme was concocted by which the sensation was developed. A deputy United States niarohal was notified by Mrs. Fattcrsou and last night holes were bored through the wall, and what did tho people see? Let it be imagined. At all events it was sufficient to cause the arrest of Mr. French and Mrs. Wallace. The same thing might be said of Walker end a few more prominent men who have not been arrested. They have quietly left town on business. French denies the wholo story, claim-i,g claim-i,g that it is a conspiracy on tho part of a few people to ruin his family and break him up in business. His wife is almost prostrated with grief, but does not believe him guilty. Ho is from Fannington. Iowa, where both ho and his wife's folks have borne , tho best reputation. Mr. French's friends think that it is a conspiracy to blackmuil him. Walker is a man who don't care how things go, or at least that is his demeanor, de-meanor, and tho woman is not much better. Sho savs that her neighbors want to get rid of her, and .have taken the present course to do it. The hearing this afternoon and French's examination on Monday will probably develop the facts and animus of the sensation. . |