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Show MAN ATTEMPTS TO inn Mrs. 0. B. Trcnchell Has an Ex-eiting Ex-eiting Drive From Spring-ville Spring-ville to Provo. HUSBAND GIVEN NOTICE AND RECOVERS THE BABY Divorce Suit Is Now Pending; Mrs. Treuehell Tells Her Storv. '- .V) Mrs. C. 13. Trcnchell, wife of a prominent prom-inent Springvillo druggist, made an unsuccessful un-successful attempt Saturday night to secure her youngest son from tho home of her husband at. Springvillo. Mr. Trcnchell has filed a suit for divorco at Provo, and Mrs. Trcnchell has entered en-tered a cross-complaint. Meanwhile tho threo sous of Mr. and Mrs. Trencholl are living with their father in Springvillo. Spring-villo. Daisy Smith, a sister of Mrs. Trenebcll. is caring for the children, but at the request of the father. Mrs. Trcnchell was advised by her attorneys, Christenscu & Christenscn, that the father had no more right to keep iho children than did tho mother until a court decree 'was secured. Ileneo on Saturday Mrs. Treuehell went to Provo to secure tho .youngest child, being be-ing quite willing that the father might have the two older boys. Telephoned for Rig. As soon as Mrs. Trencholl arrived at Provo sho telephoned to Probert & PussoH's livery stable to send a horse and buggy to the depot. Tho rig was sent, ami Mrs. Trcnchell directed the driver to take lfr to Springvillo, six miles south of Provo, nnd to lot no grass grow under tho horses' feet while making the trip. On arriving at Springvillo Spring-villo the lady alighted a short distanco from her former homo and. told tho driver to go to the drug store and sen if Mr. Treuehell was there and to hurry back. Tho young man returned with the information that Trcnchell was at the drug store. The lady them a into the house, grabbed her st boy, 7 years old, out of bed,. u the way to the door, sho select. 1 - thing th-ing for him, then hurried him into the buggy and ordered tho driver to return re-turn to Provo, and "do it quickly." Sho dressed the child while going from Springvillo to Provo. No. 3 of the Denver & "Rio Grande, going to Salt Lake, is due to pass through Provo at 10:2-i p. 111. Mrs. Treuehell was back in Provo in lime, but, unfortunately for her. tho train which was expected at 10:24 did not arrive in Provo until 12:45. Shu could only wait, at tho sta- Father Recovers Boy, Moanwhile tho two boys had rushed from thoir home to the Trcnchell drug store, telling their father of what had occurred. lie telephoned to the officers at Provo to stop the woman, and himself him-self boarded at Springvillo tho train which Mrs. Trencholl was waiting lor at Provo. The hunt of the officers was in vain, but tho father met with more success. As the train eamo to a stop at Provo tho father hastily alighted, seeing Mrs. Treuehell and thp child standing on tho platform. The boy rushed with his mother toward the train. But the father rushed hastily up tho platform and seized the boy Ivy one arm. while the mother hold to the other. Tho father placed his hand on tho woman's shoulder, giving what Mrs. Trcnchell termed a severe shove. Sho leaned over and drew tho boy tightly to her breast. "You let him alone, Earl." she cried; "I have lust as much right to him as you have. "Nothing of the kind," said the father, rather heatedly. "There'll be a warrant for your arrest waiting for vou as soon as 'ou get off the train in Salt Lake." But Mrs. Treuehell insisted that she was right in her action. The tusslo for the child, however, had caused h.ni to scream in fear and pain. Pmnllv, Mrs. Trcnchell says, sho let go because of her love for the child, whom sho feared would be injured. The father departed hastily and Mrs. Trenchrn stood on the platform. She told .her story to those around, who sympathized but' could do nothing, for the, father was thon 011 his way to Springvillo with his son. Mrs. Trcnchell eamo to Salt Lake on tho early Sunday morning train. Sho is stopping at ono of the downtown hotels. J The Divorco Suit. Tho complaint for a divorce was filed by Mr. Trencholl in Provo on July 28. Tt charges that Mrs. Trcnchell is a habitual drunkard and unlit to one for tho children. In her answer, Mr. Tronchell denies all this. She a.?ks for alimony and the custody of the youngest young-est child. Mr. Tronchell owns a drug store in Springvillo and considerable mining stock, the exact value of which is unknown. The estrangement between husband and wife dates back about two months, tho real basis of tho trouble or'nating after Mrs. Trcnchell and the throe boys came to Salt Lake. Mr. Trcn-dxill is nineteen 3'cars older than his wife. She claims that he is eccentric and will never permit her to go out. no, on tho other hand, has claimed although tho matter is not mentioned in tho complaint that there aro ono or two spicy stories about Mrs. Tronchell. Iho wife claims, however, that thero is not tho slightest grain of truth 111 any or these stories. Sho accuses her sister, Daisy Smith, of circulating these stories. They had their origin in tho fact that Mrs. Tronchell kept a boarding board-ing houso in Salt Lako for a short time this spring. Mrs. Trcnchell oays. sho cannot explain the action of bcr aspr in thus taking sides against her ;n circulating cir-culating these stories and bringing them to hor husband's ears, and lmally in going to her husband to care lor rho children. Friends of Miss Smith claim, however, that it is purely sympathy that has prompted her interest in the childrou. . , , Mrs. Trcnchell took the kccloy cure fivo years ago. Later sho attended tho aamo institution for about two wocka. |