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Show A CROOKED CAREER. Detective Franks Said to Hire Stried Four Tears Id a IlllOItllU l'llhOV 101! 1IKUMV. The rildrnrr fialhrn Tlilrl and l'ait A hffonil Irlfrilfit Willi Xrr. llAinlllon. rriif path of Tlrlue It llm pntli of IAre,"lut "the trail that londt lo Infamy In-famy It n beaten roaJ,"rlilllit true aaylnit and worthy of Krloui conaldcrnllon. Thennnounrrmcnt In all thu local ilallka yratrrday, except Ihe Trlfiunt, tliatrx-DoiAity United Htitea Marihil Franka, the ahrawd and achemlnK and If report are true uuarruputoua Cflmo hardened detective, whoao un ruTlablo record In thlt Territory Ian mailer of public lilalory, waa notcnly leading a dual life, but wat guilty of thu moat condemning practices In tho calendar of crime, proiucd a aenai tlon In Judicial and aoclal circle that Iiaa not often been exierleuctd In thlt clly. . The alalrmvnt In thlt morning' 7hun that It contained tho only correct cor-rect Tertlon of tho ecandaloua nlTalr waa undignified and untruthful. Th accounla glfen by the Nl:w and the .7raAf were authentic. A HTO3.1I1 IXTKHVIKVr. A NnwarepretenUlIro held a second sec-ond Intertlew with Mrs. Hamilton, 1'ranVl' alleged deaelteal wife, latt lillihl. Hhohad real the account In IheNKwrland pronounced It true In eviry pirtlcular. Hhe, howoter, re-hleiladdltlouat re-hleiladdltlouat dettllt lut night. Hhe nidi My mime la I-llllo Martin; I wat Ilia only daughter of a hotel keer In Van lluren, Arkauraa. A Mleaman, Kiting the name of J. H. CoAgliu, reglalerwl at my father' Intel, early In the year IMI. lie remained there for mine lime; lie aald lie rame from Mtatachuaelta. After a while 1 bo-come bo-come pretty well ariuulnted with him, ami a lie u aOable and cuurleout he made an agreeable companion, In the couiao of time he began laying lilt addrcaae tu Ine; he made an oiler of marriage and wa accei.lod, and wo wero married on Auguat 16, HSl. lleietheunrurtuiiate woman broke down In a IH of violent weeping. "To rue," the contluued aobuuglyi "that ha titer been a HAIIIi AMI llllltAIlttlL HAY. A day which 1 thought meant eternal bllaaandliapplnvav, but unu thtt has held out nothing but mtary and frag-nienta frag-nienta of thatlered liois." Jtwimlug tlio thread of the broken narrallte, the sold: "A ULllo more than aiiiontliafMrouruupllaltowt at the aacreil altar of marrl ige, an old family Irleud named Coliorn, whu had come from Tuacumhla, Alabama, lecogiilted my tiuahind at a man whom lie had kiuwn at that place by tlio MAIIKOKOUI'UK. Mr. Coboru proiluced coiiclmlvo etldeuce that Copaibu and Coioii wereoneauJ Ihetatne man, Hualao thowiil iltltely by documentary and other uncontrotertablo evlJencu that lie haJ lieeu married to Mlaa 1'annle Weatherforil, a ronlti of the wlf.i of Hon. C'lemeiiit U. Clay, an United Ktatea Ketiator. and a man of Inllueiica andablllty, Utthat hetlre.1 oilier and dcaerted her. The Clay family began n vigorous Inreatlgatlou of llm career of Mr. Conn. Chey learned that he had been martled lu lleorgla, not only twice, as yeu have heretofore been Informed, but time tlmea; that he had deeertail the woman he tworo lo love, houor aud protect, and had served four years In tbo sTAII'.'s l-lllsuN for bigamy. 'You are aure thlt irt of your story la corrtel, am you, lire. Hamilton;" Interrupted the rearter. "1 awear It," wa Ihe reply. "The letters ivintalnlug IhW Information aru In the poaatalon of my mother today." When Mr. Copon, Capaghn or Krnnka had aerved his sentence he made hit way to Tuacumhla, Alabama, where he married Mlaa Wetherford and atlera ards iteaerted her, aa 1 have btfoieielAlrd. Knowing that Ida dark dmta WCIIK WSCIJVUttll, , lie llkewlae diverted ine aud went to Texaa, from where ho wrote me lo Join him. Of vourae, 1 re-fuaed re-fuaed to Uniolue Ida mtatreaa ami I never tiehel I Ida face again until 1 went lu hit ofllce lu this city under the Vlrcuuiataiicea detailed ill your paper thlt evening." OIIIJK'H I.CTTKH. Mrs. Hamilton "If you wlah more eonclualve evidence you can read this letter which wua written by Mr. Coiou lo Mlaa Weathelfurdaa lit wlf,under iho uau-a named which she sent me a fuwdayengot" lltlUTl'li, Ala., Oct. I(l,18!il. My llarllng Wife 1 lelrgraph Mr. !' gram laat nlxliU llnelvnl an.xor Ihla morning. 'I lila morning gut a paaa and a plane. Will leave Ihla luuriilllg at 12, lla'nt time tu wrlto more. J. X. l'01-u.l. Wilt tot you hear Iroiu m soou, Coiuiarltoii wllh letters purjurted lo Ik. written b) Mr. Tranka since hit arrival ar-rival In Utah, failed tu ruveal Ihe illKhleatdllTeruuce Inthechlrogrsphy, The following letter Ion detective In Ihla clly, who wat once aaaorlaled with Krahlia, It now lu imsaeaalou of Mrt. Hamilton, It wa written by thedttertedTuBCouibla wife wliu hat since married! (IliRRLKf, Ala., July 31, 18,11, Your Idler uf STttt received nod noted. Will aay In reply your Information la correct. I waa the legal wife of JoaepU M. t'opon, and tisul one child lr 111 mar-rluge, mar-rluge, wlilrll la now It yira old, About set en yeara aflsr ha left, aa I n er heard from hlui, I got a dUoreal, and alwiul tv.u and on half years ago marrletl K II, Wltiroil. My coualn baa written you.wlth my eonaent. ani'loalug a photo and specb men of rltlng alao giving rtlal diacriptlon. I now ak you lo write at onco aud eiplaln your uiollto In making tbo Inquiry lu regard to my former luulMiud, No the picture you encloaed laoriho man I mat rled, no matter what iiainu ho may iiaMimo, and why he len ma 1 havo never know n. I am able to urit e you all tlio Information In-formation you ak, and will do ao when 1 know your motive la a worthy one, or will bring tiapplmua lo hit child, a' a ltl.unkjoul.it wrlllugma aa II la Iho tlralllino lliavouaard of hlui aluri be Ian, IliawaUlh oof of having Uau th, n , wlfi of Hi man whw tare von in me a Awuidng an l , iU. I atu, reapeetfult. . Mr- I Wlnr.l, nrtnerlv Mra. i malt, i , lilrotallenniniitnleailona to Mr-. 1. )l. Hio.lrod, llnrlty. Alalaima. IROU ANirriiriii.KrTKn. Here la an extract from nnolher letter let-ter written to the aamo wlft: "I bellove I will Im alilato make some money. 1 will ull you, my darling, If you don't giro a man an nairlunlly he will never snoceeil. I havo no: had one sine I wa married. Pleaae write me and let ni know how yim and our darling dar-ling are. I would gla lb world lob wllh you and Iter tonight. Heaven bleat you Into, A klaa fur lajtb." J. f. Copov. Mrs. Hamilton says she would havo kept Ida tenet and her own forever for-ever had It not been for thelnaotonre slieliatUen tuljected toby franks since her arrival in t tile city. A few dat ago alio tent litm the following itott-i Mr. hranlll Mir I would Ilk to sea you and will It hers at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Yourt rsaiwetrullr, I. Hahii-tox. Hereplledl itrt. L. l.imttmi Ma-lame I have bnalneaa that trill prevent pre-vent in from seeing you thu evening. I will add that llila agnoy eannot afford to eetttlntiotolAok tor your huauand and child any longer. Yourt respectfully, Kli. ,lMKRa. ' i:veu on the receipt of thlt reply to her note she refused to denounce him aud only yielded at the urgent aollcltntlon of the detective who have been working up the raae. Thu photograph and tlnlywllkeneat received from Alaman aro of Detective De-tective j:. A. Krankt; that cannot be denied, The (dictograph Iwirt Ihe Inscription: Inscrip-tion: Wnllln-a Premium and Ool.l Mo.lal I'hot.raplilo ArtUaltery. Motitgoniury, Alahatuy." Tho stamp on Hie tin tyie, la: "Kronilljuliler'al'hotographloTent." Fuur plftiirit fur to7euly-llvu tenta. IIAM.- IlltAMUK AtfllU.NS. In reply to the letter publMied III lnat evening's Nkws, written to a trcn tlemau In tula city by Mrs. David Clop-toil, Clop-toil, of Atitbauis, firmcrly Mrs. Clay, wife of Henalor C'leiueut 0. Clay, now deceased, a lung letter was written by the recipient. A copy of It Is now I u thu iwaeslon of Mr. Hamilton, who socially desired Hint tliu toliowlug extract ex-tract might U iiollihtd! ".Ilnro I retYlaol yours and Mrs. Win-ro.l'a Win-ro.l'a ietlen, 1 have oourronled htm with the Intoriiiatlou eiiliialii,! therein and bare atau shown hlm hia photiHi and hi., writing, and baveoreouno dlaaolvod all blialUMa colitiertlona with hlm. II seeniB stolid, tttllmt and ltmrvloui tu all llnpreaalona, neither atllnullig luir dinyliig, but lu replying, lie snyai "I havu noililiig to say othor than 1 am hero lo slay and If anybody IlilnUs thvy i-aii run mo away or get the tsmt of me, let thvm gusliiaad. 'The only npnroaeh he has mado lo an ad mUaloii waa when ho ventured to lti lliualo lu mys-dfaiid Jlr. that he would like lor ua Ut ml. Ira. I Mrs. llatnll-lou, llatnll-lou, ynursi'tr and Mra. Wlnnal. When he found that we would lake uu lairt lu the deceplluti ho said no mure. "lloleeliadnwed now and cannot to re 111 clly wltliout my knovtleilge. You will (uardon me If my Ural letter loft Hie linpteuliin that Copon waa del. I so wruto for the reason that lllosae lh story 1 had hesrd were true, and yon wero Inclined In l reticent alaiut tho matter. I might so arouao yourcurloaltyaatolnaure a reply. If 1 ill.twronglnso dulmr. I trust thai tho elrcutnauncc may Inaitro furglvelieaa. The photoa which you sent in I lalllnf cnura return, but I doalr lo keep them until 1 ran get them copied. I will alao return tho uiaiiiiacrltit whtelt 1 received from ouaud Air. Wturixl." |