Show MRS OF HIS WAYWARD WIFE A special to the tribune from riverside Calay calassi si A representative of the tribune found cornelius hodge at highgrove High grove this a where he is in the employ of george OI as a ranch hand and teamster lie talked freely of his relations with the woman under arrest at salt lake saying 1 I first met her baat Ko vember and married her january ath at her solicitation she deserted me after the ceremony and went to los angeles the nama afternoon I 1 with a man named fanst from pittsburg and james cohen of needles cal she had been on terms of intimacy with men at relief springs she always had the character at belief spring of being intimate with many of the guests she was familiar with a man called tony who owns the glass bottomed boat avalon at catalina also with a tailor from the happy valley district in ran pedro whose name I 1 dont know she was loose with other men at relief springs but I 1 was a hostler and did not know them after she went to los angeles on tho day of our marriage I 1 next heard of her at clifton ariz she went there to work in a clifton hotel under a contract for six months with hummel bros employment agenda at los angeles she wanted to quit her job and wrote me to help her out of the 1 I went to clifton fixed up the matter and went with her to el paso tex there she got all my money and deserted me ia the middle of february I 1 was stranded and came back to california as a hobo tramped part way and rode the brake beams of the overland trains I 1 arrived at highgrove High grove about march ath and went to work as a ranch hand for charles kidd I 1 worked for kidd until may ath then went to work for and have been with him ever since s 1 I have not heard from my wife since she left me at el paso except that she telegraphed my brother W II 11 whitney of denison iowa that I 1 was dead whitney is my brother but was adopted by a man named whitney I 1 am a regular member of the odd felloes lodge at winthrop iowa I 1 had receipts for dues which I 1 think the airl bot hold of she probably thought I 1 had insurance and wanted to marry me for that reason I 1 think she circulated the report that I 1 was dead with the idea of getting insurance su rance 1 I wrote the chief of police at salt lake to let him know where I 1 am if they want me f am ready to beatify but really I 1 know very little about the woman I 1 have not been with her ten davs since we were married the first knowledge I 1 had of the ryan murder was from the newspapers 1 read it in a los angeles paper the comans womans wo mans besetting beset tins weakness is greed for moneys she would do anything in the world fr money but was extravagant trava gant and could not keep IK I 1 dont know where she got the money to travel around as she had little when she left me I 1 think she baa been to since she deserted me at el paso A woman her description arrived at with a man and inquired for me from ranch bands but did not find me added that lh woman had friends at redlands with whom she came to california from iowa abe claimed to him to be the adopted daughter of her uncle lewis fich at denison iowa the i alibi of hodge is positive many people can be found here who are ready to that he haa been at all the time bince larch |