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r\.iy i jit lf j*l I ^ :iw ? gnct! toM ui . nn»; iVu i vtnn ?*u ■ - lie thought itI u* u:i right. Wln«n lie h h ! them over, ■' i'v.t, he diac.*voru 1 Unit in Ihufoe LsJ# liumu wni wrtiiiiQW U1KK It. rCMH|.TV* :i ! of Willtum S., nail that nf Iks■ ■lt;» wa* ill*o wrens: lie «n ■! toshf'* * ■ Here, Hughe- tiiisi will lt;r tW, r .1 Liive made u iut?duke lu the names. ‘*Hughe* appeared to be -surprised, end‘Well* lhat’* funny—I'm sarc it i** our mistake. I ll telegraph out toII tgo »i: 1 l:r.vi' our cnrrcjpon lent. Into the matter, t ioni* mound, un :ii fbe oourrt* nf tt weok.‘.‘fvro In 1ft ho tin 1 n little » r,%. a itb Hughes, uni! Hughe*if «a- itMf la? r f mat-i r t i: ^ examined into. Pendleton-r.-d !i’tn w hy he wanted to I,notv, andn»phrJ that it w as i no m* uuhi. hut* meniut'i w him u Jim-: right pus ma leu-vnri*t*s nf lb « kind wort* urt a*.do,Mr. r**uiilt tun, being a trim mil luw-; r, knew that this wo# sO. He called i- the oflb . • ticuln before* the weea nns M unJ Himhe* hauded liirn twu more; -sol t!*.* illi o«ve dwre'if, They wore1 :;ta*al w :th ti e t«o lie had g.ven to ■' m ov. hi* previous vr«it, lint the mime* Lad beenfOBItfiCt v tSPEI.T.ETV -M^.aPdUdb'ton snvt ho was satisfied. Now, Mr Pendletont said Hughes, roii hare two copb * of the decree—our : r yourself an i one fcr your wife. Shall v'e bt*utl the crie for 3‘our wife or trill you i da* it and L'ire St to 1 or yourself,' *1 4' J will take it mrselr, will Mr.- ‘Mileton, Hud he paid the $100 doe nod went it-nur.He returned to Teia* shortly thereafter.Sew comes a curious part ot the story, :y. i: 1:1 11 tiiih*1* ^nv that? 1 ‘* * J wrote the letter at I Inches' rennet, ” fttid Cutnpl ell, It was strictly! true* *' • V* *, *f interrupted Mr. Pendleton,‘ 'it wm strictly true—neither Hughes lt;ana hell nor anyone cl:e appeared \n i: * * ijr * for me—there wasn't any court inIt.*1Campbell mill: I don't know anythin:: at ail about lb;s matter. I koewiioth nu at Knit your divorce, and kuuw f nothing about it now.1 * Campbell ,'' sai l Pcndteton, with -tnrtiinc force, *’tbat dirorcu paper hasI been submitted tof:\l*Ki:rS IN JtANDWlllTlXO,an 1 eoturard w ith the letter you wroteto tue. 'I ln*3t* expertn say that the two pm r* weft* wr tleu by the same man. * * t ami bell said solemnly: **| don’tknow « r i ar#* what the experts say, but an v in tin w ho says I wrote that divorcelien.**Ilien Pendleton mdced what prospecthe had ot tretiina: tiis money back,* 'That will depend ou what Htifihei ^ay*, ’ * said Campbell. * • if he says you paid thelirro money, I am willing to return mv share of It.*** * You won ’i do anything till you see Hughes?*’ asked Pendleton.' ‘'ot n thin”, said Campbell.You bad no interest la this divorce or no knowledge of Its fraudulone naturent all? asked ihe reporter.‘■N’oiip. whatever, replied Campbell. * *llu£rht*s had all the divorce business— I never to the red about them.Was Hughes a man who would deal lu false divorces? asked the reporter.CAMPBRLL MDN’T REPLY MRJSCTLY.I'lJ tell you who be is, he saidflna’ly, 1 * he 3 a brother-in-law of Lao-daulet Williams, whom (irant tried to rciiks chief justice of the United Statessupremo court. Ho was au assistaut
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Fort Worth Weekly Gazette

Fort Worth, Texas, US

Thu, Dec 25, 1890

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