Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-13
BOLD STROKE FOR A HUSBAND.
The story Of Loving Woman Whs
Doesn't tDtend 10 Gsf Left
IN Y Herald

IN Y. Herald
Just before the morning session Of the
Jefferson Market Pol &C Court ended Sat-
urday A woman announced herself 10 JUS
tice Patterson as Mrs. Roberts aud said
she wished 10 have her husband arrested
for bieamy. The justice recognized her as
the person 20 whom he had given a war
rant some time since for the arrest OF her
husband on charge OF abandonment
Mrs. Roberts said that she had traced her
husband 70 Rochester, ". Y, where she
went on Wednesday last. She asserted
that be had married another woman and
was living there with her. When asked by
the Court why she did not have her war
rant executed in Rochester Mrs Roberts
said that after meeting her husband she
forgaye him and did not wish at the time
70 cause him any trouble. Justice Patter-
son replied that Rochester was the place TO
prosecute the man and directed Mrs Rob-
erts to 80 there.
The woman went away, but before doing
so related her story la full TO a Herald re-
porter. She said that she met her husband
in Fourth avenue clearinghouse in 1883.
He was at that time salesman of ma
chinery. Acco ding 10 the woman no
ceremony was performed at the time OF
the alleged marriage, but they agreed be-
fore witnesses TO live together as man and
wife. After eleven months had passed,
during which time baby had been born,
the man disappeared. The baby died soon
after, and the deserted woman decided to
devote all her efforts to finding the missing
man. She heard that he was in Rochester,
and the next day she started for that city.
~ was surprised" she continued, "to
find that my husband had turned doctor
when he is no physician at all. But what
most surprised me was his statement tha
he was married again. told him that the
girl was not his wife, and he begged me
not to make him any trouble. This prom
ised TO do if he would leave Rochester and
go to New York with me SO that could
once more face my friends.
He swore that he would bring rue here,
and oh, how happy l was when we got on
train at Rochester to go to New York.
/ was very nervous, and he gave me bot
tie, saying: Take twenty drops Of this, it
will calm you.' l did not need it, as my
nerves grew steady when l thought that in
the morning would be back with him in
New York.
"But imagine my Indignation when
woke up to find myself in Buffalo. The
miserable fellow had tricked me to get me
away from Rochester and that other wom-
an. He was gone before / discovered the
trick he had played on me, but he had
kindly left me a ticket to Erie, which he
said would help me on my way to New York
1t was no use going to Rochester again, as
l had destroyed the warrant for abandon
ment, so / came directly here. ! still in
tend to cause his arrest. If l had taken
those twenty drops for my nerves they
would have calmed them, no doubt, be-
cause friend Of mine, druggist of this
city, who has examined the contents of the
bottle, says it is strychnine. l shall follow
that man to the end"
A gentlemanly-l looking man who came
TO court to act as witness for Mrs. Rob.
erts, but who refused to give his name.
added, as they moved off: "And she has
friends enough to help her find him and tc
see that e is punished"