Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-15
FOR BIGAMY.
Lucinda J. Foster and Thorn
as Holland Arrested.
A SEARCH FOR OVER A YEAR.
Willard c. Foster Arrives and Ac-
cuses His Wife of Committing
Several Serious Crimes.

Willard @. Foster, OF Des Moines, Iowa,
arrived in Los Angeles few days ago in
search of lost wife. When he found
her he had her and the man with whom
she was living, arrested on the charge
of bigamy. In addition to this he is
ready with another charge of grand lar
ceny, and he proposes to secure the
woman's punishment in one shape or
another if the law can compass it.
There appears to be as many eides to
the story as there are husbands in the
scrape, and from the different points of
view the casual observer would scarcely
suspect that it was the same affair.
From Mr.. Fosters own account it is
evident that he has suffered very un.
just treatment. He married the woman,
whose name is now Lucinda j. Holland,
about three years ago in Des Moines.
She had bad reputation then,
although he was not aware of it. He
says that she once robbed a man at the
State Fair at Des Moines OF 5000, and to
prove this he shows clipping from the
Des Moines Register narrating the occur
renee. This was after their marriage,
and as he refused to tell where she was
hiding because he did not know he was
imprisoned for twenty-four hours.
On the 3rd of September, 1887, when
| they had been married two years, she
ran off with a man who had been living
in Des Moines for some time under the
name of Howard. She took with her
$1,970, to which she had no possible
| claim. Anxious to recover the money
q oil fr 6riv hoN fr, veI,~
all the distress she had cost him her
husband determined to pursue her. He
offered reward of 81 900 for her arrest,
and through detectives learned of her
going to Chicago and New York, here
the trail was lost, but, suspecting that
she and the man had gone to California,
he began to make inquiries in this
locality.
Deputy Constable Harry Johnston, in
whose hands description of the parties
was placed, had been watching a couple
living at Lincoln Park for some time and
about ten days ago telegraphed to w. G.
Foster that he believed he had the fuei-
tives. Foster got here Wednesday night.
Finding that Lucinda was living with q
man named Holland and ascertaining
that he was identical with the Howard
with whom she had left Des Moines, he
began to work the case for charge of
bigamy. Friday he accosted Holland
before witnesses, showed him the mar
riage certificate and asked whether he
knew the woman was still his wife.
"You say so," answered Holland, "but
l have my opinion of the matter"
The document was shown to Holland
that it could be proven he was aware Of
the fact that he was living with another
mans wife.
This is the story as told by Mr.. Foster.
The arrest was made yesterday, and both
the parties, Thomas Holland and his al
legged wife Lucinda, were lodged into
the station last night. Deputy Constable
Johnston got his reward Of $1,000, and
\ the case is now in the hands OF Foster 10
follow out as he will. He says that inn
portant witnesses will soon be here from
Iowa who will confirm the charges of
grand larceny, adultery and bigamy.
| A HERALD reporter visited the arrested
parties, Thomas Holland and Lucinda
j. Foster, at the City Prison last night.
Mrs. Foster is a bright, good looking
woman of about 80, and Holland himself
tells straight story. According to Mrs.
Foster, her former spouse, Foster, was 4
bad character and very poor specimen
of husband She says that he cruelty
beat and ill-treated her and failed to pro-
vide for her support. If she took to
evil ways, she declares that it was to
provide him with money. She says that
when she left Des Moines, Foster was in
the County Jail confined as common
"Mac" and vagrant, and that she sup
posed this give her the right to leave
him, and if he made no effort to recall
her it would be about the same as .
divorce. She never confessed to Holland
that she had been married to Foster and
he was innocent of any wrong intent.
Holland says that when he was first
introduced to Lucy by Foster, the latter
did not describe her as his wife, and at
no time did he speak of her in any other
way but as his "girl." He saw the
marriage certificate when it was shown
to him, but he supposed it to be forgery
| of some kind.
Holland is horse-trainer and he and
Lucy have been in the employ of
estimable people in Los Angeles. They
were married at Garvanza on July 3lst.