The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-29
A CRAZY FRENCHMAN.
He Imagines a Married Woman
is in Love With Him.
He Pursues Mrs Alexander Wherever She
GOes-He Was Once Her gutOr-Inspector
Byrnes Takes Him In Charge.

Especial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch
detectives arrested to-day Louis Armand,
crazy Frenchman, who has been annoy
ing Mrs. Harriott Alexander, wife of
Charles B. Alex ander, a lawyer of this city
living at4 West Fifty-eighth street. Mrs.
Alexander is a daughter of millionaire
Croker, of San Francisco. Armand has
been a source of annoyance to Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander for years. He was arrested sew
eral months ago and committed to Wards
Island insane asylum. Within a few
months friends secured his release and he
again persisted in paying attention to Mrs.
Alexander.
HE FOLLOWED HER WHEN SHE WENT OUT,
made repeated attempts to see her, and
finally threatened her husband. He be-
came so persistent that Mr.. Alexander
asked Inspector Byrnes to arrest Armand,
and he was committed today for eXamina-
ton as to his sanity.
Armand is about thirty-five years old
and well educated. He is insane on the
one subject-that Mrs. Alexander loves
him. Ten years ago when Mrs. Alexander
was in San Francisco, Armand was en-
gagged as her French tutor. He taught
Miss Croker French, and when his time
was up he was dismissed. 1t was then that
he began his attentions to her. He forced
himself on her presence, and became such
an annoyance that the police were asked
to interfere. A few years later Miss
Croker was married to DR.. Alexander.
When they came to this city Armand fol
lowed and sooD began to annoy Mrs. Alex
ander again. For two years or more he
persisted in his attentions until Mr.. Alex
ander reported the matter to Inspector
Byrnes in January. Byrnes had Armand
brought before him and warned him to
cease his annoyance.
IT WAS EVIDENT THAT ARMAND WAS INSANE
He told the inspector that Mrs. Alexander
had been divorced from her husband by
Judge Andrews in the supreme court ana
that he loved her and no one could prevent
him from having her. He continued to an
noy Mrs. Alexander and in February he
was arrested, pronounced insane and
dangerous and committed to the insane
asylum. Mr.. A. Berger interested himself
In Armand, got out a writ Eof habeas cor
pus and had Armand tried by jury before
Judge McAdam. He was pronounced sane
at that time and discharged. For time he
didn't go near the AleXanders but about two
months ago he began to annoy them again.
! He made severa! attempts to go into the
house. loitered around the street, watched
| for Mrs. Alexander and followed her on
several occasions. Matters got so that
Mrs. Alexander was afraid to venture out.
About three weeks ago Inspector Byrnes,
who is a neighbor of the Alexanders, met
Armand on the street. He grasped the IN
spector by both hands and told him that
Mrs. Alexander had been divorced. He
SAID that
THE REASON SHE HAD him ARRESTED
before was because some one told her that
he loved another woman. She was Jealous
| he said, and sooner than have him love
anyone else she had him sent to prison.
The inspector warned him not to annoy
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander. He persisted
however, and Mr.. Alexander asked the in
speclor TO arrest him. When Armand was
arrested he endeavored to tear up q letter
which he mad in his pocket 1t was adj
dressed to Mrs. Harriott Croker Alexan-
der and was an incoherent tumble Of
words.