Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-28
JENNIE'S LOVE.
A Los Angeles Girls Bad
Husband.
He Is Charged with Bigamy,
Forgery and Larceny.
DIR. Floyd Turns Out to Be a Well
Known Crook.
He Marries Jennie Laland OF This City
After q Number of Matrimonial
Experiences-His Pacific
Coast Career.

Homer B. Love, alias Turner, alias DR..
Floyd, alias many other names, who is
we'll known in this city and the east as
clever confidence swindler, forger, quack
doctor, bigamist and all-around scamp,
was lodged in the city prison again last
night, says the San Francisco Chronicle
of Saturday. twill be almost a miracle
if he escapes term in the state prison,
for he is wanted on six charges OF for
gerry and one charge of petit larceny in
this city, charge of bigamy in Oakland
and charge of felony in Kansas City.
He may have to face another charge OF
bigamy in this city before he is through
his troubles.
Love, by which name he is known to
the police of this city, made his appear
ance here three years ago, at which time
he had fled from Denver to escape ar
rest. He is man about As years old,
and is fluent talker. A little over a
year ago he induced Miss Hardinberg
OF Oakland to become his wife. His
matrimonial happiness was all that
could be desired, for with his wife he
get hold OF about $4,000 of her property.
He was hardly married, however,
when another woman appeared on the
scene. She said that Loves true name
was Ii. B. Turner, and that she became
Mrs. Turner in Garden City, No., in
1888. In 1887 he left her, and she
heard of him in various parts of the
United States, and at last in California,
and she managed to scrape together
enough money to come west to join him.
When she found that he had taken an
other wife, Mrs. Turner called the law
to her aid. Love was arrested in Oak
land and held for trial. He gave bonds,
and came to San Francisco and took
rooms on Bush street.
Shortly afterward Love was arrested
on six charges of forgery, for having
signed the name of Clay street mer-
chant to several checks. For some time
he was confined in the city prison, but
after being held for trial in the superior
court, he was again released on bail.
When the time arrived for his trials for
bigamy and forgery, Love could not be
found, nor was he seen by the police
until last evening.
When here ten months ago Love stole
a pistol from J. r. Fritz, at 905h Mis-
sion street, and it was Fritz who discov-
cred Love entering 506 Ellis street last
evening. Officer Mclaughlin was sent
to arrest him on superior court bench
warrant, but Love fought like tiger to
escape.
In the house at 5O6 Ellis street Love
was known as DR.. Floyd and it was
learned there that he had recently taken
unto himself still another wife. A
Chronicle reporter called on Mrs. Floyd,
for that was the name under which Love
married her. She is a fine-looking,
modest-appearing woman about rs years
old, with dark eyes and hair and a
pleasant, intelligent face.
"This is not surprise to me-" said
Mrs. Floyd, "for l have for several
weeks past suspected that something
was wrong. l am blameless in the mat
ter, though, and l have nothing to con-
ceal. have been hasty in marrying,
and now have ample time to repent at
leisure. My maiden name was Jennie
Laland and l lived with my mother in
Los Angeles. One day about eight
months ago this man came to our house
and represented himself as San Fran
cisco detective in search of some men.
Just seven months ago we were married
by Justice Of the Peace Austin. Mr..
Floyd said that he had graduated as
doctor OF medicine, and that he was
tired Of the detective business. At his
request | converted $4,000 of my proper
ty, all had in fact, into cash in order
to start him in business in his profess
sion. From Los Angeles we went to
Kansas City, but only stayed there a
few days. Then we went to Chicago,
w har tho fJnotnr OF
We stayed there four months, and then
| came to this city, and two weeks ago
the doctor joined me.
Il had on Sc eeral occasions noticed a
newspaper clipping that he carried care
fully in his pocket boot, and recently 1
got hold of it, and here it is."
Mrs. Floyd handed the reporter clip
ping from the Chronicle which narrated
the arrest of H. B. Turner, alias Love, in
Oakland year ago for bigamy.
81 fanced," continued the deceived
woman, "that my husband was much
interested in that case, though l only
knew him by the name OF DR.. Floyd. He
was SO anxious to find this lost paper
that began to believe that | had been
seriously and terribly imposed upon"
Mrs. Floyd listened with much inter
est to recital of her husbands criminal
exploits, and at the conclusion said that
she would begin proceedings at once to
have her marriage with the man null
lifted.
''He took the marriage certificate from
me-" she continued, ''soon after our
marriage, as he said for safe keeping,
and it may be among his effects. l
will examine and see. At any rate our
marriage is recored in Los Angeles,
even if he has destroyed the certificate.
Since our marriage the doctor has
travelled over the country practicing his
profession, and if the police had not
caught him when they did, they would
have waited long time before seeing
him again. He had laid out an extern
sive tour through Mexico and Central
America, and we would have taken our
departure in few days. do not see
why he should have been go reckless as
to return to this city with all these
charges hanging over his head"