The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-09-17
DESERTED HIS WIFE.
PROF. HENTZ PROVEN A MARRIED
NAN AFTER ALL.


His Wifo Turns UP in Columbia--She
Appears Over Her Own Nam,--n Sad
Tale OF TDsseriion--S -Somc ConcIus,ye EyI-
deDce.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 3.-Mr. w.
w. llentz, the young man from New
berry County who only recently went
out to Jacksboro, Texas, TO accept the
position Of professor OF Latin and
in the North Texas Bap-
tlst College, finds himself in an exceed
lngly unenviahle position.
n few days ago-August ia regu
lar marriage notice appeared, announc.
ing the marriage Of Mr.. IIenJZ to q Miss
Eva Henderson of Kinds. That notice
Hrot. llentZ saw in his Texas home, and
yesterday The State published a card
from him denOunCing the notice as q
falsehood AMI saying he was accompa
nled Dy no one away from Darlington.
Ihls was thought to be the last of it,
but yesterday the following came to
The State Office, and tells
TALE OF DISCRETION.
llere Is the communication:
70 the Editor Of The State: In The
State OF this morning | sec where my
husband. w. w. llentz, formerly Of
Newbcrry, 5. g., now Of Jacks6oro,
Tex, denies taking a bride with him to
ms Texas college. Alas, how true! He
lett me behind. Any one can find the
truth OF my statement, which is that
w. w. llentZ Is Il married man, having
met me by appointment at the home of
my mother in Florence County, also
the home of my grandfather, e. |.
wayne, ID. d., and there had the Rev.
llenry Hill, of the same place, to marry
us on Wednesday night, August II,
1871, afterwards residing with me fir m
"wednesday unttl Saturday. During
that Time my mother and other rela-
tlVeS made up nearly 500 for me, which
my husband persuaded me to let him
keep for me. suspected nothing and
let him have it.
lie left me Saturday afternoon Au.
gust 10, 1891, promising to return be-
fore night. Instead, he left me for
goOd--deserted ME without Il penny,
knowing had no way Of getting amy
more money to follow him. | have
known w. w. Ilentz for the past year
and half and during all this time
have had to meet his demand. give him
money to pay his bar bills, and even
nave bought most of his clothes.
nave letters from him to prove all saw
III this column. also have letters from
nm TO my mother to prove that he
went to Florence with expectations Of
marrying me. God knows | wish he
had not done so, and had left me alone
IN public house where | have been
since he met me over a year ago, and
have made the money that has clothed
him and paid his bills during this time.
blush TO acknowledge my shame, but
DO SO IN order to explain fully to the
public how the professor of the BAPTIST
college Of JackSborO, Texas, has taken
advantage Of me-a poor misguided
girl that was already thrown on the
world. why did he marry me to desert
me? Simply to obtain the few hard
earned dollars of my poor relatives.
III was but little, it's true, but
see no other reason, as tho whole
| affair was planned by him by his
letters, that amy one can see by taking
| the time to call Oh me and looking af
them. 1T is easy for Mr.. IIentz to deny,
but 1t would be hard to prove his lying
statement. Ask the Rev. III. Hill if he
did not marry me, Rosa IIinds, to w.
W. llcntH on Aug. II, 1891; also, ask
any one residing in the county Of Flor
ence If l have not written truthfully.
Trusting God will deal more gently
with him than he, my husband, has with
me, | remain as he has left me, thrown
on the world" but his wife.
Mrs. w. w. IIENTZ.
(Alias Eva IIcnderson)
TIE WIFE FOUND.
This would not have been published
but for the securing Of the apparently
undeniaDle evidence found below. The
State representative at once set out in
search OF "Eva Henderson," and at a
mouse on Gates street she was found.
She IS girl of rather striking appear.
ance and does not look over twenty Years
of ago. She told her story as above, but
with more completeness.
Attached to chain around her neck
was gold medal bearing the name of
wv. w. llentz," and showing that it had
been won at Newberry College. On her
llnger she wore seal ring on the inside
OF which was the inscription "W. w.
H. Prof. IIcntz, it must be remem-
Dcred, attended the South Carolina Uni
vcrslty and graduated from there with
nigh honorS III the class of 80. 1t WAS
whlle here that he met the girl, became
infatuated with her, as the story goes,
ana has been her constant attendant
ever sine. While in the University he
was regarded by both faculty and stu
dents as model young man.
THOSE TELL-TALE LETTERS.
Inc girl produced pack of letters,
ana when the chirography was put
alongside OF that in the card sent in by
Irof: llentZ yesterday it was Impossible
to tell one from the other. There are
five of the letters, signed. variously, "W,
w Hentz, "W. w. H." and "W." The
first is dated Newbcrry April Is. and is
to Mrs. llinds. He tells her he has sc
cured position to travel and asks her
to come and live with himself and Rosa,
and gives plans for their future. The
next letter is dated Columbia, July II,
and Is also to Mrs. lIinds. II reads as
follows:
Dear Mrs. Kinds: | wrote YOU some
time ago that Rosa and | would be down
some time in August. did not hear
from you, so write again to know if YOU
would like to have us come. II NAV be
the last chance you will ever have to see
her for some time, for have been
elected professor in a big college in
Texas and will leave in about five weeks
to take charge of my work. and would
ike tO coma down with har npl