The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-09-08
DESERTED HIS WIFE.
PROF. HENTz PROVEN A MARRIED
MAN AFTER ALL.

Appears Over Her Own Name--A Sad
Tale of DesertIon- some Con cIusiYe Evi-
dence.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 3.-Mr. w.
w. Hentz, the young man from New.
berry County who only recently went
out to Jacksboro, Texas, to accept the
position of professor of Latin and
mathematics in the North Texas Bap-
tist College, finds himself in an exceed
ingly unenviable position.
a few days ago-August ia regu-
lar marriage notice appeared, announc.
ing the marriage of Mr.. HenIz to Miss
Eva Henderson Of Uinds. That notice
Prof. IIentz saw in his Texas home, and
yesterday The State published a card
from him denouncing the noJice as a
falsehood and saying he was accompa-
MED by no one away from Darlington.
This was thought TO be the last of it,
but yesterday the following came to
The State office, and tells
A TALE OF DISCRETION.
Here is the communication:
To the Editor Of The State: In The
State of this morning | see where my
husband. w. w. Hentz, formerly of
Newberry, S. g., now of Jacksboro,
Tex, denies taking Il bride with him to
his Texas college. Alas, how tue! He
truth of my statement, which is that
w. w. HentZ is a married man, having
met me by appointment at the home of
my mother in Florence County, also
the home of my grandfather, q. L.
Wayne, ID. d., and there had the Rev.
Henry Hill, of the same place, to marry
US OH Wednesday night, August 12,
1891, after wards residing with rae fir ON
Wednesday until Saturday. Duriu g
that time my mother and other rela-
tives made up nearly 500 for me, which
my husband persuaded me to let him
keep for me. suspected nothing and
let him have it.
He left me Saturday afternoon Au.
gust 10. 1891, promising to return be-
fore night. Instead, he left me for
knowing l had no way of getting any
more money to follow him. I have
known w. w. Hentz for the past year
and Il half and during all this time I
have had to meet his demand, give him
money to pay his bar bills, and even
have bought most of his clothes. l
have letters from him to prove all say
in this column. also have letters from
him to my mother to prove that he
went to Florence with expectations of
marrying me. God knows l wish he
had not done so, and had left me alone
in a public house where l have been
since he met me over year ago, and
have made the money that has clothed
him and paid his bills during iicil 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 mi ,guided
girl that was already thrown on the
world. Why did he marry me to desert
mep Simply to obtain the few hard
earned dollars OF my poor relatives.
1t was but little, it's true, but l
see no other reason, us the whole
affair was planned by him by his
letters, that any one can see by taking
the time to cali on me and looking at
them. st is easy for MIR. Hentz TO deny,
but it would he hard to prove his lying
statement. Ask the Rev. H. III II if he
did not marry me, Rosa Kinds. to w.
w. Hcntz on Aug. ~, 1891; also, ask
any one residing in the county Of Flor
ence if | have not written truthfully.
Trusting God will deal more gently
me, remain as he has left me, thrown
on the world" but his wife.
Mrs. w. w. HEMTZ.
(Alias Eva Henderson,
TIE WIFE FOUND.
This would not have been published
but for the securing Of the apparently
undeniable evidence found below. The
State representative at once set out in
search of "Eva Henderson," and at a
house on tfateS 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 arou2d her neck
was gold medal bearing the name OF
"W. w. Hentz," and showing that it had
been won at Newberry College. On her
finger she wore Il seal ring on the inside
of which was the inscription "W. w.
H." Prof. Hentz, it must be ren,em-
bered, attended the South Carolina Uni
verslty and graduated from there with
high honors III the class of 80 1t was
while here that he met the girl, became
infatuated with her, as the story goes,
and has been her constant attendant
ever sine. While in the University he
was regarded by both faculty and stu
dents as a model young man.
THOSE TELL TALE LETTERS.
The girl produced q pack of letters,
and when The chirography WAS put
alongside of that in the card sent in by
Prof. uentzNtsterday It was impossible
to tell one from the 0tTef II, 4. rarsS rs.ss
five Of the letters. signed. variously, "W.
w, HrnlZ, "W. w. H." and wv" The
first is dated Newbcriy, April 13. and is
10 Mrs. Hiuds. lie tells her he has Sc.
cured position to travel and asks her
t. 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. Kinds. 1t reads as
follows:
Dear Mrs. lIinds: | wrote YOU some
time ago that Rosa and l would 10 down
some time in August. did Tot hear
from you, SO write again to know fyou
would like to have us come. 1t may be
the last chance you will ever have to see
her for some time, for [ have been
elected professor in II big college in
Texas and will leave in about livn weeks
to take charge Of my work. ana would
like to come down with her anG marry
in your presence, so that You would be
better satisfied. know / can support
her. will get 500 per year Of nine
molths. They will pay me SIG at the
end OF each month. Write me at Poma-
ria, SO. Ca, at once. wwH.
The next Is from Pomaria. .!uly 81
and is to Rosa, telling her they will
leave on August 10th, and giving her in
Structi0ns as to how to proceed. 1T Is
signed "your husband, W." On July
81 from POmaria he writes Rosa again