The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-03-23
THE BIGAMOUS HAGOOD.
ANOTHER CLAIMANT TURNS UP IN
SAVANNAH.

e 't"ia Rein Says she. Married tho Msjor in
| Jacksonvillo-Shois Is In Savannah with a
Certified Copy of hor Marriage Licerso
and OF Track of her Ex-Husband.
| ATLANTA, GA. March 13.-Another
claim upon the affections aud pocket
book Of the gay and multi-married Ma
.jor l1agoOd, who created 80 many sensa-
lions In Atlanta IN a brief space Of time,
has appeared in Savannah aud is very
des rous Of learning The whereabouts Of
lrr erst'rhlla lord aud husb and.
The $, cOnd Richmoud upon the fold,
say ; the Savannah No gs OF yesterday,
hclr3 sirong creIentials ia the shaps Of
h IlnIrayr certificate. from tho Ordinary
"t DuVal C.mnty. Fla. Her maiden
name WAS Viola Rein, aud at the time
'h: Nain! crossed her pat4 she was cash
= RI i'll Il restaurant at Jacksonville.
Not arln2la broke the calm Of her
daily liic in the Jacksonville restaurant,
she says, until one day Major J. II.
lIagODd, as he gave hs uame, took
meal there, became regular customer,
made her acquaintance. and on d ecem-
hrr 3 1891. N ,rried her ut the Office Of
JuSllCe FOX, Oh JaCkSODN'llc.
I'VE hvcd to ether happily for few
dalS,' sha says, when the major
brought his two children to the Eu-
ropan Hotel where we were stopping
in jacksonville and asked That L take
care of LlGn lbs iirm. agreed, and
fnw days il&>". j,i-4 av) W :eks after we
nlh been marrl, d, h. skipped ont aud
left me. / followed, him to Savannah,
| NO
and we registered at the Marshall House
together.
LIN a day or two he skipped out again
and went, a3 | suppose, to this other
Savannah woman who claimed to be his
wife. l heard nothing n ore Of him un-
til recently, when learned Of his es-
, carade l.! Charleston, where I went
. immediately only TO find him gone.
+ 81 then came TO 5 vanuah and put
. my case in the hands of Justice Elsinger.
, He asked ME if could produce my mar
) riagc license, aud l wrote t. Flo ida for
certified copy, which you see there"
- The certified copy of the marriage
y license produced by Mrs HaA Aood,
= number goodness knows how many,
: comes from Justice w. II. Ba, er, OF
Jacksonville, and is addrcssc 20 Mrs
t Viola lIagood, care Justice Elslnger.
e II shows the mari Hge Of j. II. Hagood
It and Viola Rein. December ;, 1891.
!" The ncwly.iound Mrs Hagood des-
a cribcs tho Major according to the news
paper accounts OF him which have been
s going the rounds, and says he was
. handsome mau, OF about 60 years old,
. and apparently with plenty of money.
, "He claimed to have como from
Pennsylvania, and had baggage checked
from points in that State. He used to
get mon y from sOLle woman in Chica-
90, and | believe that the money was
his and he put it i'll her hands to keep
his numerous wives i.om getting hold
Oft til. ough the Courts. He was a
good. looking man and didn't show his
age.
II am confident that he is TIE same
man, rs the newspaper descriptions
tally exactly with the man | married,
aid he told me that his wife was read
Il I'd that he wanted someone to comfort
him and help care for his children. He
also stated that woman il Ctlical
had his money in trust for him and that
Inc frequent letters he received were
from her.
81 have put my case in the hands of
Judge Elsnger, and shall prosecute
soon as L Ian catch him, God knows
how many women he has dipped, and 1
VIII make him pay dear for it If L catch
h m. | can get the money to prosecu g
the case, aud all | want to do is to find
TIC Ma anr."
In the meantime the new Mrs Hagood
has Ia! Ell up her residence in Savannah
aud Will await lie yelopmenls.
neither she will catch the cav
lDLharip or not rem snins TO be seen. as
he 'aN proven Too smooth for the other
Victims who have been search inv for him
~ To date. S.IG SAYS. however that
'h" can oh'a!n the necessary Lloney, ant
real ~ that Ih" har,.est lob will be to
ScCu.c the ,cIrHdant in the suit she nro.
p '>c> TO h"iUM.
J"SiIc" EiSlnScr says he will look into
The matter and take whatever stems are
NJ cc>sary to secure the Major, if .uch a
th'nE hc possible He thinks Mira
ra1""d has strong case and advises
her to push it,.
The Majors life appears to be CAV
"Chool tor sea 'dal, and it seems that he
has not yet tidcd over all his dl licultes.
a Democratic Coup.
MINNEArOLIs NJ M,nn., March II
lh'rc was vii shaking up IN tn. citv
c'Ancll lI>ln,4ht. rnc ,uncil has been
IL pull can by Two majority, but the
h'l' ol The ord,ances relaLno to water
A'rks, by Ma or Eustis, caused ,wo
t"publicans To bolt. This yave the
Democrats a mao i,y, and they forth.
| with ouStod President Rr,z.r oon,,hI;