The evening world., 1894-10-04
Two MRS. ATWO0DS.
Inc Resides in West Orange and
the Other Is in Boston.
Honeymoon Of the Former RudeIy
Ended by Letter.
She Charges the Recreant Husband
with Robbery and Dcsertion.

WEST ORANGE, N. j., Oct. Mrs.
Anna Canniss has had four husbands.
Three of them are dead and the fourth
missing. His name Is William II.
oAtwood
v Mrs. Canniss supposed her name was
. Atwood until last Saturday, when her
mother, Mrs. Elijah Burnett, received
a letter from a woman In Boston, who
claimed to be the only original Mrs.
william H. Atwood.
Mrs. Canniss married Atwood on the
Wednesday previous, and was right in
the midst Of her honeymoon. She was
enjoying this honeymoon, too, because
Atwood was really a most engaging
man. When Atwood came home last
Saturday night, Mrs. Canniss, or, as she
still supposed herself to be, Mrs. Atwood,
told him what her mother had heard. At
wood could not make the matter clear.
Mother and daughter consulted, but no
definite conclusion was reached. So Mrs.
Canniss continued regarding herself as
Mrs. Atwood, with a mental reservation.
The ceremony which had made Mrs.
Canniss the supposed wife OF Atwood
pwas performed by Rev. William Durand
in st. James's Chuch, in Newark. The
notice was published in the Newark
papers and reached the eyes of sundry
persons in Arlington who knew At
wood and his first wife when they re-
membered to have heard of the first
Mrs Atwood's death. and letter was
addressed, to Mrs. Atwood No. /. who
The letter reached her at the home
Of her parents. She had not heard
from her husband for some time and
supposed he was busy; She wrote to
her husband because he did not sup
|5port her. She said she would come on
E1rom Boston to prove her marriage to
&.twood and make 1t disagreeable for
After a quarrel with wife No. 2 At
E0od left saying he was going to New
S o0tsn e. AsSoff due hG Co. from beyes es
dealers. He returned on Sunday, and
sort Of truce was established between
himself and Wife No. 2.
Atwood retired with her husband. she
possessed s52 in cash and jewelry valued
at sSoo' not to mention a lien on At
morning she had nothing. She declares
that Atwood had arisen during the night
while she was sleeping. had taken the
ang h
effects, and had stolen quietly away.
Mrs. Canniss then decided to return
to the name of her third husband, con-
cerning which there was no doubt or
dispute, Mrs. Burnett approved of this.
She said nothing to the police until
Tuesday. She thought the matter over
on Monday and came to the conclusion
that Atwood had chloroformed her.
She is light sleeper, and she said
Atwood. could not possibly have gotten
up, packed up his personal effects and
secured her own property without
3arousing her.
On Tuesday she was convinced that
Atwood did not intend to come back.
So she told the police. They thought
1t well to keep the matter quiet hoping
to catch Atwood. so the affair was not
made public until to-day. Mrs Canniss
has a photograph OF Atwood which the
police desire to have Mrs. Atwood No.
J Identify, after which they will use 1t
In their attempt to capture the fugi-
tive.
Mrs. Canniss got acquainted with At
wood through a Newark matrimonial
bureau. She is reputed to be the pos
SCISSOR OF considerable property. She is
forty years old, and Atwood was thirty
eeight