The herald., 1895-06-16
A BRIDEGROOM'S DILEMMA
Additional Facts Regarding the Man
That Played Faro
He Squandered His Brides Money and Re-
sorted to Forgery-A Father-in.Law
Who Appears Obdurate

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.--J. C. Davis
of Rochester, N. -. is still in Jail as re-
suit of the land.office business he trans
acted III cashIng bogus bank drafts. The
telegraph wires between this city and
Rochester have been laden today with
messages to and from Henry H. Craig.
Mrs. DAVIS father wealthy lumber
man of Rochester.
A prominent local attorney says he has
been asked by Craig to get Mrs. Davis
out of the scrape and send her to her
former home in New York state. This
would be an easy matter were the un-
happy bride willing to travel, but she
positively refuses to leave her husband,
even if her adhesion to him means weeks
in jail. The lawyers all say that she can
be released in short order and the GRIM
inal charges againt her dismissed without
difficulty.
1t is believed by the police that she was
band throughout all his swindling opera
tions. The law does not any way, so
they argue, contemplate double accusa-
tion against husband and wife, even
when the offense is committed Jointly.
If Craig had come promptly to the rescue
OF his son-in-law by paying the amount
OF his 2eculations. the young man prob
ably would have been allowed to depart,
but the rich lumb man seems only to
have been concerned for his daughters
liberty and resolved to leave the young
man to his fate. Two thousand dollars
would easily cover all of Davis swindling
operations.
New charges and new complaints were
made out against him today. The offense
charged is issuing a fictitious draft-a
felony. The idea now is to prosecute
Davis and not his wife, on several charges
of this offense, and a half-dozen of the
victimized merchants were on hand to-
charges of obtaining money under false
pretenses already made in the police
court will probably be dismissed.
The detectives say that they have now
no idea of dropping the prosecution of
the case, awkward as it may be for him
on his bridal tour to find him self in such
fix.
ROCHESTER, N. Y. June 15.-News
that Mrs. Maud Craig Burke DAVIS is
now under arrest in San Francisco has
caused sensation here, whele she is we'll
known.
Mrs. Davis is now about 40 years of age
and was married to DIR. J. J. Burke. ex-
and was separated in 1889. Mrs. Davis
father is Henry H. Craig, a wealthy
merchant of this city. supposed to be
worth at least half a million. A reporter
called at the Craig residence, but found
that Mr. Craig was not at home. Mrs.
Craig was very much surprised at the
news, and expressed her disbelief in the
truth of the statement. She said, how
ever. that her daughter was in San Fran
cisco at present on her wedding trip.
On April 18th last Maud married J. C.
Davis, who came here from New York
city, where he was employed on paper.
1t is not thought here that Mrs. Davis
would cheat or defraud anyone. as
charged against her in San Francisco.
Her marriage to Davis caused much gos-
sip in church circles from the fact tnat
the Craigs are Catholics, while the groom
is a Presbyterian.
According to the talk among others
who knew Davis his real name is Silver
berg. He was, it is said. formerly an ad-
vertising man at Baltimore. II is said he
was married twice, his first wife having
been a woman of some means. living at
Denver when he married her.