The morning times., 1896-04-07
.TEtHAh HAS Two WIVES
His Oh cagl Spouse Appears
and He Is Locked Ul.
WE'D HELPMEET NO. 9 HERE
They Had Lived Together Over Two
Years When Mrs. Teehan No. L
Put Detectives on His Trail-Ar-
rested First Under the Edmunds
Act and Then for Bigumy.


The faith!css husband is Cornelius Tee
| han, clerk in the Atlantic and Pacific Tea
store. He WIS arrested yesterday after
noon on complaint of wife NO. 1, on a
charge of vio.ating the Elmund's law.
After the arrest he was forgiven by the
first wife and the charge OF adultery was
noile pressed. Then, wife No. pro-
duced proof of marriage, and late yester.
day afternoon Teehan was arrested on a
charge OF bigamy OH complaint of the sec.
ond wife. The man is a prisoner at
police station No. 8.
The story is Il complicated one IL is
full OF knots and kinks. Ii was the MORN
ing OF the first day or March that Inspector
Holiinberger received a letter from Chief
Fitzpatrick of Chicago police. The Chi
cago chief requested Inspector HoIlinberger
TO locate Cornelius Teehan. Fitzpatrick
desired that this be done quietly, as the
success of the case depended upon secrecy
II Teehan should get the tip that his Chi.
cago friends knew his whereabouts. he
would leave Washington, and further mud
die matters.
The Chicago chief gave The information
that Teehan had deserted his wife ard
three children. Inspector Hollinber ger kept
this letter locked in his inside breast
pocket. He did not even tear IL into bits
and throw ii into his waste basket.
LOCATED BY DETECTIVES.
Inspector Hollinbcrgcr called in De =
tcctives Carter and Gallagher He told
the story TO them and implored them to
wear a combination paddock on their lips
andnot TO give the combination to the press
They began work on the case. They
found That 1ccban was emplo yed as a clerk
by Manager Bowman OF the Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company; that he received $40
weekly for his SSryite: that he lived at No
621 Twenty second street with a womHn
This woman WAS known 10 the neiglIbors
as Mrs Tcehan and had been known by
that name during two years.
She did odd. jobs as Il Seamstress. 1t
was devoted couple. Much information
was gained by the detectives rs 10 the per-
sonal habits of Tcchan. And it was all
done without TCehans being aware that
they were after him.
Inspector HOllinhergcr used up several
sheets OF District stationery in telling the
Chicago police ;hc many things Carter and
ugherhad learned about Teehan. There
the matter seemed to end. The Wishing
ton department felt that it had done its
duty and proceeded to forget about the
case.
Last Friday q lady came to the detective
office. She introduced herself TO the in
spector. Certainly, he recalled the case.
The Chicago police had told him about if.
Inspector Hoi!inbcrger closed the doors,
chiDked The windows, plugged up the key
holes and called in Carter and Gala CHER.
STORY OF WIFE No. /.
The woman told her story. 1t was a
painful one. 1t was one full of suffering
induced by the trcnchery of the man she
| loved. The inspector told her Teehan was
amenablc TO the Eumunds act, but that the
Commissioners had issued an order that this
branch of police business should be left with
| tie precinct men. He told her that the de-
pariment knew Teehan was living with a
woman, butte prove this at law was another
matter and that as yet no evidence against
him had been collected.
She then said she was without funds She
had used all her money in coming to Wash
ington TO find her truant husband.
Inspector Ho!linbergcr then communi-
Gated with Licut. BOYLE of the Third pre-
cinct, and told him the case. Precinct
Detective Mctilue was assigned to it and
yesterday morning reported that ne had
| secured the necessary evidence with which
to carry the adultery case into court. A
warrant was sworn ont ana TeChan was
arrested while grinding coffee.
He was taken to headquarters Mrs.
Techan of Chicago was notified and came
to the ins pcctor office. Husband and wife
No. met. When chemical affinity itct ween
two elements is intense, combustion re-
! suits and heat is generated. This is Just
what happened when the couple came to-
gether.
BROUGHT FACE TO FACE.
Teehan's face became pale and an arctic
! dampness stood upon his brow. He was
speeches.. He was the negative. Mrs.
HpPhan nj fata
She was the positive. Then they fell into
each others arms. He promised once more
to love her and protect her, and she to honor
and obey him.
They went TO the office Of District Attor-
! ney Birney, and that official, after deliv-
ering a lecture 10 the wayward husband.
nolle pressed the case. Mrs. Teeilan wanted
the man to go back TO Chicago, but he
said IT would DE best to remain in Wash
iHgton. They started out to No 62T
Twenty-SecOnd street to gather up his goods
Mrs. Teehan of Washington was ignorant
OF all this; but the detective office thought
it only best that the news should he broken
TO her. Garter and Gallagher were at once
called into action and fhe inspector signaled
them 10 find Mrs. Teehan of Washington
They found her in the house of MIR. Bow
man. where she is employed as Sewing
woman.
She came to the detective office. There
was no forgiveness in her she had met
Mr.. Teehan al the Worlds Fair. He had
represented himself as a widower without
children. They had been married by Rev.
DR.. j. J. Muir of ~the L Street Baptist
Church, on December 20, 1898.
Detectives Carter and GalIagh were sent
to verify this statement. They visited the
city halrand found that a license had been
issued to Conrad Teehan and Ida l.. Meyers
on December %, 1898. The records of
Rev. DR.. Muir showed that he had married
this couple on December 2S. Mrs. Phoebe
Meyers and Foster p. Wood were the wit
nesseS. Mrs. Teehan of Washington was
all right
Detective McGlue arrested Teehan and
locked him up on charge of bigamy. Mrs
Teehan of Chicagp, was with her husband
when he was arrested.