The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-10


cia1 necessities that his dual mode OF ex-
istence was detected.
H. P. Lawrence, who secured Bates
arrest. is married to sister of the last
woman said ito have been duped by the
alleged bigamist. Lawrence says that
stories told him by his sister-in-law as
to her husbands peculiar and frequent
absences from home first aroused his
suspicious and prompted the investiga-
ton.
After much patient detective work
Lawrence succeeded in tracing Bates
from the house on Bishop street. where
his sdster-in-law lived, to the house on
Sixty-irst place. He then found that
David E. Gates lived at the former and
David E. Bates at the latter house.
The alleged bigamist had married Miss
Mccarthy as Bates and Miss Swain as
Gates.
Lawrences' next step was to Identify
Bates and Gates as the same man, which
he did after much difficulty.
At O'Clock Wednesday morning Law
renee secured the services of Attorney
/ Stevens and, going 10 Justice Fftzgeralds
home, secured a warrant for Bates ar
rest. The warrant was placed in the
| hands Of Detective Reidy and inside of
an hour Bates was locked in a cell. The
prisoner was stubborn al first and refus-
1 ed to talk. When the police started to
| remove the bundle of letters from his
pocket he made fierce resistance.
Among the newspaper clippings found
in Bates possession was notice of his
marriage to Miss Mccarthy and another
containing an extended account of
wedding at Plainville. Mich. at which
David E. Bates figured as bridegroom
and Miss Anna E. Harbert as the bride.
The ceremony was performed by Bates
| brother, the Rev. c. F. Bates, now Of
Sault Ste Marie. In this case Miss Har-
| bert and the Rev. Mr.. Bates wife were
sisters
| In the same envelope with these mar
riage notices vas letter from law firm
in Marquette, Mich, the contents of
which indicated that the marriage with
| Miss Harbert was valid. at a recent date.
The letter is under, date of June %, 1897,
| and informs Bates that his wife, Mrs.
| Anna Bates, has filed bill for divorce.
A decree OF divorce found later shows
that Mrs. Anna Bates is a free woman.
Among the papers was also found a
decree Of divorce granted to Mrs. Nellie
Bates Of Kalamazoo, Mich, and a deed
Of some Auburn Park property to Anne
Eliza Bates.
The police say they have found in
Bates a man wanted by Sheriff S. B. Pc
terson of Waupaca, Wis. Some time
ago Peterson wrote the stock yards po-
lice that ne had a requisition for one
Austin D. Craven, who was wanted
there on charge preferred by 10
year-old girl, Clara Vosburg, who lived
in Waupaca. Peterson said in his letter
that the girl knew Bates was the man
wanted and had addressed him as I'd.
E. Bates. Union Stock Yards Chicago"
IN the letters found on Gates were sew
eral from Waupaca, Wis, signed
Clara" Sheriff Peterson has been noti-
fled and is expected to arrive at any
time to try and identify Bates.
II all stories told about Bates are true.
his ingenuity must have been severely
taxed to avoid detection. The house in
as Gates is only a short distance from |
the home in which he was known as
Eases. His duties reQui ed his being a. |
the stock yards nearly all night. At the |
Transit house grocery Bates would pur-
chase provisions for one OF his establish |
ments and have them delivered TO Mrs /
D. E. Bates. He would then purchase |
groceries and other merchandise and |
take them himself to Mrs. Gates. He |
was in the habit Of eating his breakfast |
with Mrs. Bates He would then go TO /
the other house, where ne would have
dinner. When away from either one the /
entire day he pleaded Business as an ex-
cuse. In his pocket was found a memoir
andum on one side OF which was the ex-
rense account attached TO the Bates es-
,aolishment and on the other the ex-
penses incurred az he Gates household.
Receipts found show that both homes
had been furnished on The ins,allment
plan. After he was arrested Bates fel-
low employees say that he received num-
erous calls 70 the telephone and that il
was always a woman's voice that called |
for him. II is said that he told his
friends Of domestic troubles and pend
ing divorce suits.
When asked il he had more than one
wife. Bates only smiled and said his al
torney had forbidden him 20 tell. He ad-
mi:ted to Lieutenant Kelleher that he
had been married four times. but when
asked again only shook his head and
looked al the wall. He el1phatically de-
MED any knowledge o. an acquaintance
with Miss Vosburg.
Why dom; you tel ne what you mean
abou; this Vos5urg grip" he asked
Kellehe-. II don't know her
and never did Bates explained the
presence OF the letters signed Clara"
by saying that they were written BY a
young woylan who was nothing more
than friend 20 him
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