The morning times., 1897-01-21
IS HUss[LMAN A b|GAM|sT?
A Letter From His Wife at
Wooster, O., Tells the Story.
HE USED ALL HER MONEY
His Departure From Ohio Followed
Closely Upon Letters From a san
Francisco Woman Who Claimed
Hin as a Husband and Wanted
to Prosecute.

S. b. Husselman whose misdoingS IN
money matters here were first published
by The Times, and who is now on pall
to answer an Indictment for false pre-
lenses, is said to be guilty OF bigamy.
The facts are furnished in a letter from
his wife TO gentleman in this city, the
prosecuting witness against him in the
pending case.
Before coming to Washington, about two
years ago, Mr.. Husselman lived at wooster,
O. II e de his appearance there seyerat
years before, and by his smooth ways and
plausible talk Won good deal OF faVor.
He soon met Mrs. John Kunert. They at
snce discovered that they had been ac-
Quaintances years before, and 1rlend-
ship grew up. Mrs. Kunert had been mar
ried since they knew each other, as young
folks, but her husband was dead. Hussel-
man told her that he had not married, and
gave her to understand that 1T was
his early admiration for her that stood
in the way. He paid her assiduous at
tentions, and in a comparatively short
timeit was announced that they had been
welded quietly at Dallas, Tex, where
Mr.. Husselman was understood to have
extensive landed possessions.
They settled down to housekeeping at
the lady's former residence in Wooster.
She owned the house and lot. Mr.. Hus-
selman wanted to build a finer home.
She objected to putting any more money
into it Tie house was well enough and
she might need her little surplus cash.
He did not seem TO have much ready money,
though he always made a show OF being
wealthy. He persuaded her, however,
nnlu n hn
more comfortable, and lie had plenty OF
means to make the desired changes as
soon as lie could convert sonie OF his real
property in her name.
This sort Of talk induced her TO put an
incumbrance on her place and let him
have the money. He had house built
but in many respects did not DO what she
wanted with the money.
Finally, about the time the new resi-
dence was finished the city marshal OF
Wooster got some letters from San Fran
cisco asking about Husselman and his mar
riage They came from woman who
claimed that she had been married TO
Husselman and that they had never been
divorced. One letter also was from this
woman's brother. II proposed TO have
HusselInan arrested for bigamy.
When Mr. Husselman heard Of these let
ters he left Wooster. 1t is said he feared
that he would be taken into custody. When
he left he promised to send Mrs. Hussel-
man money with which to pay off the in
cumbrance on her home, amounting 20
ST 300 This he failed to do, and after
time ceased to write TO her. She had
not heard from him in over a year when
word came by The Times publication that
he had been indicted here.
Mrs. Husselman was interviewed by a
Wooster reporter, and in tears told how
cruelty She had been treated. The obli-
cations under which she had been placed
We're maturing and she had no money to
pay them. He had made way with all
her savings. She was,ready to believe
that a man who would act as Husselman
had would he guilty of any wickedness.
She said she would gladly furnish photo
graph by which he might be identified.
She had learned since his disappearance
that he had wives in several other places.
Letters had come to her from Auburn, Ind
and other women in San Francisco, who
claimed to have been lawfully married 10
her husband. There were also intima-
tions that he had still other wives in other
Western towns.