Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-21
AllegedBiganlist
Skipped Town
A Barre Man Flees To
Escape Arrest.
CHAS. HENDRICK AND
WIFE NUMBER TWO
GONE.

In July 1886 Chas. IIendrich was
married at Woodsvile n. II. to Lizzie
Hayes. October 26, 1898 Chas. lIend.
rich was married at Barre Vermont to
Ann Quaile by Rev. T. II, Mitchell.
Friday evening Nov. l8, 1898 lend
rich and wife departed from the city of
Barre without giving their address to
any resident of the city SO faras IS known.
This in nut she'll is the story of a strange
and startling performance which Chas.
liendrich has given upon the matrimon-
ial stage. Several acts have been fin
ished but the last is the most strange of
the whole drama
Some two months ago one Chas. Hen
'lrich appeared in this city and secured
work as house painter having been en-
ployed up to last Friday by John Dodge.
lie went to board at the house of Edw-
ard Collins who lived on Pearl Street
There he met Ann Quaite sister of
Mrs. Collins 1t was love at first sight
Cupid made quick work of the business,
and in two weeks the knot was tied at
the .ooms of the Rev. TIL. Mitchell. No
sooner had the marriage service been
performed than Ilcndrieh appeared to
be alarmed over some strange thing.
When questioned by his newly we'd
ded wife, he could give no satisfactory
answer. His wife finally learned that
he had before been married, and he at
first in formed her that he had secured
a divorce.
The woman with the curiosity of her
sex demanded to see Il copy of the di-
vorce papers, bu, the crafty llendrich
answered that they were in Il trunk at
Monsoa, Mass. This did not seem to
satisfy the woman, and she determined
TO do a little detective work for herself,
and en,lravor to learn il she was the leg
al and only wife of IIendrich. She call
ed on Lawyer W. W. Lapoint. stated her
case and asked for advice. Acting un.
der ins rualion, from the above named
attorney she kept on stuiying tie actions
of her husband, aud on Friday he inform
ell the wife that her suspicious were right,
and that he was not divorced from his
first wife, or at least this is the story
chat the second Mrs. llendrick gave to
the officers,
Upon information secured by Justice
II. ", Scott from Waterbury parties
where .ieudrich used to live, commu-
uicaliun was nude with Smith Sloan,
lawyers at Woodsvile n. II. asking
them To look up one Mrs. Charles Hen
drich. who was said TO be living III that
city. This was in tho middle of Friday
AFTERNOON. In the meantime complaint
had been made to Grand Juror Fay ana
!, warrant was issued signed by Just
zee Scott, charging the said llendrIch
with tse crime of bigamy; but 1t was
held waiting Information from smith "
Sl,an and also at the request OF MIS-
lIrudrich No. 3 who sad she ala hol
want i, served at the house for she was
afraid that her husband would SHOOT her
as she alleged that he had recently put,
chased revolver, and she felt slra'o
for her life. ,;,.
saturday morning Lawyer Lapoln1
re.eived word from Woodsville tnat
Mrs. Hendrich was still there. and tha'
she married Charles llendrich IN looo'
and had never beed divorced from h''n'
ITnon this information the warrant WAS
n,nccd in the hands of Constable Bucnan.
IN who. remembering the wishes OF
thn wife. decided to look for the maj,
at his place of work, but 1t was io.'lo
that he had suddenly LETT 'he ei'y.
parties met Hendrich and his presei''
aomnauiop coming toward the cl'y a.
,,o,,, o nine o'clock Friday night. lie car
rcd travelling bag. No trace OF n er
ther the man or woman n"s ~. tbe
found, and they are probably o"' VI WV
state. so,me to be
The mystery in the case seems ~ ,,,s ns
,h,, 1enarture of the woman "no was
varied ~ to IIendrich on October ~ .ho
''''s She Is tbc person who has made Inc
,o,,',,1,iut AGAINST him, and gave !ne
officers the clue to all their lnio, n."'' " him
and appeared to he anxious 10 ''''
p'lI.',' Az ,ate As eight o'clock Friday nlSmt ;mt
"s IN the offices of both AaP"'u,
SUD snd T Tay saving that her husband i'.t A.
a'a ,iat r" rrturned from his work a. a. :.
nm: o'clock she was seen coiha"s ,nn5
'.;,v "'" in company with her husband, ''s, !. to
'" Wb,t was her object is PnAn'I P, ,1,
dni.ers e.. She has paid for lega' ', ""
.ne ,;ea '' had a warrant made out 10, :. th. tha
wee, 'h,nI n1' and then has probably ,ei1 lime inc
huso"' nus wi'h him, after giving HIM the cue
to his danger .ho hoe left
It may be however that She frar nas and afai
tue c''y "l,n rnore than likely that she Will