Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-28
TIE BOONE BGAk|g|
Van Gorder Beginning to Realize
That He is Up Against the
Real Thing.
His Two Wives Meet and Compare
Notes-Tell.Ta Letters Are
Found.
Both Women Declare They Will
Help Send Him to the
Penitentiary.
Special to Times Republican.

Boone March 2S.-As stated in Mon
days dispatches to the Times Republic
can, Van Gorder the man arrested here
for bisamy waived examination and
was sent to Jail in default of bail. Up to
that time he had thought his second
Wife would support him in his trial. but
he had counted on her ignorance of GER
tain facts Which have since come 10
light. Van Gosder received a rude.
awakening by the visit of his wife to the
county jail. The following from the
News gives additional particulars Of the
case, which is attracting state wide at
tention:
Following the proceedings at the jus
tees Office Attorney Holtingsworth
went to the Van Gorder apartments a
SOB Boone street aud secured some let
tiers. After turning these over to the
attorney Mrs. Van Gorder made a fur
Their discovery which was a revelation
to her and proved to he a valuable dis
covery to the prosecution.
He claimed thar he had secured the
divorce and that No. | had not yet
learned il and declared to the News that
his defence would be a dandy Then
he veered and said it was his Wife that
had the divorce and on that account,
under the laws of New York he was not
permitted TO marry; but he had sup
posed it all right under the laws of
Iowa.
But on finding letter which is pro-
duced in full below it dawned upon the
second wife that she had been deceived.
AS an innocent woman she felt that she
could not sacrifice her own reputation
I by defending him further and resolved
to make his guilt known to the public.
Land at the same time free herself from
l8any suspicion that she would defend Il
guilty man. She discovered by the let
| ter which was written to one. Miller of
| Houston, Texas. that Van Gorder was
mot only deceiving her but his former
| wife also. The letter was written to ask
/ Miller To forward from Houston to his
| first wife an enclosed letter which WAS
ito inform her of the fact that he had a
divorce. But on opening the enclosed
| letter it did not mention Il divorce, nor
| the fact that he had been married a sec
ond time. The letter and the sealed en-
closure follow:
Boone, Iowa, Feb %, 19o0.-Fri.nd
| Miller: j received Your welcome letter
\ and viii now answer it in d brief way.
4 have a whole lot to tell you which
4 Will not speak of at this time. j vii
Il say that am not at the Burns bean.
cry any more as they froze ME out o
my room and at last got sick ans
4 had TO go or die. l am better now
4 Thanks 10 Your old friend
Say she is fine girl. She is here jol-
lying me now. In my next letter
4 will tell you lot of news. | want t.
ASK YOU to do me a great favor whicf
s Will not cost YOU much time. Enclosed
4 You win find a letter addressed to IN,
4 ex-wife in Elmira. i have just got
i divorce and wish TO inform her of TIL,
fact, but from some other town. a.
Z and / don't wish any such demonstra
ton of affection. Should she answe
4 my letter, which I think doubtful. yo,
will please forward the same to me a
the address which will give you.
Well old friend, ] must close Thu
short letter. as | mus go to church
You asked me about the church
1T is all right. That is where l got &c
quainted With ----=-------. says sh
wishes you would write to her. $
please do. Goodbye from VAN
The enclosed letter was in its OWL
envelope. sealed and addressed to Mrs
Emma Van Gorder, l4l Water stree,
Elmira, \. Y. and is as follows:
Houston. TEX. Feb. IS. 1900. EN-
MAJ Will now try and answer you
letter. / have left Boone and hop
5 for good, as ever since Christmas
. have had the quinsy sore throat ar
! Just now am getting over the smallpo,
II / am not big enough to make a decen
p shadow. ! don't know what l shall d
/ yet but l think I shall go down int
9 Mexico. Will write more soon. | al
8 sure will not stay here. Yours.
sBRUCE."
On discovery of this his guilt was n
longer doubted by his second spous'
who NJ g this time had given him II,
o devotion that can come only from
$ woman to a man. But the character
e the woman was not such as to allo
\ her to look with conformation upon Il
q actions of her husband. She decide
$ that she had been deceived. but thu
she would at once seek for furth.
J evidence.
u Accordingly an interview was at ono
{. arranged with Mrs. Van Gorder No.
: The two women had seen each other
= the justices in the morning, bur no
u met for the first time at the home of
g friend of the Elmira woman The
meeting was entirely devoid of any e,
citement or sentiment, tho the cor
{ trary might have been expected. A
:. understanding was soon reached an
= each extended to the other her sympi
thy and 4 hearty assurance of goe
will. Both women impress one as b,
ing of more than ordinary good sen:
and temper and the interview was
very deliberate affair such as mgl
have occurred between two men on
I, matter of business. The letters write
= since the second marriage We're di
= cussed and the women parted with a
= surances of esteem and good will.
Following the interview with wi
No was one With the husband. We
Gorder was in his cosy quarters ut Il
Jail and greeted his wife with a smi
IS and jolly remark about how he look,
r in his new surroundings. But the ia
l. of his wife had the effect of hypnoti
lie on him. He asked at once what h,
re happened, and as she began to rela
it, he knew all about it and stopped h
for an explanation. He demanded
be heard, but not in the presence
any but his attorney. He would
* over the road for twenty-five yea