Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-22
Special to the "News.nl

Ogden, March 22.-The wife Of II. Il.
Henderson. the man who has con-
fessed to being implicated In the
Cudahy Kidnapping case, is well
known resident of Ogden where she
has resided for number Of years. AZ
the present time she Is living with her
sister Mrs. b. Peterson, In the Opera
house block In this city,
The story OF the operations Of the
man Henderson, as related TO q News"
representative this morning by Mrs.
Henderson are as racy as any chapter
from sensational novel.
In July, 1899 Mrs. Henderson, who
was then Miss Marie Moss, accom-
panied her sister on a pleasure trip 70
San francisco and while In California
they were introduced TO the man Hen
derson who claimed to be "A wealthy
Australian. Apparently he had plenty
OF money and spent IL with lavish
hand Henderson, who Is said to be
good looking man Of about 80 years
Of age lost no time In making love TO
Miss Moss and eventually proposed
marriage to her but was refused.
Shortly afterwards she returned to Og-
den accompanied by her sister. Mrs.
Peterson. No sooner had she returned
than Henderson began writing to her
TO later send her number OF kilograms
from day 10 day, full OF words Of en-
dearment Finally he wired 10 say th8t
he was on the road to join her. He ar
rived in Ogden and pressed his suit
with success and they were married on
he
this city, Prior to their marriage Hem
derson told his intended bride that he
was not an Australian, but he was n.
u Henderson, of MarshalltoWn. Iowa,
and was the son Of the prosecuting at
torney In that city. On the day Of their
marriage the groom was taken sick
with the result that he was confined to
the hospital here for several weeks.
When he got well the couple went TO
Dallas, Tex, where they lived in a fash
ionable boarding house and in
dulged In considerable STYLE as
Henderson had apparently big
supply OF ready cash Soon after they
arrived In Dallas Mrs. Henderson said
that she began to think that her hus-
band was not all he represented him
self to be. He would receive tele-
grams every day and would burn the
dispatches Immediately after receiving
them. He also had way Of going out
on long walks alone at night and being
absent for hours at time. One day
she said woman came to him and de-
manded money from him 10 keep quiet
about something. Shortly after this
event the couple moved around 70 sew
eral cities, until about a year ago they
came to Denver
While there inquiries were Instituted
by Mrs, Henderson with the result that
she ascertained that her husbands pro-
LESSONS as TO being the son OF the
prosecuting attorney for Marshaltown,
Iowa, were without foundation While
In Denver Mrs. Henderson left her hus-
band and came to Ogden. He followed
shortly afterwards and accompanied
his wife and sister-in-law. Mrs. Peter
son, to Los Angeles. In that city Mrs.
Peterson undertook to institute some
inquiries about Henderson, who had APP
parently. good deal Of money, but
was acting all the time In a manner
calculated to arouse the suspicious OF
most people with whom he came In
contact
At this junoture Mrs. Peterson put a
private detective upon his trial and
accused her sister, husband Of being
q frau1. He admitted that he had told
some untruths about his record and
was later arrested in Los Angeles on a
charge preferred against him by w0-
man. Mrs. Peterson bailed him out and
then told him to leave the country,
which he did The two ladies returned
10 ogden last September, and not UNI
iii few days ago did they hear from
the missing man. When they did II was
In the form of letter from Heuder-
son asking for funds to employ law
yer to defend him on trumped up
charge. lie also said that he.hsd been
accused Of being connected with the
Cudahay Kidnapping case. but that he
was innocent.
Mrs. Henderson stated this afternoon
that she diu not want to have anything
TO do with her husbap.