The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-06-14
CORDER DENIES
WIFE'S CHARGES
Declares Story Told by
Woman is Due to
Jealousy

scripps.McRae Press Assn.
New York June i4.-Joseph Her
man Corder. the young man, who on
May 2s was married to Miss Anna
schultz OF No. 265 First street Jersey
City. who was accused by his wife
Sunday of being a woman and of hav-
ing ned with $50 OF her money, called
at police headquarters, Jersey City,
shortly after midnight this moroing
to deny his wife's story. In tho first
place. he denied emphatically that he
was a woman.
His story was told TO Sergeant Haag
of the First precinct. which is the po-
lice headquarters building and Police
man Braunwald He then declared
that his wife's statement was insDi>
ed by jealousy and had as its only
foundation the fact that he had
among his Belongings some woman's
clothing
Mrs Corder told the police yester
day thst Corder met her as she was
going to her worn s. the factory on
Iaight street. New York City and
that on their second meeting he pro
posed TO her and took her to Justice
Of the Peace Frank Leblanc, who mar
ried them She said that because Of
the shame and humiliation Of the
thing she kept her husbands sex
secret until after waiting for two
weeks for him to return, she finally
reported the matter to the police
corder Tells His story.
Corder told straightforward, if re-
markable, story He said that it was
true that he had some articles of wo-
mems clothing on and that he had
womens apparel in his grip on his
wedding night
Before / met my wife," he told
Sergeant Haag, "a girl left some Of
her clothes at my room. I was hard
up, and as the clothes were better
than what had, wore them. When
my wife asked me about the clothing
l was ashamed to tell her the truth
and told her that preferred to wear
woman's clothing. We went to New
York to live We had been married
three days when lwas Obliged TO go
TO Stamford and Hartford on business.
4 have been using a slotmachine In
vention.
1T is true that took $50 Of her
money, but she gave it to me willing
~ when ! met my wife it was she.
not I, who proposed marriage. J told
her that had no moaey and could
not afford to provide for her. She
told me that I need not worry about
that, as she had money and would
pay the bills until ! perfected my in
yention and got on my feet It was
on those terms that we we're married.
She knew when left her that ! was
going to Connecticut on business.
Change Due to Pique.
"What piQued her and caused her
TO tell the remarkable story she did
was The fact that she did not hear
from me and that was gone nearly
two weeks ! telegraphed her that
would be kept away longer than l had
expected but the telegram miscarried
and She ala no get IT, 1t was nothing
but jealousy that caused her o tel the
police the story she did"
Cordor was not hold by the police
Mrs. Corder could not be found 81
Jersey city The New Jersey law is
that man can not steal from his
wife. Chief Of Police Murphy be-
iieyes Corder's story
Il was learned at No. 2S9 Yves
Twelfth street this city, where Mr.
and Mrs Cordor have been living
that Corder had come IN at daybreal
this morning He explained 70 Mrs
IIasllnger OF whom he has been rent
ing his oom that he had been out al
night clearing mp his wife's foolisl
story Corder then ate some breal
fast and went aat without seeing hi
wife. who was sleeping in their roor
ND stairs.
Later Mrs. Corder lec the house 70
the factory where she is employed.