Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-01
LONG CHASE AFTER HIS WIFE
Man from Minnesota Finally Finds Missing
Spouse in Omaha.
HAS WOMAN AND COMPANION ARRESTED
Charges Former Friend and Neigh
Dor with Alternating wife's At
fections and PersuadinE
Her TO Leave Home.

Edwin A. Cooper Of Little Falls, Mimi,
after searching in four states for his wife,
Ella w. Cooper. whom he charges with run
ming away with Henry Schlensener, found
her with the man here and yesterday morn
ing in police court told his side of the
wrecklng OF his home and the chase after
the couple.
The parties in the case all live in Little
Falls, where Scblensener was the proprietor
Of a hardware business and had consider
able OF this worlds goods. According to
Cooper's testimony schlensener advanced
him money last January to go to Montana
to locate a claim. He went and remained
two weeks, and. finding that It was not the
proper time to locate. returned to Little
Falls. When he got back It was to find
his house deserted and his wife and daugh-
ter gone.
A few days later, by finding a letter writ
ten to his wife. which she had left In
her deserted home, Cooper learned that
she was in Corning, N. Y. He went there
and learned that II was Schlensener who
had persuaded his wife to leave. In a
conversation with his wife, he said, she
told him that during his absence Schlen-
sener had induced her to go into a wine
room where there we're other men and
women and that after drinking two glasses
of wine she knew nothing until late In the
evening. She asked Cooper to forgive her
and the two were again united.
Disappears Second Time.
After several days OF their second
honeymoon Mrs. Cooper again disappeared
Again Cooper got trace of her through
her negligence in not destroying notes
from Schlensener. Cooper found a tele-
gram to his wife which said, Meet me in
Chicago"
Cooper hastened there and appealed to
the police and Detective Monear was as
signed to the case. After several weeks
search Monear learned that the couple
had gone to Omaha.
In the meantime the citizens of Little
Falls had become sympathetic and after
Schlensener had made arrangements to sell
his property there. they made up a purse
to pay Cooper's way to Omaha and his
expenses while here. He and Monear came
here June Z. Some time later Cooper saw
his wife and Schlensener riding bicycles
on Sixteenth street. They were located
at a rooming house on North Sixteenth
street. Before an arrest could be made
they again disappeared.
Friday the detective again located them
In a house near Twentieth and CASTELAR,
streets. The watched the house and saw
Schlensener and Mrs. Cooper appear at an
open window and caress each other. Cooper
went to the police judge and made a COM
plant and Sergeant Whalen made the ar
rest. During her travels Mrs. Cooper
kept her little daughter with her and at
the time the arrest was made the little
one was playing in the yard.
Several letters which had been written by
sohlensener to Mrs. Cooper. in which he
called her his hearts blood" honey bee"
and used many endearing terms, were intro
duced as evidence.
Mrs. Cooper was put on the stand and
denied the material part of her husbands
testimony. She came to Omaha, she said,
to act as Schlensener's housekeeper for IS
a week. Before she had completed her
testimony the court adjourned until Tues
day morning. Cooper has begun suit for
damages against schlensener for $40, 900 for
alternating his wife's affections. Cooper
testified that Schlensener has a wife in Min
nesota.