Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-21
j. I. Anderson, of Lucas, to
Face Serious Accusations.
BIGAnY is CHARGED
e. J. Walton, of Oaks, N. D., Says He
He Was swindled by cashing Forged
Certified Letter for His Supposed
Father-in-Law


ed on the charge of having obtained
money by means of forged certified
letter and later charged with bigamy,
y. |. Anderson, formerly hardware
merchant-in this city, is being held by
the police of Chicago, awaiting hear
ing of mis- case News of the arrest of
Anderson has caused quite sensation
in this community, as Mrs. Anderson,
wife of the accused man, and five
children. reside here.
Was Hardware Dealer.
j. |. Anderson, who has resided in
this city for many years, was formerly
proprietor of a hardware store in this
city and 8. number of years ago was
engaged in the grain business here.
Several months ago Mr. Anderson sold
his hardware business here and on
June 30, 1902, left for Chicago, where
lit is supposed he has been ever since
AS to his reported marriage to Mrs.
Lizzie McCloud and the subsequent Sc
curing of money by an, alleged forged
check, all that is known here is the
following contained in Chicago dis
patch:
Arrested in Chicago.
Chicago ILL.,, Oct 20-Declaring that
she would hold her faith in her hus-
band, even against the evidence of her
senses, Mrs. Lizzie McCloud, or Mrs.
J. l. Anderson, of Lucas, Iowa, as she
believes herself to be, calmly handed
back to the police of the Central sta
ton letter found in the pockets of
her husband and proving him almost
conclusively to be the husband of
another woman and the father of five
little children.
Anderson was arrested on the charge
of having obtained money by forged
certified letter and was confronted
with the charge of being bigamist
He was apprehended by the detectives
on fugitive warrant from Oaks, N. D.,
and was later aaccused of having de-
serted one woman to try another. He
refused to have anything to say on the
first charge, but he declares that he is
innocent of the second. While Mrs.
McCloud, or Mrs. Anderson, as she
calls herself, was declaring her faith
in her husband in the office of the Cen
trail station, he was saying in cell be-
low that he had never married Mrs.
McCloud and admitted that he was the
father of five children.
Anderson is a grain speculator who
has been coming to Chicago from his
home in Lucas, Iowa, for a number of
years to make deals on the board of
trade. On his last visit to the city he
met Mrs McCloud, who was then prac-
ticing medicine at 212 Ashland ave-
nue.. Two months ago Mrs. McCloud
claims they were married and little
| later went away on their bridal trip.
They went TO Oaks, N. d. to visit Mrs.
E. j. Walton, the daughter of Mrs. Nc
Cloud. There Mrs. McCloud's conf
dence in Anderson was communicated
to her daughter, and Anderson induced
Walton, who was assistant cashier in
/ the Oaks, N. D., bank, to cash certi-
| fed letter for him. Walton charges
that he was swindled. Anderson will
be taken to Oaks, N. d.
Walton in Lucas.
Lucas, Oct. Pot was learned here
today that E. ]. Walton, assistant
cashier of the bank at Oaks, N. D.,
was in the city yesterday, evidently
for the purpose of gaining informa--
tion with regard to j. |. Anderson,
whom he accused of getting money
| by means of forged certified letter,
etc. though information with regard to
his visit is only a matter of surmise,
as it has been kept close secret,
Walton left last night for Charlton
and it is expected that he will go to
Chicago to look after the prosecution
| of Anderson.