The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-07
TEXAN CHARGED
WITH BIGAMY
Harry Gray Said TO Have
Four Living Wives.
ARRESTED LAST EVENING
As He Was Leaving His Work
at the Laundry.
He DENIES HIS GUILT
Says It Is Spite Work on Part
ofHi8 Wife'S Folks.
He DENIES HIS GUILT

When Harry " Gray stepped OFT Of
the Kansas steam laundry at O'Clock
last evening a police officer arrested him
on charge Of bigamy. with him was
his wife and child six years OF age.
Both he and his wife have been working
at the laundry since June Is.
When he was confronted by the police
officer, 1t is said that he turned deathly
pale ana manifested great nervous ex-
element
Gray Is a young man of IS. with queer.
light yellow hair and smooth face. He
dresses wen and does NOT bear traces
OF criminaltty
The police do NOT know the details of
the charge Of bigamy. for the letter froE
Sheriff Sterling Price Clark Of Tarrant
county. Texas. on whose authority the ar
rest was made. was very brief.
foot-note at the end IF The letter.
however. intimated that Gray has four
living wives
When q reporter for the Eagle asked
Gray last night whether he desired u
make a statement concerning the charges
against him. he was very frank TO say
that he did not know whether he ought TO
talk Tor publication Il do not want TO
be rude 10 newspaper men" he said. hut
7 am stranger here and would prefer
70 talk to ny lawyer only. Besides I
have nothing 10 say. I am practically as
much il the dark about the matter as
you are. ard. maybe. more so. have
n 80 Ola f~.--
ne Z am guilty Of nothing-certainly
not OF blgamy-and Il there is a charge
OF that kind against me It must have
been spitefully made By my wife S folks.
who were very much opposed TO our mar
rage
Did you live in Chicago"
Yes. / lived there for some time"
When and how long did you live
there"
THAT I cannot tel you; I have for
gotten
Did you live at Kansas City2"
Yes"
When and how long,"
II cannot tell exactly
Detective Sutton asked him whether he
would be willing 70 90 back TO Fort
Worth without a requlsition.
He would not give a definite answer, /
saying he would consult a lawyer and +
be governed entirely by his advice
The police were ready 10 make the ar
rest al / o'clock yesterday. bur Rufus
Cone. one Of the proprietors of the laun-
dr.. asked them 70 postpone 1t until
O'Clock. as he absolutely needed the ser
vices OF Gray till that hour. The request
was granted
When seen last night Mr. Cone said:
''0Er Gray and his wife came 70 me about
June Is and applied Tor job. He told
me what he could do and Z was just at
that tine on the outlook for such man
They went 10 work for me AT 3nce and
they fulIfued my highest expectations.
GRAY is 4 first class laundry MANN every /
department-and L was feeling as i I
was very lucky N having secured hira
when here came a policeman 70 tell me
he wanted him for higamy- was never
more surprised in my life. Cray IS quite
genteel fellow and a good workman.
and although 1 have had wide expert
ence as>sheTiT. chief Of police and con-
stable. he would be tie last man
would suspect 70 Be- guilty Of oigamy.
Gray and his wife have been living az
Mrs. Cock boarding house on Topeka
avenue siace they came 20 Wichita. Mrs
Gray was seen tb<re last night and she
said II 90 not know what charge they
have against Harry When informed
that il was bigauy she said j know
nothing about the matter ard have moth (
ing 20 say
AIRS. Cray positively refused TO give
her former name. any Information about
her parents. her past life or her former +
home she was proof against an inter (
view. she g brunette. speaks with a
Texas accent and IS q fair type e The av- T.
erage middle class southern women
last uight Cray was kept in 5al. but
was. thro1sh kindly feeling for ex-
chief n Police Rufus Cone. who spoke +
a good word for him. made as oomforta- /
bic As it is possible 20 make a man whose I.
residence is in q common fail during hot
weather.