The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-09-26

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one NJ the shrewdest insurance men
in the country. Before coming to
Canton he organized an insurance COM
pany in Washington city and succeed
ed in wrecling it, it is said.
MADE NO DENIAL.
The committee secured all the facts
they could at Toledo and sent to Wa
pakoneta and secured a certified copy
of the marriage license anG the mar
riage return and with these facts they
called Gardner into the Office on June
25 and confronted him w;tn the proofs.
Gardner made no denial, but said.
What do You want me to do, gentle
men? III do anything you say"
He was told that the company would
let him know in day or so what the
decision was, and Immediately COM
menced an auditing of the books t. as
certain how Gardner's account stood
He was yice-president of the company
II was found that he was short in his
accounts and that he had secured loans
and got into individual members of
the company to the amount of about
500. When Gardner was sent for he
feigned sickness but the day after he
left the city and has not been seen
here since. although il is known that
he was in Massillon at one time after
his departure from Canton
Tho nSat,dn uifa of tho -Spwrpr, ,.az
idence remained for a day or two to
ship what household goods sne could.
Some dealers from whom articles had
been bought went to the house an1
took back what had not been paid for
and tho furnishings of the Ciewell
block We're all taken away by local
dealer after it was discovered that
Gardner had left the city.
WAS CANTON GIRL.
Gardner went from Canton to New
Castle, Pa, and organized an insur-
anrc company, using the name and
work of the one he had been
connected with in Canton, having him
self elected president of the new un-
ion. Learning of this, the officers OF
the Canton organization communicate
ed their discoveries to the New Castle
people and they sent a committee TO
Canton to investigate. Learning the
truth. they went back and deposed
Gardner. Since that time lie mas been
over the country working
Insurance The last heard OF him he
WAS working for the Fraternaf Order
of America of Cincinnati.
II was learned by the investigating
that the woman Gardner
was living with here was Mary E. Fet-
ters, and that he had met her lirst
in Canton about five years ago Her
parents live near Wooster and are
said 10 be estimable people. The Can
ton relatives discarded the woman as
soon as Gardner began going to see
her They then left this city and have
beer together almost constantly ever
since, so far as can be learned.
WARMED BY TRUE WIFE.
The attention of Prosecuting Attor-
ney Day was called to the case and
Gardner's true wife, who lived at the
corner of Detroit and Norwood aven-
ues, in Toledo. was subpoenaed to ap-
pear before the grand jury She dli.
mt know why she was summoned and
not until after she had testified to the
fact that she was Gardner's wife, were
the disclosures made to her OF the dou-
lie life her husband was leading. She
had written to Gardner asking why.
she had beer subpoenaed, and It is
thought that this is what put the man
ON his guard.
Mrs. Gardner has written TO the Of.
fcials of the Washington Insurance
company that she has consulted at
tornoys and will sue for divorce.
The Stark county authorities will
make every effort to locate the man