The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
HE'S NO BIGAMIST
HUNTERS SAVANNAH WIFE BE-
LIEVEs SHE'S THE ONLY ONE.
KNEW HE'D HAD ANOTHER
But TOLD HER HE WAS DIVORCED
SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO.

Police Sure They've the Right Man
and Are Holding on TO Him Until
the GwInnett County Officers Ar
riVe-Hunter's Wife spent Part of
the Afternoon with Him in the
Barrncks-If He Is the Man He Is
Supposed 10 lie Three Sets of Chill.
dren Have Claims on Him.
The sheriff of Gwinnett county did
not come to Savannah yesterday to
claim his prisoner, ]. c. Hunter, who
is being held by the Chief of Police,
under a bench warrant charging him
with the desertion of his children.
Hunter stoutly denies that he is the
man. and insists that the officers are
barking up the wrong tree. Detective
Murphy is as equally positive that the
man who is now behind the bars at
the barracks is none other than the
man wanted in Gwinnett county.
Hunters Savannah wife was at the
barracks yesterday, and spent long
time with her husband. Her maiden
name she said was Maggie Love. she
admitted that she married Hunter last
Christmas, and said that he represent
ed to her that he had been a grass
widower for seventeen years. having
a daughter in Pineora and one in Sa-
vannah, the latter a Mrs. Strickland.
Didn't Say He Had Another.
She said that she had lived with
Hunter for a year, up to the time of
his arrest, and that he had never in
timated to her that he had another
wife. She said that her husband has
a divorced wife, who now lives at
Pineora, and with whom she is ac-
qUainted, though she AYERS that she
has never known what her maiden
name was. Hunter said he was di-
vorced from her seventeen years ago.
Hunter is so years of age, though
the wife who saw him in the barracks
is much younger. She is unwilling to
believe that her husband is a biga-
mist, and thinks he is being wrong
fully detained. She. too. has been mar
ried before. to a Mr. Wise, and has
three children now living. Her hus-
band she says is prominently connect
ed in Pineora.
Three Sets of Children.
If Hunter is the man wanted in
Gwinnett, and of this there is little
doubt in the minds of the officers. he
has three sets of children now living,
two by his divorced wife, three by his
legal wife. and the three children of
the wife who went to see him at the
barracks. Superintendent Riley has
not yet received any communication
from the authorities in Gwinnett coun-
ty relative to the detention of Hunter,
There is a possibility that the al
legged wife at Norcross will be brought
here to identify Hunter. Detective
Murphy is sure that he has the right
man. In addition to the fact that his
assumed name is identical with that
given in communications from the au-
thorities in Gwinnett county and his
hight, weight and complexion are the
same, there is tell-tale cross-scar on
his right cheek like the one given in the
description of him furnished the detec-
tives. The additional fact that he is
paper hanger, as is the desired par
ty, makes the Identification seemingly
complete.
The officers are not worrying over
the failure of the officer from Gwinnett
to put in his appearance and claim his
man. Hunter is being held under a
bench warrant, which calls for his de-
livery, dead or alive. The costs Incl
dent to his capture will be paid by the
Gwinnett officials.