The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
WIFE'S DEVOTION
TO FREE HAZARD
DR.. Burfeld- Hazard s Detective
Work Will Nullify Her Hus-
bands Indictment.
She Proves That He Wash It Mar
ried Under the Name
Vandrin.

Samuel G. Hazard and Viva Fitch
patrick were not married in st. Paul
by Court Commissioner Henry Gal
lick on March Z last, and it is en-
tirely probable that the bigamy case
against Hazard will be dropped.
This is the result of detective work
done by DR.. Linda Burfleld Hazard.
whose marriage to the defendant a
few months ago was alleged by the
grand jury to have constituted Haz-
Yards offense.
While the indictment made no
specific allegations as to the place and
date of Hazards marriage to Miss
kirkpatrick, the fact that she and
Commissioner Gallick were the wit
nesses examined indicated that the
state would stand on a ceremony per-
formed March 7. Gallick married but
one couple on that day. The con-
tracing parties gave the names Eu-
gene Vandrin and Alice Stensrude.
Miss kirkpatrick alleged that Haz-
card had given these fictitious names
to Gallick and that inasmuch as her
husband took charge Of the marriage
certificate she never knew that any
began the prosecution.
The only other witness to the in
dictment was Rev. P. A. Cool of Min
neapolis, who simply testified to hav
ing married Hazard and DR.. Bur-
field. ....
These were the facts with which
DR.. Burf1eld set out to disprove what
she considered an unjust accusation.
In the guise of a newspaper woman
preparing an article on marriages, she
had a talk with Gallick and satisfied
herself that he was in error in identi-
flying Hazard and Miss Fitchpatr1ck
as the people he had married. But If
he was mistaken, the real Eugene
Vandrin and Alice Stensrud must be
found. The search was long one,
owing to a change in the names as
status was at stake as we'll as the lib
erty of the man she loved, and she
kept at it. "
The records showed that the March
ceremony was witnessed by D. e.
Nash and G. P. Covington. The for
mer was discovered to be a Great
Northern brakeman, residing at $50
Hennepin avenue, Minneapolis. Gov
ington was in the employ of the st.
Paul Globe. He was induced to come
to the Hennepin county Jail and have
had never seen before. Nash was
harder to find, but he had the key
to the whole story.
The upshot of DR.. BurfleId's inves-
tigation was the discovery Of the real
Eugene Vandrin and his wife, who
was Miss Stensrude. Vandrin, it
transpires, is news agent on the 500
road. Miss Stensrude came from
Sacred Heart to marry him, but, as
she was a newcomer here, there was
some difficulty in securing license.
In this predicanent, Vandrin appealed
to his friend Nash, who suggested Gal
lick and the suggestion was acted
upon. Mr.. and Mrs. Vandrin are now
residing on Sixth street NE.
DR.. Burfield-Hazzard' investigation
was done under the direction of
George Stiles, her attorney, and G. B.
Leonard, who was associated with
him. They laid out the case step by
step and when the eager wife had Sc
cured the final and convincing proof in
the discovery Of the real Van Drins,
her attorneys Immediately began to
plan to move for dismissal. They will
lay the facts before the county attor-
ney, and try to have the indictment
'nolled in advance Of the date set for
trial, Feb. 1.