The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-22
ARRESTED GROOM
ON BRIDAL TOUR
ON CHARGE OF FORGERY.
FRED c. BONE MARRIED ON MONEY
HE SECURED DISHONESTY.

Then He Attempted to Defray Ex-
penses of Honeymoon in Same
FashiOn-Bride Is Heart Broken
Over Husbands Arrest and Says
She Knew Nothing of His Crimes.
Bone Takes Arrest as Matter or
Fact and Does Not Appear WOr-
ried-Laughed While His Bride
Wept-COnfesses to Five FOrgeries.
With money that he had secured bv
forgery. Fred C. Bone, only IS years
of age, married Miss Alma Musick in
Jacksonville last Thursday night.
While on his honeymoon, and after
a futile effort to hypothecate a fifth
forged paper. the young man twas ar
rested by Detective Frank T. Wall at
the Pulaski House yesterday morning.
He will probably be tried in Savannah
for his last crime.
Bone was called down from his
room to the hotel parlors and the ar
rest was made there. 1t was not un-
til an hour or two later that the bride
learned of her husbands arrest. For
time she was frantic. but later
Gained herself and visited Bone in the
police station.
Bone was arrested for forging the
name of A. T. Squire, a man he says
he worked for near Jacksonville. The
first forgery was committed to secure
money to get married on and that one
and three ones passed without Bone
being caught. His last attempt,
which was made here, was for the
purpose of paying his wedding trip
expenses. 1t was this that got him
into trouble.
BOIdness Followed Success.
He gave the proprietor Of the Pu-
laski House a check for $233.64. Mr..
Graham put the check in bank for
collection and yesterday morning the
bank here was notified that the check
was a forgery.
The bank, however, was unwilling to
order an arrest and requested the bank
in Jacksonville to have the chief of
police there telegraph here for Bones
arrest.
This was done and he was taken
in charge. He admits his guilt as to
the forgery here and says there were
four others. which passed all right.
Bones UnseemIy Manner.
Bone has the face and appearance of
boy. When his wife called upon him
at police headquarters, almost wild
with grief, he was smiling and grin
hing and did not seem to care about
the matter at ALL The two were to-
gether for quite a while. While the
wife of week was hugging and kiss
ing him he was grinnlng as though
the whole q
The bride was Miss Alma Musick of
Jacksonville. They were married only
a week ago at the parsonage of the st.
Matthews Methodist Church. The no
tice of the marriage in the Jackson
vile paper states Miss Musick was
one of the most popular young ladies
in the city.
Bone is from Indiana or Ohio. He
has given his home as both Indianap-
oils and Dayton. He had been in
Jacksonville only a week when h.
married. He claims to have met the
girl who is now his wife last fall, how
ever.
Worked as Convict Guard.
For few months, Bone worked here
as a convict guard for the NIill-Haven
Company He is not known here to any
extent, however. lie attempted to get
Mr.. Heard to cash one of the forged
checkS Tor MIN since ne mas Deen IN
Savannah on his bridal tour.
Woman without Money.
1t has not yet been positively de-
cided whether to carry him to Jack
sonville or to try him here. Neither
the husband nor the wife had any
money, and it is not known what will
become of the woman in the case. She
wants to go back to Jacksonville, if
her husband is taken, otherwise not
She is still at the Pulaski House
Bone says he forged the name of A.
It. Squire four times before and does
not understand why he was caught
this time, as heretofore they passed
all right. One of the checks he forged
was for eighty odd dollars, one for $46
another for forty odd dollars and still
another for $SS. The check which he
forged here was for $233.64.