The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-01-06
ACCUSES A WEST
POINTER OF BIGAMY
Daughter of Iowa State Sen.
ator Has Samuel Hazard
Arrested.

After having been married for two
months to DR.. Linda Burfield, an oste-
opath and an exponent of the starva-
tion cure for disease, Samuel Hargrave,
alias Samuel c. Hazard, West Point
graduate, and former officer of the
United States army, well known in
insurance circles in Minneapolis, was
yesterday arrested in that city on a
charge of bigamy, preferred by Viva
Hazard, daughter of Senator Fitzpat-
rick, of Nevada, Iowa.
The Iowa woman asserts she was
married to Hargrave last spring in st.
Paul while he was travelling under the
name of Hazard.
According to the complainant, she is
the second wife of Hargrave- Hazard,
and is In possession of evidence to
prove that Hargrave has three wives
now living.
She also claims to have evidence to
show that Hargrave, while lieuten-
ant in the army, deserted his post and
is liable to punishment.
Married in ST. Paul.
Mrs. Viva Hazard, according to her
version of the case, was married to
Hargrave last March by Court Com
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with Hargrave in Minneapolis and ST.
Paul until November, when her hus-
band deserted her and married DR..
Linda Burfield.
Hargrave does not deny that he was
married in New York, but asserts he
was legally separated from his wife.
neither does he deny having lived with
Viva Hazard, nee Fitzpatrick, but
claims that there was no legal cere-
mony, and If proof of marriage can be
made it will only be that of a common
law marriage.
Rev. P. A. Cool, of Fowler Methodist
church. married Hargrave and DIR. Bur-
field on Nov. II, and every effort was
made by the parties interested to have
the report of the marriage kept secret.
A Peculiar License"
Mrs. Hazard says she met Hargrave
in Chicago, coming to st. Paul at his
request. There they were married.
The marriage seems to have been a
questionable affair, for Mrs. Hazard
was shown a document at the time
which purported to be a marriage Ii
cense, but this was taken away from
her by Hargrave before she had a
chance to-read 1t. Since then she has
never seen it.
Linda Burfield- d-Hargrave, the present
wife, remains true to her husband, and
says that she will stick to him through
thick and thin. She was familiar, it
is claimed, with the former ventures
of her husband with the other women,
and married him in spite of them.
Hargrave waived examination in the
police court and was held to the grand
jury in bail of $1,000, which he did not
furnish.
"If it had been left to me to prose-
cute SAM" said Mrs. Hazard, last
evening when seen at the residence of
Mrs. Strong, 109 Thirteenth street
south, Il do not know whether I would
Rave done so or not, but my family in
listed to prove his faithlessness and dis
honesty
Mrs. Hazard No. 2 is a woman still
in the twenties and decided blonde.
81 was married to Mr.. Hargrave-
Hazard last March. the very day
came from Chicago in st. Paul." con-
tinued Mrs. Hazard. 'I came here at
the earnest solicitation of Mr.. Har-
grave and still have many of the let
ters to show his anxiety to have me
come here. The letters are now with
the proper persons. and will be used
when necessary.
Mrs. BurfieId Called Often.
I'VE took roomshere with Miss Strong
and were very happy and Sam was de-
votion itself. Mrs. Burfield used to
come to the house to treat a patient
and in this way we met. She knew
that we were considered man and wife
and she herself has introduced me as
Mrs. Hargraye.
Mrs. Burfield seemed to take a fan
cy to Sam right away and seldom a
day passed that she did not come up to
tba bo11se Still I did not erliov the
friendship, especially as l received
anonymous notes telling me all sorts
of things about my husband and about
things he had said about me. When l
told him of these he always seemed in
dignant and assured me his entire love
was mine and only mine.
"One day to satisfy me he wrote a
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