The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-30
WITHIN BLOCK OF WIFE
THIS MAN W00ED ANOTHER.
Girls Mother Took Drastic StePs 80
Prevent BfEamy.

With his wife and child II Detroit
a man who came TO savannah fror'
Michigan about a year ago. would have
been married here for the second time
some days ago bur for drastic meas
ures taken by the mother Of the girl
he fooled into believing he MAS not
a married man.
BY means of warrant, issued in a
justice court at the request of the girls
mother. and with the aid Of a law
yer the man was induced 10 leave the
city and his wherCa bouts are at pres
ent unknown 10 his wife. and to the
attorney. who for a time was retain
ed By the girls mother.
These facts developed yesterday when
the mans WIFI returned from Detroit
with her child. and found her husband
missing. She secured the services of
City Detective Julius Stark and the
bitter truth was revealed to her after
the plain clothes man had made an
investigation. The officer was unable
to ascertain where the man had gone,
but he secured the facts outlined above,
and the wife who had been deceived
was enlightened. She stated to the
officer that she would return at once
to Detroit.
For unadulterated audacity the case
is one that Will go on record at po-
lice headquarters. The Detroit man
lived on Charlton street and made
quite a number of friends, while in
the city, his business bringing him in
contact with a large number of
respectable people. His wife and
child came here with him and remain
ed for several months. The couple
seemed happy enough, and that the
man was infatuated with another wom-
an never occurred to the wife, nor to
their friends.
But there was a young woman only
few blocks away with whom the
man was on the friendliest terms, and
in order to carry out a well laid and
bold plan. he sent his wife and child
to Detroit for a vacation. The wife
did not suspect her husbands object,
and was glad of the opportunity af-
forded her to visit her family in Michi-
gan.
She had been gone several weeks be-
fore the mother of the girl with whom
the man was infatuated realized mat
ters were not like they should be.
Bolder and holder he became, I'M
til he openly proposed. He convinced
the girl beyond the shadow of a doubt
that he was not married. and made an
effort to have her mother believe It.
His affection was returned, and
the girl announced that she would
marry him.
1t was then that the mother secured
advice from a lawyer and also visit
ed police headquarters. The girl was
obdurate, and, acting upon the advice
given her, the mother caused a mis-
demeanor warrant to be issued by
magistrate. i was then that the man
agreed TO leave the city if the war
rant was not served. He was accom-
panied to the railroad station by the
girls mother. and since that time
nothing has been heard of him.
His prolonged silence caused his wife
to become suspicious. and she returned
to Savannah yesterday morning. AS
soon as she learned her husband had
departed some days ago, she solicited
the services of Detective Stark, who
learned of the bold plan the man had
laid to take unto himself a second
wife. The woman who had Travelled
all the way from Detroit to learn what
had happened to her husband decided
her wisest course would be to return
to her home