Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-01
MINISTER GOES WRONG
DESERTS WIFE AND RUNS AWAY
WITH YOUNG GIRL.
Police In Washington Asked to Look
Out for the Couple-Third
Elopement.

The local police have been asked to ap-
prehend Rev. J. F. Cordova of South River.
N. j., who is charged with having eloped
from New York with Miss Julia Bovine of
that town. 1t Is believed the two are on
the way here
This is said to be the third time the clergy
man and Miss Bovine have eloped. Their
latest escapade is understood to have been
precipitated by Mrs. Cordova who. with
their three children, the Mexican-born
Methodist minister deserted last spring
when he ran away with the pretty daughter
of Conover Bovine, blacksmith. Mrs
Cordova learned that her husband had
found employment as clerk in the Erie
railroad offices in the Coal and Iron build
ing at Cortlandt and Church streets New
York.
She went there Monday at pm. and
waited until Cordova left his office. She
met him in the hall and demanded that he
do something for her children. She says
he knocked her down and fed She pur-
sued and a policeman and score of men
gave chase. They saw Cordova get on
moving Broadway car and gave up trying
to catch him.
Mrs Cordova went back to the Erie Of
fees and found that her husband had
furnished room at No. 1863 Grand street,
Jersey City. She went to that address.
was refused admittance and went to find
Chief of Police Murphy of Jersey City.
The latter sent Detective Bennett to ar
rest Cordova on a charge of abandonment,
but he found on arriving at the house, that
Cordova had lived there but had taken MS
departure since his wife's call. The Bovine
girl had not been staying at that house.
Bennett traced the fleeing ex-mlnister TO
the Pennsylvania railroad station. Ihere
Cordoya and a young woman correspond
ing in all particulars in the description or
Julia Bovine had bought tickets for New
ark and had checked baggage for that
place. At Newark it was learned yester-
day they changed to a train for Washing
ton
Alleged Embezzlement.
It Is said a charge of ENFORCEMENT may
be placed against Cordova. This charge
grows out of Cordova's pastorate In the
South River Church. 1t is alleged that
certain fund of small amount intrusted TO
him to send to a western college for the
support of a Porto Rican and his wife, stu
dents, were not sent Mr. Berdlne IS
reported to have said yesterday at New
Brunswick he had been told by telephone
Monday evening that Cordova and the girl
were about to take a train. The person
telephoning asked him whether, II they
were arrested, charge would be produced
Mr. Berdine said he answered: Yes. hold
them and I'll produce charge" He didn't
say whether he had taken Chle1 MURPHY
tip or not.
The Bovine girl returned home last July
ana pro1eSSed 10 nave paTteu from Soiuo
for good and all. She found life in her old
home town to be a torture 1T Is stated,
on account Of the scandal of her elope-
ment, and by her fathers leave went to live
with an uncle in Harlem. She obtained
employment in bakery there. Later she
went to Jersey City and went to work In
a department store. This change is now
presumed to have been coincident with
Cordova's return to New York from Mex
leo.
The Bovine girl went to New Brunswick.
N j., two or three weeks ago, and her
father persuaded her to return home. Last
Saturday night she was at home with no
apparent intention of running away. Some
one in the house made some remark about
the weather. Il think I'll go out and look
at it, said Julia, throwing a shawl over her
head. She slipped out of doors and did not
come back