The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-02
PASTOR CORDOVA ARRESTED.
HE AND MISS BOVINE HELD BY
TIE WASHINGTON POLICE.

Tho Eiopers Traced by Means or Their
Trunks-Detained Mt Request OF New
brunswick Polioe-He May He ChsrE ed
With Embezzioment OF Church Funds
WASHINGTON, March The Rev. j.
Cordova's latest elopement with Miss julia
Bovine Of South River, n. j., who formerly
sang in his choir in the Methodist Church
at that place. was rudely ended tonight
by the arrest OF the couple here. They
were charged with being fugitives from
justice and were looked up 10 await the 40
ton Of the New Brunswick, D.. authori-
ties, the preaohor In the police station
and Miss Bovine In the House OF Detontion.
! After Mrs. Cordova had failed to catch
! her husband and Miss Bovine In Jersey
City on Monday she communicated with
the New Brunswick police. They found
that trunks known to belong to Cordova
and Miss Bovine had been checked on tickets
for Washington. Last night the Wash
ington detective Office was informed OF this
fact and asked to look out for the clippers.
Detectives Baur and Barbee traced the
trunks to a roorning house at l407 Thirty
second street. Georgetown. or West Wash
ington As they approached the house
they saw man emerge and enter a corner
grocery Accosting him. they asked II
his name was Cordova
He admitted his identity. whereupon
the detectives placed him under arrest
When taken to police headquarters the
man steadily denied every pertinent fact
except that his name was Cordova. He
asserted that the woman with. him was his
wife and that he was not the person wanted
in New Jersey.
AT last however, he weakened, and con-
fessed that he was the runaway pastor and
that the woman with him was Miss Bovine.
He then applied to the police for clemency
for her. saying that she was without fun DIS
and In a delicate condition, and begged
that she be cared for.
Later the police returned 10 the rooming
house and placed Miss Bowen under arrest.
She took the matter calmly and her whole
concern seemed to be to protect the man.
At police headquarters. when questioned
by Chief Of Detectives Boardman. she would
invariably reply TO such questions with
another: what did he say?' She de-
clined 10 commit herself in any way. At
last the police gave up and sent her 10 the
House OF Detention.
The Washington police are inclined TO
discredit the statement made by Miss Bowen
concerning her age This she gave as
rs, but her appearance and manner are 80
youthful that they believe her under 49,
The New Br1mswick authorities were com
municated with by telephone tonight. and
announced that an officer would come
for the pair tomorrow.
NEW BRUNSWICK. n j.. March l.
q. IL
larry sworn to against Cordova This !
charges him with abandonment Prose
cutor Berdine to-day asked the trustees OF /
the South River Methodist Church to make |
a charge against the former pastor OF en-
bezzlement This was done TO simplify |
Cordova's arrest in case a requisition was |
demanded.
Mrs. Cordova came TO this city yesterday |
afternoon with her hrother-in-aw. S. l.. |
Olere. and bad consultation with Prose
outor Berdine. Mrs Cordova was greatly |
shocked by the wav the police of New York
handled her. She says that when she called
Monday at the offce in the Coal and Iron
Building where her husband was employed
the was told be had resigned on Saturday,
giving the excuse that his brother had died
md that he would have to leave town. He
lad not called for his money yet.
" ME -hIh. tOTuONa was IeANlnR she met
'ordova. He was calling for his money
diss Bovine. she says was with him. She
allied upon a policeman TO arrest the man
The policeman told her that she would have
o get n warrant. She grabbed her husband
o hold him. but he shook her of.
Arrest himl He's my husband and he is
wing with this girl, cried the woman
This woman has no claim on ne. | di-
'orced her two years ago. said Cordova
The policeman was rough, she says
ie told her that she WAS All impostor that
q had seen Cordova and Miss Bovine go
nto the building every day and that the girl
must be his wife and that Mrs Cordova
'as simply trying 10 come between man
nd wife and that he would not be party
D it. He permitted Cordova and Miss
'owne TO &c from the building unmoested !
Mrs. Cordova and her brother-n-law
rent 10 the Church street police station ,
, make complaint against the man. but ,
ne sergeant there would not entertain the
omplaint, saying that he did not have juIis-
lotion. G