The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-15
MAKES WOMEN
HIS VICTIMS
Man With Penchant For Marrying
Under Arrest at Los Angeles.
LONG CRIMINAL CAREER
ONE OF THE DELUDEO ONES
LIVES I'M SALT LAKE.

VI. J.. Ward. the hero Of numerous
love-making escapades and marriages,
has been arrested in Los Angeles for
having several wives without going
through the formality of a divorce. He
has just finished q term Of fourteen
mcnths in prison for swiudIing.
Ward married Miss Mary Ann FOX
of Salt Lake. and few days later she
was left Ia poverty and broken-hearted-
Even before this Ward had a long
criminal career. and one death has been
attributed to him along with other in
stances Of TasCality. He has usually
escaped without punishment. but ac-
cordiug to dispatches from Los Angeles
he viii undoubtedly be convicted this
time. re WIS arrested in Ogden and
brought back to salt Lake in 1901 for
deserving Miss Fox and robbiug her of
all her money. but the case was dis
missed ward was also held i'm Gus
tody for The Denver officers, who want
ed him for deserving Miss Annie Nc
Carteu. Canadian siTI whom he had
married there. AfterV ard Miss Nc
Carteu committed suicide in her room
at the Warren hotel when she learned
that Ward had married Miss Fox in
Salt Lake. He vas held here for over
two weeks. but the officers sent Il tel
egram to chief of Police Hilton to re-
lease him OF account OF lack Of evil
denCe.
Deserted Many Women.
Police records show chat Ward had
left 2 trail Of deserted women even be
fore he appeared in Denver in 1900. He
posed there as 9 wealthy railroad con-
tractor and claimed that he owned
fine rooming house at Tacoma In
Cripple Creek he Saindled Mrs Mary
T Mclean out Of SII5 by selling her
some property that did not belong to
him. On investigation she found she
had been triCked and she followed him
to Denver Ward avoided her there
and in the meantime made the &C
duaintance of Miss Ella JaQUette. In
order to evade Mrs. Mclean he TOOK
Miss Jaquette TO Fruita, Colo, under
pretenSe of putting her i'm charge Of his
roOming house there. On the way he
secured possession Of $500 which Miss
JaqUette had. At Grand Junction h.
pretended to receive a telegram which
called him Immediately to salt Lake
CITY. So he gave her p bogus pass TO
Denver and left for salt Lake
Two weeks after his arrival i'm salt
Lake he made Miss Fox. proprietor OF
the Eagle house. believe that he Was
Cripple Creek mine owner and worth
81 900. 600. They were married by Bishop
Seaman on Feb 10. 1901. and gave
wedding supper at the California cafe
the same evening. \ few days later
Miss Fox was out several hundred dol
lars which she had loaned him A tel
egram came TO the police department to
arrest a man by the name Of NJ l.
Ward for desertioD- When the news Of
his arrest at ogden reached Denver
Miss McCarten. another of his victims.
committed suicide. He was prosecuted
in Salt lake for beating z. Schwartz
out of $2S for wine.
Since he left salt Lake i'm 1901 he has
never been heard of until arrested IN
Los Angeles According 10 stories that
come from that source. Ward has added
a dozen more women to his list Of VIC
tins and in one of two cases has Sc
cured considerable money.