The San Francisco call., 1905-05-10
COLLINS SEEMS
NEAR TO ARREST
His Anxiety to Be Taken Into
Custody Will Probably Be
Relieved i'm a Few Hours
BRIDE LEAVES PALACE
Story That She Is to Live
Apart From Him Tempo
rarily Denied at His Office

District Attorney Byington said last
night that he would advise the Grand
Jury this afternoon that under section
1106 of the Penal Code and with the
evidence it had at hand, 1T could re-
turn an indictment against George D.
Collins charging him with bigamy In
having contracted marriage with
Clarice McCurdy in Chicago while still
married to Charlotte E. Collins of this
city. In some States~the laws provide
that bigamy charges must be preferred
in the State where the alleged biga-
nous marriage was contracted By
ington says that if Collins has main
tanned bigamous relations with potn
the women since his return from Chi
cago. he is indictable here. Collins
admits the marriage with Miss NC
Curdy and the records show him to be
the husband of Charlotte Collins. He
lived with his new wife at the Palace
and there are witnesses who will swear
that he passed two nights since his last
marriage with Mrs. Collins at their
home on Pierce street.
The Grand Jury meets at 2 o'clock.
If there is not too great press OF
other business it will probably return
an indictment this afternoon and Col
Inns, who is courting arrest, Will at
ONCE DC ldh6u lulO CuSlOdS dho
leased on bail, his bondsmen being
ready.
The opinion of Collins himself on this
point concerning jurisdiction is inter-
esting. When asked to express 1T, he
laughed, as if passing upon his own
case was something of a novelty and
said: "A prominent judicial officer OF
this city has expressed the opinion that
the charge would lie only in the place
ha oil me IriQ IS
contracted. 1 am inclined to think he
is right and that the statutes are to be
so construed
William Newman, brother of Mrs.
Charlotte Collins, has refrained from
swearing out warrant for Collins ar
rest, as he preferred that the Grand
Jury return an indictment. Should
there be any slip and it should fail to
indict, he will wait no longer, but will
swear to complaint. He visited Fore
man Andrews of the Grand Jury and
District Attorney Byington yesterday,
still expressing his eagerness to prose-
cute.
DR.. Rogers, who signed the death
certificates of the little girl Susan and
the child that was born prematurely to
Agnes at the time of her demise, in
which certificates he names both Agnes
and Charlotte as wives of Collins with
in three days, again refused last night
to make a statement. He said it would
not be professional for him to do so
and that he would prefer to tell his
story in court.
The home of Charlotte Collins was
closed to callers yesterday. 1t was an
nounced that she was i'll and unable to
see visitors.
The latest Mrs Collins and her
mother, Mrs. S. A. McCurdy, left the
Palace Hotel yesterday afternoon and
established themselves elsewhere. The
notoriety to which they have been SUBJ
jected has made life at the hotel un-
pleasant to them. 1t was reported that
Mrs. McCurdy had decided, in view of
the strong evidence, that Collins was
really the husband of Charlotte New
man Collins, that her daughter should
live apart from him until a jury had
passed on the case, but at the at
torney's Office it was stated that the
same amicable relations existed be-
tween him and his new bride as hereto
fore